Ifugao Peoples, Banaue Rice Terraces, Northern Luzon Islands, Philippines
Early 20th C.
Bone, Philippine deer scrotum, natural fibers
4.75 x 1.75 in. / 12 x 2.5 cm
Height on custom display stand 6.5 in./ 16.5 cm
An unusual variant of the classic bulul form, this lime container is carved as a Janus figure—two seated bodies joined back-to-back, each with its own head, hands resting on opposing shoulders. Bulul figures are traditionally tied to rice cultivation ceremonies, and honored as ancestral guardians of the harvest.
Field-collected roughly fifty years ago, the piece has developed a smooth, glossy patina from age and handling—tangible evidence of its long working life within the community it served.
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Thailand
19th C.
Gilded bronze, red lacquer remnants and core material
Dimensions: 37 high with parasol, Buddha 29 x 6.75 x 6.75 in./ 73 cm x 17 × 17 cm, with parasol 94 cm high
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Standing Buddha and original parasol, with hands held in the double abhaya mudra (Dwi Hasta Abhaya) which symbolizes divine protection, peace, and the total dispelling of fear.
Sepik Plains, the grassy area north of the lower to mid Sepik river
Wood, pigment
Mid 20th Century
Dimensions: 19.25 x 6.75 in. / 49 x 17 cm
Height on custom display stand: 22.5 in. / 57 cm
Provenance: Ex. Bruce Lawes Collection
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Handmade in Mexico
Carved from a single piece of onyx
One of a kind
Dimensions: 17 x 13.5 x 7d in. / 43 x 34 x 18d cm
A spectacular, organic, undulating vessel of cream transparent stone contrasted with brown and tan layers. The deep bowl is polished inside and out, has fluted sides and a live edge rim. Hand worked and polished to a thickness of 3/8 - 1/2 in./ .95 - 1.5 cm.
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Tibet
Wood, Iron, Paint
19th C.
27 x 59.5 x 22.5 in./ 69 x 151 x 57
Height on custom display stand: 34.75 in./ 88 cm
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Ethiopia
Mid 20th century
Brass and Silver-plated copper alloy
#C70: 12 x 4.75 in. / 30 x 12 cm
Height on custom display stand: 13.25 in. / 34 cm
$375
#C67: 10 x 3.75 in. / 25 x 9.5 cm
Height on custom display stand: 11.25 in. / 28.5 cm
$450
#C68: 12.25 x 5.25 in. / 31 x 13 cm
Height on custom display stand: 13.75 in. / 35 cm
SOLD
Cariied by hand during services.
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Culture, Papua New Guinea
Natural fibers, boar’s tails, and pigment
Mid 20th C.
Dimensions: 10 w x 12 h in./13.75 w x 14.5 cm
An unusual modesty skirt with a well-thought-out design. The red pigment accentuates the red in the hair on the boar's tails. Two blonde-haired tailpieces flank the design's central and most significant tail. Beautifully composed.
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Madagascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
8.75 x 7 x 2 in. / 22 x 18 x 5 cm
Weight: 4 lbs 14 oz/ 2.065 kg
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Ammonites were cephalopods that resembled a squid with a shell. The predatory mollusks had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells resembling a nautilus shell. They are closely related to an octopus without the shell. They existed for approximately 175 million years, appearing in the fossil record about 240 million years ago with the last descendants disappearing from the record 65 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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1st Half 20th Century
Plant fiber, buttons, elephant tail hair, blue cloth
7 x 7 dia. in. / 18 x 18 dia. cm
14 in. / 36 cm with chin strap
Height on custom display stand: 17.5 in. / 45 cm
The highest-ranking members of the Bwami society wore this type of hat.
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Our interest in art began in the 1980s, but it wasn’t until Sheridan launched Other Options Design to offer custom bases to dealers and collectors that we became enamored with the artistry, range, and sheer beauty of tribal objects. Since then, our business has blossomed into its current iteration: Morgan Oakes Gallery, offering a curated collection of Tribal and Contemporary art objects and antiques, and Other Options Design Studio, now both located in a singular destination.
