KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

Lot: 4135 Header: Title: Rossel Island Money Collection Description: The currency of Rossel Island, some 200 miles southeast of New Guinea, is

Lot: 4136 Header: Title: Old Rossel Island Money Strings Description: Rossel Island nkö, on the other hand, is simply a string of ten

Lot: 4137 Header: Title: Supernatural Powers Description: Believed to have supernatural powers, these pendants from Sulawesi, Indonesia, are o

Lot: 4138 Header: Title: Porpoise Teeth String Description: Porpoise teeth are used as money throughout the Solomon Islands, for bride price,

Lot: 4139 Header: Title: Bride Price Bracelets Description: A collection of 8 varieties of bracelets from Sumba, neighbor of Timor, including

Lot: 4140 Header: Title: Additional Bride Price Bracelets Description: A second collection of 8 varieties of bracelets from Sumba, also used a

Lot: 4141 Header: Title: Only for High-Ranking Women Description: Copper and iron rings were worn by high-ranking women of Sumba Island, Indon

Lot: 4142 Header: Title: Sharks for Head, Hands, and Feet! Description: The southern Solomon Islands used clamshell disks incised with fantast

Lot: 4143 Header: Title: Giant Clam Shell Ring Description: On the Tanga Islands, the major form of wealth consisted of grooved shell rings, a

Lot: 4144 Header: Title: [b}More Clam Shell Money[/b} Description: Three further examples of Tanga Islands shell money: (1) a small-diameter disk wit

Lot: 4145 Header: Title: Pedigreed Solomon Islands Girdle Description: A fantastic girdle over three feet long, of shell and glass beads and v

Lot: 4146 Header: Title: Headhunters Shield Description: The headhunters of Western Province, Solomon Islands, protected themselves in the ear

Lot: 4147 Header: Title: Very Rare Guadalcanal Money Shield Description: Very old Guadalcanal rattan shield with rounded ends; Solomon Islands

Lot: 4148 Header: Title: 1910-Era Money Shield Description: A second Guadalcanal rattan shield, of the type made 1910-1920, with pointed ends;

Lot: 4149 Header: Title: Ancient Chinese Bracelet Description: Bracelet carved of red lacquer, as found in ancient Chinese graves throughout A

Lot: 4150 Header: Yap Title: Enormous Yap Stone! Description: Yap, famous Stone Money, pre-O’Keefe. An enormous example of 21-3/4" max

Lot: 4151 Header: Title: Pre-O'Keefe Yap Stone! Description: Another pre-O'Keefe Yap stone, nearly as large and heavy: 17" in diamet...

Lot: 4152 Header: Title: 25-lb. Yap Stone Description: A third Yap stone, post-O'Keefe so circa 1871-1901, 10" in diameter, 25 lb. See O...

Lot: 4153 Header: Title: Traditional Yapese Money Description: Another kind of traditional money of Yap is figaa, joined multiple strands of g

Lot: 4154 Header: Title: Yapese Women's Money Description: Also on Yap, a pearl shell was pierced and bound to a sennit cord, which was attach