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A CORAL ON A BASE 28cm wide, 11.5cm high.  This item may require Export or Cites licences in order to leave the UK or the European Union. It is th...

A CORAL  31.5cm wide, 23.5cm high.  This item may require Export or Cites licences in order to leave the UK or the European Union. It is the buyer...

TWO ROCK CRYSTAL RHOMBOHEDRONS AND TWO ROCK CRYSTAL BOWLS Both bowls of shallow ovoid form, with a flat lip, one bowl has three abstract faces ca...

A FOSSILISED MAMMOTH TOOTH A fine example of a mammoth tooth with the enamel plates clearly visible, 21.1cm high, 20.4cm wide; and 21.2cm high, 21...

A FOSSILISED MAMMOTH TOOTH  With the layers of enamel plates clearly defined and old collection cataloguing preserved in black ink, , 18cm long, 7...

TWO ICE AGE BISON BONES 33.4cm long and 48.6cm long, (2) Footnotes: Various different species of Bison have existed on the planet for millions of ...

A WOOLLY MAMMOTH RIB BONE  61cm long, Footnotes:The wooolly mammoth is one of the most well-known mammals of the Ice Age, living in small groups i...

THREE FOSSILS Including a Diacalymene fossil trilobite, 5.3cm long; a Terebratula fossil Brachiopod 6.4cm long; and a Gryphaea mollusc fossil, 2.9...

A DIPLOMYSTUS FOSSIL FISH Eocene Period, 58 - 36 million years BP A fossil from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, where some of the best examp...

ECHINODERM FOSSIL GROUP IN MATRIX  20.5cm wide, Footnotes: Echinoderms are marine animals from the Echinodermata phylum and include creatures such...

A FOSSILISED WOOD SLICE The slice has been polished to reveal the detail of the internal structure and the colours within, 21.5cm x 16.3cm.

A LARGE FOSSILISED AMMONITE 21.5cm x 17.1cm. Footnotes: Ammonites are extinct molluscs that lived between the Devonian and the Cretaceous period, ...

TWO CUT AND POLISHED AMMONITE HALVES Both 12cm wide, (2)  Footnotes: Ammonites are extinct molluscs that lived between the Devonian and the Cretac...

A GROUP OF LARGE AMBER FRAGMENTS  4.1cm - 9.2cm long, (5) Footnotes: Amber has been considered to be as precious as gemstones for thousands of y...

A GROUP OF AMBER FRAGMENTS 1cm - 2.1cm long, (10) Footnotes: Amber has been considered to be as precious as gemstones for thousands of years an...

A GROUP OF AMBER FRAGMENTS 0.9cm - 2.9cm long, (10) Footnotes: Amber has been considered to be as precious as gemstones for thousands of years an...

A GROUP OF SPERM WHALE TEETH 12.3cm - 19.4cm long,(7) Footnotes: The largest of the toothed whales, the Sperm whale has a narrow lower jaw contain...

A GROUP OF PTEROSAUR FOSSIL TEETH The teeth from the Siroccopteryx moroccensis genus of pterosaur, from south of Taouz, in the Moroccan Sahara, 1c...

A REPLICA VELOCIRAPTOR SKULL  A museum quality model of a velociraptor skull, 25.5cm long, 13.5cm high, Footnotes: The velociraptor was a feathere...

A GROUP OF FLINT AXE HEADS  All of typical oblong form, including a pale grey example with a smooth surface that tapers slightly, with a still sha...

A GROUP OF PREHISTORIC IMPLEMENTS Including a large hand axe with a pale grey surface, curved at each end, excavated in Sussex; a hand axe with a ...

A GROUP OF PREHISTORIC IMPLEMENTS  Including a long narrow grey flint dagger that tapers to a sharp point, excavated in Denmark, 13.2cm long; a No...

A NEOLITHIC STONE AXE Of elongated tear drop form, with a curved sharp cutting edge, tapering to point, with an old collection label, 27.4cm long....

AN AMAZONIAN HEADDRESS Of typical form with a band of cream bound cotton onto which the predominantly black feathers are sewn, with two bands of b...

TWO FEATHERED ZO'E SPEARS, AMAZON Both with pointed tips in diamond shape with black painted decoration, one with painted decoration also on the s...

A BLOW PIPE WITH A QUIVER OF DARTS AND A MONKEY JAW, KORUBU TRIBE The blow pipe of long slender form, with applied clay-like covering, 277.5cm lon...

A MEXICAN WOOD MASK  A male caricature with comically enlarged pointed nose that protrudes from the mask, with large eyes and individually depicte...

A MEXICAN PAINTED WOOD MASK  Carved in light wood, this mask has a highly expressive face with a furrowed brow, deep inset bright green eyes surmo...

THREE TERRACOTTA VESSELS, PERU Including a small figure of a couple in an erotic pose, 9cm long, 8.7cm high; a large ithyphallic figure, wearing a...

A GREENSLATE BROADWING PECTORAL Circa 1000 - 1500 A.D. From the Tairona culture of Northwest Colombia, in the form of spread wings the smooth ...

A STONE HEAD, CENTRAL AMERICA Carved in mottled grey stone with a shiny patina, the head wears a tall headdress, has large oval eyes, a long nose ...

AN ARGILLITE TOTEM, HAIDA TRIBE In the form of two seated bears atop one another, 19.7cm high, Footnotes: Carvings such as this have been made by ...

AN ESKIMO CARVED WHALE BONE CLUB  Circa 19th Century  A long club with a smooth surface with carved linear designs, the slightly bulbous handle wi...

A GROUP OF INUIT ITEMS  Including five scrimshaw walrus ivory or bone spoons, four of which with figures of elk; a cylindrical vessel with a band ...

TWO KOROWAI SHIELDS, WESTERN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Both shields of oblong form with a curved top, the shields have carved motifs highlighted in white a...

A KOROWAI DRUM, WESTERN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Of hourglass form with the surface of the drum formed of stretched hide, the upper and lower sections of ...

A GROUP OF KOROWAI CANNIBAL SPEARS AND A STRUNG BOW, WESTERN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Some spears with serrated tips and some with sections of banded fibr...

A KOROWAI NOSE PIECE AND WILD BOAR TOOTH NECKLACE The nose piece formed of two pieces of carved bone tapering to points, attached at the centre wi...

A SEPIK FIGURAL CHARM, PAPUA NEW GUINEA In the form of a stylised head with a long prominent nose, the eyes are depicted with incised concentric c...

A SEPIK RIVER WOOD CANOE PROWCirca late 19th Century,In the form of a crocodile's head this would have formed the prow of a canoe, A rite of passa...

A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Standing on a cylindrical base, the carved stylised figure stands holding a long black fish with large fin...

A PAINTED SPIRIT MASK, SEPIK RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Of lozenge shape, the face is highly stylised with a long pointed nose and slit eyes, with re...

A SEPIK HOUSE POST FIGURE Carved in the shape of ancestor figure, with short legs, holding the long pointed nose with both hands, wearing a plumed...

A PAPUA NEW GUINEA COOKING POT A traditional clay pot for cooking on an open fire, with stippled and foliate decoration around the rim and the ext...

A PRESENTATION BAG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Circa 19th Century A bag of woven fiber covered with cassowary feathers, Such bags were used for important gi...

TWO HEAD AND BODY ORNAMENTS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Two leaf shaped fiber ornaments for attachments to garments decorated with shells, 60cm and 66.5cm l...

A LARGE DAYAK HAT, BORNEO Of woven basketry, the shallow conical hat is decorated with brightly coloured designs in red, yellow, blue and black, 7...

THREE BASKETS AND A WOVEN MAT, BORNEO Probably from the Dayak tribe, one basket of bamboo strands with a cloth strap allowing for the basket to be...

 AN EXCEPTIONAL DAYAK HORN CARVING, BORNEO Using the natural shape of the horn, the skilled craftsman has created an object that is both highly in...

TWO POLYNESIAN WOOD FIGURES  One figure standing with arms raised, palms up, the palms pierced in the centre, the elongated stylised face with in...

A BALL-HEADED 'ROOTSTALK' CLUB, FIJI ISLANDS Probably of Iron wood, the rootstalk of the tree has been used as the gnarled head of the club surmou...

TWO BAMBOO AND RAFFIA LOBSTER BASKETS  Probably from Indonesia, with a flat base the body of the baskets curve round in the form of a clam with a ...

A PAIR OF WAYANG GOLEK PUPPETS, INDONESIA With articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dresses made with batik fabric, Puppets such as th...

AN INDIAN PAINTED METAL MASK  With a long, black-painted beard divided into sectioned tresses and a large moustache which surmounts the open mouth...

AN INDIAN METAL MASK  A circular mask with exaggerated facial features, with bulbous cheeks and nose, the mouth in a wide smile with two large tee...

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