KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

Lot: 4031 Header: Title: (b)(i)Nassa(/i) Currencies and Purse(/b) Description: Three additional examples of Papua New Guinea nassa currency: a long,

Lot: 4032 Header: Title: (b)Very Old, Huge Nassa Money(/B) Description: An enormous almond-shaped bark piece, approximately 30 by 10 inches, covered

Lot: 4033 Header: Title: (b)Ornament with Shells and Bird's Beaks(/b) Description: A rare pectoral ornament and headband, or Wela, 1960s, of t...

Lot: 4034 Header: Title: (b)Impressive Pectoral Ornament(/b) Description: Another Wela type pectoral ornament, not as colorful as preceding lot but e

Lot: 4035 Header: Title: (b)Pectoral Ornament with Photo as Worn!(/b) Description: A third Wela pectoral ornament, together with photograph of native

Lot: 4036 Header: Title: (b)Elaborate Pectoral Ornament(/b) Description: An elaborate pectoral ornament made by the Buang Tribe of Humboldt Bay, Papu

Lot: 4037 Header: Title: (b)Pig Teeth Necklaces, Armband(/b) Description: A necklace of pig teeth and shells; a second necklace of pig teeth, with tw

Lot: 4038 Header: Title: (b)Pig Teeth Ornament, Porpoise Teeth Necklace(/b) Description: A miniature ornament of wood and pig teeth and a necklace of

Lot: 4039 Header: Title: (b)Unusual Pig Teeth Necklacesv Description: A fine necklace of 59 pig teeth with fiber backing, and a second necklace o

Lot: 4040 Header: Title: (b)Rare, Pristine Kukukuku Salt Barv Description: The tiny (population 1,500) Baruya Tribe, part of the Kukukuku people,

Lot: 4041 Header: Title: (b)Shell Money Breast Pendant, Ex Gibbs(/b) Description: Rare shell money breast pendant, mounted, from famous Gibbs Collec

Lot: 4042 Header: Papua (Irian Jaya) Title: (b)Bride Price Aprons(/b) Description: Small apron of colored fibers, decorated with 12 boar's tusks...

Lot: 4043 Header: Title: (b)Fringed, Beaded Bride Price Apron(/b) Description: Magnificent beaded apron with colored fringe. Another outstanding item

Lot: 4044 Header: Title: (b)Finger Chopper Tool!(/b) Description: It was a custom of the Dani Tribe for grieving widows to chop off the tops of one o

Lot: 4045 Header: Title: (b)Tall, Carved Wooden Drum(/b) Description: A fine wooden drum, carved and partly painted. In the Asmat region of Irian Jay

Lot: 4046 Header: Title: (b)Shell Money to Buy Pigs or Canoes(/b)] Description: Mikak, a huge baler shell formed into a spoon shape and with smaller

Lot: 4047 Header: Title: (b)Male and Female Je Stones(/b) Description: Two je stones, elongated slate ovals with a central fiber band, one male (thic

Lot: 4048 Header: Title: (b)Additional Je Stones Description: Two additional je stones, 20 x 4-3/4 inches and 20 x 4-1/2 inches. See Opitz, p. 16

Lot: 4049 Header: Title: (b) Description: A jetak, a long, knitted fiber band with cowry shells and orchid fiber sewn down the center at regular inte

Lot: 4050 Header: Other Oceania Title: (b)Choice Solomon Islands Abaquero Description: In the Solomon Islands beaded armbands were made with the w