Sales catalogue: Stevens

Date:
18-19 August 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/21/739
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    551 652 29 Second Day A pair of shoes, old axe, and 2 pieces of currency money Fine old kava bowl, 2ft. diam. (from Fiji) ; necklet 3) Re claw-like whale teeth, formerly worn by chiefs and ~ highly prized, and an old wooden fork, used in eating human flesh (Fij1) ; Fine Indian helmet, with chain neck guard, and 2 ditto /*’ shields, with 4 bosses Four ditto fine breast panels, and 2 ditto arm-guards °/* ~ An old earthenware wine jar, Portuguese ! //* A small shrine, with figure of deity 1¢7]° Oil painting of an Indian, and 2 other prints Fine native bronze necklet, and others Collection of native and other necklets, etc. (various) A very fine native silver necklet and ear-rings ! / ~ A Claude Lorraine mirror, in original case thy} - ; Small antique microscope, in case, and 2 others, rare BY ES BP Quantity of optical sundries (various) YL be ae Quantity of antique lenses, etc., for microscope /®7- Poe Three speculative oil paintings, on panel fe) Pm Curious old copper stomacher, and surgicals (various) 3 })o/. Small collection of shipping and other tokens /2/- Ditto } al » Collection of early English, Mexican, and other spurs 2/’”- (various) : Collection of early military badges, etc. 2 Jia] 6 ee Collection of early military helmets, etc. * Je)» Adare? New Guinea dancing mask and dress Native cradle, with carrying yoke Bells and gong carried by oxen, from Siam Mammoth tusks, fragments found in gravel pit, Mitcham, ;». 1903 Great Eastern, which laid the Atlantic cable, carved on a re) - shell : Early heavy axe of mottled green jade, with keen edge 2 and 2 holes for securing handle, 7din. by 53in. Jade vase and cover, carved prunus and birds in relief, 6in. Bronze medal of the Opening of the Railway in Luxembourg, 27th October, 1858 Interesting pair of medals to C. Grunelle, Station Master in Belgium, viz.:—The George V. silver Great War medal, 1914-18, and silver medal from the Queen of Holland to the same man
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