KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

Lot: 40012 Year: Denom: Header: Title: More Flying Fox Jaws Description: An additional group of flying fox jaws, in this lot 5 entire jaws,

Lot: 40013 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Flying Fox Teeth Description: Flying fox teeth themselves were strung on cords as used as money. See

Lot: 40014 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Beetle Headpiece Money Description: The carapaces of iridescent green beetles were woven into headpi

Lot: 40015 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Boar's Tusk Necklace Description: This necklace of boar's tusks from Papua New Guinea has 22 tu...

Lot: 40016 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Carved Wooden Bowls Description: Natives of Siassi Island, Papua New Guinea, carved beautiful wooden

Lot: 40017 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Crocodile Teeth Necklace Description: Along the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, crocodile teeth nec

Lot: 40018 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Cassowary Bone Daggers Description: Two dangerous daggers of cassowary bone, one with an incised geo

Lot: 40019 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Headband Money, Australian Gum Money Description: An example of "headband money" from Papua N...

Lot: 40020 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Woven Spirit Figure Description: During important ceremonies in Abelam, Papua New Guinea, colorful,

Lot: 40021 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kina Shell Bride Price Description: Kina shells (gold lip shells, pinctada maxima) were used for bri

Lot: 40022 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kina Shell with Nassa Decoration Description: Another kina shell, this one enhanced by nassa shell d

Lot: 40023 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kina Shell Colored with Red Ochre Description: A third example of kina shell money, rubbed with red

Lot: 40024 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Native-Worn Kina Shell Garment Description: A garment of skin and coarse weaving with over a dozen l

Lot: 40025 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Nose Ornament with Picture of Wearer! Description: In Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, fine

Lot: 40026 Year: Denom: Header: Title: New Guinea Nose Ornament types Description: Many types of nose ornaments were in use in Papua New Gu

Lot: 40027 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Scary Bone Nose Ornaments Description: A collection of 5 fierce-looking bone nose ornaments from the

Lot: 40028 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Carved Wooden Nose Ornaments Description: A pair of carved wooden nose ornaments, also called otsj.

Lot: 40029 Year: Denom: Header: Title: New Guinea, Philippines Nose Ornaments Description: From Papua New Guinea or Irian Jaya come four ad

Lot: 40030 Year: Denom: Header: Title: "Big Man" Status Symbol Description: A Papua New Guinea status symbol was an omak, a row of s...

Lot: 40031 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kandangei Money Belt Description: The village of Kandangei, Papua New Guinea, used 3" woven belts, w

Lot: 40032 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Huge Giant Clam Shell Ring Description: In Papua New Guinea and elsewhere in the South Seas, huge ri

Lot: 40033 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Manslaughter Redemption Money Description: At Wagawage, Papua New Guinea, samakupa shell money was a

Lot: 40034 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Fascinating Shell Necklace Description: This fascinating shell necklace from Papua New Guinea has a

Lot: 40035 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Interesting Shell Necklace Description: Another interesting shell necklace from the Sepik River area

Lot: 40036 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Bridal Cap Description: Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Latmul Tribe, “ambusup,

Lot: 40037 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Asmat Trade Axe Description: A fine example of a trade axe of the Asmat Tribe of Irian Jaya and wor

Lot: 40038 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Bat Bone Belt Description: A bat bone belt of the Dani Tribe, Irian Jaya; a shaman's artifact. It w

Lot: 40039 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Asmat Nose Ornaments Description: A pair of Asmat Tribe bipanes, large curved shell nose ornaments.

Lot: 40040 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Bride Price Glass Ring Description: Translucent blue-green glass rings, some ancient, were used as b

Lot: 40041 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Dimbo Money Earrings Description: On Waropen Island off the northwest coast of Irian Jaya, 13th-cent

Lot: 40042 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Asm]at Salt Packet Description: Asmat, Lani Culture area, Western Dani, Highlands of Papua (Irian Ja

Lot: 40043 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Star Stone Money Description: In Irian Jaya, “The most specific objects used are quartz cry

Lot: 40044 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Melon Bead Collection Description: Melon beads were made as early as the 16th century and traded acr

Lot: 40045 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Bride Price Armband Description: Shell armbands called abaquaro were used in exchange and as part o

Lot: 40046 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Poata Shell Ring Currency Description: Another traditional currency of the Solomon Islands was the a

Lot: 40047 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Rare Seven-Layer Chevron Bead Description: A rare seven-layer chevron bead, made 1480-1600, used as

Lot: 40048 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Chinese Imitation Chevron Beads Description: So-called "false chevron" beads were once popula...

Lot: 40049 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Exotic Tibet/South Seas Bead Group Description: Two rare antique coral beads used in Nepal and Tibet

Lot: 40050 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Modern Bride Price Beads Description: 7 strings of colorful modern copies of antique trade beads, al

Lot: 40051 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Colorful Bride Price Beads Description: Four more strings of colorful modern copies of antique trade

Lot: 40052 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Ceremonial Axe Blade Money Description: In the Trobriand Islands, large green-flecked stone ceremoni

Lot: 40053 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kiriwina Island Bundle Money, Tool Description: On Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, the women scr

Lot: 40054 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Alligator Head Sakusaku Description: Among the items exchanged in the kula ring are sakusakus, finia

Lot: 40055 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Kula Ring Sakusaku Description: Another beautifully-carved sakusaku, from the Trobriand Islands, is

Lot: 40056 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Strange Ceremonial Club Description: In New Caledonia, dumbbell-like clubs—one end exposed,

Lot: 40057 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Three-Fathom Diwarra Coil Description: Strings of nassa shells, called diwarra, had no value other t

Lot: 40058 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Dog Teeth Necklace Description: A necklace of about 110 dog teeth, strung on rattan, as used as mone

Lot: 40059 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Mounted Brass Earrings Description: Two pairs of brass spiral earrings from the Philippines, mounted

Lot: 40060 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Solomon Islands Earplug Description: An earplug from the Solomon Islands. Illustrated in NNP edition

Lot: 40061 Year: Denom: Header: Title: Heavy Silver Earring Description: A huge, heavy, silver earring as worn by Karo Batak women of Sumat