Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
14th July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/160
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    649 A large stone adze—133 im. long—from Hntrecasteaux Island, Torres Strait ; an obsidian dagger, from Admiralty Isles; and four stone adzes— 4+ im. to 74 om. long— _from Okewa, Chatham Islands 6 630) ieee fine examples of stone adzes, chisels and gouges— 34 in. to 63 am. a From Soloman Islands 7 ie examples of implements, nuclei and flakes of obsidian, &c. From Admiralty Isles 27 652 Two Larce Apzss, of (?) fossilised shell, from Solomon Islands—i04 im. and 13 in. long ; three stone axes, from New Hebrides, Tonga Island and Samoa; and a shell adze, from New Guinea, in its original haft 6 4 » A series of nineteen stone implements, from Australia, con- sisting of eighteen rudely chipped and one ground all over 19 654 Two Larner Stone Axss, from New Guinea—13 im. and 124 an. long. Hine : 2 655 Srx OtnERs—7} m. to 104 on. long 6 656 Nine stone axes and adzes—23 in.to Tin.long. From New Guinea, New Caledonia and West Indies 9 YA | 4 well) * 657 Five Stone Axres anp ApzeEs, from New Caledonia, in ~ ee their original hafts. An excellent selection, in fine state ge : (658) Ten axes, of stone, from St. Vincent, ground all over the 7 ~~ surface; a typical series—25 im. to 5 in. long © 10. 659 Exeut Axzs, of stone, from St. Vincent—d in. to 10 in, _long 8 660. ‘Twelve exniapies of stone axes, from Jamaica—2} wm. to er 10 in. long. Mostly fine 412 ff f » Nine axes and chisels, in stone; and one, in (?) fossil shell, from British West Indies—3} i. to 9 an. tong 10 662 Eleven implements, of shell, from the Barbadoes—3% an. to 6 in. long ig ~~ ll *
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