Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
A Palau wooden staff with abstract carving below the terminal.
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 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 Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield.
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An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield.
A Northern Queensland rainforest shield
A Northern Queensland rainforest shield
A North Queensland rainforest wooden shield
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 Western Highlands war shield.
A Western Highlands war shield.
A Western Highlands war shield.
An old Highlands war shield
An old Highlands war shield
An old Highlands war shield, the anterior surface decorated with pecked designs.
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield. Decorated in red, white and black trade paint with diamond design. Rope handle on reverse
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield.
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 clay figure depicting Jaquar Sun God
A clay figure depicting Jaquar Sun God
A clay figure depicting Jaquar Sun God
Salt on Mina Mina, by Dorothy Napangardi
Salt on Mina Mina, by Dorothy Napangardi
Dorothy Napangardi (Warlpiri people)
Third Intermediate Period blue faience amulet in the form of "Nut"
Third Intermediate Period blue faience amulet in the form of "Nut"
Third Intermediate Period blue faience amulet in the form of "Nut"
Egyptian silver hybrid amulet
Egyptian silver hybrid amulet
Egyptian silver hybrid amulet, with dwarf like body, bandy legs, closed bird wings; surmounted with crescent and full-moon.
Late Period obsidian lungs and wind-pipe (trachea) amulet.
Late Period obsidian lungs and wind-pipe (trachea) amulet.
Late Period obsidian lungs and wind-pipe (trachea) amulet.
A Egyptian limestone amulet or seal
A Egyptian limestone amulet or seal
A Egyptian limestone amulet or seal. Said by Flinder-Petrie to depict "Power over property"
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Roman blue and yellow faience amulet of Bes
Roman blue and yellow faience amulet of Bes
Roman blue and yellow faience amulet of Bes
Turquoise glazed faience composition hippopotamus
Turquoise glazed faience composition hippopotamus
Turquoise glazed faience composition hippopotamus standing on a reed mat.
Green glazed faience amulet of the snake headed deity Nehebkau
Green glazed faience amulet of the snake headed deity Nehebkau
Green glazed faience amulet of the snake headed deity Nehebkau; symbolising invincible living power.