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Pre-Columbian Tairona Bead Necklace with Gold Pendant
Lot: 1Sold for: $563$450Pre-Columbian Tairona Bead Necklace with Gold Pendant, stone bead necklace with a gold figural pendant, together with four square gold buttons, a gold tubular bead, and copper and gold frog pendant, more ...
Pre-Columbian Veraguas Gold Pendant
Lot: 2Sold for: $1,375$1,100Pre-Columbian Veraguas Gold Pendant, Costa Rica, c. 800-1500 AD, in the form of a jaguar, with large head, accentuated ears, eyes and mouth, with large upturned tail, front feet pierced for more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure
Lot: 3Sold for: $688$550Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Quimbaya, c. 1000-1500 AD, with both hands resting on the knees, wearing constricting armbands, the face adorned with a gold nose ring, pierced along the top of the more ...
Pair of Olmec Jade Plaque Pendants
Lot: 4Sold for: $1,750$1,400Pair of Olmec Jade Plaque Pendants, Mexico, c. 1000 BC, matching pair of medium grayish green slab plaque pendants, each carved with a highly stylized zoomorphic head, having a squared snout and more ...
Pre-Columbian Figurative Flute
Lot: 5UnsoldPre-Columbian Figurative Flute, Veracruz, c. 250-950 AD, the tubular flute of characteristic form, a pair of decorative flanges flare out from the sides, the mouthpiece below a standing priest more ...
Set of South American Bolas, Boleadoras
Lot: 6Sold for: $344$275Set of South American Bolas, Boleadoras, Argentina, early 20th century, used by gauchos, made from hide with stone weights at the ends, lg. 46 in. more ...
Japanese Theatre Noh Mask
Lot: 7Sold for: $375$300Japanese Theatre Noh Mask, probably depicting a demon Shikami, hollowed-out face mask, with open mouth, teeth exposed, flaring, drilled nostrils, large eyes with cutout holes, and a furrowed brow, more ...
Vietnamese Tribal Lance Point
Lot: 8UnsoldVietnamese Tribal Lance Point, 19th century, the long steel spear point attached to the wood shaft, with woven rattan below the metal collar, cut from a long lance, with a collection plaque, which more ...
Paiwan Wood Food Bowl
Lot: 9Sold for: $813$650Paiwan Wood Food Bowl, Taiwan, standing on four short legs, with the head of an animal at each end, with carved figure of a human in raised relief on each side, lg. 9 1/2, wd. 4 1/4 in. more ...
Philippines Carved Wood Spoon
Lot: 10UnsoldPhilippines Carved Wood Spoon, Ifugao, northern Luzon, late 19th century, the handle in the form of a human figure, smooth patina, lg. 7 in. more ...
Philippines Wood Food Bowl, Duyu
Lot: 11Sold for: $250$200Philippines Wood Food Bowl, Duyu, Ifugao, northern Luzon, 19th century, carved from ironwood in the typical star form, smooth, worn, black patina, dia. 9, wd. 3 in. Provenance: Private more ...
Large Sea Coconut, Coco de Mer
Lot: 12UnsoldLarge Sea Coconut, Coco de Mer, Seychelles, Lodoicea maldivica, cut in half and mounted on a custom metal stand, ht. 10 3/4, wd. 11 1/4 in. more ...
Andaman Islands Wood Bow
Lot: 13Sold for: $1,000$800Andaman Islands Wood Bow, a smaller example, with the appearance of a two-bladed paddle, the limbs each consisting of a thin blade tapering to a point at the upper and lower ends respectively, and more ...
Indonesian Ceremonial Sash
Lot: 14Sold for: $188$150Indonesian Ceremonial Sash, East Sumba, Indonesia, cotton supplementary-warp fringed sash, decorated with repeated spirit figures, lg. without fringe 96, wd. 22 in. more ...
Brass Pectoral, Marangga
Lot: 15Sold for: $188$150Brass Pectoral, Marangga, West Sumba, Sumatra, Indonesia, early 20th century, thin beaten copper in the double-axe form, would custom metal stand, ht. 8 1/4, wd. 8 in. Provenance: Collected more ...
Indonesian Ikat Textile, Pua
Lot: 16Sold for: $2,375$1,900Indonesian Ikat Textile, Pua, Iban, Sarawak, Borneo, warp-ikat weaving on cotton, possibly depicting tree-of-life motifs, mounted onto a fabric backing, was once on a wood stretcher, 88 x 36 in. more ...
Iban Ghost Mask
Lot: 17Sold for: $625$500Iban Ghost Mask, early 20th century, large ears and nose, wide cutout eyes, high forehead, and painted in white, with custom metal stand, ht. 13 1/4, wd. 7 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected in-situ more ...
Kenyah-Kayan Dayak Hardwood Post Figure, Hampatong
Lot: 18Sold for: $938$750Kenyah-Kayan Dayak Hardwood Post Figure, Hampatong, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, 20th century, standing on a rectangular block support, the torso with cutout arms on thighs, and a carved more ...
Kenyah-Kayan Dayak Hardwood Post Figure, Hampatong
Lot: 19UnsoldKenyah-Kayan Dayak Hardwood Post Figure, Hampatong, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, 20th century, standing on a rectangular block support, the figure leaning slightly forward with hands on thighs, more ...
Flores Ancestor Figure
Lot: 20UnsoldFlores Ancestor Figure, Indonesia, early 20th century, standing on heavy, slightly bent legs, with protuberant phallus, the tapering torso, with arms missing, below a large head with drilled eyes more ...
Mentawai Wood Bowl
Lot: 21Sold for: $469$375Mentawai Wood Bowl, early 20th century, long, canoe-shaped hardwood bowl, with dark, smooth patina on the exterior and traces of use on the interior, lg. 36 1/4, wd. 10 1/4 in. Provenance: more ...
Toraja Figural Door Panel
Lot: 22Sold for: $3,250$2,600Toraja Figural Door Panel, Sulawesi, early 20th century, the square flat wood panel with the figure of a standing man on the front, (arms missing),dark, weathered patina, with custom metal stand, more ...
Ten Timor-Leste Silver Pectoral Discs, Mas Bulan
Lot: 23Sold for: $1,000$800Ten Timor-Leste Silver Pectoral Discs, Mas Bulan, Atoni, East Timor, early 20th century, hammered and embossed pectoral discs in silver alloy, four adorned with a crescent moon kae bauk, four with more ...
Ten Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste
Lot: 24Sold for: $1,125$900Ten Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste, early 20th century, silver ingot bracelets, one with five bells, two hollow cuff style, and seven with raised rounded projections on the outer top side, more ...
Pair of Large Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung
Lot: 25Sold for: $875$700Pair of Large Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung, Karo Batak, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, solid cast silver wire bent into two wings of tight spirals, creating a phallic-form, worn in more ...
Brass Toba Batak Arm Ring
Lot: 26Sold for: $375$300Brass Toba Batak Arm Ring, early 20th century, large circular arm ring with complex abstracted engraving, with opening on each side, with round seeds inside to rattle, dia. 4 1/2 in. Provenance: more ...
Pair of Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung
Lot: 27Sold for: $281$225Pair of Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung, Karo Batak, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, solid cast silver wire bent into two wings of tight spirals, creating a phallic-form, often worn in more ...
Two Batak Singa Architectural Elements
Lot: 28UnsoldTwo Batak Singa Architectural Elements, North Sumatra, Indonesia, carved from hardwood, positioned at the end of house beams, representing a mythological creature with aspects of the water buffalo, more ...
Shell Bracelet and Three Shell Rings
Lot: 29Sold for: $188$150Shell Bracelet and Three Shell Rings, three clamshell currency rings from Papua New Guinea, with shell bracelet from the Dayak people of Borneo, Indonesia, dia. 5 1/8, 3 1/2, 3 1/8, and 3 1/2 in. more ...
Massim Lime Spatula
Lot: 30Sold for: $688$550Massim Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, an abstract large crouching figure atop the blade, decorated with curvilinear designs, (two areas of scrollwork missing, more ...