KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

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

Lot: 4051 Header: Title: (b)Impressive Abaquero Description: An impressive Solomon Islands abaquaro in very choice condition. See Opitz, p. 11. L

Lot: 4052 Header: Title: (b)Chief-worn Bakhia—Red, White, and Blue Description: On Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands, breast ornaments calle

Lot: 4053 Header: Title: (b)Another Bakhia, White and Grey Beads Description: A second example of a Solomon Islands bakhia, this with white and g

Lot: 4054 Header: Title: (b)Virtually Perfect Bakhia Description: Another bakhia from the Solomon Islands, virtually perfect. See Opitz, p. 29. P

Lot: 4055 Header: Title: (b)Bani'au Bride Price Money Description: Bani'au consist of six strands of shell beads, each six arm lengths lon...

Lot: 4056 Header: Title: Second Bani'au Example Description: A second example of bani'au; Opitz, p. 32. Also illustrated in NNP edition, ...

Lot: 4057 Header: Title: Clan or Chief Badge Description: This object, a badge of a clan or chief, displays multiple cut out kina shells. It i

Lot: 4058 Header: Title: Cut Out Kina Shell Badge Description: A similar badge from the Solomon Islands made with cut out kina shells and bead

Lot: 4059 Header: Title: Money for Chiefs and for Bride Price Description: Solomon Islands barava (or mbarava) are fretworked plaques made fro