Saturday, July 29th at Malter Galleries in Encino, California
Auction 1pm, preview at 10am

ANTIQUITIES

1. Mesopotamia, Ur III, c. 2100 B. C. a clay cuneiform tablet used as a receipt for grain This specimen has particularly large cuneiform signs including numerical signs. Chipped. 4 x 4 cm. $3502. Egypt, Late New Kingdom, c. 1300-1000 B.C. a carved steatite scarab; the base is inscribed with a kneeling pharaoh before an obelisk. Sharp and clear. 16 x 11 mm. Nice! $150 3. Egypt, XX Dynasty, rare Alabaster Ushabti fragment. Upper half of alabaster fragment. Ushabti of a worker type with linear details applied in paint. Perhaps from royal tomb? Ht: 3.5". On custom stand. $750 4. Egypt, XXVI Dynasty, c. 600 B. C. a carved gray obsidian amulet in the form of the udjat eye. Cp. Petrie, Amulets, #138. A very well-preserved example, guaranteed to be not only authentic but capable of warding off the "evil eye.". W: 20mm. $250 5. Egypt, XXVI Dynasty, c. 600 B. C. a molded green glazed faience amulet in the form of a djed pillar or Nilometer. Pierced to wear on a necklace. L: 30mm. $1506. Egypt, XXVI Dynasty, c. 600 B. C. a lot of 24 assorted faience amulets. Many are "eyes of Horus", one a nicely detailed amulet of Bes, legs missing, in light blue color. L: 10mm-35mm. Some broken. We estimate the lot at $500 or about $20 each. $500/247. Egypt, XXVI Dynasty, c. 600 B. C., a pale blue faience ushabti with incised glyphs on lower torso. Nice condition. H: 4.5". $350 8. Egypt, 18^th dynasty, steatite scarab set in modern gold modern ring. Cartouche inscribed, "The Eternal Horus, praising the King". Cartouche inscribed on outside of ring. Jewelers signature "JA Gatto" engraved on inside of ring. Custom setting is quite attractive and wearable. Ring size is adjustable. $400 9. Egypt, 18^th dynasty, steatite scarab set in modern gold modern 14kt gold rectangular bezel to be worn on necklace. Scarab swivels; cartouche reads, Tutmoses III. S:24mm x 18mm. $375 10. Hittite, c. 1500-1200 B.C., a bronze sword handle. Handle with janiform deity in the style of an owl’s head with 2 concentric rings and a full crescent shaped pommel! Choice condition. L: 4.5". Nice patina and color. H: 4.5". $1500

CLASSICALGreek

11. Attic, c. 350 B.C., a choice lekythos! Grid and diamond shaped patterns with linear design throughout. Choice and very attractive! Rare! H: 5.5". $1500 12. Magna Graecia or Sicily, c. 425-375 B.C., A choice terra cotta votive figurine. Of orange-tan clay, in white slip. Maiden stands with one foot forward, holding flower(?) to breast, and small juglet in other hand. Dressed in chiton, cloak and pollos. Chip at back of headdress, otherwise choice with remains of red paint at base and breast. Ht: 8.25". $875 13. Greek, Thrace, c. 3rd century AD, a "Thracian Rider-God" on horseback. He wears "muscle" armor. Perfect except for right foot which is missing. Malter Auction 73, #350. Choice Condition. H: 2.75". $625 14. South Italy, Apulia, a fine miniature blackware krater, c. 350 B.C. Attractive black figure krater with 3 lines of red linear design horizontally around "V" sideways inside 2 of the lines. H: 1 7/8". Excellent condition. $350 15. South Italy, Apulia, a miniature footed skyphos, c. 300 B.C. Attractive red-figure vase with identical simple palmette design on each side. Slight dirt or encrustation on one side (cleanable!). Choice condition! Height 2", length; handle to handle 4". $450 16. South Italy, Apulia, c. 350 B.C., a small blackware pitcher with single loop handle. Upper body including handle is burnished in black polychrome. On metal stand. H: 3.25". Choice! $375 17. So. Italy, c. 350 BC, a miniature Apulian blackware krater with a single handle at opposite sides. Simple linear design in red-ware on both side. H: 2.25". $325 18. So. Italy, Gnathian ware, blackware cup, c. 350 B.C. . Choice glossy black patina with single loop handle and decorative linear design in multiple colors at top. A choice piece! H: 4.5". $750 19. South Italy, Campania, c. 350 BC, blackware 2 handled cup with simplistic design. H: 3.5". Nice patina.       $32520. So. Italy, c. 350 B.C., Apulian pottery shard. Rim of skyphos. Upper torso of boy facing downward and to left. Red figure. Tauro painter(?) S: 3.5 x 3". Nice. $325 21. South Italy, Apulian, c. 4th century BC, a large black glazed pelike with centrally-ribbed handles. Rare this large; decorative and in choice condition. H: 18.  $3,500 22. Eastern Mediterranean, c. 2500-1700 BC, a finely crafted blackware juglet with bulbous body, single loop handle and flared tubular neck. Intricately incised circular design throughout. H: 4.25". Chipped at top with slight repair to handle. Rare. $750

Etruscan

23. Etruscan, c. 5th-4th Century BC, a lot of 3 small bronzes. A ram's head on small shaft. Duck's head on handle. Swan ornament. 1.5"-2.25". $250

Roman

24. Roman, Augustan Period, c. 1st century AD, Bronze steelyard looped weight. Roman, Augustan Period, Bronze steelyard looped weight. The base filled in lead and stamped with relief sealer's mark: two attendants either side of large urn, horse head atop. Cp. Mutz, Romische Waagen und Gewichte aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, pl.31. $1500 83458925. Roman, Phoenicia, c. 1st-2nd century AD, a finely crafted bronze handle from a lidded jug. Base of handle modeled as an acanthus palmette. The top with 2 charming duck heads. Crusty green patina. L: 5"". $450 26. Roman Earrings, c. 300-400 AD, a pair of gold earrings with freshwater pearls. Simple circular shape with pearl connected to bottom of earring by decorative granulation. Length with pearl is 1.25". $750 27. Roman Republic, c. 200-100 B.C., gold finger ring. Original gold ring with glass intaglio of a ship under full sail. Gold bezel a bit irregular but otherwise in choice condition. Finger size is 6. $1250 28. Roman, Judaea, c. 2nd-3rd century AD, a shallow dish in crème terra cotta. Pleasant example of every day "common ware". D: 5". Nice condition. $150 29. Rome, c. 1st-2nd century AD, A silver snake bracelet. Realistically detailed and bent in snake-like slithering posture. L: 2.5". Rare in silver . $275 30. Rome, c. 1st-2nd century AD, a miniature bronze phallus amulet, looped at top for wearing. A fertility charm! L: 28mm. Nice dark green patina. $250 31. Roman, North Africa, c. 2nd-4th century AD, a redware discus shaped oil lamp with molded motif of elaborately decorated capital. On bottom, maker's name of 3 reeds, side by side. Choice! L: 4.75". $375 32. Roman, North Africa, c. 2nd-4th century AD, small discus terra cotta oil lamp with Phrygian soldier head in center. Handle is looped with hole through center. Choice condition . L: 3.5". $250 33. Late Roman, c. 6th century AD, a bronze dove. Dove sits atop cage; all in one intricate casting. Symbolizing the imprisoned spirit in the body. Ht: 1.25". $300 34. Roman, c. 100 B.C.-200 AD, marble head fragment. Profile head of a young boy with curly hair facing right. L: 2.25". Nice detail. $600 35. Roman North Africa, Carthage (?), c. 100-300 AD, A redware pottery fragment. Three Standing figures at right, Female in flowing gown at right. L: 5.5". $250 36. Rome, c. B. C. 100-100 AD a lot of three elliptical shaped lead missiles, one with an incised "A"; another with a partial fulmen, and the last plain and two are chipped. L: 3/4" to 1 1/4".  $175/3

Persia

37. Achaemenid, Parthia, c. 600-200 BC, a cast bronze circular discs with plain central umbo pierced in the center with small hole. Probable use as child's cymbals or castanets. $100 38. Ancient Persia, Sasanian, c. 500 AD, a bronze bowl. A finely crafted small bowl. Simplistic shape with attractive patina especially on bottom side. Small hole on bottom. Ht: 1.75", D: 5 7/8". Very nice condition. $300 39. Eastern Mediterranean, c. 8th century BC, a stone cosmetic palette. In the shape of a cigarette tray. D: 3.75". $275

Ancient Judaean Glass

40. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A flask of medium green glass with attractive iridescence. Large bulbous body below a short cylindrical neck. H: 4.5". Nice condition. $ 375 41. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A long-necked flask with a constricted portion above the bulbous body. H: 6.25". A nice piece! $300 42. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A large pale green glass flask with a short tube-shaped neck and a shapely pear body. Some repairs to rim. Nice! H:5.5". $375 43. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A nice glass vial of slight shape and a pretty light green color. Some attractive iridescence. H: 4.75". $240 44. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A pale, funnel-shaped vase with a flared rim. Small hole in one side. A nice design! H: 5.25". $250

45. Holy land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A nice little flask of pale green glass with a long neck and small rim. H:5.55". $37546. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A choice pale green vial with nice dark iridescence. Slight flare in rim. H:4.25". A lovely specimen! $ $575

47. Roman England, c. 100 AD, a glass dropper flask, found at Bath. A "dropper flask"; trefoil spout, body in form of a swan. Some say this shape bottle was a baby feeder. Attractive iridescence. Ex. Eder, Glass 1973. Ht: 3". Choice and of a scarce type. $575

48. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD. A pale, funnel-shaped vase with a flared rim. A nice design! H: 5.25". $250

Holy Land Ceramics

49. Holy Land, c.1st - 3rd Century AD., a terra cotta vial. Long tubular neck atop bulb shaped body. Orange slip with lots of original patina. Some ancient chips missing at rim. H: 9". $125 50. Holy Land, c. 1500-930 BC, a terra cotta bilbil with traces of white paint still evident. H: 6". See Amiran photo #177. Ex Malter Auction 73, lot 409. $250 51. Judaea, Late Bronze Age, c. 1600-1200 BCE, a single spouted crème slip terra cotta oil lamp with evidence of use. L: 6.75". Choice. $250 52. Judaea, c. 100BC-200AD, a small terra cotta oil lamp. Heavily burnished with ancient chipping on handle ,otherwise nice. L: 3.25". $75 53. Judaea, c. 100BC-200AD, a single loop handle juglet in gray slip. Bulbous body with tubular neck which flares at opening, H: 7". (repaired). $250 54. Judaea, c. 100BC-200AD, a single loop handle juglet in gray slip. Bulbous body with tubular neck which flares at opening, Chipped. Similar to above except smaller. H: 5.5". $250 55. Judaea, c. 100BC-200AD, a crème slip tall unguent jar with cylindrically shaped top and bottom and slight bulbous midsection. L: 7". Bottom slight curved. $125

CARVED STONE ARROWS, SPEARS, CARVED STONE ARROWS, SPEARS, AXES, & TOOLS OLD WORLD FLINTS & BRONZE AGE WEAPONS

56. Northern Afghanistan, c. 15,000 B.C., a lot of 15 crème colored chert arrow points. Many with serrated edges. A nice lot. $300/15  

EARLY MAN IN NORTH AMERICA

We are proud to offer a superb and diverse array of surface artifacts from the Calico, California Early Man Site located near Barstow, California. Found over thirty years ago by the late Richard Ross of Pebble Beach, California, virtually all the tools are of fine-grained siliceous materials. Varieties of chalcedony and chert predominate. This lithic industry was of long duration. Uranium-thorium dating of calcrete encrusting, a sub-surface artifact produced a date 200,000 +or – 20,000 years before the present. Dates of 15,000 to 22,000 years before present have been obtained from surface artifacts by the catian-ratio method of analysis of manganese in the patination of the tools. This is an opportunity to own some of the oldest and finest artifacts from North America as specimens of this quality have long since been collected from the site. 57. A lot of two. Chopper, L: 5.25", Face flaking on dorsal and ventral surfaces. Heavy use wear on distal edge. Proximal end shaped to fit the human hand. Classic beauty!  Also an unusually shaped large arrow-shaped chopper. L: 4.5" $150/2 58. Axe, L: 7.25", A massive hand axe; distal (pointed end) was location of where implement was held. Lunate distal edge deliberately dulled for ease in handling. A classic and wicked tool. $150 59. Axe, L: 8.25", A massive hand axe with prepared proximal end platform for handhold. Specimen broken in half (probably as a result of use) and now rejoined. A major piece.  $150   60. Chopper, L: 4". A discoid chopper a thick macro flake specimen with lunate working edge. Bifacial edge retouch is alternatively applied. Nice! $100 61. Pick, L: 6" Stout rounded tip that is bifacially flaked. The proximal end of the piece has been worked to conform to the human hand. Ingenious. $125 62. Chopper, L: 4.75". Nice platform and spall removal proximal end to fit the human hand. $75 63. Ovate biface, L: 5.5". Two blade extraction scars on distal end of side showing orange patination make this piece a "one of a kind." $75 64. Lot of two hand axes: a) L: 6", proximal end dulling around removal spall that was knocked out to better fit the hand, b) L: 5" a similar great example. $150/2 65. A lot of three: a). Notched end scraper L: 3", a classic multi-function tool that is unique to this collection; b) multi-function tool L: 3.75", the pointed distal end served as a pick or rotational tool; c) a macro flake uniface cutting tool. L: 4". All top quality. $100/3 66. A lot of four: a) Discoid core chopper, L: 4"; b) ovate biface, L: 5.75", c) chopper L: 3.25" produced from a split cobble, interesting! D) ovate biface chopper L: 4" formed to fit the human hand. $100/4 cp Ruth De Ette Simpson, "An Introduction to the Calico Early Man Site Lithic Assemblage," San Bernardino County Museum Association, QUARTERLY, Vol. 36 #3, Fall 1989.

The following lots are specimens from the HOHOKUM Indians of Southwestern United States, collected many years ago.

67. Basket Lot, a smaller Indian basket with loose projectile points from Indian sites in Texas. L: .5"-2’. $50/lot 68. Basket Lot; a large oval Indian basket filled with small envelopes holding described Indian lithics found near Gallup, New Mexico. The basket includes some bone awls. L: .5"-5". $75/lot 69. Oregon, a small wood box filled with various obsidian blades, points and tools, all from Princeville area.  $500/lot 70. Great Plains, c. BC 250-1600 A. D., a pogo point, a large size dart point with chert drill from Pierre, S.D. L: 1’-3". $25/271. Texas Points, a lot of two pieces including a notched spear, 5.25" and a small knife 3.75," each with a Ross label. $100/372. Arizona, Kinishba, a lot of two slate tools. L: 4"-4.5". $25/2 73. A lot of 4 assorted spears and scrapers, 3 stone one in obsidian. L: 2"-5". $50 74. Basket Lot; a basket filled with miscellaneous tools and points including a bird type drill. $100/lot 75. Oregon, Princeville,, an obsidian lot of 3 interesting pieces, two large knives and a scraper. L: 3.5"-5". $300/3 76. A lot of four small scrapers from San Diego County, Texas/ L: 1-2". $30/4 77. Mississippi Culture, c. 800 A. D., a lot of three chert points from Kansas. L: 2.5"-3.5". $25/3 78. Ridged axe, L: 4. 5". Pioneer Period, a ridged type diorite axe. Cp. Haury, p. 292, fig. 14.30. $75 ARROWHEADS AND STONE & METAL TOOLS FROM SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE

79. Mexico, Valley of Mexico, c. B. C. 1200-1500 AD, a lot of 11 Aztec or earlier obsidian arrow points and fragments. L: from .75"-2.75". $200/11 80. Mexico, Valley of Mexico, c. B. C. 1200-1500 AD, a lot of two Aztec or earlier large obsidian cones. Struck to produce narrow curved blades which often did not require further touch-up. Both choice! L: 2.5" and 4 $300/2 

81. Mexico, Valley of Mexico, c. B. C. 1200-1500 AD, a lot of 7 two Aztec or earlier flaked single edged obsidian blades. In typical yellow-brown color. L: 1.5-2.75". $250/7

Pre-Columbian ArtMexico

82. West Mexico, Jalisco, c.250 BC-250 AD, a collection of 4 different gray ceramic musical instruments. All in nice condition. Tallest is bell shaped, other 3 appear egg shaped with stick-like handles. L: 4.3"-6.5". $400/4 83. Mexico, Nayarit, c.250 BC-250 AD, an attractive standing gingerbread figure in red-brown slip. Incised designs on shoulders and knees. He wears turban headdress. Right arm repaired. H: 8.25". $300 84. Mexico, Nayarit, c.250 BC-250 AD, an attractive redware ceramic seated male figure. His left hand rests on his left knee, his right over his mouth. He wears incised headband with double looped earrings. Overall condition is choice. Nice patina. H: 12". $650 85. Mexico, Autlan, c. 300 BC, a scarce and finely crafted light brown ceramic seated prisoner; arms held behind his head. He wears spiked headdress and necklace with large medallion. H: 5". $350 86. Mexico, Tzintzuntzan, c. 400 BC, a finely made miniature ceramic tripod bowl with nicely detailed red polychrome design on inside. H: 1", D: 1.75". Rare in miniature form. $150 87. Mexico, Teotichuacan, c. 500 AD, a standing jade figure of a man. Simplistic style with arms at sides; typically shaped slit designs for mouth and eyes. Attractive patina. On wood stand. Ht: 3.75". $750 88. East Mexico, Morelos, c. 400 BC, a handsome red and crème ware ceramic cup with tripod legs, pierced (one chipped). Fine triangular and cruciform ornament. H: 2.5", D: 3". Rare culture. $250 89. Mexico, a Colonial Period silver cross with chain. Cross is ornately decorated with incised "X" designs throughout. Height of cross is 2.75". $150 90. El Salvador, Mayan, c. 550-950 AD, a decorative ceramic tripod bowl. Red, brown and black polychrome on crème slip. Repaired with some chipping, but all original. Rare! H: 4.5", D: 8.75". $750 91. El Salvador, Mayan, c. 550-950 AD, a ceramic cylinder vase with much of original polychrome intact. Age cracks and repairs evident. Proper restoration would greatly increase the value of this rare artifact. Mostly light browns and yellows on crème slip. H: 9". $500 92. El Salvador, Mayan, c. 550-950 AD, a blackware footed bowl. Simplistic style with a single horizontal row of protruding tab-like extension that encircle the lower portion on outside of bow. Choice. H: 3.75", D: 6.25". $500 93. Costa Rica, c. 550-950 AD, an attractive ceramic tripod bowl. Elaborately painted in reds and black polychrome on crème colored slip. Legs are hollow and in the shape of parrot heads? Age crack. H: 4.5", D: 7". $350

Ecuador

94. Ecuador, Manabi, Manabi Coast, a somewhat coarse mild-made standing figure with considerable linear hand detailing. Nice facial detail. H: 6.5". Nice. $150 95. Ecuador, Chordeleg, c. 500 BC, an unusual mold-made "mummiform" figure in brown ceramic. Human figure rests with arms on hips and legs pulled upwards below hands. H: 5". $200 96. Ecuador, Manabi, c. 400 AD, a lot of two ceramic whistles in dark brown ceramic. Each a coatimundi with anthropomorphic features. Both mold made, the larger sharper and wearing a pectoral. Larger intact and playable, the smaller chipped at back. H: 2.75"; 1.75". $250/2

Peru

97. Peru, Chancay, 1200-1500 AD, a miniature ceramic effigy doll. In typical pose in standing posture with arms raised. Large round face with enlarged eyes. H: 3.75". A few chips at top of head. Ex. Jesson Coll. (old California Collection). $150 98. Pre-Columbian bowl with single handle (broken off). Perhaps from South America. Redware with black and white polychrome designs decorating the inside. H: 3", D: 6.75". $150 99. . Peru, Chancay, 1200-1500 AD, a lot of 4 finely woven wool straps. Each done in multiple attractive colors. Various lengths and patterns. Possibly used as sling-shots? Three small and one larger and more decorative. Ex. Jesson Coll., Old California collection. $400/4

African Art

100. Africa, Zaire, Ngala, an "execution Sword". Heavy broad iron blade set in stepped wooden handle that terminates in crescent shaped point. Very old example and scarce. L: 24". $150 101. Africa, Cameroon, Bamileke, a large helmet mask with large headdress, openwork and typical exaggerated features. H: 17". $150 102. Mali, Dogon, c. 1920's. "Primordial" Couple! Tall seated male and female. Both with hands on hips and arms around each other's neck. They sit on round base. On back of female is her baby, on back of male is quiver with arrows. Small nicely carved miniature figure surround base. Nicely carved with exquisite detail throughout. Height is 57". A GREAT decorator piece! $3,500 103. Ivory Coast, Songye Tribe, a tall iron lamp. Tree shaped with 3 cups at alternating sides and levels for light. Four chains dangle, each with long metal tassel attached at end. Rare and decorate. H: 48". $300 104. Zaire, Katanga, heavy copper cross used as a form of primitive money. L: 9". $150 105. Zaire, Kuba, "heirloom chest". Lidded, hardwod box with remains of iron fittings, the front fully covered with geometric patterns filled in with camwood powder. Repair to lid, patina is over insect damage on base, indicating great age. L: 23.5", W: 13.5", H: 14". A nice decorator piece. $350

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106. (formerly Burma). A gilt bronze Buddha sitting cross legged on a very high pedestal. Left hand holds what appears to be a cup or bowl in his lap. The right hand rests across the right knee. Very serene facial expression. Traces of pigment throughout. Well cast with excellent detail throughout H:15.25". Width of base 12.5" at the widest. $25,000

India

107. India, Mughal, c. 17th century, a finely made ivory and black leather powder horn. Excellent condition and rare this nice. L: 9". $800 108. India, Ganjetic Valley, Utar Pradesh, c. 1500-1200 B. C. a cast bronze lance with two sets of curved barbs and one pair of protruding straight side points below the lance blade with high central midrib. This rare variant of the above example is heavily coated with a layer of surface impacted clay over most of the weapon. The blade's edges show signs of usage, one barb was blunted in antiquity. L: 12.5. See D. P. Agrawal, Archaeology of India, p. 206 and Sotheby's New York Auction, Sept. 21-22, 1985, lots 332-334. $1250

Indonesia

109. Indonesia, c. 1875, Dayak Tribe, "Head Hunter's Sword" , Indonesia, c. 1875, Dayak Tribe, "Head Hunter's Sword". Intricately carved wood sheath with leather and twine. Carved antlered handle with human hair flowing from top of handle and bottom of sheath. Blade and sheath in choice condition. Overall length is 28". RARE this nice. $2500 110. Indonesia, c. 1890. Long knife with wood sheath and handle. L: 16". Sheath in need of repair. $50 111. Indonesia, Tribal Torandja, a tall and cylinder shaped bamboo container. Elaborately painted with interesting glyphs and designs. Small stain. H: 14". $250

Philippines

112. Philippines, c. 1890. A "Moro Tribe" spear point in wood sheath. Handle wrapped in bamboo strips. L: 15". $200

Tibet

113. Tibet/Nepal, a silver-mounted thighbone trumpet. Said to have been made from the bones of revered monks, these are very important ritual items. This example is exceptional for its workmanship and age. It has three stones mounted on the silverwork which is chased and repousse. The end of the bone has the faces of the "citipati"(skeletons). The bone has a honey patina. L.13,75 in. Old and choice! $600

Judaica

114. Silver "hand amulet with "HI" in Hebrew meaning LIFE on palm of hand. Decorative design with 3 small bells dangling from ends of longest central fingers. L: 3". Holed at wrist for stringing. Choice. $175 115. Judaica, Persia, c. 1750, a square bronze plaque with 10 lines of Hebraic inscription. S: 2". Two loops at top for wearing as pendant. $150

Islamic

116. Islamic, c. 1700 AD, a silver talisman with incised fish symbols and a strange lobster-like piece. Open style chain attached for wearing. H: 3.25". $375

Inuit Artifacts Collection

The following Inuit lots are from a private collection put together by an American living in Alaska over twenty years ago. He visited native villages such as Shaktoolik, Unalakleet, and White Mountain on the coast of Norton Sound not too far from Nome and at Nukleet near Cape Denbigh. On the Seward Peninsula he acquired pieces from Shishmarefe and Cape Wales, and at Gambell, Savonda on St. Lawrence Island. All purchases were made from native sources. The collection in its entirety is offered in the following lots. Some pieces are from the Old Bering Sea era, c. B. C. 300-700 A. D. Others are from the Punuk Period, 600-1200 A. D. Some of the wood pieces should be carbon dated. However, the pieces have been catalogued by style and usage. Care has been taken to differentiate between materials used.

($200-$300)

117. Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of three ivory toggles or belt fasteners, all crudely carved. L: 2.25". ($150-$250)Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of five walrus ivory bolas, an instrument employing several weighted balls tied together and thrown to kill birds. L: 1.5". ($150-$250)Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of four fish lures one with inlaid eyes, one with one eye inlaid. These very fish-like lures are amongst the oldest artifact of this collectible one could find. L: 2.75-3.5". ($600-$800)Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of two very desirable walrus-bone fish sinkers. These very fish-like sinkers are amongst the oldest artifact of this collectible one could find. The large example L: 7" is perfect, the smaller 4.75’ has the tip of one end broken off. ($400-$600) Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of five very desirable walrus bone and ivory fish sinkers. L: 2-4.5".  ($300-$500)Unalakleet, a lot of two ivory handles, one is curved and probably was attached to a berry basket, the other is straight with holes on each end for ties. L: 4". ($150-$250)Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of two very desirable walrus-bone fish lures with incised detailing. These very fish-like lures are amongst the oldest artifact of this collectible one could find. See Hurst, p. 35 (valued at $900). L: 4.5-5".  ($1000-$1500)Nukleet,, Punuk Period,, a small lot of five fish spears, some chipped. L: 3". ($100-$200)Nukleet,, Punuk Period, a lot of four ivory harpoon heads. All similar in style, shape and color. Nice! See Giddings, Archaeology of Cape Denbigh, plate 6. L:3". ($200-$300)Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of seven ivory and bone bullet shaped arrows for killing birds. See Thiry, p. 223. H: 1"-1.5". ($300-$400)Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of two items a wood bow drill counter weight W: 2.5", and a choice bone punch. L: 4". ($100-$200)Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a lot of two small harpoon fore shafts. L: 2.5-4". ($100-$200)Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of three small pieces including an ivory line cinch, L: 2.25", an inlaid small bola, H: .5’, and an ivory "poke blow" (float plug) H: .75". ($200-$300)Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of four ivory labrets, each shaped like a golf tee. L: .75-1". Cp. Thiry, p. 71. ($100-$200)Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of eight fine slate arrow points. L: 1-2.5". These are flat on both sides. See Giddings, pl. 16. ($150-$250)Shaktoolik, a curved bone handle knife with just remnants of the slate blade. See Thiry, p. 318. L: 7.75".  ($150-$250)Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of three wood pieces, two human form dolls and a small toy plate. See Giddings, pl. 32. Rare! L: 1.5-2.5".  ($400-$600)Nukleet,, Punuk Period, a lot of two barbed bone spear points. L: 3-4". Both pieces resemble fish shapes. ($100-$200)Shishmarefe-Kotzbue, Punuk Period, a fine jade sinker in fish form, although somewhat crudely formed. L: 2.25". Rare! ($100-$200)Nukleet, Punuk Period, a lot of two fine slate ulu blades. L: 2.75". See lot 191 above for full description. These blades are similar but without handles.  ($200-$400)A lot of two. Shaktoolik, Punuk Period, a portion of ivory ice crampon. L: 2". A rarely offered Eskimo artifact. Also Nukleet, Punuk Period, a miniature bone ulu handle. L: 1.5". ($100-$200)The balance of the collection (8 pieces) including a fine punch, L: 3.25", two small ivory charms, an arrow shaped tool, and four sinkers. ($150-$250)The balance of the collection (14 pieces) including in ivory: a broken spoon, a fine bead, a whistle?, several awls and broken bits and pieces including a piece of fool’s gold, a large wood fragment and a piece of jade. Fourteen pieces altogether.  ($200-$300)

England

166. England, Bryonia ware. A rare 19^th century porcelain dish with maker’s name stamp. "? V & B near bottom of back rim and not near center. Ivy pattern. A very rare item. D: 7.25". $150

US Civil War

118. U.S. Civil War, Dagger made from an old surgeon's knife, Made for amputations. squared ebony, silver and bronze rings around handle (180mm long). "It belonged to Mr. Jose Maris Turado who gave it in jest to my mother when they were married, she went with my father to the "Laguna Del Trigo (Wheat Lagoon) with the "Las Flores" party in 1862. Ex. Juan Carlos Amadeo Collection, Argentina. L: 11". CHOICE! $1000

California

168. California Missions, San Diego, c. 1700's, a pale blue glass "Pilgrim's flask A choice glass pilgrim's flask with 2 loop handles and central cross inside of circle. Ribbed wave-like design adorns sides of bottle. Back side is smooth! Found near San Diego Mission! Chipped at bottom with some repair, but still choice. Ht: 4.25". $550

Germany

169. Germany, Mettlach. Beer Steins. A lot of two Monumental items. One, 23 in. H. shows a Beer Hall scene with several hunters, Bar Maid.Green background to scene. Signed KB monogram, #1058 on base. Quite ornate and very impressive display!! No lid. Repairs to handle, lip. The other, 18.5 in. H., bears a scene of two lovers. Repairs to handle(loses), no lid. #865 on base. Blue background to scene. Two items. $250

Canes

170. G.A.R. Civil War Soldiers' Gold Filled Presentation cane dated 1900. Attractive gold knob that rests on ebony shaft. Cane is inscribed "Presented By LEWIS POST 294. G.A.R. cp. J.W. Lidlow Jan 2nd 1900". J.W. Lidlow was a Civil War soldier and was on guard at Ford's Theater the night that Lincoln was assassinated. Ferrule is missing. Tape was added later below knob as handle strap. Overall length is 33", handle is 1.75". Choice. $1500 171. American, c. early 20th century, political siren noise maker. With a decal silhouette of a Japanese woman or Geisha. The handle in relative good condition, some wear is mounted on a wild cherry branch shaft with metal ferrule. L: 36". Rare! $400 172. 19th century gold Presentation cane! Gold filled knob handle. Ornately chased with bird, butterfly and flowers. Uninscribed on top! Perfect for someone who want to present a gift! L: 35.75". Excellent condition. Heavy ebony wood shaft; metal ferrule. $750 173. A early 20^th century whimsical folk art cane with bearded man’s face carved on "L" shaped handle. Nice light chocolate lacquered patina. L: 36". $150 174. 20^th century stag horn handled cane. On ebony shaft with copper band at base of handle and along top. Nice condition. L: 36". $150 175. A lot of 3 wooden shafted canes. Two of knotted wood shafts, the third of ebony. All very usable. Average lengths, 36". $200/3 176. France, 19^th century cane handle mold of a dog. Two steel molds, each with a wooden handle join together to make detailed head of dog. Modern silver handle made from this mold is part of the lot. Dog’s head is detailed with mouth agape and finely detailed hair. Length of molds is 3.5". Rare! $350/3 177. Cane handles. A lot of 10 silver and gold plaited cane handles. Five gold. Mostly 19^th century. Some inscribed. Silver knob inscribed, "John Thorsen, 1885". Gold plaited, "L" shaped C.V. Knowles". Another gold plaited and inscribed knob handle "From Tillie to Pa, for his 70^th Birthday; a few dents. The largest gold plaited handle with inscribed knob handle; inscription worn from usage but date of 1876? Still partially visible. Another hollow silver knob with inscription, MB, embossed stars around; a few dents. Another silver "L" shaped handle with nice design. Finally, two long tubular shaped handles, one silver one brass, both ornately designed. A great lot for someone with the ability to place the shafts in place. $1000+ 178-182. No lots at this time. We may add prior to auction.

Jewelry

183. Greece, 18kt gold modern bracelet. Beautiful 18kt gold bracelet with two ram heads. 6 square cut emeralds; 18 round diamonds; ruby eyes. In filigree bracelet. $2500

AUTOGRAPHS

184. English Indenture, all hand-written and dated 1678; reign of Charles II and signed by Simon Battersby. Folded: 122.5" x 12". ($150-$250)

185. Prince Henry of Schwartzburg-Arnstadt-Sonderhausen (reigned 1740-1756) a parchment document and wax seal in wood box. The contract confers after the passing away of his predecessor, Prince Gunther, a fief to his relatives, the three brothers Johann Christoph, Johann Gottfried and Christian Friedrich, with reference to a family settlement of heritage issues. Dated March 11, 1722. ($1200-$1500) The three Schwartzenburg counties, by late 17th early 18th century raised to principalities, are situated in Thuringia in the middle of Germany. Being all three of limited surface and economic strength the family concluded in 1722 the mentioned settlement by which the first born son or next male relative was to succeed to reign, while other members of the family could be attributed plots of land or other rights of economic value as a fee, i.e., long-term loan which was to fall beck to the owning ruling prince if the tentant would pass away without leaving an heir.At the end of the document it is mentioned that the Emperor had ratified the family settlement of 1722. The document evokes several administrative officers who contribute to its establishment.It is dated November 14, 1741 and signed by Prince Henry in his own hand. The chancery's handwriting is difficult to decipher.

Scrolls

186. Burmese Temple Sutra Book, c. 1850 with elaborately painted red cover boards and fourteen panels of black and silver script quite meticulously written with red painted decoration. The outside boards are red on the inside and gold on the outside with fine red incised drawings. Two panels are filled with red painted scenes. (One chipped on edge.) D: 20.5x5x1.25'. ($750-$1,000

Seals

187. France, late 18th century. A fine government seal for the city hall of "Buxeuit" in Viennes, France. Nice know wood handle with old patina. Scarce. H: 5". $225 188. France, early 19th century, a business seal for "The Societe D' Horticulture de Picardie". With fine ebony handle. Nice condition. H: 5". $200

SCALES & WEIGHTS

189. . Old steelyard or bismar scale with wooden beam. This early scale was found in New Haven, Conn., and reputedly had been in an old family since Colonial days. L: 10" Round iron weight attached with lead and copper wires. ($300-$400)

190. France, c. 1800, an oval ended boxed coin scale with two sets of brass nested weights. Width: 7" Complete with label, two slide topped grooves for extra weights. Choice! ($1500-$2,000)

191. Germany, 18th century coin scale by Bach, complete with all 24 inscribed square brass weights. Each with its own knob handle. Box dim: 7 x 3.5 x 1’ Choice! ($1750-$2500) 192. England, 19th century brass sovereign rocker scale by Harrison with original box which has been over-used.. ($150-$250)

193. U S Counterfeit Coin Detector by J. Allender in brass without the slot for the $3 piece. ($350-450)

194. England, Victorian set of bell weights, half ounce to 7 lbs. ($750-$1000)

195. Buffalo hide scales, c. 1850, of German manufacture. Called a mancur scales. ($100-200)

196. Tiffany Co, New York, a bronze paper weight in the form of a reclining

puppy. L: 2.5". Stamped on base: TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK. ($300-$400) 197.Africa, a beautifully mounted set of 8 Akan gold weights. All set in shadow box with 6 PSEUDO- geometric weights set to each side and within outlined map of Africa, a turtle and crocodile. Custom made box has black cloth frame with outline of African also in black cloth. S:17.5 x 14.5". Very Attractive. $50 198. Oil on canvas. "Dreams of the Past" by Dale Rayburn. Upper torso of bearded old man as he ponders his past. He far background stand 7 similar bearded men. Dale Rayburn born into a farming family of little means in 1942. Graduated from the University of Mississippi with a BS in art in 1964. He paints every phase of Southern life using vivid realism and a unique blend of color knowledge and artistic talent. He has already won an impressive array of prizes and awards. Size of painting 16" x 20". Nice and attractive wood frame. $500

Whaling

199. No lot. 200. A "Swift", c. 19^th century. These were used to tie yarn. H: 27". Nice condition. $400 201. A marvelous coconut shell ladle. From an American whaler in the South Seas, with scrimshawed on the cup or ladle, and a fine antique ivory and baleen handle surmounted by an excellent "pommel" in the form of a human . A top example of the whaling mariner's art. Length of handle 8", Diameter of ladle: 4". In excellent condition. ($1,250-$1,750) 202. Belgium, 19th cent. Brass stein with accentuated bas-relief scene of a medieval city. H: 13" with lid, Belgian lion in shield on lid. $150 203. W. A. ROBINSON & CO. INC. NEW BEDFORD, MASS. WHALE OIL SOAPS. Hand drawn advertisement: The black ink drawing consists of two sperm whales, one at the bottom the other near the top of the scene. Between the two whales are two whaling boats, a sounding whale being attacked and the factory vessel between two islands in the background. H: 13" x 10.5". In gilt-rimmed frame. A very well preserved nineteenth century piece of whaling memorabilia. ($300-$400) 204. Color Print of a beached narwhale: this choice item depicts a, a hooked shark by a beached boat and an Alaskan bay in the background. c. 1875. H: 10" x 14", matted. ($150-$200) 205. A similar colored print from the same nineteenth century series, this one displaying a boatload of Eskimo hunters surrounded by seals, walruses, icebergs and a lion seal drawn as if it just arrived from Africa. A most unusual scene in bright colors. H: 10" x 14", matted. ($150-$250) 206. Incunabula; a pair of mid-sixteenth century Dutch scenes depicting early equal arm balance scales. The Dutch text is concealed by the modern matting. The two delightful scenes measure 3.5" x 3". Rare item. ($125-$175) 207. Sid. Hall, sculptor, c. 1750. Constellation Map; LIBRA, A colored small chart with punch marks for key stars toward which the viewer orients the chart to find the Libra Constellation. 7.75" x 5.25'. ($150-250)

MEDAL PRINTS

208. FIVE ETCHINGS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN MEDALS;A. Life savings medal for heroism is rescuing people from the Steamer Metis.B. Life saving medal to George F. Robinson who saved Sec't of State Seward.C. Madison Indian Peace MedalD. Gen. Jacob Brown for Battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814. E. A Comitia American medal to Nathaniel Green. Each obverse and reverse in 4.5" x 8" impression on large sheet of paper. ($100-$200)

WASHINGTON PRINTS

209. WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, A framed print: by Kellogs and Thayer, 144 Fulton Street NY below title "Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton-Dec. 25th, 1776." Scene shows Washington astride his white horse, snow on the ground and his aides and a cannon around him. Nicely framed with inside gilt panel and mahogany borders. Inside dim: 13" x 10". Some dirt and grime inside frame in need of cleaning. ($250-$350) 210. WASHINGTON RECEPTION BY THE LADIES AT TRENTON, N. J., APRIL, 1789, A framed print: by Kellogs and Thayer, 144 Fulton Street NY. Washington on horseback waving his hat with throng of ladies around and in banners above: "The hero Who Defended the Mothers Will Protect the Daughters, December 26, 1776, on his way to be inaugurated first president of the United States. Nicely framed with inside gilt panel and mahogany borders. Inside dim: 13" x 10" ($250-$350) 211. Post Revolutionary War color prints (7) drawn by Van Ingen consisting of seven 12mo sized scenes with Generals Washington, Knox, Gates and others in rather amusing primitive scenes, all in color. ($100-$200) 212. Pen and ink drawing of a harassed match being chased by a bearded lecher. Signed: EGGER. Framed. D: 18.5" x 10". $75 213. Pablo Picasso, "Artist & Model". Bearded artist stands on right in front of canvas and paints standing nude female model. All in shade of gray. An original lithograph. Dated 11-1-64. Matted and framed behind glass. 16.5". x 12.5". $750 214. G. D. Heuman, Biblical Prints, 1733, 15.5" x 9", some colored. Ssic very attractive, frameable old prints. $100/6215. Hawaiian Print from Bankes’, Cook’s Voyages, A View of KARAKAKOOA in Owyhee. 9.25" x 13". Colored seascape. $125216. France, c. 1810-1825 a bas relief portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte wearing laurel wreath headdress facing to the left. Probable material: paper mache. In nice glass enclosed frame. Dim: 12" x 10". $350

Scrimshaw

217. American scrimshaw of execution scene, this tombstone shaped piece of ivory-like bone has scrimshawed on it a gallows with its victim already dead, head to one side; above the gallows the monogram in script M W, below the dangling feet Ex’t Agt/the 12, 1844This piece was formerly in the Arne Coward Museum in Honolulu in the 1970’s/ It is conceivable that one could check the executions in the United States, principally in the western U. S. for that date and come up with what the M. W. stood for. H: 2. ($2500-$3500)

218. Hawaii, 1803, Puka shell scrimshaw, an extremely large puka shell with the following scrimmed designs: a three masted frigate under full sail in the center, behind the ship in crude script: Sandwich Isles/1803, below the ship: CHRISTMAS ($750-$1,000) A very unusual item. Whaling was an important pursuit in Hawaii, especially in the Maui port of Lahaina.219 . Australia, dated 1943, a brass flare gun, made in Sydney. L: 10.5". Excellent condition. Polished, brass and iron. $300

220. From the Silent Movie era: Elmer Clifton's DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS, a film about whaling in 1922. A large framed (W: 43" x H: 80") montage of thirty-seven photographs plus the playbill for the film at the Selwyn Theatre, listing the actors and actresses; the most famous of which was Clara Bow who is also represented in a nice photograph. The male lead, William Walcott, played Capt. Charles W. Morgan, whose name survives on the famous whaler birthed in Mystic, Connecticut. In addition to pictures of the stars there are some marvelous shots of whale hunting and harvesting, views of New Bedford such as the Seamen's Bethel Church, the Olympic Theatre and even a picture of the movies' backers! A rare and fascinating vestige from the silent era as well as the era of American whalers. $2000

AFRICAN ETHNOLOGICAL OBJECTSBRASS GOLD WEIGHTS FROM WEST AFRICA

221. Akan equal arm balance scale all in copper with cotton fiber ties. The central part of the curved beam is decorated with perforations. L: 2.5"; pans D: 2". See NB I, pp. 76-77. $100 222. Brass box for storing gold dust; the lid with swastika design. NB pp. 86-87. 2x1x.54". $125223. A similar box with a design resembling a "9" in center of lid. NB pp.86-87. 2x1x.75". $100224. Another gold dust box with geometric designs. NB pp. 86-87. 2x1x.75" $100225. Three brass box lids and three unmatched bases. The lids are geometrical. NB p. 88. $150/lot226. A round brass lid with antelope atop; the legs of missing figure on other side of lid. D: 1.75". $50227. Two small grass abampouroua boxes with lids that are not perfect fits. 2x1x.5". $125/2228. A larger lid for gold dust box. 3.4x2.25". $50229. A small gold dust spoon. L: 2.75". $25

Early Gold Weights c. 1400-1700 AD

230. A similar holed square (1.4") weight with inlaid copper points. NB pp. 100-101, D: 1.5 x1.3". $65231. A large round serrated brass weight with copper inlaid points interspersed amongst finely engraved designs. NB p. 101. D: 3.5" This large weight is rare! De Rochesnard describes such serrated round weights as solar." $175232. A similar but slightly smaller example. D: 3.1" $165233. A lot of two similar, smaller and cruder weights. NB p. 101. $100/2234. A fine smaller serrated weight with inlaid designs of solar aspects. D: 1.75". $75235. A fine circular weight with central cross. D: 2.25". $100236. A lot of four circular weights with different designs. D: 1.75-3". $150/4237. A lot of four circular weights with different designs. D: 1.75-3". $150/4238. A semi-circular weight in form of a protractor. NB p. 105. W: 3.25". $75239. A fine thick square (2") weight with traces of inlay and incised script-like designs. NB pp. 110-111. $75240. An unusual and complicated flat rectangular brass weight called an "ananan." NB p. 109. dimensions: 3.25 x 1.5". $50241. Two "protractor" shaped flat incised brass weights. See NB p. 105. W: 2.5". $50/2242. A rare notched flat brass incised triangular weight. H: 2". $50243. A lot of four earliest period weights; various types as above. $150/4

Later Geometric Weights (1500-1720)(Arranged according to Garrard)

244. Two flat pyramidal brass weights. NB p. 117. W: 1.75". $75/2245. Another example with same inscription, but thinner flan and two rows of pellets. W: 48 mm. $75246. A circular brass weight with bar designs not supported by a base. NB p. 131. D: 5 cm. $25247. A similar brass weight with central bar and no base. NB p. 131. D: 5 cm. $40248. Another openwork circular weight with engraved designs and dark patina. D: 5 cm. $40249. An interesting circular weight with triangular cut-outs resulting in a solar design. D: 52 mm. $75250. A solid circular weight with nicely detailed central cross and peripheral "solar" markings. D: 50 mm. $100251. A large open worked oval weight stylized as an "eye." Cp. NB p. 133. W: 5". $75252. A lot of five similar but smaller examples. W: 3"-3.25". $100/5253. A circular weight on abase with asymmetrical design. NB p. 135. D: 1.5". $35254. An exceptionally thick rectangular weight with large "X" design; circle in center of cross and spheres on each corner with same design in relief on both sides. 45 x 40 x 20 mm. Rare! $125255. A large square weight with stylized swastika. See NB pp. 166-177 where he goes into great detail describing most of the ancient cultures who used this symbol. $50256. A hexagonal weight with curved gammadion. W: 2". $75257. Two geometric weights with stylized gammadions. W: 1.25-1.5". $100/2258. A cut-out Maltese type cross with spiral designs. This piece appears to have been cut in each corner after casting. 42 x 35 mm. $100259. A square weight with five spirals giving the appearance of a five on a die. $50260. A lot of four different square weights all thick examples. $100/4261. A pair of virtually (but not exactly) the same square (37 mm) weight with spirals in relief. Nice! $75/2262. A lot of three ingot-shaped brass gold weights. Cp. NB p. 118. $30/3263. A better lot of eight different round brass gold weights of types as above. D: 1-2.25". $150/8264. A better lot of ten geometrical weights of types as above. W: .5"-2.75" $150/10265. An unusual denticulated and incised weight. NB II, p.188. $50

Early Figurative Weights 1600-1720Latter Part of Late Period(NB Volumes II & III)

266. A brass weight in the form of a "seafish." NB II p. 77 top. L: 2". $35267. A boldly modeled curled catfish with fan-like tail fins and huge mouth. of cruder manufacture. Dark patina. NB II p. 78 middle. W: 2.5 W: 2". $65 268. A later period shark. L: 2.75". $25269. A fine weight of a duck standing on webbed feet, his head turned 90 degrees. H: 1". Rare! $100270. Two unusual weights depicting a pair of birds sitting atop a fantastic fish. L: 3.5". $100/2271. A lot of two similar but slightly later weights; a duck seated on two step base. cp. De R p. 171. H: 1.5". $100/2272. A roosting duck on four steps with its egg just out of reach. H: 1.25" Unpublished. (Egg could be casting flaw.) $75273. A duck on three steps with small fish in its mouth, its head turned slightly to left/ H: 7/8" Unpublished, Nice! $75274. Two examples of a duck on four square steps. De R. p. 170. H: 1.25" $100/2275. Two examples of a duck on four rectangular steps. De R. p. 170. H: 1.25" $100/2276. Three examples of a duck on four square steps. De R. p. 170. H: 1.25" $100/3277. Three dove-like birds sitting alike on narrow two step base. W: 1.5". $75278. An unusual larger weight depicting a double-headed rooster with one small body of spiral shape. DeR p. 176. W: 3.25" $50279. An unusual larger weight depicting a double-headed rooster with one small body of spiral shape. DeR p. 176. W: 3.25" $50280. A similar lot, but birds on two and three steps. $75/2281. A lot of two swan-like birds similar to above on two steps. $150/2282. Two small birds on large flat fantastic river fish looped as a pendant. W: 3.5". Wearable. $75283. A crocodile (odioka) eating a fish that is already in his jaws. NB II p. 193. L: 3.5". Dark patina. $225Niangoran-Bouah vacillates in dating this style piece from late 19th to this century. The object is related to many tails and myths about the strength of the crocodile. See bibliography at end. 284. A very "brassy" large weight of two crocodiles crossed forming a crude "swastika." Cp. NB II, p. 96, lower right. W: 6.5". $175Obviously a more recent work of art.285. A boldly modeled coiled viper weight, this example with no fangs, and with brassier finish. De R p. 132 top middle. L: 2.5". $75286. An uncoiled viper with nice dark patina. L: 7". NB II, p. 131 top. $125287. A small snake atop a flat-fish pendant. W: 3.25". Unpublished and wearable. $50288. A large but crude and later "box" turtle with casting flaw atop carapace. L: 3.25". $75289. A small turtle atop a brass pin. This is not an intentional weight but rather an item of adornment. L: 3.5". $50290. A pendant weight in the form of a crude chameleon with no body detailing and large suspension loop. Cp. NB IIII, p. 221, no loop. $35291. A rather scrawny chameleon with circular designs and suspension loop. cp. DeR p. 138. $35292. A chameleon pendant with incised square designs and incomplete pendant loop. L: 3.25". $35

Weights in Forms of Things Made by Man

293. A double-bladed scimitar (ohato) with triangular wholes on each blade which share a single handle. NB II p. 138 and G plate 57. W:3". $125294. A double-bladed scimitar (ohato) with triangular wholes on each blade which share a single handle. NB II p. 138 and G plate 57. W: 2.7/8". $125295. A fine small weight in the form of a rectangular shield with nine protuberances in cross design. Z p. 14, #228. Dim: 1" x 1.25". $95296. A small war ax. Z pl. X, #251. H: 1 5/8th" Rare! $25297. A six-pronged brass comb weight with incised designs and three decoration holes. NB I p. 33. H: 4.5". $75298. A lot of two smaller brass combs, one looped for suspension. NB I p. 33. L: 2.75-3". $100/2

More Pendant WeightsSee NB pp. 170-171

299. A triangular brass pendant with stylized scorpion in relief. W: 2". Rare and nice. Easily worn with gold chain. $25300. A "bow tie" pendant with complicated geometric designs in relief. W: 2.5". $35301. Two rectangular shield-shaped pendants. H: 1.5-2.25". $65/2302. Two round pendants, the larger with a bird in center and missing swirl; the other with solar design. D: 1.25-1.5". $65/2303. A fine crescent pendant with a double band of pseudo-filigree work. W: 1.75". $35304. Two rectangular pendants. H: 2-2.75". $50/2305. Two bronze pendants with complicated geometric designs. 2" sq. $50/2306. Two unusual round pendants, one open, the other with spiral design. D: 4-5 centimeters. $30/2307. A lot of four 20th century votive pendants each with a full-breasted nude female with arms outwards forming a cross with her body. H: 2". Perhaps some Christian influence here. $100/4308. A late period weight of a "tall" talking drum with skin neatly "tied" to top and sides of drum. cp. de R p;. 83. H: 2.25". $25309. A stylized brass weight in the form of an elephant's tail. See NB III p. 163. $15

Finger Rings

All are Wearable(c. 1850-1900)

310. A brass finger ring with stylized "swirl swastika." Size 10. $125311. Another ring, this example with flat bodied bird atop. Size 7. $100312. A child's finger ring with 16 pellets forming a square design on crown. Size 4. $50313. A coiled serpent in the form of a finger ring with loop. Size 9. $40314. A similar "snake" ring with two metal charms suspended from the loop. Size 7. $40315. A larger example that makes a soft "clinking" sound when shaken. Size 10. $50316. Five other examples sizes 4-10. $125/5

Human Figures (c. 1870-1930)

317. A beheaded figure of a standing nude female on base. H: 2.7". $100318. An antelope weight missing left rear leg which might have been intentionally broken off to "adjust" weight. NB III p. 198. H: 3". $65319. An old crudely cast snake with flat body. L: 5.25". Probably made in Cameroon's. $100

SCEPTERS & MANILLAS

320. Nigeria, Yoruba Tribe, later half of the 19th century, "Osugbo" scepter of an alloy of brass, bronze and iron; a chief surmounts the tall shaft which has thirty-two connecting heads. A pseudo-smoking pipe handle forms the "handle" of the cane or scepter. See Philips, Africa, Art of a Continent, p. 196 for a similar piece from Guinea. L: 54.5". Rare and suitable for a cane collection. $1000321. West Africa, Nigeria, Delta region mid-nineteenth century thick twisted brass bangle with delicate incised workmanship. Opening: .75"; D: 2". Nice! $75 322. West Africa, Nigeria, Delta region, 19th century heavy copper child's bangle of asymmetrical twisted shape. See Blandin, No. 3, p. 29. $35323. West Africa, Nigeria, Delta region, a two piece copper bracelet shackle. D: 2". $100

DR. TIMOTHY GARRARD COLLECTION

324. West Africa, Mali, Dogon Tribe, c. 19th century, a large brass disc-shaped finger ring with very fine filigree work. Wearable, ring size 8. $200

325. West Africa, Ghana, Akan Tribe, c. 17th century, a brass tankard of excellent design and quality. The handle of coiled rope shape, the concave-sided cup with detailed concentric circle designs. For a virtually identical example in the British Museum, see Garrard & Ross, Akan Transformations, Problems in Ghanian Art History, p. 14 UCLA Monograph no. 21, 1983. H: 2.5", D: 3.5" $500326. West Africa, Ghana, Akan Tribe, c. 18-19th century, a brass gold dust box of square shape with detailed lid. 1.75" square. A lovely example. $200327. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Baule Tribe, c. 18th century, a choice gold dust container in bottle form cast in brass with concentric circle designs on round base; lid for top requires string to lock. H:2.25'. Rare! Acquired in Bouake (Baule Lands). $200328. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Baule Tribe, c. 19th century, a beautifully patinated brass gold weight in the form of a crocodile with a flat fish in its mouth. This example very close to Akan types. L: 3.6". $150329. West Africa, Northern Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 19th century, a lot of five iron spoons, each with loop for suspension, each shaft slightly different, but each is well-made. L: 6.5-8". A very nice, rare lot. $500330. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 18-19th centuries, a collection of forty small patinated brass amulets worn by children about the wrist, ankle, waist or neck, generally to protect them against illness. These interesting objects are generally called yaweegegle =(little amulets). They were first noted by the explorer Louis-Gustave Binger who explored Senufo country in 1888-89. These objects have gone out of usage in the last fifty years. The group being offered consists of various quadrupeds, antelope, rabbit, pangolin, hedgehog; various reptiles such as the lizard, iguana, chameleon, land tortoise, water terrapin, etc. There some birds, fish, and insects amongst this rare group. Average length: 1". See Blandin, Bronzes et Autres Alliages, p. 82, especially for turtles. $1000/40331. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 18-19th centuries, a collection of six twin spirit figures used as pendants. Average length: 1". See Blandin, Bronzes et Autres Alliages, p.87. Nice open work castings. $300/6332. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 18-19th centuries, a larger twin spirit figure with both figures with hands to their mouths, their legs behind an apron.; 2.25". $200333. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 19th century, a dark patinated brass soothsayer's divining tool in the form of a chameleon (gberu). A large, Picasso-like sculpture of bold design. L: 6.5". $300334. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 19th century, a curved brass speaking tube; this very rare item, unpublished, is part of the secret equipment of the Poro Society. It is worn over the mouth when a mask is worn over the head, i.e., it is inside the mask. A spider's web is fixed with resin over each of the two open ends, transforming it into a musical device which buzzes and vibrates when spoken into--like a kazoo--and it is used to disguise the masked dancer's voice. Some examples exist in wood according to Dr. Garrard. L: 4.25". Unusual item and very rare according to Dr. Garrard . $200 335. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 19th century, a lot of two brass flat water terrapin pendants. Both with green patina. L: 1.75". Choice! $250/2336. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 19th century, a lot of three brass amulets including a turtle and two dissimilar chameleons. L: 1.25"-2.25". Choice pieces. $300 337. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 1890-1920, a group of five brass pins with a human figure resting on a stylized scorpion whose crescent-shaped antennae are on top of each pin. L: 5.5-6.5". $750/5338. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 1890-1920, a group of three similar pins, each one with a human figure, two with arms outstretched above their heads, one with his arms to his chest. L: 5"-6.5". $500/3339. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo Tribe, c. 1850, a lot of two anklets in copper each with designs on the edge. Inside W: 4.5". $50/2340. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Toussian Tribe, c. 18-19th centuries, a lot of three nice brass amulets consisting of a standing bird in a saluting posture, a small leopard with spiral ornaments, and a hunchback-like spirit figure. H: 1.5-1.75" $250/3341. West Africa, Burkino Faso,Toussian Tribe, c. 19th century, a fine brass pendant in form of a leopard holding its two paws up to its face, with piece of original ties still in loop.; along with , a fine pendant in form of a leopard holding its bird prey. Looped for suspension. L: 3.5". Choice. $275/2342. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Banfora-Gben, a group of six moon-shaped Voltaic brass pendants worn for protection, used by the Frafra, Kasena< Nena, and Lela Tribes. See Blandin, p. 112. L: 1.5-3". Very sharp wearable pieces. $360/6343. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Gaoua (South Western Burkino Faso), 19th century, A brass ring for four fingers with spiral designs. It fits two fingers (Size 6.7). $250344. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Lobi Tribe, (South Western Burkino Faso), 19th century, a collar of nine bronze-like panthers teeth, each with detailed decoration, with spacer beads and small round metallic matching beads. L: 18". Wearable and most attractive. See Blandin p. 151. $425345. West Africa, Burkino Faso,Toussian Tribe, c. 19th century, a fine brass pendant in form of a wicker head pad for carrying loads upon one's head. W: 1". $75346. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Banfora, c. 19th century, a fine brass pendant in form of a chameleon's head, mouth agape with sharp teeth visible. L: 1.75". $100347. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Toussian Tribe, c. 19th century, a fine brass pendant earring with nice detail along with a Mossi Tribe hair pin with two birds on finial. Both choice pieces. L:3". $225/2348. West Africa, Burkino Faso, Lobi Tribe, c. 19th century, a lot consisting of three disc pendants, a chameleon, and a pendant with five serpent heads. L: 1-2". $300/5

BIBLIOGRAPHY Blandin(B) =Blandin, Andre BRONZES ET AUTRES ALLIAGES, Marignane, 1988Garrard (G)=Timothy F. Garrard, Akan Weights and the Gold Trade, London, 1980Kolb (K)=Eric de Kolb, Ashanti Goldweights, New York, 1968Leyten (L)=H. M. Leyton, Goldweights, Amsterdam, 1979Niangoran-Bouah (NB)=G. Niangoran-Bouah, The Akan World of Gold Weights, Abidjian, 1984, 3 volumes. In French and English. The large work on the subject with excellent color photography throughout the three volume corpus.Plass (P)=Margaret Webster Plass, African Miniatures, New York, 1967.Rochesnard (R)=Jean Florien deRochesnard, Album des Poids d'Afrique, 1978Savary (S)=C. Savary, Poids a peser du Musee d'Ethnographique de Geneve, Geneve, 1968Zeller (Z)=Rudolf Zeller, Die Goldgewichte von Asante, Baessler-Archiv, Leipzig, 1912.

GENERAL ART BOOKS

349. Germain Bazin, The History of World Sculpture, New York Graphic Society, 1968. Large 4to. d.j. a bit fox, book VF. $50350. Arthur M. Hind, Introduction to a History of Woodcut, New York, Dover Press, 1963. s.c. 2 copies of Volume I only; along with Linda Murray, The High Renaissance and Mannerism, Oxford Univ. Press, 1977, s.c. 2 copies and Andrew Martindale, Gothic Art, Thames & Hudson, London, 1988, s.c. 2 copies. $60/6

351. Dmitri Kessel, Splendors of Christendom, Great Art & Architecture in European Churches. 266 pages, Beautiful color engravings, Excellent condition. d.j. Hard Cover. Printed in Switzerland, 1964. $75

SEALS & JEWELRY

352. Henry Charles Bainbridge, Peter Carl Faberge, Goldsmith and Jeweler to the Russian Imperial Court, New York, 1979. d.j. frontispiece, 414 + 167 + 128 plates. $50353. Carlo Carducci, Gold and Silver Treasures of Ancient Italy, London, 1969. 4to. 85 pp. + 86 black & white ills. + 85 color plates. Scarce. $50354. Dona Z. Meilach, Ethnic Jewelry, New York, 1981. d.j. 181 pp. + ills. $45355. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department, Tokyo, 1983. s.c. (good pictures of cylinder seals) $30 356. P. R. S. Moorey, Emma C. Bunker. Edith Porada, Glenn Marcoe, Ancient Bronzes Ceramics and Seals in the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1981. card covers. An important well-written and illustrated catalogue. $35357. Ljudmila Ruseva-Slokoska, Roman Jewelry, Sofia, 1991. dj. 4to As new with excellent plates, many in color. $100 357. D. J. Wiseman, Cylinder Seals of Western Asia, London, 19(50's). 116 enlargements of cylinder seals. Useful. $45 358. Malter Galleries and L. A. Wolfe, 6,000 Years of Seals, Encino, 1994. With PR's. $35 359. Sotheby's New York, The Ada Small Moore Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals, Dec. 12, 1991. PR's. Probably the finest collection offered for sale at auction. $75

GENERAL ETHNOLOGY

360. British Museum, Handbook to the Ethnology Collections, London, 1910. Rare! Essential for all collectors of ethnological art. $100361. British Museum, Ethnic Sculpture, 1985, 2 copies, s.c., along with their Inside the Museum of Mankind, From Aztecs to Zulus, 2 copies, s.c. and two other ethnic publications. $25/6

PRIMITIVE ART

362. Musee Barbier-Muller, Art du Nagaland, Geneva, 1982. s.c. $20363. Max-Pol Fouchet, La Tete, Amerique, Oceanie, Afrique, Paris, 1966. s.c., along with a small pamphlet Faces of Fiesta, Mexican Masks in Context. s.c. $15/2364. Friedrich Rakel, Volkerkunde, Liepzig, 1895. 8vo. Binding worn, spine very weak. Over 700 pages with fascinating illustrations. $100365. Museum of Primitive Art, a lot: The de Menil Collection, h.c., Raymond Wielgus Collection, Herbert Baker Collection, both s.c. along with Three Regions of Primitive Art, h.c., all Primitive Art Museum publications. $50/4366. Peter Pollack, Understanding Primitive Art, Sula's Zoo, New York, ND. Animals in primitive art. $20367. Guy Rachel, Prehistoire et Cultures Primitives, Paris, 1979. 189 pp. $25368. Lucienne and Jesus Rome, Primitive Erotic Art, Geneva, 1983. $20369. Shire, Ethnography pamphlets, four different. all s. c. plus four paper backs on the subject. $25/lot370. Shire, Ethnography pamphlets, four different. all s. c. plus four paper backs on the subject. $35/lot371. Shire, Ethnography pamphlets, two different plus Nelson H. H. Graburn, Ethnic and Tourist Arts, Berkeley, 1979, s.c., and Margaret Mead, Techniques & Personality, New York, 1963. h.c. $35/4372. Roy Sieber, African, Pacific and Pre-Columbian Art, Bloomington, 1986. s.c. $15

AMERIND

373. Sylvio Acatos, PUEBLOS, Prehistoric Indian Cultures of the Southwest, New York, 1989. 4to. $45374. J. J. Brody, and others, Mimbres Pottery, New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1983. d.j. as new. $30375. David S. Brose and others, American Woodland Indians, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1985. s.c. $20376. Richard Conn, Native American Art in the Denver Art Musuem, Denver Art Museum, 11979. 4to. Important reference! $75377. Charles C. Di Peso, CASAS GRANDES; A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, The Amerind Foundation, Inc., Flagstaff, volumes 1, 2 & 3, 1974. 4to. $150/3378. Don E. Drummond, The Eskimos and Aleuts, Thames & Hudson, 1988. 8vo., d.j., along with J. C. H. King, Thunderbird and Lightning, s.c. $45/5R379. Norman Feder, American Indian Art, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1969. A major corpus in this field. A little faded on title page. $50380. William W. Fithugh and Aron Crowell, Crossroads of Continents, Cultures of Siberia and Alaska, Smithsonian, Washington D.C., 1988. 4to. s.c. Important! $35381. Peter T. Furst & Jill l. Furst, North American Indian Art, Rizzoli , New York, 1982. 4to. s.c. $35382 Donald K. Grayson, The Desert's Past, a Natural Prehistory of the Great Basin, Washington, Smithsonian, 1993. $20383. George J. Gumerman, Exploring the Hohokum, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1991, Albuquerque. 8vo.500 pp. + ills. $35384. Jamake Highwater, Arts of the Indian Americas, New York, 1983. s.c. $20385. Robert Bruce Inverarity, Art of the Northwest Coast Indians, Berkeley, 1950, along with Bill Holm, Northwest Coast Indian Art, Vancouver, 1965, and Holm's Form and Freedom; A Dialogue on Northwest Coast Indian Art, Rice University, 1975. all three s.c. $50/3386. Aldona Jonaitis, Art of the Northern Tlingit, Seattle, Univ. Of Washington Press, 1986. 188 pp. + ills. $25387. J. C. H. King, Portrait Masks, London, 1979; along with King's Thunderbird and Lightning, London, 1982, and Hilary Stewart, Looking at Totem Poles, Vancouver, 1993. All s.c. $25/3388. Susan M. Pearce, Eskimo Carving, Shire Ethnography, 1985, 3 copies, along with Galerie Nationale du Canada, Masterpieces of Indian and Eskimo Art from Canada, Ottawa, 1969. in French and English. All s.c. $50/4389. St. Petersburg Kunstamera Collections, Aleut Works of Art, et. al., a series of post cards dealing with Northwest Coast Indian and other Indian Arts, published in 1992. 6 sets. $25/lot390. Dorothy Jean Ray, Aleut and Eskimo Art, Seattle, 1979, s.c. along with 10 additional soft covered items on mostly Indian art. $50391. Anna C. Roosevelt, The Ancestors; Native Artisans of the Americas, Museum of the American Indian, New York, 1979. s.c. Important! $35392. George C. Vaillant, Indian Arts in North America, New York, Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1973. 4to. Three copies as new. $75/3393. Edwin L. Wade, The Arts of the North American Indian, New York, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1986. 4to. Nice! $50394. Allen Wardwell, Prehistoric Eskimo Ivories, New York, Daedalus Ancient Art, 1992. along with Dorothy Jean Ray, Artists of the Tundra and the Sea, Seattle, 1984. both s. c. $30/2395. Allen Wardwell, Objects of Bright Pride, Northwest Coast Indian Art from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1988. s.c. $25396. Dorothy K. Washburn, The Elkus Collection,. California Academy of Sciences, 1984. A good survey on Southwestern Indian Art. S.C. $30397. Andrew Hunter Whiteford, Southwestern Indian Baskets, Their History and Their Makers, Santa Fe, 1988. s.c. $25398. Gordon R. Willey, New World Archaeology and Culture History, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1990, Albuquerque. $20399. Lydia L. Wyckoff, Designs and Factions, Politics, Religion and Ceramics on the Hopi Third Mesa, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1985, Albuquerque; along with George J. Gumerman, Themes in Southwest Prehistory, Houston, 1994. Both s.c. $25/2

AFRICA

400. Paula Ben-Amos, The Art of Benin, T. S. Buenhner, African Sculpture in the Brooklyn Museum, Nigeria, 2000 Jahre Plastik, Hans Himmelhender, Afrikanische Masken, Jean Laude, Arts of Black Africa, $30/5401. Rene A. Bravmann, The Poetry of Form, The Lehmann Collection of African Art, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 1982. d.j. $30402. Theodore Celenko, A Treasury of African Art from the Harrison Eiteljorg Collection, Bloomington, 1982. 12"x9". Along with E. C. Burt, An Annotated Bibliography of the Visual Arts of East Africa, Bloomington, 1980. $50/2403. William Fagg, Yoruba Sculpture of West Africa, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 12.25" x 9.25". Binding a bit dirty, contents nice. $75404. Timothy F. Garrard, GOLD OF AFRICA, Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senagal, Munich, 1989. s.c. 4to. $40405. C. M. Geary, IMAGES from Bamun, German Colonial Photography at the Court of King Njoya, Washington, 1988. s.c. $20406. Paul Gebauer, Art of Cameroon, Portland, Oregon, 1979. s.c. `9.25"x7.25". $30407. Werner Gillon, Collecting African Art, New York, 1980 with introduction by William Fagg. $25408. William Kohler, The Art of the Goldweights, Philadelphia, 1977. s.c. along with M. Plass, 7 Metals of Africa, Philadelphia, 1955. s.c. with W. Kohler, African Ritual Dolls, Philadelphia,, 1974, and with C. Ratton, Fetish Gold, Philadelphia, 1975. Important! $40/4409. Christine Mullen Kreamer, Art of Sub-Saharan Africa, The Richman Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1986. s.c. $25410. Ely Leuzinger, The Art of Black Africa, Barcelona, 1985. d.j. 8"x8". $20411. Laure Meyer, Afrique Noire, Masques, Sculptures, Bijoux, Paris, 1991.s,c. Important! $45412. Augustus Pitt-Rivers, Antique Works of Art from Benin, Dover Publications, New York reprint, 4to, p.c. two copies with the Brooklyn Museum's, African Sculpture, Brooklyn 1970. s.c. three copies. $30/5RA413. Museum of Primitive Art, a lot of four soft cover booklets on African art including; The Sainsbury Collection, Schindler Collection, Lipchitz Collection, and the Anspach Collection, New York, 1967. $30/4413. Marceau Riviere, Les Chefs-D'Oeuvre Africains Des Collections Privees Francaises, Paris, 1975, 173 pp. many in color. Scarce. $50414. Christopher Roy, Art and Life in Africa, University of Iowa, 1985. s.c. $35415. Ladislas Segy, Masks of Black Africa, New York, Dover Publications, 1976, s.c. A very useful book for identifying masks. $35416. Roy Siebert and Roslyn A. Walker, African Art in the Cycle of Life, National Museum of African Art, Wash. D.C., 1988. s.c. $20417. Sotheby's, Works of Art from Benin, London, June 16, 1960. dj, hardbound. $100418. Robert Farris Thompson, African Art in Motion, Washington, 1974. s.c. $20419. Allen Wardell, African Sculpture, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1986. s.c. $50/2420. Box Lot: AFRICAN ARTS, the magazine, Vol. XV-XVI, 6 issues; along with PRIMITIVE ART NEWSLETTER, from 1979-81; along with twelve good catalogues in standard format and four additional smaller examples. $100/lot421. Box Lot: Bryna Freyer, Royal Benin Art; Montclair Art Museum, African Art from New Jersey Collections; 2 copies of African Tribal Art with Japanese captions; Thomas K. Seligman, The Bay Area Collects: Art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; with 17 pamphlets on African Art. $75/.lot

PRE-COLUMBIAN ART

422. Walter Alva, Royal Tombs of Sipa`n, Los Angeles, 1993. 4to. s.c. As new. $30423. Ferdinand Anton, Art of the Maya, Thames and Hudson, 1978. d.j. A large major work. $125424. Gerald Berjonneau, Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica, Boulogne, 1985. 4to. A most important work. $175425. Brandeis University, Ancient American Art: An Aesthetic View, Waltham, 1981, along with eighteen additional soft and hard bound books on Pre-Columbian Art, An interesting and useful lot. $100/lot426. Warwick Bray, The Gold of Eldorado, London, 1979. $25427. Hugo Brehme, MEXIKO, Baukunst, Landschatt Volksleben, Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 4to., along with Monuments Arquelogicos de Mexico, 1932. Both ex libris HHL Smith, and both with newspaper cut-out articles. Interesting lot printed in German and Spanish with many illustrations. $100/2428. C. A. Burland, Montezuma Lord of the Aztecs, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. 267 pp. well-illustrated. $25429. C. A. Burland, Mythology of the Americas, London, Hamlyn Press, 1968. 4to. d.j. $50430. James B. Byrnes, The Art of Ancient and Modern Latin America, New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum, 1968. 3 copies as new. $45/3431. Clemency Chase Coggins and Orrin C. Shane II, Cenote of Sacrifice, Austin, 1984. s.c. Important for Mayan jades. $35432. Donald Cordry, Mexican Masks, Austin, Texas, 1980. s.c. $30433. Charles Coury, La Medecine de l'Amerique Precolombienne, Paris, 1982. This work depicts many of the medical abnormalities in pre-Columbian art. $45434. Raoul D'Harcourt, Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques, Seattle, 1987, along with two sets of the Museum of Primitive Art's Pre-Columbian Art in New York Collections, 1969. all s.c. $50/3435. Elizabeth Kennedy Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America, From the Collection of Jay C. Leff, Brooklyn Museum, 1967. 4to. p.c. Two copies $50/2436. Elizabeth K. Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, Brooklyn Museum, 1967; along with Michael Kan, Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, the Proctor Stafford Collection, LACMA, 1989,, both s.c. $40/2437. Gordon F. Eckholm, The Maremount Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Jerusalem 1979, along with Hasso von Winning, Anecdotal Sculpture of West Mexico, LACMA, 1972. (The latter slightly water-stained.) $45/2438. Dewey Farnsworth, The Americas Before Columbus, El Paso, 1952, ex libris Sam Arner of Cathedral City, CA. d.j. (worn), 195 pp. well-ill.. Scarce. (Inked notes by the amateur archaeologist, Sam Arner with many inserts.) $100439. Jose Alcina Franch, Pre-Columbian Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, New York, 1978. Large 4to. $150440. Carlo Gay, Mexcala Stone Sculpture, The Human Figure, Museum of Primitive Art, Studies No. 5, 1967. s.c. $20441. John Hemmings & Edward Ranney, Monuments of the Incas, Albuquerque, 1982, s.c. along with three additional pamphlets on related items. $20/4442. Grant D. Jones, Maya Resistance to Spanish Rule, Albuquerque,1989. $25443. Michael Kann, Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, The Proctor Stafford Collection, LACMA, 1989; along with Brooklyn Museum, Jay C. Leff Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, and the Maremount Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Jerusalem, Israel Museum. All s.c. and important. $50/3444. Frederick W..Lange and others, The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua, Albuquerque, 1992. 8vo, 322 pp. + ills. $30445. Walter Lehmann, The Art of Old Peru, New York, Hacker Art Books, 1975. 4to. $50446. Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, TEOTIHUACAN, New York, Rizzoli, 1990. 4to. d.j. $100447. Marie Claude Morand, CALIMA, Colombie precolombienne, Martingy, 1991. s.c. $35448. Michael E. Moseley, The Incas and Their Ancestors, London, Thames and Hudson, 1992, d.j. 8vo; along with Disselhoff's Art of Ancient Americas, New York, 1966. $40/2449. Museum of Primitive Art, Pre-Columbian Art in New York Selections from Private Collections, New York, 1969, with Chavin Art, New York, 1962. Both s.c. and important issues. $45/2450. Irene Nicholson, Mexican and Central American Mythology, London, 1967; along with Alma M. Reed, The Ancient Past of Mexico, London, 1966, both hard cover and published by Paul Hamlyn. $45/2451. Harold Osborne, South American Mythology, Feltham, 1968, along with Michael Grey, Pre-Columbian Art, London, 1978. s.c. $30/2452. Jeanette Favrot Peterson, Pre-Columbian Flora and Fauna, San Diego, 1990, and Flora S. Clancy and others, MAYA Treasures of an Ancient Civilization, New York, 1985. both s.c. $35/2453. Ann Pollard Rowe, Costumes & Featherwork of the Lords of Chimor, Textiles from Peru's North Coast, Washington, Textile Museum, 1984. s.c $20454. Alan R. Sawyer, Master Craftsmen of Ancient Peru, New York, 1968. s.c. $20455. Herbert J. Spinden, A Study of Mayan Art, Dover, 1975. s.c. $30/2RA456. Henri Stierlin, Art of the Aztecs, New York, Rizzoli, 1982. 4to. Important! $125457. Clara Lee Tanner, Ray Manley's Portraits & Turquoise of Southwest Indians, Tucson, 1975. d.j. 4to. 95 pp. many color pictures. $50458. Richard F. Townsend, The Aztecs, Thames and Hudson, 1991, along with C. A. Burland, Peru under the Incas, London, Evans Brothers, 1967. with an ex libris. $20/2459. A. D. Tushingham, Studies in Ancient Peruvian Metalworking, Royl Ontario Museum, 1979; along with Michael E. Moseley, Peru's Golden Treasure, Field Museum, Chicago, 1979, both s.c. $30/2 OCEANIC460. Alberto Cesare Ambesi, Oceanic Art, London, 1970. A small useful survey. $15461. Terence Barrow, The Art of Tahiti, Thames & Hudson, 1979. s.c. along with Galeries Kamer, Arts d'Oceanie, Oceanie, un Exposition, Arts of New Guinea, Serge Le Guennan, Portes funieraires Toraja, D. C. Starzecka, HAWAII, Cherry Lowman, Displays of Power, Art and War among the Marings of New Guinea, along with three copies of Shire Ethnography, two museum publications on the Sepik River plus a few other smaller items. A good useful research lot. All soft cover (s.c.) $75462. Brian Brake, Art of the Pacific, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, large 4to. $75463. Christian Feest, The Art of War, Thames & Hudson, 1980. s.c. $20464. Douglas Newton, Crocodile and Cassowary, New York Graphic Society, 1971. s.c. 8.5"x10.5" along with his New Guinea Art in the Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. hard cover. $35/2465. Roslyn Poignant, Oceanic Mythology, London, Paul Hamlyn, 1967. $25466. Robert E. Ritzenthaler, Native Money of Palau, Milwaukee, 1957. s.c. $30467. Allen Wardwell, The Sculpture of Polynesia, Chicago, 1967. s.c. $25

ISLAMIC ARTS

468. Marilyn Jenkins, Islamic Pottery, a Brief History, Metropolitan Museum, 1983, s.c., along with a similar work on Islamic Painting, also produced by the Met. s.c. 4to $20/2469. Thomas W. Lentz and Glenn D. Lowry, Timur and the Princely Vision, 1989, 4to, s.c. $50470. Anthony Welch, Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, Asia Society, 1979. 4to., s.c. two copies. $30

ORIENTAL ARTS

471. Joan Stanley Baker, Japanese Art, , 1984. 8vo. s.c. two copies as new; along with Mary Tregear, Chinese Art,, 1987, both Thames & Hudson, and A. K. Coomaraswamy, History of Indian and Indonesian Art, Dover, 1965. s.c. $30/5472. Helmut Brinker and Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, The Asia Society, 1980. 4to. d.j, 2 copies as new. (Oriental Arts) $45/2473. Mario Bussagli, Central Asian Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1979. 4to, s.c. $20474. Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1977. s.c. $20

475. Christies, The Hartman Collection of Japanese Metalwork, London, 1976 with price estimates. hardbound as new. Rare. $150476. Sherman E. Lee, Asian Art, from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, Asia Society, 1975. and George Kuwayama, editor, The Great Bronze Age of China, A Symposium, LACMA, 1983, and Helen Loveday, Chinese Bronzes, Ashmolean Museum, 1990. $35/3477. Yutaka Mino, The Great Eastern Temple, Treasures of Japanese Buddhist Art from Todai-Ji, Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.. 4to; along with Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMOYAMA, Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur, 1974. both s.c. $45/2

478. T. Mitsuoka, Ceramic Art of Japan, Tokyo, 1956. 12mo. $15479. Michael Sullivan, The Arts of China, Berkeley, 1983. 4to. d.j. As new. $70/2480. Francis Watson, A Concise History of India, Thames & Hudson,1979, s.c., along with Sherman E. Lee, Asian Art, from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, Asia Society, 1975. and George Kuwayama, editor, The Great Bronze Age of China, A Symposium, LACMA, 1983. $45/3

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ART MAGAZINES

481. Pierre Lafitte, Je sais tout, Paris, 1906, two volumes of a very well-illustrated magazine for the year 1906. Need rebinding, contents fine. $25482. Masson Et Cie, Editeurs, LA NATURE Revue des Sciences, Paris, two volumes per year from 1900-1909, 1911-1920. Most volumes in choice condition with embossed titles on red cloth cover. Some earlier leather bound volumes losing spines. Loaded with photographic articles on turn of the century French scientific instrumentation. $500/lot 483. Montaner & Simon, eds., LA ILLUSTRATION ARTISTICA, Periodico-Semanel-el Literature-Artes Y Gengas, Barcelona, 1891, 1893, 1895-1904. Twelve beautifully bound folio volumes one in need of spine repair. A rare illustrated journal published in the Art Nouveau capitol of Europe. $500

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS & ATLASES

484. (Encyclopaedia Britannica) University of Chicago. eds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago, 1968. 24 volumes plus 18 yearbooks. This is the famous 200 Anniversary Edition. $250/lot485. William C. Davis, et. al. The Civil War Chart, 1990. folio. $45 486. Edward Hull, Wall Chart of World History, 1988. Dorset Press Reprint. Folio $45487. M. Andronicus, The Greek Museums, Athens, 1974, d.j. large 4to. $50488. National Geographic Society, People and Places of the Past, Washington,1988. 424 pp. dj $30489. National Geographic Society, National Geographic, Sept. 1912-Dec. 1950, overt 80 hard bound volumes in three different bindings, Ex Libris, Pepperdine Univ. A nice run, some volumes a bit foxed. $800

ARCHAEOLOGY BOOKS

490. P. E. Arias & M. Hirmer, Tausend Jahre Griechische Vasenkunst, Munich, 1960. 4to, d.j. A major work on Greek vases written in German with excellent photography by Max Hirmer. Essential for Greek Pottery collectors. $150491. Edward Bacon, editor, Vanished Civilizations, New York, 1963., d.j. folio; along with Arnold Toynbee, editor, Cities of Destiny, New York, 1968, d.j., folio. $75/2492. F. Barakat, The Barakat Gallery, A Catalogue of the Collection, Vol. I, Beverly Hills. 4to, still in the original plastic seal wrap. Important! $150493. John Beckwith, Early Medieval Art, Thames & Hudson, 1969. s.c. 2 copies as new. $20/2

494. Lawrence J. Bliquez, Classical Vases and Containers in the Collection of the Seattle Museum, Seattle, 1985. s.c. pamphlet with 28 well-ill. pp. $15

495. Susan Boyd and Gary Vikan, Questions of Authenticity Among the Arts of Byzantium, Dumbarton Oaks, 1981. s.c. $15496. W. Llewellyn Brown, The Etruscan Lion, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1960. 4to., frontipiece, + x + 207 pp. + 64 excellent plates. d.j. (binding somewhat stained) Very rare and important. $450497. Jean Louis Brunaux, The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites and Sanctuaries, London, Seaby, 1987. d.j. 8 vo. As new, 3 copies. $120/3498. Courtlandt Canby, Archaeology of the World, London, Phaidon Press, 1980. $20499. Francois Chamoux, Greek Art, New York Graphic Society, 1966, large 4to. d.j. tattered. $25500. Jean Charbonneaux, Greek Bronzes, New York, 1962, 8vo; along with James David Muhly, Copper and Tin, The Nature of the Metals Trade in the Bronze Age, New Haven, 1973, 8vo, with blind stamp on title page, and some yellow highlighting. $30/2501. V. Gordon Childe, The Most Ancient East, New York, Frederick A. Preaeger, 1953. 8vo. d.j., (inked name on fly-leaf) along with E. R. Bevan, Ancient Mesopotamia, Chicago, Argonaut reprint, 1968. 8vo. $20/3502. Brian M. Fagan, Kingdoms of Gold: Kingdoms of Jade, New York, 1979 d.j. $25503. Robert S. Folom, Attic Black-Figured Pottery, Park Ridge, N. J., 1975. 8vo., d.j. $20504. J. T. Graham, Weights and Measures, Shire Album 44, 1979. A small well-illustrated album. $15505. Pietro Griffo and Leonard von Matt, GELA, The Ancient Greeks in Sicily, New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, 1968. 4to, d.j. (inked name on fly-leaf). Nice work! $50506. Nicholas Higham, Rome, Britain and the Anglo-Saxons, Seaby, London, 1992. s.c. 2 copies. $75/2507. Richard Hingley, Rural Settlement in Roman Britain, London, Seaby, 1989. d.j. As new, two copies. $100/2508. David A. Hinton, Archaeology, Economy and Society, England from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century, London, Seaby, 1990. s.c. four copies as new. $150/4509. E. O. James and J. Boudet, editors, Jerusalem, A History, New York, 19967. dj. 4to. 295 pp., many ills. some in color. $50510. Simon James, Ancient Rome, Eyewitness Books, New York, 1990. 4to. $15511. Thomas B. James, The Palaces of Medieval England, c. 1050-1550, London, Seaby, 1990. 8vo., d.j. as new! $45512. Karl Jettmar, Art of the Steppes, New York, 1964. 8vo. d.j. Inked name inside front cover. $15

513. John Kroll, Athenian Bronze Allotment Plates, Cambridge, 1972. 4to. 352 pp., many plates. $30514. Andre Leroi-Gourham, Treasures of Prehistoric Art, New York, Harry N. Abrams,, Inc. 1967. 4to., d.j. $75

515. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Came This Way, The Phil Berg Collection, Los Angeles, 1971. s.c. $35516. R, V. D. Magoffin, The Romance of Archaeology, New York, 1929, 348 pp., + many ills. (Inked inscription on fly-leaf, minor cover staining.) $20517. Kamal El Mallakh & Arnold C. Brackman, The Gold of Tutankhamen, Montreal, 1978, 4to. d.j. In slip case as new. Important! $100518. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek Art in the Aegean Islands, New York, 1979. d.j. The hard-bound issue. $35519. E. Lennox Manton, Roman North Africa, London, Seaby, 1988. 8vo. d.j. $40520. David Gordon Mitten, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Fogg Art Museum, 1968. s.c. Two copies. $30/2521. J. W. Mollet, An Illustrated Dictionary of Art and Archaeology, New York, 1966. d.j. $20522. Donald M. Nicol, A Biographical Dictionary of the Byzantine Empire, London, Seaby, 1991. 8vo., d.j. $40523. Ahmed Osman, Stranger in the Valley of the Kings, San Francisco, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. 8v0, d.j. $20524. Ettore Pais, Ancient Italy, Chicago, 1908. 441 pp. ex libris Univ. of California. $20525. Dominic Perring, Roman London, The Archaeology of London, London, Seaby, 1991. d.j. 8vo. As new, 2 copies. $35/2526. Gilbert Charles Picard, ed., Larousse Encyclopaedia of Archaeology, Paris, 1972, 4th edition. d.j. $20527. T. G. E. Powell, Prehistoric Art, New York, 1966. 8vo. d.j. $15528. Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1997, d.j., New! along with 50 Wonders of Tutankhamen, Poster Size plates suitable for framing. $50/2529. F. Sarre, Die Kunst Des Altens Persien, Berlin, 1925, 8vo; along with another German language book on Greek Pottery. Both books, with excellent photographs, weak spines. $50/2530. Margot Schmidt, Arthur Dale Trendall, Alexander Cambitoglou, Eine Gruppe Apulischer Grabvasen in Basel, Basel, 1976. 4to. 133 pp. + 34 plates. $100

531. Bernhard Schweitzer, Greek Geometric Art, London, 1971. DJ, inked dedication inside front cover. Important work! $65532. Tony Spiteris, The Art of Cyprus, New York, 1970. 4to, d.j. $100533. V. Stais, Mycenaean Collections of the National Museum, Athens, 1926, vol. II only. 12mo. 225 pp. ills. some pencilling. Rare! $15534. Josephh J. Thordike, Jr., editor, Discovery of Lost Worlds, New York, 1979. 4to. d.j. $30535. Emily Vermeule, Greece in the Bronze Age, Chicago, 1964. 8vo. d.j. $50536. Alan Vince, Saxon London, London, Seaby, 1990, d.j. As new, 2 copies. $80/2537. Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby, A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain, London, Seaby,1991. d.j. 8vo., 2 copies as new. $100

538. R. J. A. Wilson, Piazza Armerina, Austin, 1983, d.j. 8vo; along with G. Maggi, Archeologia de Amedeo Maluri, Naples, 1974. d.j, photos of Pompeii. $25/2

539. Yigael Yadin, Masada, Jerusalem, 1976, d. j. Signed by Yadin with an irrelevant inked inscription on the fly-leaf. $50540. Barbara Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England, London, Seaby, 1992. s.c. As new two copies along with Seaby's Coins of England, 25th edition. $65/3

ARCHAEOLOGY JOURNALS

541. M. Arbman et. al. editor,, ACTA ARCHAEOLOGICA, Copenhagen, vols. XIX, 1948, XXI, 1950; XXXVII, 1966. wr. 4to. $100/3

542. Archaeological Institute of America, American Journal of Archaeology, Boston, 1917-1993. Vol. 21, #2; Vol. 25, #4; Vol. 31, #3; Vol. 34#4; & Volumes 39-97 (July 1993). Volumes 39-80 are nicely bound in buckram; balance in original wrappers. ( first four octavo format issues are in worn wrappers.) $4000 One of the longest runs offered in years.543. Archaeological Institute of America, American Journal of Archaeology, Boston, Vol. 76, complete; Vol. 77, Nos. 1, 3, 4; Vol. 78, Nos. 2, 3. 4; Vol. Nos. 2, 3. 4; Vols. 79-82 complete; Vol. 83, 1, 3, 4; Vols. 94 & 85 complete, and issue of Jan. 1982 vol. 86 No. 1. Thirty-seven fascicules as issued. (issue price over $10 each part or Fascicule). $350/37544. Archaeology Magazine, a virtually complete run missing the following: 1955, Vol. 8 #1; 1957, Vol. 10 #2; 1959, Vol. 12 #1; 1975, Vol. 28, #2-4; 1976, Vol. 29 #2; 1979, Vol. 32 #1-3,5; 1980 Vol. 33 #2,3,6: 1984, Vol. 37 #5 and missing cover on # 4; 1987, Vol. 40 #2. There is an additional group of over fifty duplicated issues, mostly from the 1950's and 1960's. SOME STAMPED WITH SCHOOL NAMES. $1750/lot. 554. Instituto Diego Velazquez, AMPURIAS, Revista de Arqueologia Prehistroica y Etnologia, Barcelona, vols. 4-8, 11. 1942-49. $150/3546. Bosnia and Herzegovina Museum, GLASNIK, Volumes IX-XVI, Sarajevo, 1951-61. Wr. $175/7547. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Third Series, Vols. I-V; VII-XI, 1904-1914. $400/lotThis series includes excellent articles on heraldry with colored plates, Durham seals with hundreds of medieval seals illustrated, Roman forts and Roman coins and a treasure trove of other archaeological finds in Northern Britain.ADDITIONAL LOTS

548. Judaica, Iran, 18-19^th century large silver tubular Megillah holder with incredibly fine Hebrew inscriptions giving the statement that God protects "Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Abigail, and Esther the Queen, daughter of Aricahaie." Eight silver suspension bells. W: 7.25". $2000549. Judaica, 18-19^th century silver coin-like amulet. W: 30 mm. $150550. Judaica, 18-19^th century , a pair of framed miniatures of Persian style with neatly written Hebrew text.Frames are 8.5" x 10". Some age stains. $400/pair551. Iran, Gurgan, c. 12^th century A. D. blue glazed vase with detailed decoration. . H: 7.25". $400552. Iran, 19^th century painted ceramic tile with a large bird over a horseman. D: 5 7/8" x 6". Nice! $400553. Azerbaijan, c. 14^th century, an embossed white glazed plate with blue painted line decoaration. The

embossed design shows a man atop of horse. Rare! D: 8.25". $750