Sales catalogue: Stevens

Date:
February 1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/21/581
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Stevens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    404 Old English lac stereoscope and slides, finely carved Chinese box, Japanese black and gilt glove box 405 A pewter jug, and a ditto tray 406 A Dresden vase 407 Four Japanese pictures 408 An early wax medallion, gilt, The Resurrection, in black mount 409 Original model, by Dom de Foret 410 Three real Indian rugs, 7ft. by 3ft. 9in. 411 Painted tapestry, exterior scene 412 Large Indian wall drapery, about 7 yards by 6 yards 413 Two stone adze heads and 15 fashioned flints ¥ 414 Contemporary model in wax of Louis XIV. 415 Five antique carved wood Indian figures 416 A child’s caul 417 A tiger skin rug, head modelled 418 A leopard skin rug, ditto 419 Two dressed leopard skins ETHNOGRAPHICAL ARMS AND CURIOS. 421 New Zealand model canoe prow, pierced and carved 422 New Zealand stern of a model canoe, very fine work 423 Printing block for staining tappa cloth, from the French Marquesas Islands 424 Haussa Chief’s top boots, sword and dagger 425 Pair of woman’s breast shields from Nigeria, a pair of Uganda hide sandals, and a Masai hide scrip 426 Abyssinian chief’s sword, with a rhinoceros horn hilt and silver gilt mount 427 A ditto shield, massive and finely tooled 428 Abyssinian inscribed wood plaque, use unknown 429 Abyssinian lady’s silver anklet 430 Corn basket, decorated with cowries and a woven and carved water bottle, which has remarkable properties for keeping water cool, from Abyssinia 431 German New Guinea spear thrower, carved, from Astro- labe Bay, and a head rest, carved with faces at ends 432 Collection of various types of Australian spear throwers 433 Ditto of boomerangs