KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

Lot: 4102 Header: Title: Flying Fox Teeth Description: Solomon Islands, Malaita Island, flying fox teeth necklace strung on bush string; lengt

Lot: 4104 Header: Title: A Fo'o'aba Woven Money Belt Description: A fo'o'aba is a woven money belt worn as a sash in the Solomon ...

Lot: 4105 Header: Title: Shell Bead Strings for Bride Price Description: A galia is a single three-foot string of white shell beads made on Au

Lot: 4106 Header: Title: Plaited Human Hair! Description: On Taurna Island, Australia, strings of plaited human hair, neatly bound, were used

Lot: 4107 Header: Title: Beautiful Ikat Cloth Description: Ikat cloth is made by tying and dying the warp threads prior to weaving. In Central

Lot: 4108 Header: Title: Century-Old Sapi Sapi Belt Description: An early 20th century kaipwesi belt (or sapi sapi) made of kaloma shell disks

Lot: 4109 Header: Title: Very Rare Trobriand Doga Necklace Description: Also from the Trobriand Islands, this amazing necklace has an overlapp

Lot: 4110 Header: Title: Kanotar Chains for Bride Price Description: Kanotars are snake-like metal chains with flared ends, made of tin, from

Lot: 4111 Header: Title: Elaborate Kanotars Description: Two additional Sumba kanotars, one with highly elaborate design including wire scroll

Lot: 4112 Header: Title: Choiseul Island Sea Worm Money Description: Kesa consists of sets of thin-walled cylinders now thought to be carved f

Lot: 4113 Header: Title: Clam Shell Strings for Warriors Description: Natives of Baelelea, North Malaita, in the Solomon Islands, made keta ko

Lot: 4114 Header: Title: Borneo Copper Kettle Money Description: An outstanding antique copper kettle from Borneo, nicely decorated, with a bi

Lot: 4115 Header: Title: Antique Borneo Copper Kettle Description: Another antique kettle from Borneo, heavily decorated and with the handle s

Lot: 4117 Header: Title: Choice Lavalavas Description: Lavalavas the principal garment of Polynesia, are articles of daily clothing worn as a

Lot: 4118 Header: Title: Better Quality Lavalavas Description: Two lavalavas of finer quality: one red, white, and blue and the other red, whi

Lot: 4119 Header: Title: Rare Grave Ornament Description: In Roviana, Western Province, Solomon Islands, graves are marked with ornaments call

Lot: 4120 Header: Title: Palau Stone Ring Money Description: Limestone rings were formerly used as money in the Palau Islands: see Quiggin, pp

Lot: 4121 Header: Title: Marriage/Bride Price Money Description: Loda, a chain woven of copper wire with enlarged ends, was used as money on S

Lot: 4122 Header: Title: Sex Organ Earring Collection Description: An essential element of bride price on Sumba is mamuli, earrings representi

Lot: 4123 Header: Title: More Unusual Sex Organ Earrings Description: A second collection of mamulis, 12 pieces of a range of sizes from the u

Lot: 4124 Header: Title: Fantastic Gold Sex Organ Earring Description: A mamuli in 12 karat gold (33 g), edged in ropework and enhanced with g

Lot: 4125 Header: Title: Golden Jewel Description: A manggarai, a jewel of gold 60 mm in diameter, in the form of a thin plate with a center h

Lot: 4126 Header: Title: Enormous Shell Ring Money Description: On Choiseul Island, huge shell rings called maulavata are used as money. They

Lot: 4127 Header: Title: Solomon Islands Chief's Money Description: Another mbokomo from the Solomon Islands, a plaque carved from the shell o

Lot: 4128 Header: Title: Māori Prestige Weapons Description: The Māori of New Zealand made stone, nephrite jade, wood, and wha

Lot: 4129 Header: Title: Primitive Bride Price Money Description: In New Britain, mokmoks formed a special currency used for bride price when

Lot: 4130 Header: Title: Giant Alor Island Moko Description: Huge bronze kettledrums or gongs (mokos) were the most highly valued money of Alo

Lot: 4131 Header: Title: Another Famous Moko Description: A second example of this rare and famous currency of Alor Island, somewhat worn from

Lot: 4132 Header: Title: Rare Ancient Moko Description: A third example of an Alor Island moko, very old but in relic condition, with loss of

Lot: 4133 Header: Title: Perfect Kula Ring Valuable Description: The Trobriand Islands are a key link in the kula ring, and mwali is a major v

Lot: 4134 Header: Title: Highly Valuable Bride Price Piece Description: A second mwali, this with all the elements of the previous lot, only m

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