![JAPANESE BONE DAGGER TANTO: 6 1/4” blade of traditional form and heavy section (light tool marks both sides). Brass habaki with “cat scratch” finish. Bone hilt and scabbard relief decorated overall with nobles at c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982185_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
Bone Collectibles
![JAPANESE BONE DAGGER TANTO: 6 1/4” blade of traditional form and heavy section (light tool marks both sides). Brass habaki with “cat scratch” finish. Bone hilt and scabbard relief decorated overall with nobles at c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982185_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Long Fossilized Pleistocene Stegodon Bone Fragment: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Pleistocene era, ca. 1.5 to 1.2 million years ago. A fossilized bone fragment from a Stegodon, a prehistoric elephantid. Please note, this is not a horn, but carved in moder](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526040_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![JAPANESE WAR ARROW: Edo period, before 1867. Heavy example, 36 3/4" length with natural cane shaft and white bone nock. Brown duck or goose feather fletching secured with fine silk thread binding. Large remnants of a fea](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982177_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Inuit Bone Harpoon Head & Steel Fishing Hook: Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, or Canada, Inuit / Aleut people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of fishing and hunting tools made from bone, iron, stone, and copper.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526145_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![OTTOMAN YOUTH’S DAGGER, 19th CENTURY: 6” total length, the classic rifleman’s knife scaled for youth in training. Two-piece bone scale grips and wedge section blade with chisel decorated brass bolster. In a suitable but later poly](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982493_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Alaskan Ulu Knives, Walrus Ivory, Bone, Antler & Steel: Native American, Northwest Coast United States, Alaska, Inuit / Athabascan, ca. mid-20th to 21st century CE. A group of 3 ulu knives made from steel, bone, antler, and walrus ivory. The largest is the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526153_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![NEW GUINEA HUSBAND KILLING DAGGER: 13 1/2" length made from cassowary bone, specifically to kill an unfaithful husband! Shaped with a tapered blade for 2/3 its length. The joint encased in a fine woven band mounted with three rows of t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982215_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Tibetan Bone Prayer Wheel & Wood Phurba Dagger Handle: Central Asia, Tibet, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A devotional prayer wheel for handheld use, made from bovine or yak bone, enamel, and brass mounted on a wood phurba dagger in the traditional fo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233959_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Rare Chavin Carved Bone Snuff Tube (Hallucinogens): Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 BCE. A hand-carved bone snuff tube used for inhaling hallucinogenic substances. Carved from a mammalian bone, though not necessarily human,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526042_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![OTTOMAN HORSEMAN'S WHIP OR QUIRT: 57" total length. Cylindrical handle with ringed brass butt. The surface in three ranks of lineal bands of fine wood and bone inlay in the Turkish taste. Together comprising thousands of individual pi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982226_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![INDOPERSIAN KINDJAL: 6” double fullered blade, uniformly tapered. Two-piece bone scale grips secured with three iron pins. The bone with good patina and a few negligible blemishes. Good quality example.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982492_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Unique Handcrafted Hunting Knife with Carved Han: Introducing an extraordinary handcrafted hunting knife that stands out with its intricate and unique design. This exquisite piece features a beautifully carved handle that resembles an animal figure,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8714/320143/172316919_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716239438)
![JAPANESE SAMURAI WAR ARROW: 37 5/8" length. Polished cane shaft with green silk wrap and gold between the fletches. Willow leaf point secured in green lacquered cord wrap. Bone nock. Brown duck fletching with remnants of the bar](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982342_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![SPANISH PLUG BAYONET DAGGER LATE 18th CENTURY-1800: Made in Albacete. Large example with 8 1/4” elongated leaf-shaped blade, iron cross guard, and barrel form bone grip flanked by conical brass mounts with line banded ends. See Armas Blancas en E](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982120_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Complete Fossilized Pig Skull - Chleuastochoerus: Central to Northeastern Asia, late Miocene to early Pliocene, ca. 11.6 to 3.6 million years ago. A complete fossilized skull from a prehistoric pig-like species known as Chleuastochoerus! The bone is](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233951_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Extra large swordfish tusk with custom stand: Title: Extra large swordfish tusk with custom stand Maker:Unknown Origin: Indonesia Date/Period:2024 Materials:Xiphius Gladius, Bone, Steel Dimensions:Height including stand: 93 cm / 36.6 inches Descr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331202/178582071_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716925261)
![Bone Handle Leg Shaped Folding Pocket Knife: Hand made white bone & stainless steel novelty folding pocket knife, shaped like a lady's leg at the handle. Stainless steel clip blade & nickel bolster. 3 1/4" L closed.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1910/328179/176812687_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714496506)
![CELTIC FIGHTING KNIFE, C.400-100 BC: Forged iron, 6 3/4" total length with curved wedge section blade in the Celtic taste. Tapered tang for embedding in a wood or bone grip. Specifically made for fighting and not a work knife as indicate](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982330_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![CONGOLESE FETISH HORN: Probably Lega. 7 1/2" length, natural horn carved with geometric patterns and mounted with a carved bone human face. The edge is bound with a split cane. Black animal hair tufts to the tip and face. T](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982459_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Extra large swordfish tusk with custom stand: Title: Extra large swordfish tusk with custom stand Maker:Unknown Origin: Indonesia Date/Period:2024 Materials:Xiphius Gladius, Bone, Steel Dimensions:Height including stand: 93 cm / 36.6 inches Descr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331202/178582162_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716925261)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE SCRAMSEAX, 850-1100 AD: 5 3/8” length. Wedge section blade with characteristic downturned point and whittle tang for mounting in a bone or antler grip. (See https://leatherworkingreverend.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/ds](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982225_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Wedgwood FLORENTINE GOLD Ashtray England W4219: This is very rare and beautiful ashtray made by WEDGWOOD in Florentine Gold pattern. There are few patterns that live up to the richness of Florentine Gold; first introduced in 1931 on a fine bone chi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/330839/178416560_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![Pair of Extra Large Swordfish Tusks with custom stands: Title: Pair of Extra Large Swordfish Tusks with custom stands Maker: Unknown Origin:Indonesia Date/Period:2024 Materials:Xiphius Gladius, Bone, Steel DimensionsHeight including stand: Tusk 1: 95 cm /](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331522/178832125_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![Wedgwood FLORENTINE GOLD Ashtray England W4219: This is very rare and beautiful ashtray made by WEDGWOOD in Florentine Gold pattern. There are few patterns that live up to the richness of Florentine Gold; first introduced in 1931 on a fine bone chi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/330839/178416552_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
News about Bone Collectibles
![Crews uncover prehistoric bone fragment in southwest Florida](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2011_0623_Mammoth_Mammut_model_lead.jpg)
Crews uncover prehistoric bone fragment in southwest Florida
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) – Crews who were working on an underground utilities extension project in southwest Florida uncovered a bone fragment that could 2.6 million years old.
![Bone recovered from shipwreck not from notorious pirate](https://c1.liveauctioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/750px-Flag_of_Edward_England.svg_.png)
Bone recovered from shipwreck not from notorious pirate
YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – A bone fragment recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck is not from infamous pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy after all.
Lawsuit lands Mongolian dinosaur bone in federal court
DENVER (AP) – A lawsuit in Denver’s U.S. District Court names a “fossilized Tyrannosaurus bataar skull” as the defendant. The legal maneuver essentially repatriates the skull, 67 million years after the dinosaur’s demise, as if it were a living, breathing Mongolian citizen. The giant oval skull with long razor teeth will soon join a worldwide […]
![Vatican unveils bone fragments said to be St. Peter’s](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013_1125_Pope-peter_pprubens_lead.jpg)
Vatican unveils bone fragments said to be St. Peter’s
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St. Peter on Sunday, reviving the scientific debate and tantalizing mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope. The nine pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box […]