The Explorer: A collection of Objects from Around the World Auction July 2021

Boiken Papua New Guinea Yua Wenga currency shell ring, made from the giant tridacna clam shell, currency rings were diligently crafted with bamboo...

Three ivory Papua New Guinea currency bracelets, two with hinged fittings, the largest 9cm in diameter (3)

Papua New Guinea turtle shell mask, Sepik River region, the polychrome face inlaid with shells, with a woven fibre band and feathers, 32cm long an...

Papua New Guinea Massim bow and arrow, the bow with six graduated ridges and tapering ends, the arrow with a iron head above a fibre mount and fea...

19th Century Papua New Guinea spear, possibly St Matthias Islands, the iron shaped head above a bulbous grip decorated with linear bands and geome...

Fijian Vunikau rootstock club, the gnarled head with a silver cap, above a tapering shaft with an incised grip, 105cm long

Fijian Kiakavo  (gunstock) War club, of unusually light colour, the head with a medial ridge and scratch carving to the underside, above the shaf...

Fijian Bowai hardwood pole club, with a tapering curved shaft with straight edges, 165cm long  ...[more]

19th century Fijian hardwood Kiakavo (gunstock) War club, of rich colour the head-fin and ridge with a blade spur  to the top, the slightly taperi...

Samoan Tapa Cloth, Siapo Mamanu, Samoa, pigment on bark cloth running in lines of decoration in the form of geometric and swirl designs, 206cm x 1...

19th Century Solomon Islands fishing spear, the barbed iron head with incised decorations, 139cm long

Solomon Islands parrying shield club, with a curved blade having a ridge terminating in a W, the shaft with a knopped terminal and pointed end,120...

Solomon Islands war club , the dual blade with rib top and tapering handle, William Percy Edgar Rose collection, 119cm long ...[more]

Austral Islands hardwood prestige stick, the handle carved as a stylised a bird, 85cm long

Malaita Island Alafolo club, the head with incised decorations and protuberances on either side, above the tapering shaft with a carved knop handl...

Captain Cook, a collection of plates from George William Andersons A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, undertake...

Of The Eastern Telegraph Company Ltd interest. a large quantity of letters from Edward Riddle dating from mid 1860s to 1890s, a small quantity fro...

Collection of Australian boomerangs, each of arched form in hardwood, 52.5cm wide to 77.5cm long, (4)

An Australian / Aboriginal bullroarer (rhombus, or turndun) carved extensively to one side and pierced to an end, 35.5cm long

New Zealand interest, a walking cane with a silver collar with ROTURUA NZ 1893, 84cm long

South America, R.W. Seale, 18th Century, with all the European Settlements & Whatever else is remarkable from the latest and best observations, ha...

Celestial map, Johann Gabriel (1677-1750) circa 1742,  Astronomia Comparativa, hand coloured, 72cm x 55cm  ...[more]

19th Century American/British carved coconut, with the American eagle to one side with wings spread wide USA above, the opposing side with the Roy...

19th Century American trade sign, FANCHER’S COLONIAL SHOP, with a wriggle work metal edge and metal drop final, 86cm wide, 70cm high

Micmac Native American bark wallet, with a criss-cross and circular design, with interior bark pages, 15cm wide

Taxidermy study depicting a puffin (Fratercula Arctica), modelled on a rocky outcrop, housed under a glass dome with ebonised oval plinth base 42c...

19th Century North American Northwest Coast bentwood Halibut Hook, Makah, cedar bark wrapping and metal barb, rich caramel brown patina to the woo...

Pair of Yup'ik snow goggles, also called nigaugek, the Arctic bone face with zoomorphic eye slits and raised brows with incised decorations, which...