A Southern Highlands shield.

An old Mendi war shield

A Western Highlands war shield.

A Southern Highlands shield. Decorated in red, white and black trade paint with diamond design. Rope handle on reverse

Superb old Eastern Highlands war shield with white ochre decoration, cane binding, cassowary feathers and incised lines.

An old Highlands war shield, the anterior surface decorated with pecked designs.

Mesopotamian clay fragmentary tablet with cuneiform inscription

A North Indian bronze stamp seal

Islamic bronze sweet meat dish with engraved calligraphy and decoration.

Islamic brass bowl with benedictory writing, such a bowl used to cure illness by drinking from it.

A Harappan steatite seal engraved with unicorn, ritual offering stand and row of signs from the Indus Valley script.

Mesopotamian clay fragmentary tablet with cuneiform inscription

Islamic brass bowl with benedictory writing, such a bowl used to cure illness by drinking from it.

Islamic brass bowl with benedictory writing.

An Indian bronze inkwell

Mesopotamian clay fragmentary tablet with cuneiform inscription