Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
11 July 1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/716
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    %a)_ rec A well-polished Axe, of green flecked stone; four others, all from New Guinea; and a fine polished Chisel, from Fraga 6 Ua? ce, , ! 5 ; Al. 76\ A finely chipped and polished Whetstone of flint, with tang aa aor for suspension ; and a well-chipped Lance-head, in similar material, both Esquimauz; extremely rare 2 dol - ry: \ A Flake Knife, in gum handle; an Object made of palm — leaf, with gum butt; and a number of roughly-chipped Implements, from various Australian localities a lot 3a sia ge \ A polished stone Axe, of discoidal form; a good specimen in - ¢ chipped chert, with polished edge; five other Implements, all from Australia; and a Bolas (?) Stone, Patagonia 9 we? 9| A polished Adze, of jade, in original handle, the latter covered ee with silk and bound with native plaited fibre: a pendant shell is attached to the lower end of the handle, cwrious and unusual; from New Guinea Pit 86 \ Ax twportant Mancaran CrremontaL Axe, the handle ot — decorated with ribs of herring-bone and diaper design, with square openings in the shaft at intervals, the binding of the stone head is also decorative, the exposed part of the blade is 104 in. long; total length of the object, 30 im. long a openings in the handle, of smaller dimensions. [Pl. //| ) r ~* §2\ An Axe with large circular blade of jade, and with elaborately plaited handle; New Caledonia. [Pl. [1] <) e \ An Axe, with broad blade set at right angles to the shaft, im original wooden handle; New Caledonia. [Pl. [1] i = 84 | A fine jade Adze, in original handle; New Guinea. |[Pl. 11] 5* 85 | A Club, with discoidal stone head, New Guinea; and an Adze, with chipped and polished blade, and original handle 2 (Pl. I] .] ' 8% \Two Adzes, with original handles; Tahiti 4 : i $f .~88\ An iron Axe in original wooden handle; Straits Settlements ak W/