Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone
Papuan handicraft
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Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone
Papuan handicrafts
This beautiful dagger comes from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. It has been carefully crafted by Papuan warriors.
The bone has been placed on a display stand from which it can be removed.
Originally designed as real weapons whose role was to finish off victims, daggers have become, over time, more ritualistic magical objects for ceremonies. They are a reminder of past battles and symbolise the strength of the warrior.
Material: varnished engraved cassowary bone
Total size with base: 37cm
Flight of butterflies: Heliconius family under glass dome
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
Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing
Anatomical study
Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840
These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.
You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates
The Skull and its Octopus
The skull is made of tamarind wood and the octopus is carved from deer antler, an assembly of carved pieces of deer antler. Articulated jaws and deer antler teeth.
Origin: Indonesia
Sold WITHOUT glass bell
Celestine Egg - Mineral WITH base
Origin: Madagascar
Be careful to protect it from water, which alters it: it dissolves or cracks on contact!
Sold with base
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
Flame gorgon - Red Whip Coral on pedestal - Ellisella grandis from Indonesia
Entomological composition of beetles
27 specimens make up this picture
Black entomological box with gold fillet, hand-crafted by an bookbinder craftsman in Anjou
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
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
barracuda in it's glass reliquary box - Sphyraena barracuda
Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball
This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.
The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box
Unavailable today
Madagascar sawyer ammonite - Cleoniceras fern ammonite
Cleoniceras fern ammonite
100 million year old fossil
Dragon Stone
Septaria egg of Madagascar
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Human skull - Replica by artist Jérôme Cavailles
Ref: Août 19
Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone
Papuan handicraft
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