Kwoma mindja figure, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, New Guinea
Kwoma mindja figure, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, New Guinea
A Kwoma painted wooden mindja cult figure, used in yam harvest ceremony.
Indus valley stone hedgehog amulet.
Indus valley stone hedgehog amulet.
Indus valley stone hedgehog amulet.
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.
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Indus Valley fossilised shell kohl bottle with incised design.
Indus Valley fossilised shell kohl bottle with incised design.
Indus Valley fossilised shell kohl bottle with incised design.
Highlands spear with bone point, the shaft with woven cane binding and cuscus fur
Highlands spear with bone point, the shaft with woven cane binding and cuscus fur
Highlands spear with bone point, the shaft with woven cane binding and cuscus fur.
Highlands necklace made of woven fibre and glass discs. PNG
Highlands necklace made of woven fibre and glass discs. PNG
Highlands necklace made of woven fibre and glass discs.
Han bronze mirror with bird and floral motif
Han bronze mirror with bird and floral motif
Han bronze mirror with bird and floral motif.
Gandharan grey schist stupa fragment depicting a pair of wrestlers flanked by attendants below a frieze of acanthus leaves
Gandharan grey schist stupa fragment depicting a pair of wrestlers flanked by attendants below a frieze of acanthus leaves
Gandharan grey schist stupa fragment depicting a pair of wrestlers flanked by attendants below a frieze of acanthus leaves
Gandharan grey schist fragment depicting figures among garland
Gandharan grey schist fragment depicting figures among garland
Gandharan grey schist fragment depicting three figures among garland.
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
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scrapers & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scrapers & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scrapers & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scraper & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scraper & needles
Four Egyptian Predynastic flint stone scraper & needles
Egyptian pottery ushabty with traces of hieroglyphs, 19-20th dynasty
Egyptian pottery ushabty with traces of hieroglyphs, 19-20th dynasty
Egyptian pottery ushabty with traces of hieroglyphs in black pigment at back and front.
Dogon, medicine men, stone mortar and pestel, Dilibaye, Bankass, Mali
Dogon, medicine men, stone mortar and pestel, Dilibaye, Bankass, Mali
Dogon, medicine men, stone mortar and pestel, Dilibaye, Bankass, Mali.
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.
Bronze hairpin, Gilgit region, Karakoram Range, Central Asia
Bronze hairpin, Gilgit region, Karakoram Range, Central Asia
A beautiful bronze hairpin, the finial with highly elaborate symmetrical openwork design.
Bronze comb, Gilgit region, Karakoram Range, Central Asia
Bronze comb, Gilgit region, Karakoram Range, Central Asia
A bronze comb decorated with raised lozenge designs.
Bactrian wet stone with rams head
Bactrian wet stone with rams head
An elegant Bactrian wet-stone, the stone finial carved in the form of a rams head, the spiral shaped horns are silver wire braised onto the head using bronze.
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.