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Click here to subscribeOppert (Gustav) On the Original Inhabitants of Bharatavarsa or India London & Leipzig 1893 § Bradley-Birt (F.B.) The Story of an Indian Upland 1905 § Rice (Stanley P.) Occasional Essays on Native South Indian Life 1901 § Carstairs (R.) Harma's Village. A Novel of Santal Life contemporary half sheep worn and stained Pokhuria Santal Mission Press 1935 § Elwin (Verrier) The Muria and their Ghotul 1947; Leaves from the Jungle: Life in a Gond Village 1936; Maria Murder and Suicide 1943 some plates and illustrations some spotting all but the fourth original cloth the second pictorial rubbed the last two with frayed dust-jackets; and c.20 others on tribal India 8vo (c.25)
Fine flatwoven double-sided Afshar chanteh in weft float brocade Kerman area south central Persia late 19th century 1ft.5in. x 11in. 0.33m. x 0.28m. Both sides with very slight overall wear. Wool plaited selvages and plaited rag carrying handle later replacements; these as well as the crude small metalwork pieces at either side (one with the word ‘NEU’) are typical of tribal repairs and indicate the value placed on this superbly woven small bag.
An attractive Amritsar carpet north India early 20th century 16ft. x 11ft.9in. 4.88m. x 3.58m. Slight wear in places some repairs to fringes at either end. Like many Indian carpets this example uses a well-known Persian tribal design in this case a version of the so-called ‘pomegranate’ lattice found on a distinctive group of Khamseh carpets from Fars.
Hanning Speke John. (Captain H.M. Indian Army) Journal of Discovery of the Source of the Nile 2nd edition published William Blackwood & Sons 1864. Decorative central gilt figurative motif on brown cloth boards with gilt spine. Lavishly illustrated with scenes of tribal life portraits native species of animal local scenery and objects used in daily life and for rituals chiefly drawings by Capt. Grant. (title page detached).
GENE KLOSS (American 1903-1996)Tribal MemoryIntaglio aquatint on paper15.5in. x 10.75in.Signed in pencil lower rightEdition 10/15One of the prominent American printmakers of the 20th century Gene Kloss is renowned for her etchings of California and Southwestern subjects. She studied at the University of California and the California School of Fine Arts before settling in Taos in 1929. As a leader in New Mexico art Kloss' work was exhibited in Paris in 1938 along with Blumenschein O'Keeffe and Sloan. She is most famous for her prints of Southwestern genre subjects particularly her etchings which are characterized by rich tonal variations.Provenance: David Dike Dallas TXacquired from the above by the present owner
A brass sovereign/half sovereign balance by Harrison, with the original card box, three bone handled implements, a silver cased open-faced pocket watch, a plated rattle designed as a guardsman, a lady's powder compact, two pairs of spectacles, a chartreuse decanter label, a brass tribal figure and sundry.