Sales catalogue: Stevens

Date:
12 August 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/21/435
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 11 Two ancient Egyptian stone historical scarabs, of large size, with long inscriptions, 2 portions of funerary stone tablets, carved with kings, and various small charms A very fine and rare 16th Century Castilian Inquisition brazier: copper bowl in wood stand, with 8 ivory and tortotseshell inlaid plaques and original ember stirrer An absolutely unique Elizabethan drunkard’s cloak, in which drunkards were placed and paraded through the streets. From Yorkshire, the only other specimen recorded was at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1655. (See pamphlet accompanying) . The hat box, of fine cane, with gesso work lacquered in gold, of King Thebaw, the last King of Burma, taken from his palace at the. fall.of Mandalay in 1885 by Col..E. A. Eyer A fine old Burmese royal ivory seal, for military affairs, with minute design carved out of the solid, and a ditto document in gold brocade container, with seal attached, both very rare An old Maori feather box (Papa), to contain the semi-sacred tail feathers of the extinct Huia bird. An unusually fine and choicely carved specimen A remarkable antique Tibetan work of art, consisting of a horse’s bit, trappings and belt, chiselled out of the solid iron in dragons and heavily damascened with gold An unusually fine head and horns of the almost extinct American bison, shot by G. D. Whatman, in 1883, on the prairie in Dakota before the few surviving animals were placed in reservations Box containing a pair of Russian priest’s old silver (?) neck pendants, and various other interesting specimens Box of miscellaneous curios Large carved Mangaian adze with fine blade and perfect wrapping 3 Two rare shoes, made from feathers, used by native Australian witch doctor, when going on a secret mission, so that his footprints are not seen Carved wood North American totem post Fine ivory pounder (Congo) Aa