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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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T575 - Excellent Kayak with Eskimo and His fishing tools. circa 1930. 24" long this is from Greenland, given as Customary Gift from parents of Eskimo children to families who looked after their child during his or her schooling in Denmark. Really nice piece. - £350 |
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T574 - Last piece from my own collection. Excellent large diameter heavy Zulu Knobkerrie. tight wiring. head studded 23" long. 4.5" diameter 13" circumference. Reluctantly selling. - £350 |
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T573 - Excellent5 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. - £650 |
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T321 - Chokwe mask with red hue "Bwana Plo" 8" mid 20th century - £250 REDUCED £230 |
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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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T568 SMALL VERTEBRAE YELLOW WITH AGE CAME WITH COLLECTION OF CANADADIAN INDIAN AND ESKIMO ITEMS OF LATE 19THC. AND BEGINNING 20THC. UNKNOWN PURPOSE . £15 |
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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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T557 - Bronze Passport Mask. Possibly Lega or Ekoi. c.1930. 2.5" high. Nice colour needs to be seen. - £130 REDUCED £120 |
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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. - £265 REDUCED £175 |
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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 £425 REDUCED £400 |
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T544B Small Shona Knife 8" long c1930 good wiring and condition £75 |
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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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T535 Old Shona Knife c1900 very tight fit good patina 13.5" long £125 |
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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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Yohoure Mask with stand, Ivory Coast, mid 20thC, some age cracks, vg
mask, 10"x4.6"x4". Ref. T361 - £425 |
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Oshe Shango on stand. Nigeria. 11". c.1940. very good cond. Ref. 212 - £195 |
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Congo
figure. Congo. 10". c.1940. very good cond. Ref. 210 - £130 |
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Chokwe
Mask on stand. Congo. mid 20thC. 7.5". vgc. REDUCED £550 |
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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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BAULE
MASK WITH BIRD ATOP, HAS STAND, IVORY COAST, MID 20thC, 17" HIGH,
SOME INSECT DAMAGE AND LEFT EAR DEFICIENT REF. T391 - £275 |
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SENUFO
MASK WITH STAND, IVORY COAST, 1ST HALF 20thC, VGC REF. T392 - £225 |
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SEPIC
GABLE MASK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, c1940/50, 41" LONG, 12" WIDE,
ORIGINAL COLOUR AND SOOTING. Ref. T415 - £110 |
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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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TCHOKWE
MASK. CONGO. c1930. SOME AGE KNOCKS ON STAND. BOUGHT GERMANY. Ref. T309 - £245 |
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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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