This is a nice old dance shield from the Gogodala People who live in the Middle Fly District of New Guinea. It was collected by Klaus Pinker a German born architect and actor working in New Guinea fro

 

Dogs teeth had such a high value in New Guinea during the colonial period that the Germans produced porcelain copies of them to barter with. This large double strand of dogs teeth would have been an i

 

Please look to Antiques / Fine Art Catalogues, Miller's & Carter's price guides for similar Condition: Good as collected - photo’s form part of the description Purchased at: Estate Auction Made

 

GREAT BOOK WITH 197 STUNNING POSTCARDS WITH EXOTIC MOTIVES DEPICTED ON PLATES (Der Reiz des Exotischen - Postkarten aus einer fremden Welt) by Alan Beukers, 208 pages, German edition Hamburg 2007, har

 

BATAK "PAGAR" GUARDIAN FIGURE, SUMATRA Origin/ Tribe: Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak people Age: Early 20th century Provenance: Ex. Collection of James Willis, San Francisco. Willis purchased the figure in

 

Pig Skull Fragment Highland Atoni People Amanatun District West Timor 4" X 2.75" X 1.75" 35 grams Late 20th C TRIBAL ARTIFACT You are looking at a boar skull fragment / mask / charm / amulet from the

 

I’ve seen plenty of these before- however this is one of the nicest- and probably the largest such example I’ve seen. Well carved and a very realistic, correctly proportioned model of a beautiful

 

Collected by geologist Ed Grewar, in the late 1960's, in the East Sepik region. The striking carved design to the front is highlighted with yellow and white ochre. The rear is simply adzed, with the h

 

13 Native American arrowheads in display case. The points are glued to the pink felt and range in size from just under 1" to 2 3/4". They look great and have no breaks as far as I can tell. These beau

 

RARE ANCIENT Hawaii Kukui Nut Lamp - Superbly Formed & Unusual Size - NO RESERVEThis is one of the finest crafted Kukui Nut Oil Lamps we've ever encountered. This fantastic Hawaiian Artifact was f