Sales catalogue: Glendining

Date:
29 October 1934
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/8/201
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    77 78 8 carved “ bull-roarer,’ North New Guinea 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 (89 90 hl oe very unusual, North New Guinea North New Guinea Rare Maori chieftain’s cloak of flax and hair, en- tirely covered with Kiwi feathers (these cloaks are now practically unobtainable, this one having been in air tight case in a private musuem for AO years, is in perfect state t f . 9 le An old carved New Zealand Maori Hani £¢@yfo . . ® 4 ’ fs Curious native ceremonial double gong \%G, Benin bronze heavy neck ornament ~ 22 ; Two iron cages used for exhibiting the bodies of criminals, one has a model inside to show how have been used near the river bank below Wapp- ing, and held the bodies of mutineers Inventor’s scale model of a_ railway signal foot, shows the principal of the locking system, and is in perfect working condition (period about 1870) black lacquered wood A 16in. seated ditto figure of Ganesa, on jewelled stand Two Tanagra groups, cupid and classical group A set of three (one large, and pair of smaller) Egyptian embroideries, decorated gods and in- scriptions