*** | An Inuit carved serpentine statue of a hunter, standing wearing an anorak, holding a bone harpoon and leather thongs. Provenance: Gifted to the vendor's father, a doctor practicing between 1954-58 at the Mountain Sanatorium ('The San') an isolation… | *** | |
*** | A clay jar (olla) from the Amazon Shipibo people (Peru), decorated with two faces, unglazed but waterproofed with tree resins, collected 1977, 18.5 x 18 cm. A.B.: 'The Shibipo pots were bought from the Peruvian villagers, who made them, when we were… | *** | |
*** | An Inuit marine ivory carving of a walrus and pup, seated on a tusk section, width 20.5 cm | *** | |
*** | An Inuit bone and mammoth ivory carving, a fox hunter. 37 cm x 21 cm x 9.5 cm. | *** | |
*** | An Indonesian ancestral statue (korwar), standing behind and holding a pierced screen, height 67 cm. | *** | |
*** | An Inuit serpentine carving, of a hunter in a kayak with seal bodies on the deck, with bone paddle, harpoon, gaff and leather thongs. Provenance: Gifted to a doctor practicing 1954-58 at an isolation hospital for TB at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Inuit… | *** | |
*** | A shaman's astrological calendar engraved on a water-buffalo rib bone, Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, engraved to both sides, length 37 cm | *** | |
*** | An unusual early/mid-20th century Indonesian tribal heavy hardwood carved figure, the stylised figure with unusual extended nose/mouth, extended stomach, in crouching pose, hands to buttocks, height 37 cm. | *** | |
*** | A 19th century Indonesian section of elephant tusk (the tip), ornately carved and pierced with standing demon within a scrolling lattice. Length 22.5 cm. Small old repair. | *** | |
*** | A pair of early 20th century Dutch East Indies naive European figures, carved in mahogany, of corseted women wearing high necked jackets. Mounted together on an oblong plinth. 45 x 25.5 x 39 cm. Provenance: The estate collection of Michael Higgs, [Tribal… | *** | |
*** | Artefact Inuit walrus tusk, 6 x 4 x 31.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Very old Javanese vase, carved and low fired clay. 15 x 11.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Balinese painted linen scroll depicting deities and demons. Approx 60 x 24 cm | *** | |
*** | An Indonesian simulated bone walking stick, finely engraved with meteorological/harvest record details. In display stand, length 89 cm | *** | |
*** | An old and weathered Indonesian hardwood bust, with hair raised in a topknot, height 23 cm | *** | |
*** | An old Indonesian carved horn container and old bronze tribal scroll section, the horn with silver embossed mounts and removable back containing with circular sections, length 18 cm. The scroll, height 15 cm. On contemporary stands. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Indonesian Naga metal witchcraft horses, length 13 cm. | *** | |