KAGIN'S MARCH 11-15, 2021 AUCTION

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