Lot 281

Description

Traditional Money and Ethnographic Curiosities, Assorted traditional money and ethnographic curiosities, including Borneo Dayak iron spearhead; three Indian metal ornaments; multicoloured bead necklace; taccoes seeds; three West African gold-dust weights; twelve Mexican silver-coloured milagros; three Siamese ngon hoi currency pieces; curved metal hook-form object; and Siamese skite. Several with original collector's explanatory labels. Poor to very fine, oxidation, corrosion, tarnishing, surface wear and minor damage to various pieces; some with age-related discolouration and encrustation. Collector's labels with handling wear. (12 assorted items.)

From the Alan McCrae collection.