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
Skeleton of an Indonesian pit viper under a globe
Species: Trimeresurus insularis
Bell height: 38 cm
No shipping
Entomological box: Beetles Goliathus meleagris from Congo
One with spread wings
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
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
Deer antler sculpture - Totem with 3 octopuses on pedestal
Material : Antler
Origin: Indonesia
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Flight of Morpho menelaus butterflies under a Napoleon III-style cloche
Superb butterflies in an impressive electric blue
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
Anatomical chart by Ludovic Hirschfeld drawn by Léveillé
From Traité et iconographie du système nerveux et des organes des sens de l'homme avec leur mode de préparation
Published in 1866
Lithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Human skull - Replica by artist Jérôme Cavailles
Ref: Août 19
Anatomical articulated skinning
Paper-cardboard articulated mannequin
Human skeleton
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
BLUE color
Australian saltwater crocodile skull: Crocodylus porosus
Estuary crocodile
With its CITES permit
30cm
Can only be sold in the European Union- Shengen Area
Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece
Skulls motifs
Indonesian craftsmanship
