Ethnographie & Stammeskunst

Former Bristol Zoo Gardens - the original enclosure sign for the 'Tree Kangaroos of Papua New Guinea.' Printed text, with leafy design. Foamex boa...

4th-3rd century B.C. Polychrome glass amphora with applied trail decoration to the body and spirals around the neck, two applied handles to should...

Former Bristol Zoo Gardens - a 20th century Australian didgeridoo instrument. Hand formed, and hand painted with typical decoration. As used durin...

3rd-5th century A.D. Comprising two conjoined tapering tubular cells, with applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails; lateral...

Circa 1st-2nd century A.D. Formed as two addorsed heads with a short cylindrical neck and flaring mouth; both heads with abundant hair framing the...

4th-6th century A.D. Hollow-formed ceramic oil lamp with two nozzles flanking a low-relief menorah with fronds and bunches of grapes in high-relie...

A boxed Oceanic Oc188N Commodore Compatible Floppy Disk Drive. Although untested if in working order condition appears Good to Good Plus within Fa...

Former Bristol Zoo Gardens - a wooden monkey display, originally housed in a tree around the edge of Monkey Island. A popular 'hidden' attraction ...

Former Bristol Zoo Gardens - a collection of x5 assorted signs, all as displayed around Bristol Zoo Gardens, its enclosures, buildings and gardens...

2nd millennium B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with grid to both broad faces, cuneiform text. 114 grams, 72 mm (2 7/8 in.).Formerly in North Ameri...

Ca. AD 1600 - 1800. An Ethiopian bronze reliquary cross pendant, decorated with an open work cross in the centre. It has a round hoop on the top f...

Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A stone idol or ritual object, meticulously hand-carved into a columnar form. The idol boasts a gracefully elongated, c...

Circa 900-800 B.C. With globular body and carinated tubular neck, flared rim to the mouth; loop handle to the shoulder and low basal ring; painted...

Circa 6th century B.C. Carved as three radiating figures with conical headdress; the hair, limbs and other features shared by the three separate p...

1st-3rd century A.D. Piriform in profile with applied trail base, rolled rim and applied handle. 22.9 grams, 84 mm (3 1/8 in.).Formerly in North ...

2nd century A.D. Mount formed as a comic actor's mask with braided wig, exaggerated scooped mouth and grotesque features, hollow to the reverse. ...

3rd-7th century A.D. Piriform in profile with flared mouth. loop handle, three applied dics to the shoulder and disc to the base. 40 grams, 96 mm...

1st millennium B.C. or later. Carved in the round depicting two frogs mating, with socket eyes. 7.37 grams, 33 mm (1 1/4 in.).From the private co...

3rd-7th century A.D. With bulbous body and flared mouth, applied discs to the equator, some iridescence remaining. 15.3 grams, 85 mm (3 3/8 in.)....

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. With short socketted shaft, the plain rectangular blade broadening towards the cutting edge. Cf. Gorelik, M., W...

1st millennium B.C. or later. Sturdy columnar stem flaring to the broad base with carinated rim, band of pained geometric ornament; the bowl broad...

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. With a curved blade and swept chin, narrow neck, flanged socket and hammer extension to the rear with domed head. 310...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With short neck and broad curved blade. 286 grams, 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in.). [No Reserve]Ex North American coll...

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. With broad blade and curved edge, stepped shoulder to the socket with lateral flanges and hammer-face to rear; blade w...

Circa 12th-14th century A.D. With a broad curved blade, narrow neck and hammer extension to the rear; round socket; punched ornament to both cheek...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With broad curved blade and square chin, broad neck, deep socket with square-section hammer to the reverse....

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With D-shaped socket broad edge with chin below and languet. 230 grams, 97 mm (3 3/4 in.). [No Reserve]Ex ...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With broad curved blade and square chin, narrow neck, deep socket with square-section hammer to the reverse...

Neolithic Period, circa 4th-2nd millennium B.C. Tongue-shaped in profile and lentoid in section with straight edge and broad pointed butt. 376 gr...

Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.C. Finely worked; with old collector's abel 'Ethnographical / 55-39 / collection'; possibly Tenerian cultur...

Mesolithic Period, 12,000-4000 B.C. Mainly leaf-shaped two-edged blades with rounded butt. 125 grams total, 63-88 mm (2 3/8 - 3 3/8 in.). [6, No ...

Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or later. Lentoid in section with faceted blade an butt; chipped; old find spot labels 'Kumasi / M...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With broad curved blade and square chin, tapering neck, deep socket with square-section hammer to the rever...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With sturdy D-section socket and short neck, slightly curved edge. 778 grams, 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). [No Reser...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With circular socket, narrow neck and broad curved blade. 199 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). [No Reserve]Ex N...

Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or later. With broad curved blade and square chin, broad neck, small socket with square-section hammer to the reverse...

20th century A.D. A massive leaf-shaped knapped blade with one rounded end. 304 grams, 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). [No Reserve]From a family collection ...

19th century A.D. Carved in the round from a single wooden block, figure of an old man advancing with a club over his right shoulder and a fruit(?...

Bali, mid 20th century A.D. Each a painted figure in active pose wearing traditional robes and headdress, within a rectangular border of scrolls a...

Circa 13th century A.D. Squat in profile, coil-formed with flared and everted rim, bands of impressed-cord and other texturing to the outer face; ...

Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D. Comprising three rounded handstones with abraded surfaces. 2.94 kg total, 10.9-14 cm (4 1/4 - 5 1/2 in.). ...

Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D. Two plano-convex in profile with dished upper face, the other toroid; attached to a ceramic display base. ...

Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D. Quernstone with rounded underside, handstone with carinated upper face. 2.94 kg total, 11.1-20 cm (4 3/8 -...

Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D. Including shallow stone bowls and other types. 760 grams total, 32-99 mm (1 1/4 - 4 in.). [5, No Reserve]F...

Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D. Comprising one lentoid in section with narrow cutting edge and stepped butt with socket; one flat in sectio...

Woodland Period, 1st millennium A.D. Including heater-shaped, leaf-shaped, waisted and other types. 580 grams total, 65-98 mm (2 1/2 - 3 7/8 in.)...

4th millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D. or later. Mainly animal subjects, some with evidence of mounting in an old collection. 190 grams total, 5...

Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D. Rectangular in section and tongue-shaped in profile with slightly curved edge; mounting socket towards the ...

4th millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D. or later. Including one with inked findspot 'Jefferson Co. / Mo'; one attached to a display stand. 209 gr...

Circa 900-1150 A.D. Globular in profile with two loop handles to the shoulder and flared mouth; painted with a pattern of interlocking meanders. ...