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An objet d’art coming out of the Louis-Philippe era, characterized by elegant lines that combine robustness and some restraint . . . and, in this case, an authentic and robust inkwell for your desk.
The inkwell is in the form of a Japanese longboat with two hinged…
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- Item Number: C-3403
- Provenance/Origin: French objet d'art. 19th Century
- Composition: Bronze and marble
- Dimensions: BOAT: 3" tall x 14.5" wide x 2.25" deep. MARBLE BASE: 19.5" x 5" x 0.75"
- Weight: 12 pounds
- Price: $ 395.00 USD
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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting…
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- Item Number: O-1858
- Provenance/Origin: Circa 300 BC, Near Sais, Nile Delta
- Composition: Papyrus and/or linen. Paint.
- Dimensions: 8" x 5.75" fabric
- Weight: 1.25 pounds with plexi
- Price: $ 485.00 USD
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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting of…
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- Item Number: O-4336
- Provenance/Origin: Circa 300 BC. Near Sais, Nile Delta
- Composition: Papyrus and/or linen. Paint.
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 12.75"
- Weight: 1.5 pounds in case
- Price: $ 615.00 USD
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After a long history of forced migration and union with other groups, the Yaka have been an independent society since the 19th century. Living in the northern Congo, the Yaka are primarily hunters, although they also practice small scale farming. The Yaka has a tight-knit control…
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- Item Number: M-3360
- Provenance/Origin: Northern Yaka. Congo. Circa 1960 - 1970s
- Composition: Wood, pigment, raffia, vegetal fibers and cloth.
- Dimensions: Mask is 21" tall x 7" wide x 10" deep (excluding raffia). On stand: 33" tall.
- Weight: 5 pounds with stand
- Price: $ 595.00 USD
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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting…
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- Item Number: F-1193
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt's Late Period. Perhaps from Sais.
- Composition: Cartonnage: papyrus & perhaps linen
- Dimensions: 10" long x 2.75" at widest
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 930.00 USD
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Well carved and in good condition. Acquired from a retired mechanical engineer who was stationed in PNG on a gold mining operation. Authentic. From the 1940s.
Hard to find in this condition.
- Item Number: S-1117
- Provenance/Origin: PNG. Circa 1940s.
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 2" at widest
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 90.00 USD
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A Orang Ulu shaman carrier / container is primarily used to store medicine, herbs, roots and other plantation items. The carrier is adorned with the naga motif, the common Buah Berinjan vines, two ancestral Dayak warriors on the two poles and accented with the woven vine / rattan material…
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- Item Number: C-8492
- Provenance/Origin: Central Borneo. Orang Ulu / Kayan tribe. Most likely from mid- to late-1900s
- Composition: Wood, rattan, cord
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 5" wide x 3.5" deep
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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This is a representation of a medicine man (Nele). A spirit is summoned from the figure and the soul of the patient is placed within. To aid in the healing process, the shaman chants and the burning of cacao beans in a clay censer beneath the…
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- Item Number: S-6356
- Provenance/Origin: Carti sector: Guna Yala (San Blas islands), Panama. Acquired in the late 1900s
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: 9.5" tall x 2.25" at widest point
- Weight: 0.75 pound
- Price: $ 235.00 USD
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Look at the dynamic carvings of this helmet mask. The high and bulging forehead is quite normal for this ethnic group. But the depth and symbolism of the carvings is quite extraordinary. I have spent some time in trying to determine the significance of this…
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- Item Number: M-8069
- Provenance/Origin: Congo. Circa mid-1900s
- Composition: Wood and Cord
- Dimensions: 15" tall x 9" wide x 8" deep
- Weight: 2.75 pounds
- Price: $ 295.00 USD
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Jayavarman II was a 9th-century king of Cambodia, widely recognized as the founder of the Khmer Empire, the dominant civilization on the Southeast Asian esotericstuff.comland from the 10th Century until the mid 15th century. He has been regarded as the king who laid the foundation of the Angkor…
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- Item Number: S-2164
- Provenance/Origin: Baphuon Castle, Angkor, Cambodia. 11th Century.
- Composition: Sandstone
- Dimensions: 18.25" tall on stand x 5" wide x 3" deep
- Weight: 9 pounds
- Price: $ 2,645.00 USD
