Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
A Palau wooden staff with abstract carving below the terminal.
An old and impressively decorated Lake Sentani ceremonial food bowl, the form exceptionally shallow.
An old and impressively decorated Lake Sentani ceremonial food bowl, the form exceptionally shallow.
An old and impressively decorated Lake Sentani ceremonial food bowl, the form exceptionally shallow.
A Konyak Naga rain shield
A Konyak Naga rain shield
A Naga headhunter rain shield, made of interwoven cain and fiber.
Dani adze with stone blade, West Papua
Dani adze with stone blade, West Papua
A large, heavy old Dani adze with stone blade and wooden handle.
A Naga headhunter's woven head-taking basket, decorated with bird tails & monkey head
A Naga headhunter's woven head-taking basket, decorated with bird tails & monkey head
A Naga headhunter's woven head-taking basket, decorated with bird tails & monkey head.
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial mithun horn drinking vessel
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial mithun horn drinking vessel
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial mithun horn drinking vessel.
New Guinea wooden adze with cane binding and iron blade
New Guinea wooden adze with cane binding and iron blade
New Guinea wooden adze with cane binding and iron blade.
Indus Valley steatite pendant talisman with magic symbols
Indus Valley steatite pendant talisman with magic symbols
Indus Valley steatite pendant talisman with magic symbols incised on each of the four facets; perforated for suspension.
A Gandharan green schist fragment depicting maiden among foliage
A Gandharan green schist fragment depicting maiden among foliage
A Gandharan green schist fragment depicting maiden among foliage.
A Chinese Neolithic stone mortar
A Chinese Neolithic stone mortar
A Chinese Neolithic stone mortar. Lovely naturalistic form carved form a river pebble, definite signs of extensive use.
An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face
An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face
An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face.
Bactrian green-grey schist ritual object in tiger tooth shape
Bactrian green-grey schist ritual object in tiger tooth shape
Bactrian green-grey schist ritual object in tiger tooth shape.
A Gandharan grey schist relief fragment putti among flower garland
A Gandharan grey schist relief fragment putti among flower garland
A Gandharan grey schist relief fragment putti among flower garland.
Bactrian hardstone amulet of a tiger, 2nd millennium BC
Bactrian hardstone amulet of a tiger, 2nd millennium BC
A Bactrian hardstone amulet carved in the form of a tiger. Perforated for suspension.
A Bactrian black stone scabbard chape.
A Bactrian black stone scabbard chape.
A Bactrian black stone scabbard chape decorated with different coloured stone inlays (now mostly absent)
A Ming Dynasty stone panel depicting an erotic scene.
A Ming Dynasty stone panel depicting an erotic scene.
A Ming Dynasty sandstone architectural panel depicting an erotic scene.
A Gandharan grey schist fragment depicting a figure standing within a Naiskos
A Gandharan grey schist fragment depicting a figure standing within a Naiskos
A Gandharan grey schist fragment depicting a figure standing within a Naiskos.
A Gandhara sandstone figure of a female attendant
A Gandhara sandstone figure of a female attendant
A Gandhara sandstone figure of a female attendant.
Bactrian green basalt pestle or pounder
Bactrian green basalt pestle or pounder
A Bactrian green basalt pestle or pounder.
Gandharan grey schist cosmetic palette
Gandharan grey schist cosmetic palette
Gandharan grey schist cosmetic palette, the upper half with a sea nymph atop a sea monster.
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scrapers & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scrapers & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scrapers & needles
Bactrian or Iranian aragonite finial, poppy form
Bactrian or Iranian aragonite finial, poppy form
Bactrian or Iranian aragonite finial from a hairpin, carved in the form of a poppy seed and with incised linear design.
Ancient stone spiritual communication bowl "Wahgi" area Western highlands.
Ancient stone spiritual communication bowl "Wahgi" area Western highlands.
Ancient stone spiritual communication bowl "Wahgi" area Western highlands.
An Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scraper
An Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scraper
An Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scraper