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$14.00 Shipping Condition: Pre-owned Location: Lake Isabella, United States Ellis, Charles GrantEarly Caucasian Rugs. 112 pp. 16 color plates 21 black and white 9 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Slight scuffing ... moreto dustjacket.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: New with tags Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: ... moreExquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization by Judith Price. NOTE: We have 75.000 books in our library, almost 10,000 different titles. Odds are we have other copies of this same title in varying conditions, some less expensive, some better condition. We might also have different editions as well(some paperback, some hardcover, oftentimes international editions) If you don’t see what you want, please contact us and ask. We’re happy to send you a summary of the differing conditions and prices we may have for the same title. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover with Dustjacket. Publisher: Running Press(2008) Pages: 144. CONDITION: NEW. New HUGE(11 inch square) hardcover w/dustjacket. Running Press(2008) 144 pages. Pristine and unblemished in every respect. Pages are clean. Crisp, unmarked, unmutilated, tightly bound, unambiguously unread. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! Meticulous and accurate descriptions! Selling rare and out-of-print ancient history books on-line since 1997. We accept returns for any reason within 14 days! 7595a. PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES BELOW FOR DETAILED REVIEWS AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER. PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVIEWS: REVIEW: From the president of the National Jewelry Institute comes the largest collection of the oldest jeweled objects ever assembled. With sparkling photography and history throughout. The book will be supported by a major exhibit of the collection. These gorgeous artifacts; the oldest jeweled armor, weapons, jewelry, household objects, and more, with informative captions and stunning photography on every page, originated in Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world, from 4000 B.C.E. through 7
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$17.34 Shipping Location: Warabrook, Australia These two lovely old plates are by F & R Pratt of Fenton Stoke on Trent. Back stamp is trademark of a nude man with a discus used by F & R Pratt from ... more1851-1878. They operated from Fenton in Stoke on Trent and were established in 1818.
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$10.99 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States Recent digs in Belsk, Ukraine uncovered a vast city believed to be the Scythian capital Gelonus described by Herodotus. A kurgan or burial mound near ... morethe village of Ryzhanovka in Ukraine, 75 mi (121 km) south of Kiev, found in the 1990s has revealed one of the few unlooted tombs of a Scythian chieftain, who was ruling in the forest-steppe area of the western fringe of Scythian lands.
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$5.37 Shipping Condition: Acceptable Location: Los Angeles, United States Tribal Art magazine #24 - Autumn/Winter 2000. 128 page magazine of the highest quality. MOST PAGES ARE COMING LOOSE AND BINDING NEEDS TO BE REGLUED. Still ... morecomplete and enjoyable. SEE THE OTHER FINE TRIBAL ART BOOKS I HAVE LISTED.
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$19.47 Shipping Location: LONDON, United Kingdom Copy of a Corinthian OINOCHOE from the Louver Animals circa 1960 Handmad Greece.
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Free Shipping Location: Kempner, United States Rare find. Here is a little information on John Senex. Having worked and collaborated with Charles Price, Senex created a series of engravings for the ... moreLondon Almanacs, and in 1714 he published together with Maxwell an English Atlas.
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$10.13 Shipping Location: STAFFORD, United Kingdom The plan has been carefully extracted from the no longer usable and dis-bound guide book. It is not a modern copy. Ideal for scanning and the reproduction ... moreof a larger copy, if desired.
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$7.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States They include a significant grouping of precious diamond-set rings. The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, car-nelian, and turquoise, and the eyes ... moreof the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$11.99 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: Lummi Island, United States The Siberian beads is the latest discovery from the Denisova Cave which is possibly the finest natural repository of sequential early human history so ... morefar discovered anywhere on the planet. In August, we revealed the discovery of the world's oldest needle in the cave - still usable after 50,000 years.
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$30.00 Shipping Condition: Pre-owned Location: Bethel, United States Like the original, the foundation is all wool. The weave is fine in keeping with the classical delicacy of the design. The complex detail of these five ... moreforms is nicely offset by the otherwise empty field in a rich salmon, rust tone.
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Free Shipping Location: Perros-Guirec, France Painting on bark collected in upper Sepik area in Papua New Guinea. Kwoma ethnic group. Base on request only. Ecorce peinte collectée dans la région des ... moremonts Washkuk en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée.
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$10.40 Shipping Location: Huntsville, United States For sale is a fabulous NEW copy of Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art from the estate of a local collector. This is a softcover from the ... moreUniversity of Washington Press with a brilliant color cover.
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$62.16 Shipping Location: HUDDERSFIELD, United Kingdom Antique Java Style Indonesian Majapahit Seated Bronze Vishnu Statue - Protector & Preserver - 29cm/12". An antique Java Style seated bronze Vishnu sculpture ... morein the 13th century Majapahit style, from Indonesia.
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$6.99 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States Newly revised and updated, this book is a concise introduction to the field. “Early Cycladic Sculpture: An Introduction” Pat Getz-Preziosi. Major Collections ... moreof Early Cycladic Sculpture. One of the problems with Cycladic art is that it is very much a victim of its own success.
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Free Shipping Location: Japan Kiyoshi Saito. Myoshinji Kyoto (A). woodblock print. Handwritten title in romanized letters "MIYOSHIN-JI KYOTO(A). A work by the world's most popular ... morewoodblock print master. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States REVIEW: A powerful tract on behalf of prehistoric culture, intended to show the importance and relatively advanced nature of Stone Age civilization. Here ... morehe sets about to rectify things. And he argues, too, that prehistoric beings pioneered both visual art and science.
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$6.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: ... moreExquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization by Judith Price. NOTE: We have 75.000 books in our library, almost 10,000 different titles. Odds are we have other copies of this same title in varying conditions, some less expensive, some better condition. We might also have different editions as well(some paperback, some hardcover, oftentimes international editions) If you don’t see what you want, please contact us and ask. We’re happy to send you a summary of the differing conditions and prices we may have for the same title. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover with Dustjacket. Publisher: Running Press(2008) Pages: 144. CONDITION: NEW. New HUGE(11 inch square) hardcover w/dustjacket. Running Press(2008) 144 pages. Pristine and unblemished in every respect. Pages are clean. Crisp, unmarked, unmutilated, tightly bound, unambiguously unread. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! Meticulous and accurate descriptions! Selling rare and out-of-print ancient history books on-line since 1997. We accept returns for any reason within 14 days! 7595a. PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES BELOW FOR DETAILED REVIEWS AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER. PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVIEWS: REVIEW: From the president of the National Jewelry Institute comes the largest collection of the oldest jeweled objects ever assembled. With sparkling photography and history throughout. The book will be supported by a major exhibit of the collection. These gorgeous artifacts; the oldest jeweled armor, weapons, jewelry, household objects, and more, with informative captions and stunning photography on every page, originated in Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world, from 4000 B.C.E. through 7
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$13.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Styles and iconography were transmitted to sites such as Mari and Ebla in northern Syria as well as to Iran and as far as Arabia. It has gone missing, ... morepart of the looting that has taken place across Iraq since the ouster of Saddam Hussein.
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$6.90 Shipping Location: Maynard, United States Sterling MMA Sugar Shaker or Muffineer, This is an antique copy of an antique Made in Marblehead New York.
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$12.99 Shipping Location: Japan Note that text is in Japanese. We are willing to do all we can to sort out any problems.
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$11.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Cromwell (1991). Pages: 228. Jewellery in Moesia and Thrace During the Roman Period. REVIEW : What a remarkable book! Gorgeous photos, and ... morelots of them. Exquisite Roman jewelry from provincial Thrace and Moesia.
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$35.00 Shipping Location: Davenport, United States Because of this, my Kakiemon bowls set must be 1720s and earlier. They're most like late 17thC, circa 1680s. Age / Dating: Japanese, Edo period, late ... more17thC to early 18thC, circa 1680s - 1720s. Item was examined under black UV light and has no restoration.
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$485.50 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Hershey, United States Here we have this beautifully crafted vintage bronze copy of a statue of Atalanta by Art Deco sculptor Paul Manship. There is no signature on this piece ... morethat we can find. The original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum and is slightly larger at 28 1/2". Atalanta is cast bronze in an action running pose with flying ribbon detail. Dolphin mounted base cast inline. Hollowed bottom. Excellent condition. The entire piece measures 23 1/2" tall and is 21 1/2" wide at it's widest point. The base is 6 1/2" in diameter. It is heavy weighing 11 1/2 pounds. Paul Manship, Atalanta, 1921, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966 In Greek mythology, the lovely swift-footed maiden Atalanta could run faster than all others.
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$3.50 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: New York, United States Ed, 28 Photo Plates, CLEAN. First Edition. Shown in 28 plates are dozens of the most exquisite examples from the top silversmiths of the eras. With pages ... moreof historic text by Andrus. An Uncommon book in top shape: a tight, bright Near Fine copy.
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$75.00 Shipping Location: United States The firm underwent several subsequent expansions3 but was liquidated in 1866 due to debts. Whiting had relatively small production output but produced ... moreexceptional handmade silverware in relatively small quantities.
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$49.85 Shipping Location: Durham, United States The set includes the original box, the octant with all original pieces including two labels adhered and one label loose, and two pieces of paper - an ... moreoriginal copy of research done on the makers in 1976 and a copy.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States “The Golden Deer Of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures From The Russian Steppes” by Joan Aruz, Ann Farkas, Andrei Alekseev, and Elena Korolkova. ... moreThe discoveries at Filippovka open a new chapter in the history of the material culture of the nomads who in the first millennium B.C. traversed the steppe corridor extending from the Black Sea region to China.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Export Wares from Swatow, Dehua and Yixing. Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum (2011). Pages: 144. Chinese export ceramics are highly valued and collectible. ... moreSuperb new photography reveals over 200 stunning pieces ranging from bowls, pitchers, and vases, to statuary and much more.
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$158.70 Shipping Location: Cary, United States In excellent as shown condition. Museum Inventory Number is written on a piece of cotton fabric and sewn on the lower back. These are scenes from the ... moreancient epic Hindu poem, the Ramayana, or from Buddhist mythology.
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$6.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States The known history of Babylon, then, begins with its most famous king: Hammurabi (1792-1750 B.C.). I found myself unable to put this book down. However, ... moreI feel that the title is a bit misleading in that while it does cover the Babylonians it also covers a whole lot more.
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$84.19 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Orange, United States This work depicts a still life scene of several colorful apples in a traditional baseball cap, placed in front of a large, gnarled tree, with wild greenery ... moresurrounding the scene. For those unfamiliar with Prentice, this is very reminiscent of “Still Life with Apples in a New York Giants Cap.”.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States It is said that Adam’s original consort was Lilith, and she represents the first Eve, or the woman who tempted Adam with the apple from the Tree of Knowledge. ... moreLilith is many things; she is seductress, child-killer, an evil energy.
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Author Kenneth Lapatin studied Greek art and archaeology at the University of California, Berkley; at Oxford; and in Athens as a Fulbright Scholar. He ... moreis currently Assistant Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum Malibu, California.
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$11.97 Shipping Location: New York, United States It was founded by George Richards Elkington and his cousin, Henry Elkington, in the 1830s. The firm operated independently as Elkington & Co. from 1861 ... moreuntil 1963. It was then taken over by British Silverware, Ltd.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Egyptian Shabtis by Harry M. ... moreStewart. NOTE: We have 75.000 books in our library, almost 10,000 different titles. Odds are we have other copies of this same title in varying conditions, some less expensive, some better condition. We might also have different editions as well(some paperback, some hardcover, oftentimes international editions) If you don’t see what you want, please contact us and ask. We’re happy to send you a summary of the differing conditions and prices we may have for the same title. DESCRIPTION: Softcover: 64 pages. Publisher: Shire Egyptology; 1995) The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labor imposed on them in order to utilize the Nile floods would continue in the afterlife. To avoid this irksome duty they devised the shabti. A figurine which they hoped would deputize for them on being activated by the appropriate magic spell. If the idea smacks of'draft-dodging' the figures are nevertheless of considerable artistic interest, and provide information about Egyptian religion, society, personal names, titles, etc. The iconography, inscriptions, materials and manufacture are described with criteria for identifying and dating the various types. A concise up-to-date treatment in English has long been lacking, and this account will be useful to students, art historians, collectors and others. CONDITION: NEW. New oversized softcover. Unblemished. Unmarked, pristine in every respect. Pages are pristine; clean, crisp, unmarked, unmutilated, tightly bound, unambiguously unread. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR JACKET DESCRIPTION(S) AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER. PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVIEW: REVIEW: Includes bibliographical references(p. 59
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$7.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Ferndale, United States Publisher: Ashmolean Museum (1978). Pages: 100. The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in Britain, housing Oxford University's unrivaled collection ... moreof antiquities. The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in Britain, housing Oxford University's unrivalled collection of antiquities.
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$37.29 Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: SALFORD, United Kingdom "Kinetic Steam Works' Case traction engine Hortense". [citation needed]. [177][178] In 2010, this was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as ... morethe world's largest steampunk photo shoot. [179] In 2013, Comic-Con announced four official 2013 T-shirts, one of them featuring the official Rick Geary Comic-Con toucan mascot in steampunk attire.
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Free Shipping Location: Metairie, United States The estimated date is circa 1820-1830, making it nearly 100 years old. (see photos). · One guard is split; sticks 1 through 4 are separated from the paper.
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$23.00 Shipping Location: LARGS, United Kingdom The compiler of the gazetteer got his geographical priorities right; by far the largest map is that for Scotland, which is creased at the foot and has ... morea 10cm closed tear, repaired with archival tape.
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$3.00 Shipping Location: Denver, United States The Arapahoe, 1902. Published by Yw Galleon Press, Fairfield, WA, 1975. 1/300 copies. 150 pages. Fine condition.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States John McKesson Camp was born in Hew York City in 1946. REVIEW: The Agora, the marketplace and civic center, was one of the most important parts of an ancient ... morecity of Athens. Here democracy took root under Solon, Kleisthenes, and Pericles.
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$12.66 Shipping Location: Beverly Hills, United States Vase made the copy of Chinese globular blue vases.
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Free Shipping Location: Center Line, United States It was from a village outside Luanda. It looks to have been used over the centuries but is in exceptionally good condition. A copy of information from ... moreWikipedia about Kingdom of Kongo, as shown, will be included.
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$37.30 Shipping Location: SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom Fine quality Grand Tour bronze of the Dying Gaul. Sometimes referred to as The Dying Galatian or The Dying Gladiator, the original on display in the Capitoline ... moreMuseum in Rome is an ancient Roman copy of a lost Hellenistic statue. This statue was always the highlight of any Grand Tour. Mid 19th century. Italy, probably Rome. Nicely patinated. Dimensions: L 5.5” W 2.7” H 3”Condition commensurate with age. One square nut missing from underside screw. Other original square nut intact. Please view all pictures carefully. I have 100% positive feedback.
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Free Shipping Condition: Acceptable Location: Los Angeles, United States SÜDSEEKUNST SOUTH SEA ART - CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART OF THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO by Klaus Helfrich and published by the Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin ... morein 1907. 145 pages of text in German Language with illustrations throuhgout.
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$12.45 Shipping Location: Dayton, United States WHO MADE THIS CHECK PERFORATOR?. : Our research leads us to believe this particular check protector / perforator was manufactured by B. B. Hill, Springfield, ... moreMA (1880) -or- B. B. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA (1885) -or- Peiffer Brothers, Philadelphia, PA (c. 1899).
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$19.70 Shipping Location: New York, United States Size 109 37cm.
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Free Shipping Location: China Preface to Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion. The genuine piece of Wang Xizhi's Preface to Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion was lost after it ... morewas buried with the Taizong Emperor. We can only see the calligraphic masterpiece through viewing copies done by Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Feng Chengsu.
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$8.00 Shipping Location: Moab, United States Regarding this earlier 1910 title "Shakespeare's Anagram's: Epitaphic No. 1 Att haste! 1616-1909 Ye "Shake-speare Epitaph" Deciphered", we find only one ... morecopy held, at the British Museum. 1616-1909 Ye "Shake-speare Epitaph" Deciphered".
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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Yet he admits: "As of now, there is much more that we do not know about these beads than we do know. For example, we do not know where the beads were ... moremade.". "One explanation is that the egg shells could have been exported from Trans-Baikal or Mongolia with the beads manufactured here.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Lummi Island, United States Publisher: Oxford University Press (1978). Pages: 134. The Oxford University collection of Greek, Etruscan and Roman gems and rings is one of the most ... morerepresentative in the world. REVIEW : Oxford University's collection of Greek, Etruscan and Roman gems and rings, in the Ashmolean Museum, is one of the most representative in the world.
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Free Shipping Location: Big Bend, United States Towle Wallace Whiting PLACE SETTINGS. HOLLOWWARE / TEA SETS. SILVER FLATWARE & SILVERWARE. 1 Gravy Ladle, 6 3/4". Paramount by Kirk sterling silver Flatware ... moreset, 55 pieces. This set includes COMPLETE FLATWARE SET.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: Valrico, United States Title, Yoruba Janus Faced Egungun Headdress Published. Museum Exhibit, Type of Object, Mask/headdress, Country of Origin, Nigeria, People, Yoruba, Materials, ... morewood. Pigment, indigo, Approximate Age, mid 20th century, Dimensions, 11 inches H. Overall Condition, Poor. Most ofour pieces have spent decades on at least two continents. And have been treasured by several owners. Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use. We examine each piece carefully when we receive it and report any damage we find in our listings. Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage. Damage/Repair, Pigment is fragile. Holes and cracks all over; 1 x 3 inches crack/hole on top of crest, extending to proper tight and left sides, long vertical cracks and liaisons on proper left back side; crack fairly repaired. Provenance: From the personal Collection of Elizabeth Bennett and Sara F. Luther. Exhibited at the South Dakota Art Museum Published in the catalog: Daniel Mato. PhD. Chelsea Cooksey, YORUBA: AN ART OF LIFE. The Bennett-Luther Collection Africa Direct, Denver, Colorado, 2004, fig.42, p. 55. Additional Information: This carved Egungun helmet mask is simple in its form but powerful in its visual effect. As it would have surmounted a voluminous multicolored cloth costume covering the dancer completely. It is a reflection of the range of imagination that Yoruba artists exercise as they project their vision of the ancestors, The"Ara Orun"or-Beings from beyond" This janus faced headdress is a relatively uncommon theme among the Yoruba and carries a strong presence with the protruding eyes and mouth that were painted red, in contrast to the crest of hair that was dyed with native indigo pigment. Around the bottom rim a number of holes were drilled to attach the costume to the mask and to hide the dancer" Daniel Mato, PhD. Chelsea Cooksey, YORUBA: AN ART OF LIFE, p. 55) Egungun dancers completely covered in voluminous cloths or
$65.00 Shipping Location: Oceanside, United States Hamamatsu: Winter Scene ( Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu ), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido ( Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi ). Artist Biography: ... moreBorn in Edo as Tokutaro Ando, Hiroshige grew up in a minor samurai family.
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$13.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States (“Sinai Byzantium Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century” by Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh. Several more general books on Byzantine art ... moreinclude The "Glory of Byzantium", edited by Helen C. Evans, and Thomas F. Mathews's "Byzantium from Antiquity to the Renaissance").
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$7.99 Shipping Condition: New Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish British Museum Oils and Perfumes ... moreof Ancient Egypt by JOANNE FLETCHER. NOTE: We have 75.000 books in our library, almost 10,000 different titles. Odds are we have other copies of this same title in varying conditions, some less expensive, some better condition. We might also have different editions as well(some paperback, some hardcover, oftentimes international editions) If you don’t see what you want, please contact us and ask. We’re happy to send you a summary of the differing conditions and prices we may have for the same title. DESCRIPTION: ENTIRE KIT! Oils/Scents plus 64 page paperback. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams. Inc; 1999) Throughout the ancient world the Egyptians were famous for their scents and perfumes. The country was considered the most suitable for the manufacture of such commodities. As the distillation of alcohol was not known until the fourth century BC the scents were extracted by steeping plants. Flowers or splinters of fragrant wood in oil to obtain essential oil, which would then be added to other oils or fat. The materials were placed in a piece of cloth which was wrung until the last drop of fragrance had been retrieved. Alternatively they were boiled with oil and water and the oil skimmed off. As for the oils. There was a wide choice, the most commonly used being moringa, balanos, castor oil, linseed, sesame, safflower, and, to some extent, almond and olive. According to Theophrastus, who made a thorough study of fragrant substances in an essay entitled concerning odors, balanos was the least viscous and by far the most suitable oil, followed by fresh raw olive oil and almond oil. CONDITION: Brand New. Unopened. This is the entire kit. As published, including all the original scents and oils. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR JACKET DESCRIPTION(S) AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER. PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVI
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