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English Walnut "highboy" chest of drawers from around 1730. Fitted with original brass handles. Has great patination. Measures 5'8 tall and 36 inches wide.
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Samurai Armor (Yoroi), Edo Period (1603–1868) This life-size suit of Japanese samurai armor, known as yoroi, dates to the Edo period, a time of relative peace under the Tokugawa shogunate when armor evolved from battlefield necessity into a symbol of rank and prestige. The set features a lacquered iron cuirass laced in black and gold silk, a fierce red menpo (mask), and an ornate kabuto (helmet) with crest. Such armors reflected the power, wealth, and artistry of the samurai class, blending protection with ceremonial display.
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A 17th century painted strong box, or "armada" chest. Nautical painted themes. Smaller box inside sitting Victorian wood stand. 250Lbs
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This example comes from the armory of Date Yoshimura (1703–1746), daimyo (lord) of Sendai. The helmet bowl, signed Saotome Iye[tada?], dates from the sixteenth century; the remainder of the armor was constructed in the eighteenth century. The breastplate is inscribed inside with the armorer's name, Myōchin Munesuke (1688–1735). The embossed ornament on the solid iron plates is characteristic of the Myōchin school. Image and description courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access).
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Old Tibetan Buddhist Tantric Bronze Incense Bowl. In the shape of a skull it could also have been used a kapala. 50-100 years old. 3 inches tall 2.5 wide.
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A beautiful R. LALIQUE "SUZANNE" OPALESCENT GLASS FIGURINE. From the year 1928.
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A rare Viking small sword from 8th to 9th century. Has silver inlay in the pommel and decorations.
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A Greek Attic Red-Figured Vase. The top border under the lip is a design of laurel leaves and the bottom a Greek key border.
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A solid silver cigar pocket case. Marker Birmingham 1914 JG Ltd
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A 19th Century L. Dolne Apache 7mm Pinfire revolver. Has original case with accessories. Extra 7mm cartridges. Oil bottle, and cleaning rod.
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Rare early opium tweezers. These were used to pull or move the opium oil lamp wick that would adjust the flame. 3 inches long.
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Diving helmet, executed in copper and brass with glass ports, having plaque 'US Navy Diving Helmet Mark V, Morse Diving Equipment Company, Boston Mass' and resting on custom wood base, 19"h x 15"w x 16"d.
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Picture of a fantastic 1700-1800 Danish or Norwegian Axe The Norwegian farmer was to defend the country against external enemies. There are therefore many such peasant axes. We know axes from the Viking Age and the migration period. While weapon axes went out of fashion in the rest of Europe, it was still in use in Norway until around 1800. The peasant ax had lost its role in war, but was an important social symbol of the free Norwegian peasant.
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A rare Nepalese Shaman's basket. Holding holy and magical items to heal the sick. A mantra spell was used to protect the contents. 100-200 years old.
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Buffalo Bone Choker Leather Beaded Bone Beads Tribal Native American Necklace Product Details: A Native American inspired choker necklace made with repurposed buffalo bone and metal beads This style was worn in the native culture as ornamentation and for protection. Handcrafted with extremely high quality materials. Choker is 18mm wide and 9" long
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A nice National Cash Register Co. Model 313
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A 19th Century Baby Cradle made of mahogany.
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Used for healing rituals, the Shaman's phurba expels evil spirits. Size: Length: 24cm. Width: 3,4cm.
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This is a nice Leers carpet with limited edition decor by Marc Petit entitled "Saturne" The dimensions are 3m x 2m
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A nice example of a Chinese blue and white porcelain cup and saucer smoking water pipe. Ruminants of brown filtered water remain on rim. Used for tobacco and perhaps marijuana, opium smoking was less likely as a flame from match or early lighter would not produce enough heat to melt an opium pellet. Measures approximately 3 inches tall ,5 inches wide.
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A 19th Danish mahogany chest of drawers. Fitted with mother of pearl key holes. This was a heirloom from my grandfather who lived in Denmark.
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Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja) Artist/Workshop: Kaikei, early 13th century, Kamakura period Description: Fudō Myōō is worshipped as a wrathful avatar of Dainichi, the cosmic Buddha at the center of the Buddhist universe. A tenacious protector of Buddhist teachings, he is shown armed with a lasso and sword to subdue negative forces. In keeping with scriptural descriptions, Kaikei’s workshop portrays Fudō with a menacing expression, biting his lower lip, hair bound but falling over his left shoulder. Materials & Dimensions: Wood with polychromy; approx. [insert exact height × width × depth from Met] Provenance / Period: Japan, Kamakura period, early 13th century Image Rights: Public Domain (Open Access) – Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Rare painted Norwegian Painted Chest Trunk From The 19th Century 1832. Sometimes referred as immigrant trunks. These were given as wedding presents in the 1700 and 1800's.
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An Opium Scraper and Ash Collector Tool. These were used to clean the damper bowl by scraping and and collecting and ash or pieces. 4 inches long
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A 19th or early 20 century Chinese porcelain opium smoking waterpipe vase. 11 inches in diameter with three wooden pipe stems. Blue and white design with metal fittings adorned to the pipe. There is controversy if these pipes were used to really smoke opium. Tobacco or marijuana use was probably more likely.
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Late Medieval ballock Dagger 1400 to 1500s Brass Pommel engraved. Size: 32.5cm long - 12¾ ins long
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This finely crafted tsuba (sword guard) features a delicate design of peony blossoms and butterflies, symbols of beauty, prosperity, and transformation in Japanese art. The flowers and insects are executed in soft metal inlays of gold and copper, standing in vivid contrast to the dark iron ground with gilded edge. Such decorative sword fittings not only protected the hand but also reflected the owner’s taste and refinement, elevating the sword into a personal work of art. This example reflects the 18th-century Edo period tradition of combining martial function with sophisticated ornament.. Image and description courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access).
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This iron tsuba (sword guard) features an elegant openwork (sukashi) design of plum blossoms, myōga sprouts, and clover. The plum blossom (ume), one of the earliest flowers of spring, symbolizes renewal and endurance, while myōga, a type of ginger, was linked to protection and good fortune. Clover adds a motif of natural abundance. Crafted in the 16th century, this tsuba reflects the Momoyama-period taste for symbolic and auspicious designs, transforming a functional sword fitting into an expression of refinement and status
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The designer is unknown. The assay mark is Christian F. Heise. The spoon was made in the 1920s or early 1930s.
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A set of opium tools, consisting of a lamp tweezers, needle, cleaning tool, lamp, container box & tray in brass.
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Antique 19th Century Eagle Weathervane. Measures wing span 17.5" by 13" high not including the stand.
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Antique west African mask. With grass, mud, and shells.
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In the 1920s and 30s there were many designers of silver beside Georg Jensen. Many of these are now unknown. I collect these designs, especially those assayed by Christian F. Heise.
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The assay mark is Christian F. Heise. The spoons were made in the 1920s.
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Rare Nepalese Shaman's hat made wood. Carved gods, and spirits used for protection. Used in rituals to heel people. 100-200 years old. measures 14 inches long. 8 inches wide, 7 inches tall.
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This bright choker is handmade by rural Maasai women of Kenya. It is created from seed beads carefully wound around a flexible core. It closes with a hook and loop. The amazing combination of colors and the cool texture are delightful wearable art. They go great with our Maasai round bangle sets!
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Nepalese iron Shaman's knife Rare around 100 years old with ritual cloth. 7.5 inches long.
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A replica 13th Century Medieval Flail. A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Its chief liability was a lack of precision and the difficulty of using it in close combat, or closely ranked formations.
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A Rare Himalayan Shaman's Basket from Nepal. Woven with net. Measures 17x12x15
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Samurai Armor (Yoroi), Edo Period (1603–1868) — Life-Size, Genuine A complete Japanese antique suit of armor comprising a bold crested kabuto helmet with red lacquer menpō (mask), lamellar dō cuirass laced in black and gold silk, and articulated sode (shoulders), kote (arms), kusazuri (skirt), haidate (thighs), and suneate (shins). Lacquered iron and leather elements blend protection with display, the fierce mask and gilded details signaling rank. Produced in the Tokugawa Edo period, when armor also served ceremonial and status roles, this life-size yoroi showcases the craftsmanship and symbolism of the samurai elite—both an object of war and a work of art.
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A 19th Century German Silver & Crystal Decanter. This decanter is an example of a rare shape. Engraved crystal. Silver depicts various figures. 7 inches tall.
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A Sterling Silver Cigarette Case Hallmarked 1924, Birmingham, Engraved Hallmarked: Rampant Lion (sterling silver), makers mark, Birmingham, 1924. 8cm x 7cm. Approx. 1.2cm wide. 75 grams.
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A finely crafted porcelain jar, lavishly decorated in rich underglaze cobalt blue on a brilliant white ground, exemplifying the refinement of Qing dynasty porcelain. The body depicts a dramatic pair of five-clawed imperial dragons, symbols of the emperor’s authority, chasing flaming pearls among swirling clouds, embodying vigor, wisdom, and cosmic power. Lotus petal bands encircle both the collar and the base, lending balance and elegance to the composition. The domed lid continues the theme, with additional dragons in spirited pursuit, bordered by a ruyi-style lotus petal motif and surmounted with a lotus bud finial. Around the rim, an elaborate scrolling foliate design enclosed by double underglaze blue lines further enhances the artistry. Created during the Qing dynasty, 18th to early 19th century, such jars were produced at Jingdezhen, the great imperial kiln center, and served as both functional storage vessels and prestigious symbols of wealth, artistry, and imperial power.
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This decanter is engraved on the crystal and depicts figures and activity.
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An original Italian Morion Helmet. 1600's The morion was the Renaissance successor to the medieval kettle-hat. This type of half-armor widely worn by the infantryman throughout southern and western Europe.
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A large an unique Nepalese Himalayan Shaman's basket. Large measuring 18 width 12 high 9 wide. This basket has a net as well. Aprox. 100 to 150 years old.
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Rare Burmese Bronze Pagan 10th - 12th Century Bronze Stele Height: 31cm Width: 23cm Buddhist Iconography showing the eight main scenes leading up to the enlightenment of the Buddha.
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Rare Nepalese Shaman's Hat. Made of porcupine quills, cloth, and snail shells. Approximately 100-150 years old
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Rare Late 18TH Century French Celestial Globe Around 1790 THE DIAMETER OF SPHERE 9.5 INCHES (24cm) HEIGHT 53cm
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This smooth-bore matchlock has a 28 1/2-inch octagon-to-round barrel with a .57 calibre bore. As the pictures show, the flare at the muzzle to provide extra strength and was not flared in the bore like a blunderbuss. Overall length of this reproduction is 46 inches.
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Himalayan Nepalese Shaman's Purba. Used in rituals to scare bad spirits, and heel people. cloth streamers. Aprox. 100-150 years old.
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An exquisitely carved Tibetan Tantric Carved Conch Shell Trumpet depicting Vajrabhairava. Vajrabhairava is a yidam, a deity that presides over the great tantras of the highest yoga. Like Yamantaka, he is a destroyer of death itself and protector. Measures Length; 18cm Width: 11cm
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Nice example of a 19th to early 20th Century Opium Scissors. These were used to trim the wick of the opium oil lamp. Black soot on tips still remains.
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A 19th Century Opium Bone Water Pipe. Brass fittings, with Chinese carvings. A nice rare example of a bone pipe.
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Georg Jensen Silver Vase in the Danish Art Noveau Style
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Helmet signed by Bamen Tomotsugu, Japan, 18th century. After Tokugawa Ieyasu’s victory at Sekigahara in 1600 unified Japan, peace reduced the demand for armor. By the late 17th century, only high-ranking samurai and daimyō could commission new suits. This example was made by Tomotsugu, the last great master of the Bamen School, renowned for helmet bowls of multiple iron plates and fine craftsmanship. The cuirass follows the byō-toji okegawa-dō style, with ornamental rivets. Crests of three whirling commas (tomoe), linked to the Okabe family of Kishiwada, adorn the armor. Unusually, the skirt’s lacings shift in color around the torso—white, red, yellow-green, black—rather than grading vertically, with matching red and white accents on the helmet and guards.
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This rare kawari-kabuto (eccentric helmet) reflects the creativity of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods, when samurai used bold helmet designs as battlefield identifiers and symbols of status. Forged from a single sheet of iron (ichimai-uchidashi), the cranial section forms a crouching rabbit, contrasted with a four-tier neck guard (shikoro)—three rows lacquered red, the lowest covered in gilded leather. The ear guards (fukigaeshi) are shaped as waves, alluding to the Noh play Chikubushima, where the “moon rabbit sports upon the waves.” Such motifs conveyed both cultural refinement and martial presence, marking the wearer as an educated, distinguished warrior. Public Domain – Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access).
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Original & Historic Antique Japanese Tanto (短刀), Late Edo Period. A finely mounted tanto dagger featuring complete koshirae fittings with menuki set, tsuba, and seppa spacers. The lacquered saya (scabbard) complements a superbly polished blade with a frosty, hand-forged temper line (hamon) visible to the very tip (kissaki). The blade measures 9 5/8 inches, 13 1/2 inches from tip to tang, unsigned (mumei). Decorative silvered habaki (removable) with tsuka 14 7/8 inches; overall length 16 1/4 inches in the saya. A remarkable Late Edo example of traditional Japanese craftsmanship.
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The mask was collected in the far Northwestern town of Semikot in 1985. Approximately 100 years old.
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Everything is period and original, circa 1575, except the visor bolt nuts on the inside, which are modern replacements.
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Ancient Etruscan Red-Figure Bird Askos - Roman Daunian Canosa. Dated to approximately 330 BC. Measures 7.5inches in length.
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A PAIR OF NEWTONS MAHOGANY TRIPOD GLOBES. Dated around the year 1830. The NEWTON AND SONS LATE GEORGE III TWENTY-INCH TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL TRIPOD MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES,from London, second-quarter 19th century,
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Steinway & Sons art cased Louis XVI style baby grand piano, inlaid with satinwood and accented with finely chiseled dore' bronze mounts, circa 1918, serial no. 190041, the hinged lid above serpentine-shaped sides accented with foliate and mask motifs, raised on square tapering legs ending in casters, with the pedal support formed as a lyre, the movement with various patent stamps and the mechanism fully restored, 41"h x 85"l x 58"w, accompanied by a matching bench
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Juliana D&E Earrings~Stippled Blue Purple Easter Egg earrings
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Rare 19th C. Nepalese Shaman Large Cat Bone Trumpet. Has skin a fur attached. Nepalese Shamans would use this trumpet in rituals to scare away bad spirits that make people sick. 100-200 years old.
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100-200 year old Nepalese Shaman trumpet arm bone. Fitted with silver and stones. Skin covering. These were used to call good spirits that would heal people in rituals. 7 inches long
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This is a early example of an opium brass ash "dross" collector. These were used by scraping the opium damper and the tray for ash or opium pieces. It was collected and used again. 3 inches long 2 wide.
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19th century Chinese ceramic opium water pipe. Blue and white figures decorate it.
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Replica of a 1100-1200 Bardiches Axe This type of pole arm used from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe. Ultimately a descendant of the medieval sparth (Danish axe), the bardiche proper appears around 1400, but there are numerous medieval manuscripts that depict very similar weapons beginning c. 1250 or earler. The bardiche differs from the halberd in having neither a hook at the back nor a spear point at the top.
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A rare authentic 19th century Tibetan Budhist tantric human skull kapala bowel, with silver stand and lid. Authentic or antique kapalas are generally more white to light yellow in color. This was due to the ritual method of preparing the object. Modern tourist kapalas most all come from India, and have dark to brown areas, due to the skull being buried for years. 100-200 Years old
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Nepalese mask approximately 100-200 years old. Measures 8 inches tall 7 inches wide.
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A silver Tibetan Buddhist prayer box. Cloth case. These were probably used for traveling. 40-80 Years old.
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This bracelet was purchased sometime during the 1950s and given to me as a gift in 1964. It is heavy silver, finely carved, and has no wear.
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Picture of a 1100's becs de corbin. This type of polearm and war hammer that was popular in medieval Europe. The name is Old French for "raven's beak". Similar to the Lucerne hammer, it consists of a modified hammer's head and spike mounted atop a long pole. Unlike the Lucerne hammer, the bec de corbin was used primarily with the "beak" or fluke to attack instead of the hammer head.
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18th Century Corseque probably English. A corseque has a three-bladed head on a 6-8ft. (1.8m-2.5m.) haft which, like the partisan, evolved from the winged spear or spetum in the later Middle Ages. It was popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Surviving examples have a variety of head forms but there are two main variants, one with the side blades (known as flukes or wings) branching from the neck of the central blade at 45 degrees, the other with hooked blades curving back towards the haft.
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A 20th century opium Brass container. This was used to store opium on the tray. A knife would cut a piece to prepare it.
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Antique folk art rooster iron weather vane. The vane stands 53 1/2" tall that's 4 feet 5 1/2" and is 36 1/2" wide. It is made of iron with iron brackets and rosehead (hand made) rivets. from the 1800's
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Very old mask from near the Tibetan border in Navagong. Purchased in the village in 1979. The ethnic group is called Bhotia. Age: 1800s
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Medieval Samurai Armor (Yoroi), Ashikaga Period This rare yoroi exemplifies the armor of mounted samurai. Its design features a wrapping cuirass with a side panel (waidate) and a four-sided skirt, developed between the tenth and fourteenth centuries to provide mobility and protection. Originally laced in white silk with rainbow-colored accents, it symbolized fortune and the fleeting nature of life. The breastplate depicts Fudō Myō-ō, the Buddhist deity of calm strength, embodying the warrior’s ideal of inner resolve. Tradition links this armor to Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358), founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, who is said to have donated it to Shinomura Hachimangū shrine near Kyoto. From the Open Access Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain). Shown for research and educational purposes only.
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Old Nepalese Shaman Hat. Made with porcupine quills, snail shell, and cloth. 100 to 200 years old.
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Nice English Regency Leather Trunk with brass fittings. Dimensions:- Height…20’’/ 51cm. Width…39’’/ 99cm. Depth…20.5’’/ 52cm.
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This rare 16th-century helmet (zukinnari kabuto) is fashioned in the shape of a cloth cap and richly decorated with gilt surface and dramatic flame motifs. At the crest sits a figure of Fudō Myō-ō, the Buddhist deity of immovable calm and inner strength, surrounded by red lacquered flames. Such imagery symbolized spiritual power and fierce protection in battle. Helmets of this type were both protective armor and powerful statements of identity on the battlefield. From the Open Access Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain). Shown for research and educational purposes only.