Ethnographic Auction

AFRICA: iron hoe money (1015g), Opitz (2011) p.250 (plate example), ca. 43.5 x 31cm, with a broad semicircular head and a flat handle ending in a diam

AFRICA: iron spearhead (151g), 42.2cm, with hollow shaft for attachment to pole, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

AFRICA: iron throwing knife (449g), Opitz p.346 (plate example), comprising a 57cm-long long body with a curved tip and a 14cm-long cross bar ending i

AFRICA: LOT of 18 bracelets, including a heavy twisted bronze bracelet (412g), 2 copper bracelets with enlarged ends (224g, 84g), 3 European-made mani

AFRICA: LOT of 2 bronze bracelets, one a C-shaped ring with three spherical bells (116 x 81mm, no clappers), the other (61mm across) decorated with et

AFRICA: LOT of 3 copper ornaments, including a 4-loop coil (ca. 77mm across, 211g), a ring etched with coiling patterns (80mm, 193g), and a bracelet w

AFRICA: LOT of 4 copper bracelets, ranging from 7 to 13.5cm wide, the largest one made from copper inlaid with a spiraling iron strip, the others made

AFRICA: LOT of 16 items, including 3 West African iron currencies (a bat hoe, 235g, Opitz p.37 plate example; a purr-purr bar, and a somba bar), 4 bra

AFRICA & ASIA: LOT of 8 beads, including Africa: an old large bodem bead (worn by the Asante of Ghana, 41 x 32mm, ex Michael Heide Collection); ...

AFRICA & ASIA: LOT of 17 bracelets, including Africa: a heavy manilla-like Nigeria copper dowry bracelet (363g), two heavy brass bracelets, 5 co...

AMERICAS: UNITED STATES: glass beads (160g), with a medal of Innocent XI (Peace of Nijmegen), all strung on leather cord ca. 50cm in length, used by R

AMERICAS: UNITED STATES: iron axehead (820g), Opitz p.27, comprising a 9 x 16cm blade and a 3.5cm-wide round eye, stamped with touchmark and etched wi

AMERICAS: UNITED STATES: LOT of 4 paper checks, including State of Connecticut: pay order issued in 1780 to Eliphaz Parrish for 2 pounds, 13 shillings

AMERICAS: UNITED STATES: LOT of 2 wampum strings, Opitz p.364 & 370, 61cm & 57cm, both bead-type, used by the mound-building cultures of the...

AMERICAS: LOT of 13 items, from diverse locations across the Americas, including United States: an Eskimo fish sinker made from metal and bone (ex Det

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (280.89g), ca. 1385-1460, Gear period M, group 7, cf. p.63, 56mm high, 40mm wide, cast to a contemporary standard of 20 k

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1158g), ca. 1460-1563, Gear period K/L, group 6, cf. p.77, 82mm high, 58mm wide, cast to a contemporary standard of 80 k

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (142.71g), 50mm high, 32mm wide, cast to a contemporary standard of 10 kyat, hintha bird on thick octagonal base with ver

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1458g), ca. 1531-1563, Gear period K, group 5, cf. p.64, 100mm tall, 75mm wide, cast to a standard of 100 kyat, hintha b

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1531g), 98mm tall, 75mm wide, cast to a standard of 100 kyat, hintha bird with mouth appendage and handle, on flat round

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (2308g), 118mm high, 70mm wide, hintha bird on drum-shaped octagonal base with hintha bird (front and back) and Mon inscr

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1634g), ca. 1785-1867, Gear period D, group 2, cf. p.71, 132mm tall, 70mm wide, cast to a standard of 100 kyat (viss), h

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1568g), ca. 1785-1867, Gear period D, group 2, cf. p.71, 137mm tall, 71mm wide, cast to a standard of 100 kyat (viss), h

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (754g), ca. 1785-1802, Gear period C, group 2, cf. p.72, 80mm tall, 57mm wide, cast to a standard of 50 kyat, hintha bird

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1641g), 122mm tall, 64mm wide, hintha bird with handle on tapered octagonal base, cast to a standard of 100 kyat (viss),

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (321.38g), cf. Gear Group 5, Period K, 55mm tall, hintha bird-type on round base with vertical lines, cast to a local sta

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (1531g), ca. 1785-1867, Gear period D, group 2, 112mm tall, 70m wide, cast to a standard of 100 kyat (viss), hintha bird

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (804g), ca. 1785-1867, Gear period D, group 2, 100mm tall, 52m wide, cast to a standard of 50 kyat, hintha bird on tapere

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (159.98g), ca. 1852-1885, Gear period A, group 1, cf. p.74, 52mm tall, 30mm wide, cast to a standard of 10 kyat, hintha b

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (749g), ca. 1785-1867, Gear period D, group 2, 95mm tall, 59m wide, cast to a standard of 50 kyat, hintha bird on tapered

ASIA: BURMA: bronze opium weight (165.42g), 54 x 40 x 33mm, lion-type (chinthe) on an octagonal base, likely a late 19th century to early 20th century

ASIA: BURMA: bronze opium weight (164.69g), 51 x 38 x 31mm, lion-type (chinthe) on an octagonal base, likely a late 19th century to early 20th century

ASIA: BURMA: bronze opium weight (163.58g), 49 x 40 x 34mm, lion-type (chinthe) on an octagonal base, possibly a late 19th century to early 20th centu

ASIA: BURMA: bronze opium weight (65.88g), early 20th century, Opitz p.376-78, Mitch-2847, 33 x 27 x 24mm, elephant type on an elongated octagonal bas

ASIA: BURMA: bronze opium weight (32.27g), early 20th century, Opitz p.376-78, Mitch-2848, 26 x 21 x 18mm, elephant type on an elongated octagonal bas

ASIA: BURMA: AE opium weight (769g), 95mm tall, 56mm wide, hintha bird with handle on tapered octagonal base, cast to a standard of 50 kyat, possibly

ASIA: BURMA: AR willow leaf ingot (13.30g), ca. 1600-1800, Opitz p.380, Krisadaolarn-B302, also called flower money ("yowetni"), thin vari...

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 17 bronze opium weights, likely mid- to late 20th century productions, including 6 elephants (between 64g and 12g), 6 cranes (betw

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 16 AE opium weights, including twelve 2-kyat (ca. 30g) and four 1-kyat (ca. 15g), all with mythical lion-deer (tó), about h...

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 15 AE opium weights, including one 5-kyat (76g), ten 2-kyat (ca. 30g) and four 1-kyat (ca. 15g), all with mythical lion-deer (t&...

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 12 AE opium weights, including two 10-kyat (ca. 150g), six 2-kyat (ca. 30g), and four 1-kyat (ca. 15g), all with hintha bird on he

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 12 AE opium weights, including a 10-kyat (137g), seven 2-kyat (ca. 30g), and four 1-kyat (ca. 15g), all with hintha bird on polygo

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 8 bronze opium weights, all bird-type (hintha), weighing 306g (20 kyat), 164g, 159g, 158g (10 kyat), 84g (5 kyat), 32g (2 kyat), p

ASIA: BURMA: SET of 6 AE opium weights, all Gear period M, group 7 (ca. 1385-1460, cf. p.63), weighing 72.63g, 32.74g, 19.53g, 10.29g, 6.29g, and 4.00

ASIA: BURMA: SET of 6 AE opium weights, all Gear period Ib/Ic, group 4 (ca. 1551-1595, cf. p.92), weighing 300.55g (20 kyat), 149.38g, 73.72g, 29.94g,

ASIA: BURMA: SET of 6 AE opium weights, all with hintha bird on hexagonal base (Gear group 2, period B, ca. 1796-1875), weighing 303g (20 kyat), 153g

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 5 bronze opium weights, all lion-type (chinthe) with octagonal base, weighing 83g, 82g, 33g, 32g, 16g respectively, the middle thr

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 5 bronze opium weights, all elephant-type, 3 cast to a local standard of 1 kyat (13.29g, 13.21g, 12.70g), one each of ½ kya...

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 4 bronze opium weights, all lion-type (chinthe) with square base, weighing 156g, 153g, 143g, 81g respectively, all ca. early 19th

ASIA: BURMA: LOT of 4 bronze opium weights, all lion-type (chinthe), weighing 376.8g, 283g, 206g, 166g respectively, mid- to late 20th century product