Lumholtz. Among Cannibals/Through Central Borneo.

[Exploration] 2 titles in 3 volumes. Lumholtz, Carl. (1) Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years’ Travels in Australia and of Camp Life with the Aboriginies of Queensland.Charles Scribner’s Sons

Carved Softwood Shield in darkened finish, Kalimantan region, having overall low relief anthropomorphic figures of interlocking demons, inlaid shell 'eyes', slightly convex, offset handle on back with

Small Elegant Dayak Hampatong, Central Borneo. Figure with tongue extended like ancient Chinese tomb guardians. Carved wood with traces of pigment. On stand. Size: 24'' x 4.5'' x 5'' (61 x 11 x 13 cm)

Ngaju Dayak Guardian Figure called Hampatong, Central Borneo, early 1900s. On stand. Provenance: acquired from Emile Delataile, Brussels in the 1980s. Size: 63'' x 7'' x 7'' (160 x 18 x 18 cm). Height

Wood Carving - 4 (h) x 1 (l) x 2 (w)Danum, Central Borneo

Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden guardian figure from a culture with an esteemed tradition of wood carving. The figure has

**Originally Listed At $500** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Kayanic, Dayak peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A gorgeous very dark wood bowl, long and leaf-shaped, with a shallow inte

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Ngaju peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden miniature male figure crouching atop an integral ovoid platform. The figure presen

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan region, Dayak peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A rare example of a lengthy wooden blowgun known as a sumpit (literally "blow-pipe")

**First Time At Auction** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wooden slit drum, carved from a single piece of wood, with a zoomorphic form. O

A very fine old carved wooden staff with female effigy on top, with a deep well handled surface patina. This staff is known as tefalipitya (meaning 'hoe-work-girl') among the central Senufo. The Yearl

**Originally Listed At $450** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An amusing swinging monkey, hand-carved from hardwood, with minimalist simian

Southeast Asia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Ngaju Dayak, ca. late 19th century to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden standing shaman's charm figure created by the indigenous Ngaju Dayak of Bo

**Previously Listed At $300** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A wooden anthropomorphic shield, painted with an ashy black and with white shell spiral-cut

Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large standing hand-carved wooden shamanic charm figure holding his hands close to his stomach and showing his tongue

Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, early 20th century CE. A beautiful and rare item, an elongated ovoid-form wooden loom tool, with pale blue thread wrapped around the interior. The

**First Time At Auction** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden paddle with elaborately delineated decoration at the juncture between th

Southeast Asia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Ngaju Dayak, ca. late 19th century to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden charm statue created by the indigenous Ngaju Dayak of Borneo. The figure p

Southeast Asia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Ngaju Dayak, ca. late 19th century to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden charm statue created by the indigenous Ngaju Dayak of Borneo. The figure p

**Originally Listed At $200** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, early 20th century CE. A steel carving knife with a long, dark wood handle capped by a figure with a very tall, cres

**Originally Listed At $400** Southeast Asia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Ngaju Dayak, ca. late 19th / early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden anthropomorphic charm figure depicted standing with h

**First Time At Auction** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A standing male figure, carved from a brown lightweight wood, with an integral rectangular pl

Lumholtz, Carl Sofus (1851-1922) Among Cannibals, 1st edition (1889) Description: Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life with the Aborigines of Queensland...

A Chinese blue and white 'Pheonix' dish, with shallow rounded sides and lipped rim, painted on the interior with a pair of stylised phoenix with wings splayed in flight among clouds within central med