- TATTOO DESIGN MODELS OF UNKNOWN ORIGINSeveral
examples identical to these have appeared in online auctions and other platforms, creating questions as to their origin. The age and origin of this pair is unknown.Measure...
[more like this] - (LOT OF 2) PRE-COLUMBIAN "MOON GODS"
FIGURINES, CHANCAY PERU, CIRCA AD1200-1470, PROBABLY A MALE-FEMALE PAIR, GRAY CLOTHING AND FEAT... (lot of 2) Pre-Columbian "Moon Gods" figurines, Chancay Peru, circa AD1200-1470,...
[more like this] - 2 LIMITED EDITION HERMES EXTRA WIDE
PRINTED ENAMEL BRAC...Two (2) Hermes limited edition extra-wide printed enamel bracelets. 1st item: Bangle with printed enamel "Animapolis Miami" design and gold-plated hardware....
[more like this] - HERMES CASHMERE & SILK SHAWL, JUNGLE
LOVE TATTOO 140Hermes shawl or scarf, Jungle Love Tattoo, designed by Robert Dallet. Hand-rolled edges (70% cashmere, 30% silk) in colors of black and rose. Retains the original...
[more like this] - NAYARIT POLYCHROME SEATED FIGURES MALE
+ FEMALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous pair of pottery figures, a male musician and a female - perhaps a shaman...
[more like this] - 19TH C MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO LEADER ORATOR
STAFF W/ NACRE...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with a mesmerizing "corkscrew"...
[more like this] - HUARI POLYCHROME TEXTILE PANEL W/ TROPHY
HEADSPre-Columbian, South Coast, Huari / Wari culture, ca. 6th to 10th century CE. A fascinating textile fragment that may have been part of a garment or funerary wrapping...
[more like this] - SUPERB CHANCAY FIGURAL VESSEL - MOTHER
& CHILDPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A very large bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel with a single strap handle on the...
[more like this] - RARE FISHERMANS GOD FIGURE
RAROTONGA
ISLAND, COOK ISLANDS carved wood, shown crouched, with elongated torso and phallus, the arms clutching the midriff, with faint tattooing around the eyes, mouth, navel, arms...
[more like this] - JAPANESE FIREMAN'S ROBE, MOUNTED AND
FRAMED Japanese. Fireman's robe, indigo dyed cotton with wax resist and figural painted decoration. Note: This heavy cotton coat with sashiko stitch design is made to retain...
[more like this] - ROBERT C. "BOBBY" RAY, INDIANA (1926-2020),
TATTOO PARLOR, 1947, NEW YORK CITYSCAPE, 1946, MIXED MEDIA / WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 18 1/2"H X 12 3/4"W (LARGEST)Robert C. "Bobby" Ray, Indiana, (1926-2020) tattoo parlor,...
[more like this] - Taiso Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)
"The Village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night (Shikason Tsukiyo)". Woodblock print in colors with gauffrage from "100 Aspects of the Moon" trimmed and conjoined with text...
[more like this] - A Benin-Type African Mask Ivory Coast
The carved wood form has been clad partially in oxidized metal with a raised design signifying tattoos and further embellished with red pom poms cowrie shells and glass beads....
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