New Guinea & Solomon Islands. Bismarck Archipelago. STANFORD 1894 old map

Lithograph Maps Published 1894 by Edward Stanford, London for "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. Australasia. Malaysia and the Pacific Archipelagoes" by Dr. A. R. Wallace's and F. H. H. G

DescriptionCAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'The West Indies'DATE PRINTED: 1894IMAGE SIZE: Approx 51.5 x 64.5cm, 20.25 x 25.5 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.TYPE: Large (folio) a

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Malay Archipelago or East India Islands' Vignettes: Victoria Mount - New Guinea; Near Sarawak - Borneo; Natives of New Guinea; The Bee Bear. The map covers the area from Burma a

wood, pigments, shell inlay, black clay like mass, base The term "malagan" refers collectively to a complex series of ceremonies and the visual art forms associated with them. Most of these impressive

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

1876 New York City, New York Vintage Old Panoramic NY City Map -Print on Matte Paper-size: 24x18.See photo for description . We pack and ship for you. Good condition

James E. Buttersworth (British, 1817-1894) Old Ironsides off Long Island oil on panel signed J E Buttersworth, lower right 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches.

A fine Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. First half 20th Century). Of classical style for the region, the upper portion of the boar

A fine and large Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. First half 20th Century)Of classical form the large board with a typical Kerewa

Massim People, dance paddle, 19th c., Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, intricately carved and decorated in red and black pigment as stylized birds with elaborate plumage, beari

Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have a

Typvs Orbis Terrarvum, Antwerp, dated 1587, with hand-coloring; Spanish text on the back credits the cartographer's sources in this updated edition showing the Solomon Islands and a corrected South Am

wood, brown patina, remains of red and white pigment, carved in flat relief with the face of an ancestor spirit in the centre, holes on either side, old collection number "M 173" backside, slightly da

This original period document is a World War II Instrument of Surrender by Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent islands. It is signed by Lieutenant Genera

MACLEOD, Alexander Samuel (1888-1956). A Map of Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands which we now call the Hawaiian Islands. 1927. New York: Henry M. Snyder. Scarce and detailed map of Honolulu, with an

(French, 1813-1894) Under the Old Oak, signed "Ch. Jacque", oil on canvas, 32-1/2 x 25-1/2 in.; gilt wood and composition frame. Provenance: The Anderson Galleries, New York, sale #2224, lot #

Granville Perkins (American, 1830-1895), New York Harbor, Castle Williams on Governor's Islandoil on canvas, 1894, signed and dated at lower left, presented in a period gilt composition frame with she

Historic Maps 1721 Hand-Colored "A New Map of America from the Latest Observations" with "California" Shown as an Island 1721 Hand-Colored Engraved Western Hemisphere Map titled, "A New Map of America

Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2020 and 1935-2009) SURROUNDED ISLANDS PROJECT FOR BISCAYNE BAY, GREATER MIAMI, FLORIDA (SCHELLMANN 132) Color screenprint, photograph, collotype and collage of map, ma

Attributed to Joseph Cabus (1824-1894) NYC, ca. 1890, hand carved and gilded with compo elements in a great standard size, a tour de force of Stanford White's design, this frame is nearly identical to