Extraordinary Collection of Ethnic and Tribal Art and Jewelry

Offering an extraordinary private collection in conjunction with a store closing sale (store items in front, estate sale items in back room).

Dealers and bulk buyers welcome. WHOLESALE DISCOUNTS on a sliding scale: the more you buy the better the prices. With a few exceptions, store merch is 50% off when you buy in larger quantities, but we've been discounting further for very large quantities, and estate sale merch is priced to sell but offers will be considered when buying multiple items.

VARIOUS ITEMS IN GROUP PICS HAVE SOLD, CALL US 330.801.9811 IF YOU ARE COMING FOR ONE SPECIFIC THING TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL HERE. There's no way to mark things sold in group shots, and we thank you for your understanding.

Store fixtures including antique and vintage showcases.

Vintage jewelry and beads, including sterling silver and gold from around the world. Navajo and other Native American turquoise necklaces, rings, bracelets, Inuit and Yupik jewelry and artefacts, Indian and other South Asian gold, a large quantity of Silver beads, components, and wearable jewellery from India, Central Asia, Yemen, Ethiopia, China, and Tibet. There are also some fine Victorian and Art Deco pieces of jewellery, including Whitby Jet mourning jewelry, an Etruscan revival red-orange coral cameo set in gold, a diamond filigree ring, an early Victorian men’s 15k and lapis ring, good quality Bakelite beads and jewelry, and more.

African masks, sculpture, textiles, medicine bags, and other items including a museum quality Yoruba “ayo” (aka Mancala) board and a very rare beaded Xosa “inxilli” tobacco bag. There are a large amount of antique trade beads, including rare ambassador beads, chevrons (6 and 7 layer), first generation Nueva Cadiz beads, and much more.

Intact jewelry from around the world, including pieces from the Bonda, Konyak / Naga, Niagara, Fulani, and Dogon tribes and peoples.

A late 15th century Italian manuscript leaf with a historiated initial depicting the Crucifixion, with documentation.

A pair of Persian Qajar ceramic plaques, a Middle Eastern mosque lamp, and an as-is Syrian marquetry games table (damage to leg), and several antique glass hookah / narguilé bases (Bohemian for the Ottoman market).

Asian antiques, including a Qing rosewood table mirror, 19th-century Newari bronze/brass lamps and pots from Nepal, a Thai lidded vessel, British Raj period silver boxes from India, and more yet to be unpacked.

The shop closing sale will include new and vintage stone, gemstone, and glass beads, both singly and in strands, pearls, sterling silver and base metal findings, stringing materials, tools, Czech and Japanese Miyuki seed beads, etc. All will be offered at steep discounts off the retail prices.