Ca. 1940s Child size viewing casket. A beautiful tribute to life and death. solid wood construction with hand painted flowers and flourishes. A viewing window opens up to a white silk lined interior. Approx 4ft tall.
From the collection of William ‘Billy’ Jamieson. A large wooden hollow African helmet mask, a Makonde mask from Tanzania. The face shows remnants of a previous paintjob, with the carved eyelids, nose, and mouth painted in red and the eyes and teeth painted in white. A...
Merycoidodon culbertsoni Class Mammalia, Order Artiodactyla, Suborder Oreodonta, Family Merycoidodontidae, Subfamily Oreodontinae Geologic Time: Oligocene – (35 million years ago) Merycoidodon was an oreodont, meaning “mountain tooth”, and were...
The Ifugao Tribe on the island Luzon in the Philippines, use Bulul statues as guardians to protect the rice harvest after a ritual animal sacrifice. One stand 18″ and the other 14 1/2″.