19th C. Indian Naga Steel, Wood & Rattan Headhunter Dao

Mandau Headhunter Sword, Dayak Peoples, Borneo. Wood, steel , antler, rattan, hair, 19th c. Measures 29". Weight 1 lb 5 oz.

Mandau Headhunter Sword, Dayak Peoples, Borneo. Wood, steel , antler, rattan, hair, 19th c. Measures 29". Weight 1 lb 5 oz.

Central Asia, northeastern India/northwestern Burma, Naga people, ca. last quarter of the 19th century CE. A fascinating shield made to be used with a spear and sword. It features a woven rattan backi

South Asia, India, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely pair of hand-carved wooden chairs with squat legs, flat backs with incised designs, flexible seats made from crosshatched strips of rattan, and a pair

**Originally Listed At $250** Central Asia, India / Burma border, Nagaland, Naga people, ca. early 20th century CE. An iron headhunter's weapon known as a dao with a broad, curved blade head with a sh

South Asia, India, likely Rajasthan, ca. late 19th century CE. This is an intimidating but exciting steel katar dagger with the wood sheath, also known as a katara or bundi dagger, perfect for jabbing

19th century Indian Ancus. Size 24 3/4 inches length. Cast steel Ancus? with wood in the center.

East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty, Boxer Rebellion period, ca. 1899 to 1901 CE. An intimidating and sizable executioner's sword of a two-handed variety known as a dao (or dadao, literally "big knife

19th century Indian Zagnal Axe. Size 18 7/8 inches length. Blade size 7 1/2 inches length. Unusual Indian Axe with steel blade, cast brass mount with lions, wood handle. Ex Dr Joseph Touma VA USA

India, c. 19th century; A standing figure of Hanuman on custom wood base; a dancing four-armed Ganesh; a standing figure of Balakrishna, the protective Naga behind him. Height of Balakrishna: 4 1/5" (

Central Asia, India, ca. 19th century CE. A devotional hand-carved wooden relief panel of Saraswati, goddess of music. Saraswati stands on an ornate ledge with one foot resting on a lotus flower and a

Central Asia, India, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful example of a steel punching and clawing weapon known as a bagh nakh (or vagh nakhya, literally "tiger claws" in Hindi) with a rectangular grip bar

South Asia, Southern India, Tamil Nadu, ca. 19th century CE. A finely carved wooden votive panel featuring Varaha (Sanskrit for Boar) - an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu assuming the form of a boar wi

**Originally Listed At $800** South Asia, India / Burma border, Nagaland, Naga people, ca. 19th century CE. This is a massive wooden double mortar shaped as a bench for the convenience of sitting whil

South Asia / Southeast Asia, India / Burma (present day Myanmar) border, Nagaland, Sumi Naga people, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful leaded bronze statuette of Buddha seated in lotus position and fla

Southern India, 19th century CE. A steel katar (also katara or bundi dagger), with an H-shaped horizontal hand grip and a long, pointed, triangular blade that sits below the user's knuckles. A pronoun

Central Asia, Northern India and Pakistan, ca. 19th century CE. A long wooden pole with wrapped iron coils and a flanged mace head surmounted on one end. The name for these clubs or maces like these i

South Asia, India, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-carved wooden panel with a pair of Hindu deities seated upon arched thrones, perhaps Vishnu and Lakshmi. Although the piece rests on integral feet like a

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, southern India, Kerala region, ca. first half of the 19th century CE. A hand-carved ceremonial object known as a kevadi that depicts a pair of finely adorned ma

**Originally Listed At $250** Central Asia, India, ca. late 19th century CE. A fascinating object, called an "opium scale" by Westerners and a "dotchin" in Asia, actually a scale used for many differe

**Originally Listed At $300** South Asia, Southern India, Tamil Nadu, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful architectural panel carved from wood that features relief and openwork scrolling foliate motifs w

DESCRIPTION: Carved wood sculpture depicting Vishnu's mount, Nandi, a red bull at rest on a platform decorated with foliage designs. Piece is embellished with polychrome accents throughout. CIRCA: 19t

19th Century Naga Head Hunter Warriors Matching Beaded Ear Ornament Pair. Each panel with 5 beaded rows; tubular red trade beads, sky blue bead, greasy yellow beads on each side; the beads followed by

19th Century Naga Head Hunter Warriors Ceremonial Shell Beaded Necklace. The shell is decorated with an incised circular pattern; hangs from strands of white, yellow and green glass trade beads. Red '