KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

The Charles J. Opitz Reference Collection of Primitive/Odd & Curious Money Mr. Opitz has personally selected highlights of his outstanding refe...

Lot: 4001 Header: Papua New Guinea Title: (b)Aprons with Pig Tails(/b) Description: Two aprons used as currency, one ornamented with pig tails. Low Es

Lot: 4002 Header: Title: (b)Pre-1973 New Guinea Weapons(/b) Description: A group of arrows and spears used in trade; Opitz acquired from natives whe

Lot: 4003 Header: Title: (b)More New Guinea Arrows and Spears(/b) Description: A similar group. Low Estimate: 500 High Estimate: 900 Pedigree Collect

Lot: 4004 Header: Title: (b)Bagi Necklace, ex Howard Gibbs(/b) Description: Bagi necklace, very old, mounted; this example illustrated in Opitz, p. 2

Lot: 4005 Header: Title: (b)Kula Trade Items(/b) Description: A second example of bagi, plus a large polished stone axehead from the Trobriand Island

Lot: 4006 Header: Title: (b)Old Trade Belts(/b) Description: Four belts used in trade, a good variety: bark belt 4-1/2" wide, carved, Mt. Hage...

Lot: 4007 Header: Title: (b)Full Circle Boar's Tusk!(/b) Description: Full circle boar's tusk, 4-1/4" in diameter. See Opitz, p. 87. F...

Lot: 4008 Header: Title: (b)Full Circle + 1/8 Boar's Tusk!!(/b) Description: Full circle plus 1/8 boar's tusk, Opitz, p. 87. Even rarer tha...

Lot: 4009 Header: Title: (b)Boar's Tusk Necklaces(/b) Description: Two boar's tusk necklaces, each with 47 tusks, the second necklace illus...

Lot: 4010 Header: Title: (b)Lime Stick Collection(/b) Description: A collection of 9 bosu lime sticks, some wonderfully carved. These are tiny spatul

Lot: 4011 Header: Title: (b)Bigger Lime Stick Collection(/b) Description: A second group of 13 bosu lime sticks, two of which are illustrated in Opit

Lot: 4012 Header: Title: (b)Cassowary Bird Relics(/b) Description: Cassowary fly whisk and cassowary hat. A large, flightless bird, the cassowary can

Lot: 4013 Header: Title: (b)Dangerous Cassowary Claw Necklace(/b) Description: A necklace of dangerous cassowary claws, cuscus shells, cowries, boar

Lot: 4014 Header: Title: (b)Precontact Stone War Club(/b) Description: A precontact New Guinea stone club shaped like a pineapple on a wood stick, fo

Lot: 4015 Header: Title: (b)World War II Stone War Club(/b) Description: WW II New Guinea war club, stone head. Low Estimate: 500 High Estimate: 900

Lot: 4016 Header: Title: (b)Century-old War Club(/b) Description: Gazelle Peninsula, Island of New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea),

Lot: 4017 Header: Title: (b)Sepik River Bride Price(/b) Description: Bride price item: Two large conch shells, painted, with cassowary feather decora

Lot: 4018 Header: Title: (b)Two Conus Money Necklaces(/b) Description: Two necklaces: conus beads and conus shell rings; latter illustrated in Opitz,

Lot: 4019 Header: Title: (b)Cowry Shell Belt, Necklace(/b) Description: Fantastic condition cowry shell belt plus cowry shell necklace, Dani Tribe? L

Lot: 4020 Header: Title: (b)Cowry Shell Necklaces(/b) Description: Three additional cowry shell necklaces, illustrating three different ways of strin

Lot: 4021 Header: Title: (b)Cuscus Teeth Necklaces(/b) Description: Two necklaces of cuscus teeth, one with 60 teeth and the other with about 240 tee

Lot: 4022 Header: Title: (b)Manhood Initiation Items(/b) Description: A pair of fofonas, Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea ceremonial ornaments; the

Lot: 4023 Header: Title: (b)Human Finger Necklace!(/b) Description: The Mariwaka Tribe of Papua New Guinea wore necklaces made from the smoked finger

Lot: 4024 Header: Title: (b)Spondylus Shell Headdress(/b) Description: In Papua New Guinea, pieces of spondylus shell were dried at both ends and mou

Lot: 4025 Header: Title: (b)Human Tooth Necklace!(/b) Description: A necklace of human teeth, with spacers, used in Papua New Guinea as money until t

Lot: 4026 Header: Title: (b)Kina Shell Money, Bride Price(/b) Description: Kina mokas were used as money and bride price by several tribes in a large

Lot: 4027 Header: Title: (b)Marsupial Teeth Necklace(/b) Description: The Kapauku Tribe prized necklaces of marsupial teeth, called kedege ego dokpe,

Lot: 4028 Header: Title: (b)(i)Nassa(/i) Shell Money Pair(/b) Description: Nassa shells were broken, threaded on a cord, and attached to a backing; b

Lot: 4029 Header: Title: (b)More (i)Nassa(/i) "Wife-Buying Money"(/b) Description: Two more examples of this "wife-buying money,&quo...

Lot: 4030 Header: Title: (b)Unusual (i)Nassa(/i) Shell Money Forms(/b) Description: A further pair of nassa currency items, one on bark in the shape

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