Old Mississippian period 3/4 grooved stone axe. Good large size, a museum quality axe. Really beautiful super hard brown stone. Nice long and thin blade. Original untouched patina. Some field damage/s

 

IATMUL PEOPLE, MIDDLE SEPIK RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA A SPEAR TRHOWER. IT HAS WAS LOOKS TO ME AS A SPIRIT ANIMAL IN THE MIDDLE. AGE 30 + YEARS LENGTH 27 3/4 INCHES SHIPPING COST IS BASED ON BIDDERS LOCA

 

A very nice Sepik River Canoe shield, similar can be found in the Glenbow museum (see enclosed picture) or in the book Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neuguinea by the Naturmuseum Coburg in Germany (see e

 

Mandinka or Beafada(?) tridents from Guinea Bissau, used at religious/social ceremonies by the chief as a symbol of power. Rare pieces collected by an ex worker of the Portuguese colonial administrati

 

Up for auction is a fine old Ghanaian Sculpted Pewter 24 Kt. Plated Gold Dust Box MMA Reproduction. Measures 1 1/8" tall x 2 3/4" wide x 1 1/8" deep. In good condition. Fresh from a recently acquired

 

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A - RARE - MAKONDE - SHETANI - TRIBAL - FETISH - P0WER FIGURE ( BLACK MAGIC ) - CARVED FROM EBONY WOOD IN THE 60'S - THOSE FIGURES WITH SHETANI MOTIFS ARE VERY ABSTRACT - RESTORED RARE PIECE 8.5" H /

 

FIJIAN ARTEFACTS, by Rod Ewins, 1982,Only edition, now out of print. 175 photos b&w and color plates of very good early 19th C artifacts, 115 pages, all artifacts described, Very useful and comple

 

SELLING WITHOUT ANY RESERVE: starting at .99c BRITISH COLONIAL ERA TRADE AXE HEAD.MID VICTORIAN ...DATES FROM 2ND HALF OF THE 1800's Trade Style Indian War Tomahawk Head POSSIBLY NORTH AMERICAN TRIBAL

 

Good vintage painted Australian Aboriginal woomera spear throwerNicely painted with a hunter with shield & boomerang - see photosNot signed as far as I can tellIn good condition & displays wel