Each with broad triangular blade. stepped profile to neck, one with scooped upper edge to the tang; one with pencilled note 'Cuss.Co / Mo', the other with inked noe 'ELYRIA, OHIO / LORRAIN CO'. 70 grams total, 9.5-11.4 cm



From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

Including scaphoid, triangular and other types. 133 grams total, 3.8-10.5 cm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.NAI 77, 75, 78, 81, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 95; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

With broad D-shaped blade and gusset to the shank; ol collector's label 'NAI'. 549 grams, 14 cm



Acquired from a Kidlington, UK, collection. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.NAI 101; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Broad tongue-shaped blade, lentoid in section with straight cutting edge. 256 grams, 15 cm



From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

D-shaped in section with polished edge and polished lateral faces for mounting in a haft. 285 grams, 12.3 cm



From New South Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no. AA32; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Comprising: Eora culture piriform fish-hook file; Tharwal culture piriform and columnar fish-hook files; Tharwal culture worked-shell fish hook. 118 grams total, 48-95 mm



From New South Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.7, 8, 9, 12; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. Each item accompanied by a copy of an illustrated catalogue information sheet.

With barbed head, hexagonal-section shank, lateral spurs, tapered tang. 15.4 grams, 13.3 cm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Including biconvex, annular and other types. 534 grams total, 9.4-10.3 cm



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Substantial conical jar with trumpet-shaped mouth; applied high-relief decoration replicating sea-bird masks with impressed pellets and applied painted bands, frond detailing inside rim; from the Aibom Village in Papua New Guinea 1.62 kg, 16.2 cm



From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

Group of two penannular round-section bracelets with clubbed ends. 150 grams total, 59-63 mm



From the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Douro' sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Each accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.

Comprising a split wooden haft with cord bindings, fitted polished stone blade with cord bindings secured with a resinous adhesive. 257 grams, 28 cm



From New South Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.27; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Penannular in plan and square in section with butted ends, punched tendril detailing, and eight sections of floral motif surrounded by annulets to the outer edge. 630 grams, 86 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.