Stephen Album Rare Coins | Internet Auction 12

ETHNOGRAPHIC: AMERICAS: UNITED STATES: turquoise beads (71.69g), Opitz p.66, consisting of a ring of turquoise pebbles and shell fragments (ca. 35cm i

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: BURMA/MYANMAR: carnelian necklace, consisting of 10 strands of red beads with large polished carnelian beads, old brass bells and

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: BURMA/MYANMAR: glass bead necklace, consisting of 20 strands of bright yellow glass beads (each ca. 45cm) attached to a braided cl

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: BURMA/MYANMAR: LOT of 3 bronze opium weights, ca. 17th-19th century, including a 20-kyat to (mythical lion-deer; 305g, encrusted),

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: BURMA/MYANMAR: pumtek beads, ca. 500-1000 AD, Opitz p.61 (plate example), 76cm, consisting of 3 cylinders, 3 squares and numerous

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: THAILAND: AR bracelet (83.82g), Mitch-2991, Opitz p.282, 57 x 48mm, used by hill tribes in northern Thailand and Laos as store of

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: THAILAND: AR bracelet (88.18g), Opitz p.284, 80mm at the widest, with decorations towards the enlarged ends, by the Hmong-Mien (Mi

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: TIBET: brass bell (271g), Opitz p.130 (plate example), also known as deoganta, 153mm high & 74mm wide, decorated with many t...

ETHNOGRAPHIC: ASIA: silver pendant (33.27g), 34 x 53 x 10mm, consisting of a hollow vase-shaped body depicting a man and a woman facing each other on

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: AUSTRALIA: gum money (63.00g), Opitz p.152 (plate example), consisting of a stick of triodia gum (11.8cm) wrapped in leaves and

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: AUSTRALIA: teeth necklace, Opitz (2011) p.275, consisting a 55cm-long string with 55 teeth and numerous tiny black shell monies

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: BORNEO: AE buffalo bell (366g), Opitz p.92 (plate example), ca. 120 x 113mm, with wooden clapper, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collecti

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: INDONESIA: Borneo, wax block (1044g), Opitz p.375 (plate example), 19 x 11 x 6cm, with 2 inlaid woven strings, VF, ex Charles O

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: INDONESIA: Java, kris dagger (158g), Opitz p.188, also known as keris, ca. 44cm in total length, with wavy blade, fitted with w

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: INDONESIA: LOT of 3 dimbo glass earrings, Opitz p.136 (plate examples), made in Java ca. 13th century and used as money in the

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: INDONESIA: tin kanotar chain (47.10g), Opitz p.171, ca. 1.5m (60") long, made from intricately concatenated silver-washe...

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, tobacco stick, Opitz (2011) p.588 (plate example), 29cm-long and 6.3cm-wide at its widest, made

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: INDONESIA: LOT of 2 pieces of otsj, Opitz p.246 (plate examples), or nose pieces made from pig, cassowary or human bone, used b

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PALAU: wooden story board (584g), 17 x 30.5 x 1.9cm, multicolored etched wooden panel depicting the story of the fish-bearing t

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (131g), Opitz p.127, 375mm, made from sharpened cassowary bone, handle decorated with geometric e

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, ca. 12cm wide and 12cm long, made from braided plant fiber and decorated with several types

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: cassowary feather, Opitz p.103, consisting of a bunch of feathers ca. 20-30cm long, bound together at the end

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: conus shell necklace, Opitz (2011) p.173 (plate example), consisting of 13 rings on a 41cm-long woven band, u

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: crocodile teeth necklace, containing 33 teeth of various sizes fitted on a woven neck band, VF, ex Charles Op

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kina shell (129g), Opitz p.178 (plate example), 19 x 14cm, pearl oyster shell with shell necklace, a beautifu

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell belt, Opitz p.235, ca. 49 x 17.5cm, made with hundreds of shells sewn on to a piece of bark cloth

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: pele shell string (16.04g), Opitz p.248, consisting of a string of white shell beads (33.6cm), attached at on

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: pig tooth necklace (97.08g), Opitz p.251, containing 24 pig teeth with other bone segments and black beads, u

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell headband, Opitz p.235 (plate example), consisting of hundreds of small nassa shells sewn on a piece of

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: St. Matthias Islands, beetle leg money, Opitz p.79, Quiggin p.130-31, comprises numerous segments of jewel be

ETHNOGRAPHIC: AMERICAS: UNITED STATES: full grooved stone axe (701g), ca. 7th-1st millennium BC, 143 x 88 x 32mm, with a sharpened edge and a concave

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axehead money (1615g), 26.5 x 10.5cm, used and traded around Kundiawa in the central highlands, repaire

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axehead money (1836g), Opitz p.21, ca. 24.5 x 11 x 3.5cm, made from polished green stone and still quit

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (692g), Opitz p.359, consisting of a large segment of the green turban snail shell (ca. 17 x 13 x

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PERAK: LOT of 4 tin ingots, ca. 17th to early 19th century, two mound-type (180g, 46g; cf. SS-1) and two conical type (87g, 8g;

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 banana leaf money, Opitz p.96-97, both ca. 30cm in length, made from scraped and etched banana leave

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PHILIPPINES: gold rings, probably 200-600 AD, Opitz p.282 (plate example), both rings ca. 10mm wide and 2mm thick, each weighin

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 3 nassa shell bands, ca. 200cm, 72cm and 49cm long respectively, made with numerous small nassa shells

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, Opitz p.11, consisting of a rectangular band (20 x 5.5cm) made from colorful shell beads arr

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, rongo shell money (16.98g), 18th century, Opitz p.301, ca. 56cm in circumference, consisting o

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Nendö Island, nelo pendant, Opitz p.238 (plate example), 45 x 63mm, nose ornament worn when performing

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: New Georgia, poata ring (163g), Opitz p.261, 107mm in diameter with an average thickness of 15mm, made from th

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Santa Cruz Islands, tema money (190g), Opitz p.343, Waite (1983) p.96, consisting of a large tridacna shell br

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: turtle shell rings, Opitz p.360, consisting of 11 rings strung on woven plant fiber, used as money on many Pac

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: utute shell disc (50.61g), 19th century or earlier, Opitz p.362 (plate example), 70mm, made from a tridacna sh

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: wooden comb (58.77g), 205 x 82mm, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 2 shell money necklaces, one ca. 114cm in circumference with braided pendant ending in several shells a

ETHNOGRAPHIC: PACIFIC: TAIWAN: horn bead necklace, 52.5cm, an old example made by the aboriginal Austronesian tribes, choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Coll

ETHNOGRAPHIC: WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 silver bracelets, including a Timor dancing bracelet (77mm wide) with decorative patterns and a silver bead inside i

ETHNOGRAPHIC: WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 tobacco items, including a braided tobacco stick from the Solomon Islands (30.5 x 3.5 x 1cm, 82.82g, Opitz p.354), a