A very old Dogon millet pounder, of hour glass form with bands of incised designs
A very old Dogon millet pounder, of hour glass form with bands of incised designs
A very old Dogon millet pounder, of hour glass form with bands of incised designs.
An archaic Dogon wooden ritual pestle in highly stylised anthropomorphic form
An archaic Dogon wooden ritual pestle in highly stylised anthropomorphic form
An archaic Dogon wooden ritual pestle in highly stylised anthropomorphic form.
A Bamana figurative door lock
A Bamana figurative door lock
A Bamana figurative door lock.
A Bamana figurative door lock
A Bamana figurative door lock
A Bamana figurative door lock.
Salt on Mina Mina, by Dorothy Napangardi
Salt on Mina Mina, by Dorothy Napangardi
Dorothy Napangardi (Warlpiri people)
Mewal spirit figure, by Francis Garwun, Maningrida, Arnhem Land
Mewal spirit figure, by Francis Garwun, Maningrida, Arnhem Land
A Mewal spirit figure, by Francis Garwun (Djinang language group).
Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
A Palau wooden staff with abstract carving below the terminal.
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield.
An old Highlands war shield
An old Highlands war shield
An old Highlands war shield, the anterior surface decorated with pecked designs.
Superb old Eastern Highlands war shield, PNG
Superb old Eastern Highlands war shield, PNG
Superb old Eastern Highlands war shield with white ochre decoration, cane binding, cassowary feathers and incised lines.
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield.
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.
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.
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.
Pre Columbian pottery shallow vessel with painted designs
Pre Columbian pottery shallow vessel with painted designs
Pre Columbian pottery shallow vessel with painted designs in red, black and white pigments.
A quartzite scarab with traces of bronze and gold on the underside
A quartzite scarab with traces of bronze and gold on the underside
A quartzite scarab with traces of bronze and gold on the underside.
Egyptian greenish yellow glazed faience scaraboid with head of Bes
Egyptian greenish yellow glazed faience scaraboid with head of Bes
Egyptian greenish yellow glazed faience scaraboid with head of Bes; underside with Men-Sa-Ptah (Men son of Ptah).
Islamic engraved silver ring with black stone bezel showing benedictory text from the Koran
Islamic engraved silver ring with black stone bezel showing benedictory text from the Koran
Islamic engraved silver ring with black stone bezel showing benedictory text from the Koran
Indo-Greek silver ring, haematite bezel with head of a noblewoman
Indo-Greek silver ring, haematite bezel with head of a noblewoman
Indo-Greek silver ring, haematite bezel with head of a noblewoman.
Bactrian Indo-Greek silver signet ring of the monarch Eukratides.
Bactrian Indo-Greek silver signet ring of the monarch Eukratides.
Bactrian Indo-Greek silver signet ring of the monarch Eukratides.
Indo-Greek bronze ring with garnet bezel
Indo-Greek bronze ring with garnet bezel
An Indo-Greek bronze ring garnet bezel depicting a dancing female.
Indus Valley seal ring with unicorn and script
Indus Valley seal ring with unicorn and script
A large bronze ring set with a black hardstone bezel with a fine intaglio engraving of a unicorn facing an altar, with three signs from the Indus Valley script in the field.
A superb Indo Greek solid silver ring with stamp seal of head in profile, possibly Diodotus II
A superb Indo Greek solid silver ring with stamp seal of head in profile, possibly Diodotus II
A superb Indo Greek solid silver ring with stamp seal of head in profile, possibly Diodotus II. The last images showing the now cleaned bezel.
Greek silver man's ring with inscription and prancing bull
Greek silver man's ring with inscription and prancing bull
Greek silver man's ring with inscription and prancing bull. Last two images show the ring after it has been cleaned.