Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
Indonesian craftsmanship
Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
The swordfish (from the Latin Gladius) owes its name to the appearance of its rostrum (or beak), similar to a sword blade, and its ability to cut through the water with ease and speed. Swordfish rostrums are traditionally used to make weapons in New Guinea, for example.
This one is superbly carved in depth. The motifs appear in relief.
Provenance: Papuan craftsmanship
Notches appear on each side of the rostrum along the wire, due to the way the craftsmen work, which is to fasten the rostrum to a flat surface with a fastener in order to engrave it deeply.
Height with base: 93cm
Wooden base: 13x7.5cm
Polished Oryx Skull for Hanging
South African Oryx gazella
Wall Trophy
Anatomical articulated skinning
Paper-cardboard articulated mannequin
Human skeleton
Glass needle tube - Sold individually
Various models and sizes - Variable length: Between 6cm and 8.5cm
With or without manufacturer’s label
EMPTY
Atlas of descriptive anatomy of the human body
Anatomy board
By Doctors Bonamy and Paul Broca
Draftsman: Emile BEAU
Published on July 1st 1854
Superb butterfly Ornithoptera Priamus Poseidon - Common Green Birdwing
From Papua New Guinea
NO SHIPPING
Entomological box hand-bound by an artisan bookbinder in Anjou
Sold with its CITES certificate - Can only be sold in the European Union
People living outside the European Union can't buy this species
Metal ENT Olive Box - Original cardboard box
1939/1940
New old stock
Wall decoration of Pompeii - Herculaneum mosaics: Chromolithographic plate
By Wilhelm Zahn
Published between 1832 and 1849
YOU ARE PURCHASING 1 SINGLE BOARD - NOT THE BOOK OR THE SET OF BOARDS
Deer antler sculpture - Totem with 3 octopuses on pedestal
Material : Antler
Origin: Indonesia
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
RED color
Flight of butterflies under an antique Napoleon III-era glass dome
Species: 5 Parides eurimedes butterflies
Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped
Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin
From the Traité d'anatomie topographique (Treatise on topographical anatomy)
Published in 1867-1870
Chromolithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone
Papuan handicraft
Ref B
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Vertebra of Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
With its CITES license
Not for sale outside the European Union
You are buying 1 vertebra
Vertebra of Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
With its CITES license
Not for sale outside the European Union
You are buying 1 vertebra
Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
Indonesian craftsmanship
