Online catalogue for the 67th tribal art auction
11 Astragal
This object is not available any more.
Curiosities
made from the petrified metatarsal of a fossile animal, rep., min. dam., slight traces of abrasion; knucklebones also known as astragaloi, hucklebones, dibs, dibstones, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the "knucklebones" (actually the astragalus: a bone in the ankle, or hock) of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways.
L: 10,5 cm; H: 6,5 cm
L: 4.1 inch; H: 2.6 inch
Price: 250 - 500 €
12 Coco de Mer (Lodoicea maldivica)
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Curiosities
of typical form with shiny patina, min. dam.; the Coco de Mer is a palm tree, endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. Formerly it was known as Maldive Coconut. Its scientific name, Lodoicea maldivica, originated before the 18th century when the Seychelles were uninhabited. In centuries past the coconuts that fell from the trees and ended up in the sea would be carried away westwards by the prevailing sea currents. The nuts can only float after the germination process, when they are hollow. In this way many drifted to the Maldives where they were gathered from the beaches and valued as an important trade and medicinal item. Until the true source of nut was discovered in 1768, it was believed by many to grow on a mythical tree at the bottom of the sea. European nobles in the sixteenth century would often have the shells of these nuts cleaned and decorated with valuable jewels as collectibles for their private galleries. The Coco de Mer is now a rare protected species.
L: 30 cm
L: 11.8 inch
Provenance
French Collection
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13 Coco de Mer (Lodoicea maldivica)
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Curiosities
of typical form with shiny patina, min. dam.
L: 28 cm
L: 11 inch
Provenance
French Collection
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14 Coco de Mer (Lodoicea maldivica)
This object is not available any more.
Curiosities
of typical form with shiny patina, min. dam.
L: 28 cm
L: 11 inch
Provenance
French Collection
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15 Collection of insects
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Curiosities
4 boxes, a big and 68 small beetles with captions, spiked in a cardboard box, m: 10,5 cm x 15,5 cm; 30 smaller and 3 big beetles with captions, thereunder a Carabus gigas, spiked in a wooden box , m: 9,5 cm x 15 cm; 12 different sized beetles with captions, spiked in a wooden box, m: 6 cm x 7,5 cm, additional a wooden box with 3 small beetles, amongst others a ladybird, m: 5 cm x 7,5 cm; all showing slight traces of age; coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms. About 40% of all described insect species are beetles about 350,000 species, and new species are discovered frequently.
M: 10,5 cm x 15,5 cm
M: 4.1 inch x 6.1 inch
Price: 350 - 700 €
16 Showcase with bat and insects
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Curiosities
with horseshoe bat (Rhinolophida), different insects, et. al. an empress cicada (Pomponia imperatoria), displayed in a wooden cabinet with latin captions; horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) are a family of bats. In addition to the single living genus, Rhinolophus, there is one extinct genus, Palaeonycteris.
M: 35,5 cm x 20,5 cm
M: 14 inch x 8.1 inch
Sold.
17 Porcupine fish (Diodontidae)
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Curiosities
preserved, the bowl-shaped body coated with long stings, min. dam., minor mising parts (stings); they are sometimes confused with pufferfish. Porcupine fish are closely related to puffer fishes but porcupine fish have heavier spines (reminiscent of porcupines) on their body. Also unlike the puffer fishes, they have only a single plate of fused teeth in each of the upper and lower jaws.
L: 46 cm
L: 18.1 inch
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18 Turtle shell
This object is not available any more.
Curiosities
brown with yellow spots, shiny surface, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion; tortoises and turtels are amongst the oldest of all living reptiles. They first appeared 200 million years ago, but have evolved little in the intervening time so that the living species are remarkably similar to those that lived side by side with such animals as the dinosaurs.
L: 42,5 cm; B: 38 cm
L: 16.7 inch; B: 15 inch
Provenance
collected in situ, 1977
Price: 150 - 300 €
19 Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
This object is not available any more.
Curiosities
preserved, with open mouth, fine patina, min. dam., missing parts (teeth), slight traces of abrasion; coming from the Victorian era (1837-1901) The people of Ancient Egypt worshiped Sobek, a crocodile-god associated with fertility, protection, and the power of the Pharaoh.They had an ambivalent relationship with Sobek, as they did (and do) with the Nile crocodile. Sometimes they hunted crocodiles and reviled Sobek, and sometimes they saw him as a protector and source of pharonic power. Sobek was depicted as a crocodile, as a mummified crocodile, or as a man with the head of a crocodile. According to Herodotus in the 5th century B.C., some Egyptians kept crocodiles as pampered pets. In Sobek's temple in Arsinoe, a crocodile was kept in the pool of the temple, where it was fed, covered with jewelry, and worshipped. When the crocodiles died, they were embalmed, mummified, placed in sarcophagi, and then buried in a sacred tomb. Many mummified crocodiles and even crocodile eggs have been found in Egyptian tombs.
L: 154 cm
L: 60.6 inch
Provenance
Mr. Potter's Museum, Cornwall, England
Price: 3000 - 6000 €
20 Male Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
This object is not available any more.
Curiosities
preserved, sitting on a branch,slight traces of age, on marble base; in their native Australia, King Parrots are occasionally bred in aviaries and kept as calm and relatively quiet household pets if hand-raised. They are relatively unknown outside Australia. As pets, they have limited "talking" ability and normally prefer not to be handled, but they do bond readily to people and can be very devoted. Life expectancy in the wild is unknown, but some pets have been known to live for up to 25 years.
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Price: 400 - 700 €
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