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TRIBAL ART (ETHNOGRAPHIC)
***TRIBAL
SUMMER SALE***
MOST ITEMS REDUCED PLEASE ASK FOR REVISED PRICES
ON ANY ITEMS POTENTIALLY OF INTEREST
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Excellent 19th century WOOMERA, 28" long, well worked on one side a very old damage exists, photographs show where the sliver is missing on its upper broadest part of the wood. - £525 |
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T590 - Rare barrell knife with very good blade and etched with maker's name Ernbolaget - Skilstuna - Sweden. very clean condition. good collectors piece - £160 |
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T591 Rare 19th century Tibetan ritual dance mask made out of tortoishell. 10" long. 7" wide. - £225 |
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T592 - 19th century Fijian Tambua. 5" long with original Sennett. These were given as highly prized gifts usually forming a bribe. - SOLD |
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T589 - 19th century Australian Boomarang. 23" long, sliver off one end. small crack on the other. nicely stone ground. - £225 |
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T588 - Excellent 19th century Fijian Ula with gadrooned head and hatching decoration on grip. 15" long, stone ground, good patina. - £495 |
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T587 - Aku-Aba Ashanti figure for educating children in Parenthood - £160 |
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T586 - Eskimo Fisherman in Kayak with implements from Greenland. circa 1930. traditional gift from Parents of children maintained in Denmark for their schooling. large example. 32" long. - £475 |
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T585 - Canadian Indian Birch Bark Canoe 22" long 6.5" prow. very good condition. - £180 |
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T582 - Magnificent Thai Head of Buddha in wood, date unknown, with gold leaf remaining, certainly 19th century possibly earlier. Extremely large and heavy, serene piece, ideal for decorator. Measurements: 34" overall height. 17" across. - £1,500 fixed |
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T582 - Fijian Pole Club. 19th century. Unusual Hatching to lower grip area. 41" Long. 2 kilo weight - £400 |
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T575 - Unusual Mask of Palm Bark or Tapa with crab claws discending from eyes and old wooden in earlobes. Height 13" width 7", bright colouring possibly Elema people off Papuan Gulf - £250 |
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T576 - Coloured circa 1930 Nootka Totem 7" high, animals/birds, nice piece - £150 |
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T577 - Bronze passport mask, possibly Cameroons area in pendant form 3" high - £80 |
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T578 - Unusual Ashanti Gold weight of root cutter with 2 small figures above blade 2" high - £65 |
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T579 - Nootka totem of spread winged eagle over bear, unpainted, wording on reverse reads: To Uncle and Aunty Leanaro Mary FD 75 - £35 |
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T573 - Excellent Dan Mask first half 20th century. well pronounced forehead. good age usage Height 9" x 5.5" across.- £395 |
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T572 - Ashanti 19th century Gold Weight of big cat in bronze - £110 |
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T484 - Beaded Plains Indian sheath with trade knife. Cheyenne 8.5" long - £240 |
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T482 - Gauntletts from Iraquois indians circa 1930 possibly earlier - £300 |
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T410 - Fijian club stone ground 19th century. excellent condition - £600 REDUCED £475 |
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T406 - Fiji gunstock club circa 1850 good patina. stone ground. see Oldmans catalogue No. 25 1905 item 29 £1 15s. - SOLD |
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T235 - Songye Congo Fettish with dik dik horn top. mid 20th century. Purchased in Rwanda. - £180 |
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T175 - Jbo Horn Mask from Nigeria with heavy kaolin application. Mid. 20th century 13" tall comes with stand. - £275 |
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T181 - Tikar Camaroons Grassland rattle. circa 1920-30. 11" tall. - £450 |
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T556 - Samoan Club. Old chip off one side of blade head. 2 ft. 7" long. Purchased in the U.S.A. - £700 |
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T525 - 1st half 20th century Inuit Soapstone figure with seal 3.5" x 3.5" signed on base LYDIA - £130 REDUCED £120 |
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T306 - MOUNT HAGAN Adze Papua New Guinea circa 1920 a genuin old one, very good condition. 21" wide 20" high. Good patina to the wood came from German collection - £370 |
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T566 PAIR OF STRANGE CHILDRENS DOLLS MADE FROM CARIBOU ANTLER CANADIAN 20TH C - £30 EACH |
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T563 VERY INTERESTING WALRUS IVORY TOOTH CARVINGS OF 3 TINY SEALS ON PART OF A CARIBOU ANTLER HAVING CANADIAN ESKIMO TRADE STICKER ON BACK WITH CARVERS SIGNATURE 20TH C NICE PIECE. £140 |
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T567 STONE CARVING OF FROG BELIEVED CANADIAN INDIAN ORIGIN HAIDA OR NOOTKA - UNKNOWN AGE £40 |
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T569 EARLY 20THC. CANADIAN INUIT TOOTH CARVING SET ON CARIBOU ANTLER IN SHAPE OF HALF DOLPHIN/PENGUIN AND HUMAN WITH ESKIMO FACE MASK ON BACK INTERESTING PIECE. £140 3" HIGH |
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T559 -Interesting small Rotse Basket and Top. ( Tight Fit as is the weave) Mint Condition. 9 c.m. diameter. - £125 |
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T551 - 19th century Somoan Club. 24" long. lovely colour. - £325 |
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T550 - Small Saudia Jambija. excellent condition. c.1930. probably for a child. 8" long. - SOLD |
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T549 - Unusual shaped Rotse tight weave dish. excellent condition. c.1920. 6.5" diameter. 3" high. - £110 |
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T545 GENUINE ROMAN GLASS PERFECT COND. LOVELY SHAPE. VERY DELICATE. 4.25" HIGH 3RD CENT. AD BEING IREDESCENT PALE GREEN GLASS WITH TRAILED COLLARS AROUND NECK SOLD |
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A group of Eskimo marine ivory
carvings.
Duck c.1910 - £120 - Walrus c.1915 - £130 - Polar Bear c.1915 - £150 - Seal (broken flipper) c.1915 - £70 Ref. No. T539 |
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T534 small brown bear carving c1900
probably Asian neat carving £135 |
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Antique Inuit/Eskimo knife with a gray flint blade set into a bone handle embellished with four ridges, two channels and a suspension perforation 5.5/8" long, 1/2" thick and the blade is 1.1/8" wide, in excellent overall condition. Late 19th century. Ex. Museum piece with two book references comparable Thiry Paul Mary, Eskimo Artifacts 1977 page 312 also Hothelar collecting Inidan Knives 1986 Page 103. - Ref - T530A - £450 |
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T528 REALLY EXCELLENT GROUP OF 7 ESKIMO/INUIT ANIMALS carved from walrus and mammoth tooth (comprises 2 walrus/polar bear/arctic bird/seal/ arctic fox and wolf all collected by Fred and Florence Sickler whilst living in the eskimo village of Shunnak, Alaska from 1910 to 1921 sizes 1.5" to 2" (bear 3")P.O.A. - WILL SEPARATE. Please contact me regarding prices. Polar Bear and Walrus Sold |
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T396
Interesting solid copper spear c1930 likely currency purpose
66" long £120 |
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T519 Mixed ancient beads restrung oldest 3rd millenium £38 |
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T517 collection mixed bronze(1 pewter)items mid ages later £15 the lot |
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T515 Apache Loom weight ,19thc/early 20th £25 |
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T514 Zuni bracelet southern west coast USA C1930 CORAL £ 25 |
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T503 HAIDA TOTEM believe epoxy, 6" eagle over fish skeleton £12 |
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T500 early Ashante bronze gold weight of coiled snake ,19thc £45 |
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T501 early Ashante bronze gold weight of coiled snake . 19thc £45 |
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T234A
LUBA STATUE MID 20TH C REDUCED £110 |
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T221
19TH C SCRAPER FROM INDIAN RESERVATION AT WALPOLE ISLAND COLLECTED SOME YEAS AGO. EX RICHARD GREEN COLLECTION 8" £120 |
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Congo
figure. Congo. 10". c.1940. very good cond. Ref. 210 - £130 |
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ZULU GIRLS STATUS FLAG NECKLACE, c.1910,
POSS. EARLIER, EXC COND. REF. T474 - £70 |
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TWO ZULU NECKBANDS LATE 19TH C 21" LONG HALF INCH DIAMETER,
EXCELLENT CONDITION EXCEPT ONE IS MISSING ITS TRADITIONAL CAP CLASP. REF. T479 - £110/ PAIR |
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Odd Club, 19thC, South Africa ? came with 19thC Zulu collection,
27" Ref. T329 - £55 |
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BRONZE
FAN GOLD WEIGHT, ASHANTI, 6", c1930 Ref. T434 - £45 |
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SOUTH
SEA CLUB, FIJI?, STONE GROUND EARLY PART 19thC, RICH PATINA, DARK REDDY
BROWN, 23"LONGx3"DIAM. HEAD HATCHING TO GRIP. GROOVING TRACES
ON WORN HEAD. VERY UNUSUAL INTERESTING PIECE REDUCED £240 |
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FROM
THE DENNIS SLACK MILITERIA COLLECTION, SMALL HEADED POST ZULU WARS SIZE,
SEPARATE HEADED KNOBKERRIE, c.1900, 34"LONG x 2"DIAM. JOINED, REF. T470b THREE - £65 |
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BRONZE
GOLD WEIGHT OF A REEF KNOT, c.1930, ASHANTE, 2", VERY FINE, Ref. T450 - £38 |
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African
Spoon. mid 20thC. nicely done. 14". Ref. T381 - £100 |
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Igala
figure. Nigeria. 13". c.1940. v.good cond. Ref. 249 - £350 |
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FROM
THE DENNIS SLACK ZULU MILITERIA COLLECTION, 19thC. ZULU FIGHTING AXE.
30.5" WITH 6" HEAD. (LOT 933) REDUCED £175 |
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Zulu
small Knobkerrie, 19thC, South Africa, 16"long, 3"diam. think
old varnish showing, REDUCED £100 |
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Tsogo
double bell. 7.5". Gabon excellent cond. c1940. Ref. 179 £295 |
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FETISH
FIGURE, ZAIRE. Mid 20thC. 16" High. Age insect damage around figure
and base. REDUCED £250 |
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MENDE
HELMET MASK FROM THE BUNDU SECRET SOCIETY, SIERRA LEONE MID 20thC REF. T477 - £450 |
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Lega
Mask. 13" x 7". c.1930. very good cond. new raffia. |
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North
American Indian Stone pounder. Plains. early date. 6". Ref. T265 - £130 |
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