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1. An Egyptian wood headrest, in three parts with remains of pigment, Middle Kingdom, 15.5cm high. £600-800 Provenance: Private European collection acquired 1970’s
3. Five Egyptian faience Ushabtis, all with painted baskets on their backs, the larger two with printed labels ‘HENT-TAUI’ and ‘HENTTAUI-NEB,’ 10.2cm, 8cm and 7.5cm high and an Egyptian faience amulet depicting Bastet, 7.4cm high. (6) £100-150
2. An Egyptian faience Ushabti, holding a pick and hoe, faint inscription to verso, late Dynastic Period c.600 B.C., 17cm high. £200-300
4. An Egyptian faience Ushabti, 11.3cm high, another Egyptian Ushabti, 6.1cm high, a Ushabti amulet with hieroglyphs, 4.8cm high, twelve various scarabs, two cat amulets and another a bird, a bone dove, a turquoise bead and a stone axe head. (21) £150-200
Provenance: James Blyth (1834 - 1924) and thence by descent. See lots 573-577.
5. A pair of Egyptian bronze and stone eyes, with brows, the eyes approximately 8cm wide, two Egyptian Anubis amulets, two other amulets, a scarab, an eye amulet, a miniature gilt and enamel mummy, 2.1cm high, a marble hand fragment and a carved wood animal head cresting, 16cm high. (13) £100-150
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6. An Egyptian faience Ushabti, 5.5cm high, mounted, and a Sumerian hardstone necklance, re-wired and clasp. (2) £50-150
7. An Egyptian Ba bird, carved wood with a human face and headdress, the back with incised feather decoration, 23.5cm high. £200-300
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An Egyptian limestone relief fragment, a ram with curled horns, 9.5 x 12cm, Ptolemaic Period, 304 - 330 B.C.
£300-400
Provenance: Private collection France, acquired 1970’s. c.f. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (22.53) for two similar rams. 9. A Bactrian marble column idol, with a flared top having a central groove, the underside with a conforming groove, circa 2nd millennium B.C., 28cm high. £600-800 Provenance: UK collection. 10. A Middle-Eastern limestone incense burner, Yemen, of cuboid shape, the sides inscribed with the names of various types of incense, 1st century AD, 7cm high, 9.5cm square. £200-300 Cuboid incense burners were popular in the Levant and Arabia from the late 5th century BC to the 1st century AD and used to burn natural aromatics in the home and temple.
11. A small collection of knapped stone implements, 10.6cm the longest. (12) £40-60
12. An Islamic ebonised wood and parcel gilt comb, 8.5cm wide and a medieval bronze comb with zig zag decoration, 6.6cm wide. (2) £100-150
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13. Two Egyptian stone ritual implements; both pierced through length, 12.6cm and 19.2cm high. (2) £300-400 Provenance: Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent. 14. Two Roman bronze figures, including a finial in the form of a winged Eros, running holding a torch, 10cm high; and a figure of Apollo, nude with long hair secured by a fillet, 7cm high, c. 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. (2) £200-300 Provenance: Apollo - Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 325 (part). Eros finial - Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 188 (part). English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s.
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15. A Roman bronze figure of Aphrodite, standing nude covering her modesty with her left hand, her hair arranged in a top-knot, 13.5cm high, c. 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. £300-500 Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 192. English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s. 16. An Egyptian bronze seated figure of Harpocrates, circa 600 B.C., 11cm high. £100-150 17. A Roman bronze finial, with a hunting scene, a wolf attacking the hindquarters of a hare, 14cm long, c. 3rd Century A.D. £200-300 Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 325 (part). English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s.
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18. A silver and niello crescent shape ceremonial pectoral, with Greek lettering +EMMA NƟVHΛ on either side of a lettered cross, and a reeded suspension loop, Byzantine, 21.5cm wide, on a stand. £300-500
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19. A Roman bronze balsamarium, in the form of a male head, wearing a wreath, with overarching handle, the hinged lid now missing, 15cm high including handle, c. 2nd Century A.D. £400-500 Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 194. English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s.
20. A Roman bronze furniture attachment, in the shape of a female bust, the hair arranged in a top-knot, her chiton pinned over the right shoulder leaving the left breast exposed, 6cm high, c. 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. £300-400 Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 325 (part). English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s.
21. Two Roman bronze figures, including the infant Herakles strangling the snake, 4.5cm high; and a small winged Eros, standing nude holding an oil lamp in the shaped of a winged phallus, 6.5cm high, c. 1st - 2nd Century A.D. (2) £300-400
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Provenance: Infant Herakles - Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 188 (part). Eros - Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 325 (part). English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s.
22. Six Romano-Celtic bronze Dragonesque brooches, of S shape with stylized ends, four with pins, 1st century B.C. /1st century A.D. the largest 6cm long. (6) £150-250 Provenance: From an old English collection, Durham, UK.
23. A pair of iridescent glass beads, each relief moulded a standing female nude, the reverse with relief dots, Romano-Egyptian, 2.4cm and 2.6cm high. (2) £100-150 Provenance: UK collection.
24. Two Greek bronze horses, with cylindrical body, long arching neck with short mane, square muzzle with round bulging eyes, 9cm - 10cm long, c. 8th Century B.C., Geometric Period. (2) £500-600 Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 8 July 1993, Lot 325 (part). English private collection formed between the 1960’s - 1970’s.
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A Greek terracotta standing female, with headdress and robe, c. 5th century B.C., 15cm high.
£100-150
Provenance: Private collection New York, USA, collected in the 1980’s and thence by descent. 26. A group of antiquities including; a terracotta cylindrical vessel with painted decoration, 12.5cm high in a stand, a Roman pottery lamp, a stone head and a glazed pottery head. (5) £150-200 27. A Greek terracotta male head, with beard, painted inventory number E.65708 and Mathias Komor, New York paper label, 2nd Century B.C., 11cm high. £300-400 Provenance: Mathias Komor, New York; Smith Estate, Missouri. 28. A collection of pottery fragments, including four female heads, a Mexican head, two burners, a funnel, two bearded masks, a stone carving of the Lady of Ephesus, 15cm high and a bronze bangle. (12) £40-60 29.
An early Palestinian pottery bowl, with a beaded border, circa 3200 - 2500 BC, 19.2cm high, 35.5cm diameter.
£100-150
30. A Hellenistic terracotta head of a woman, with her hair drawn up and wearing earrings, 7cm high, on a plinth, two smaller terracotta heads, on plinths, a terracotta Erotic group with figures embracing, on a plinth and six various pottery heads. (10) £300-500
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31. A Chimu / Inca double vessel, relief decorated stingrays and birds, with head and spout terminals linked with an arched handle, 21.5cm high. £400-600 32. An Inca pottery urpu, storage jar, with a conical base and ovoid body decorated panels of fern fronds and geometric pattern borders, ‘C’ shape handles, the top with a spout and a flared neck, with piercings to the rim, 29.5cm high, with a later metal stand. (2) £150-250 33
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33. A Peruvian shipibo pottery bowl, decorated geometric patterns, 14cm diameter. £100-150 34. A Nazca ladle, of compressed circular form with a tapering handle, with two-tone panel decoration, 29cm long, with a later woven stand. (2) £200-300 35. A pre-Columbian pottery vessel, with a figure having a plumed headdress, on three legs, 9cm high, a pottery tripod vessel with applied figures and a pottery whistle. (3) £100-150 36. A Moche terracotta stirrup vessel, Peru, modelled as a recumbent cat, 19.5cm high, a Moche terracotta stirrup vessel, modelled a face with feet, 20cm high and a Moche terracotta cat vessel. (3) £100-150 37. A pottery vessel, double gourd shape, relief decoration a female, with handle, 21.5cm high. £40-60 38. A Chimu / Inca vessel, relief decorated panels of animals and birds, with a head spout and open handle, 20cm high. £200-300
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A Mezcala stone figure, 13cm high.
£200-300
40. A carved basalt implement, possibly Taino, Caribbean, with a human figure, 19cm long. £400-600
41. A pre-Columbian stone implement, Ecuador/ Caribbean, of spatulate form with an eared grip, 17.2cm long. £80-120
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42. Two Colima standing figures, with pony tails and wearing a loin cloth and a skirt, 16.2cm and 17cm high, with stands. (4) £300-400
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A blackware bowl, with stand, 18.5cm high. (2) £100-150
44. Two Pre-Columbian pottery stirrup vessels, 18cm the highest, a blackware ovoid vessel, a pottery figure, a decorated vessel with handle, an Egyptian amphora shape vessel, an oil lamp and an ovoid vessel with long neck. (8) £100-150
45. A Chimu vessel, decorated an ancestor figure, 19cm high and a pottery jug with geometric decoration and an animal head spout, 18.5cm high. (2) £100-150
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A Chancay panel, with three animals each with circles, the base with further animals and a fringe, 69 x 30cm.
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A pre-Columbian textile panel fragment, with alternate panels having embroidered birds, with a border below, 55 x 34cm.
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A Chancay textile fragment, with two bands of monkeys, 60 x 82cm.
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A Chancay textile bag fragment, with twelve eagles and scroll borders, 24 x 30cm.
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50. A Chancay textile fragment, with birds, 12 x 15cm, a Paracas textile fragment of chevron design, 24 x 36cm and two Nazca textile fragments with stylised bird designs, 19 x 22cm and 21 x 22cm. (4) £150-250
51. Two Nazca textile fragments, with remains of lappet fringes, 23 x 20cm and 13.5 x 13cm, a textile fragment with masks and birds, 23 x 26cm and a textile fragment with stylised designs, 11.5 x 46.5cm. (4) £100-200
52. A Chancay textile fragment, with fifteen birds, 23 x 21cm, a Paracas fragment with animals and birds, 20 x 20cm, a Nazca textile fragment, 24 x 27cm and two textile band fragments, mounted as one, 5 x 34cm and 5 x 32.5cm. (5) £150-250
53. A Chancay textile fragment, with a line of birds, interlocking scroll borders, with fringe, 19 x 82cm and a textile fragment with panelled bands of birds, 12 x 68cm, and two textile fragments with bird scroll motifs, mounted as one, 11 x 49cm and smaller. (4) £100-150
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54. A Chancay textile fragment, with three bands of standing figures, 68 x 77cm. £200-300
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56. A pre-Columbian textile belt fragment, late Paracas, with stylised decoration, 10.5 x 48.5cm, two Nazca textile fragments, one with tassels, 18 x 22cm and 40.5 x 21.5cm and a pre-Columbian textile fragment with geometric guls, 14 x 79cm. (4) £100-150
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57. A pre-Columbian textile fragment, with six masks and birds, with scroll borders, 44 x 37cm, a Chancay textile fragment with bands of birds, 42 x 43.5cm and a textile fragment with a zig-zag design, the borders with masks and birds, 44 x 24cm. (3) ÂŁ150-250
58. A Chancay textile fragment, with birds above a scroll border, 40 x 54cm, a textile fragment with bands of standing figures, 59.5 x 76cm and a textile fragment of overlapping figures, 71.5 x 9cm. (3) ÂŁ150-250
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59. Six African woven fibre mats, geometric designs, the largest 32.5cm diameter. (6) £100-200
60. Twelve African and North American woven basket items, including a bowl, 37cm diameter, two lidded vessels, a rectangular basket, a stem dish, a small bowl, 29cm diameter and two oval baskets. (12) £150-200 59
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62. A Nigerian large basket and cover, with dyed patterned band, 110cm high. £50-100
63. An Eket mask, Nigeria, with a short beard and pigment decoration, 47.5cm high. £80-120
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64. A Bwa butterfly mask, Burkina Faso, carved and with pigment finish to both sides, 105.5cm wide. £100-150
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65. A Baule mask, Ivory Coast, with ebonised eyes, 25cm high and a Nigerian mask, with ribbed coiffure, 28.5cm high. (2) £120-150
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A Baga snake mask, Guinea, with chevrons decorated in red, black and white, modern, 190cm high.
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A Mahongwe reliquary figure, with copper wire and sheet decoration, 54cm high, with stand.
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A Kenyan stool, the dished top inset coloured beads and geometric patterns, 38.5cm high.
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A Cameroon beadwork headdress, with an animal surmount with a long tail on a woven fibre cap, with red and black cloth, 27cm high. £100-150
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71. A Bete mask, with cloth, shells and fibre, 52cm high, a Dan mask with articulated lower jaw, aluminum eyes and a hair beard, 45cm high and an African west coast mask, 41cm high. (3) £100-150 72.
A Dogon elephant mask, Mali, 32cm high.
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An Igbo mask, Nigeria, with relief scarifications, 30.5cm high.
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74. A Burkina Faso antelope mask, carved with horns and ears with a pigment finish, 98cm high. £80-120
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A Congo mask, with white pigment face, 43cm high. £100-150
76. A Fang reliquary figure, D R Congo, in a basket with skulls, bones and a shell, 31.5cm high. £150-200
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77. A Songye two headed reliquary, D R Congo, with bound cloth crests, shell and bead necklaces in a cloth and seed bound base, in a woven fibre basket with further seeds, 30.5cm high. £150-200
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78. A Baule Janus heddle pulley, Ivory Coast, one mask with a short beard, 24cm high, and a Baule heddle pulley, with mask surmount, 23cm high, on a stand. (2) £80-120
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81. An African carved wood boat, with antlered mask prow, with bone teeth and inset bone to the sides, with standing figures with paddles, raised on legs, index museum label Nationalmuseet, 148cm long. £300-500 80
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82. A Hemba power figure, D R Congo, with hair and bone charge, 16.5cm high, on a stand, a Dogon standing female figure, 39cm high, a Dan standing maternity figure, with infant on her back, with beads, 50cm high. (3) £150-200
83. A pair of Dogon standing figures, male and female, with stretched arms, 67.5cm and 64cm high and a Dogon maternity figure with infant on back and pot on head, 62.5cm high. (3) £100-150
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84. A Yaka kneeling female figure, D R Congo, with cap like coiffure and coffee bean eyes, 30.5cm high. £40-60
85. A Mumuye standing figure, Nigeria, with expressive face and pierced ear lobes, with bead and cloth necklace, long body and arms, 54.5cm high, on a stand. £100-150
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86. A Hemba standing female figure, D R Congo, with raised body scarifications, 33cm high and a pair of Wagera male and female figures with bead eyes, 28cm and 30cm high. (3) £50-100
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90. Three Senufo standing figures, Ivory Coast, 26cm high, two disc neck pieces in black and red, three fibre neck pieces, a waist band, a woven wide brimmed hat, three wood combs, a pair of leather open sandals and three leather and fibre fly whisks. (18) £40-60 Provenance: Frederick Myatt, author of The Golden Stool, Ashanti 1900. 91. Ten Ashanti brass figural gold weights, 13cm the tallest, four Nigerian brass hip masks, a brass pounding figure with mortar, a thick brass bangle, a clay pipe bowl modelled a head, a bowl, a brass pipe bowl, two entwined brass and copper bangles and rings, a brass ring, a stone bangle, a brass and iron horse bit and three barbed spear tips. (29) £40-60
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95. A Sierra Leone carved stone nomoli, 18cm high, another two, a stone carved crouching figure, another stone figure and a stone carved mask. (6) £80-120
96. A West African carved bone standing female figure, with pointed coiffure, 41.5cm high and a carved bone maternal figure, 31.5cm high. (2) £80-120
Provenance: Frederick Myatt, author of The Golden Stool, Ashanti 1900.
λ 92. Three African ivory bracelets, 11cm diameter the largest, an ivory bracelet with silver coloured metal mounts embossed a rhinoceros, an ivory and amber bead necklace three of the ivory beads carved and a graduated ivory bead necklace, late 19th / early 20th century. (6) £150-250 93. A Benin style plaque, with four figures, 15cm high, a raised bead decorated bronze bangle, two bronze currency, a brass cornucopia shape vessel, a carved horn, two clay pipes with geometric decoration and nineteen kissi pennies. (28) £100-150
94. A Bambara Janus staff, Mali, with sheet metal, fibre and beads, 47cm high and a seated figure with cowrie shell inset eyes, 29.5cm high. (2) £40-60
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97. A pair of Yoruba Ibeji twin figures, one with a bead necklace, 28.5cm and 27.5cm high. (2) £80-120
98. A Nigerian Colon male figure, standing and wearing suit and tie with a pith helmet, 44.5cm high. £50-100
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100. Three Yoruba Ibeji twin figures, Nigeria; one with ribbed crested coiffure, body scarifications and wearing shorts, with beads, 24cm high; another wearing striped shorts and with long arms 23.5cm high; the third wearing a loin cloth and beads, 22cm high. (3) £350-450
101. A Mozambique kneeling Madonna, ebonised wood, 24.5cm high. £100-150
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103. A group of East African carved wood figures and animals, the majority with bead eyes, including four crocodiles each with a human in it’s jaw, 26.5cm the longest. (20) £150-250
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104. A West African seated female figure, with pierced cresting and filed teeth, with face and body scarifications, with light pigment finish, 80cm high. £80-120
105. A Nigerian standing figure, the remains of hair, painted a cross to the left temple with fibre necklace and bead waistband, 78cm high. £80-120
106. A Fang seated female figure, with applied brass sheet, 56cm high, with stand. £100-150
107. A Yoruba Eshu figure, Nigeria, seated with a scroll coiffure with mask terminal, on a column support, 50cm high. £80-120
108. A central Africa carved lion, with applied eyes and bone teeth, with hair brow, incised mane, 71cm long. £150-200
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109. A Lega standing male figure, D R Congo, wood with white kaolin to the face and skin border, 32.5cm high. £200-300
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110. A Dogon standing female figure, Mali, 45cm high, on a stand. £80-120
111. A West African stool, with a seated maternity figure support, 38cm high and a seated maternity figure with twins, 53cm high. (2) £100-150
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114. A Congo standing fetish figure, with cloth, nails, fibre, feathers, bone and an inset mirror to the abdomen and eyes, 61cm high. £150-200 115. A Cameroon standing mask, 88cm high.
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116. A Luba kneeling female figure, D R Congo, with crossed coiffure and hands on abdomen, 13.5cm high. £200-300 117. A Yombe maternity figure, D R Congo, with incised decoration, filed teeth and a infant in her lap, 30.5cm high. £100-150 118. A Baule standing female figure, with fine coiffure and scarifications, with hands resting on abdomen, 55cm high. £100-150
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120. A Cameroon seated figure, with applied beads and shells, 89cm.
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121. A Dogon large seated male figure, with a cutting implement in his right hand, on a reptile decorated stool, 91cm high. £100-150 122. A Fang seated figure, D R Congo, with inset feathers, 29.5cm high.
£300-400
123. A Baule seated male figure, Ivory Coast, with his right hand gripping his beard, 28cm high. £400-600 124. A Fang standing male figure, with sheet brass to the face, 46cm high.
£80-120
125. A Luba style female offering figure, 32cm high, a handled cup with three masks, 28cm high and two African masks. (4) £100-150 120 126. A Senufo standing figure, with antler headdress, 40.5cm high, a Senufo standing female figure, 34.5cm high and two other figures with cloth binding. (4) £100-150 127. An East African offering figure, standing with clothes and shell bands, in a rectangular base with masks and a wooden torso with two clay bowls and hoe currency, 55cm high. £80-120
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THE MICHAEL & MARLENE PENNIE COLLECTION
This wonderful collection has been formed through the years of gaining knowledge about the people who produced the works that make it up. A Baule carving purchased in Amsterdam in 1977 was the beginning, then to the nooks and crannies of antique shops, hunting the mis-understood and then to auctions where the friendships were made. As a sculptor himself, Michael's interest in African works has taken him and Marlene on fourteen annual trips to West Africa - Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana and it is here that their passion for Lobi carving has flourished. These trips have produced travelling exhibitions and a number of books, detailing the travels, art of life in West Africa.
128. A Lobi fragmentary standing figure, Burkina Faso, 32cm high. £80-120 Provenance: Ian Auld. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.26.
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129. A Lobi head, Burkina Faso, wearing a shallow peaked cap and termite damaged post, 45cm high, on a stand. £100-150 Provenance: Bonhams, 23 March 1992, lot 209. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.106.
130. A pair of Lobi male and female standing figures, Burkina Faso, each with a single crest coiffure, 48.5cm and 44.5cm high, on a stand. (2) £120-160 Collected in Wa, Ghana.
131. A Lobi standing figure, Burkina Faso, with arched brow, flat shoulders and a slight forward lean with hands to the front, 38cm high on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, with a cap like coiffure, 37cm high on a stand, and a Lobi standing female figure, wearing a peaked cap, 33.5cm high. (3) £200-300 The first figure collected in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.102.
132. A Lobi standing female catapult figure, Burkina Faso, raised on platforms and with her hands placed on top of abdomen and U shape crest, 31cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing female figure with her left arm raised to the side, 27.5cm high, on a stand. (2) £100-150
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133. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with long arms and hands reaching below her knees, 32.5cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi staff, with a male torso terminal having a crested coiffure, 34cm high, on a stand. (2) £100-150
134. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with a single crest coiffure, eliptical eyes and V nose, 66.5cm high, with a stand. £200-300 Collected in Burkina Faso Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.94.
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135. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with eliptical eyes, 31.5cm high on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, with coffee bean eyes, 29cm high and a standing female figure with grooved coiffure, 36.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £100-150 The female figure collected in Accra, Ghana.
136. A pair of Lobi male and female standing figures, Burkina Faso, 47cm and 52.5cm high, on a stand. £120-160 Collected in Wa, Ghana. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.98.
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THE MICHAEL & MARLENE PENNIE COLLECTION 137. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, the back of the head with a ridge and groove down the back, arms and hands at the side, termite damage to base of legs, 45.5cm high, on a stand. £300-400 Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.42.
138. A pair of Lobi standing male and female figures, Burkina Faso, 34.5cm high, on a stand. (2) £120-160 Collected in Ghana. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.86.
138 137 139. A Lobi fragmentary standing figure, Burkina Faso, 26cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing female figure, termite degradation to legs, 36.5cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing male figure, 21.5cm high. (3) £100-150
140. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with head turned to the right, 14.5cm high, and a Lobi standing male figure, with head turned to the right and a single crest coiffure, with remnants of ebonised finish, 19cm high. (2) £100-150 139
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141. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with outstretched arms and with a pot on her head, 23.5cm high, on a stand. £100-150 Collected in Wa, Ghana.
142. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with angled arms and bent legs, 34cm high on a stand, and a Lobi standing figure with short skirt, 35.5cm high, on a stand. (2) £200-300 The first figure collected in Kumasi, Ghana. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.90.
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143. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with a single crest coiffure and with his arms raised, 45cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi female figure, carved from a single branch, left arm missing, 76.5cm high. (2) £150-200
144. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with cap like coiffure, 97cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing female figure, with similar coiffure, 105.5cm high, on a stand. (2) £300-400 Collected in Accra, Ghana.
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145. A Lobi maternity figure, Burkina Faso, of angular form with a the child gripping with it’s legs, 38cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi figure with right arm raised, 26cm high, on a stand. (2) £100-150
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The maternity figure collected in Wa, Ghana. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.58.
145 146. A Lobi betise group, Burkina Faso, a male and female copulating, 19cm high, on a stand. £100-150
147. A Lobi Dagari female figure, Burkina Faso, of inverted Y form with an encrusted patina, 93cm high, on a stand. £200-300 Provenance: Christie’s, London. 146
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THE MICHAEL & MARLENE PENNIE COLLECTION 148. Two Lobi standing figures, Burkina Faso, by the same carver, 20cm the highest, on the same stand and a Lobi standing male figure, with a crested coiffure, 23.5cm. (3) £100-150
149. A Lobi Janus standing figure, thil dopka, Burkina Faso, with linked hands at base of abdomen, 20.5cm high, with stand and a Lobi female standing figure, with outstretched arms wearing arm-bands, 17cm high, on a stand. (2) £150-200 The Janus figure Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.47-48. 148
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150. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with hands placed below her breasts, 15cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, 15cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing male figure with crescent eyes, 17cm high, on a stand. (3) £100-150
151. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, the pose slightly twisted to the left, 25cm high, on a stand, a pair of Lobi standing figures, 21cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, with termite degradation to the feet, 25cm high, on a stand. (4) £100-150
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152. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with his left arm at right angles, 25.5cm high, on a stand, a Lobi maternal figure with a child on her back, 31.5cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, 28cm high. (3) £120-160 The first figure collected in Kumasi, Ghana. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.30.
152 153. Two Lobi standing female figures, Burkina Faso, carved by the same hand, 20cm and 17cm, the latter on a stand, and a Lobi standing figure, 17.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £100-150
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154. A Lobi standing figure, Burkina Faso, with encrusted patination, with straight arms squeezing his stomach, with high buttocks, 15.5cm high, on a stand. £100-150 Published - Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.62.
155. A Lobi catapult, Burkina Faso, the seated figure handle with a ribbed cresting, 19cm high, a Lobi catapult, with a seated figure handle at right angle and a Lobi heddle pulley, with reel and fibre. (3) £80-120
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156. A Lobi copulating couple, Betise, Burkina Faso, the male with his hands on his partner’s breasts, 30cm high, on a stand. £80-120 Collected in Wa, Ghana. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.54.
157 157. A Lobi catapult, Burkina Faso, with a standing male figure handle, 19cm high, a Lobi catapult with a phallic handle, a Dogon catapult with a seated figure handle and a Lobi heddle pulley. (4) £80-120
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158. A Lobi head, Burkina Faso, with an encrusted white/grey patina, with eliptical eyes and an accentuated mouth, on a short tapering spike, 27cm high, with stand. £200-300 Collected from Kumasi, Ghana.
159. Four Lobi catapults, Burkina Faso; three with figural handles and the fourth with an incised band and a ribbed line, 20cm the highest. (4) £80-120 158
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THE MICHAEL & MARLENE PENNIE COLLECTION
160. A Dogon Kanaga mask, Mali, the pointed front face with pierced eyes and horns, the pierced vertical crest with applied geometric arms pointing to the earth and sky, with traces of pigment, the back with fibre webbing, 109cm high. £600-800 Provenance: Christie’s, London.
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161. A Lobi anthropomorphic figure, Burkina Faso, of a medial ridge head with incised coiffure supported by a pair of legs on a domed base, 12cm high and a Lobi miniature whistle flute, with incised line decoration, 10cm high. (2) £80-120
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162. A Mossi anthropomorphic whistle/ flute, Burkina Faso, with a central pierced shaft and open arms, pierced and with incised line decoration, 29cm high and a Lobi whistle/flute, with a flattened ovoid bowl, pierced and a shaft with tapering tip, traces of incised line decoration, 29.5cm high. (2) £100-150 Collected in Ghana.
163. Three Dogon miniature ladders, Mali, 46cm, 38cm and 31.5cm high, all on stands. (3) £150-200 Collected in Mali.
164. A Lobi standing figure, Burkina Faso, wearing a peaked cap, with his right hand on his abdomen, with waist band and bangle, stamped ‘G20177,’ 56cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing figure, wearing a peaked cap, 49cm high, on a stand. (2) £150-200
165. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with a horizontal cresting and her left arm raised to her head, wearing bangles, on a toothed circular base, 19cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing figure, with a flattened coiffure, 12cm high, on a stand. (2) £150-250
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164 166. A pair of Lobi seated male and female figures, Burkina Faso; he wearing a cap and epaulets, 22cm high, the female, 21.5cm high. (2) £80-120
167. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, of angular form, 26cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing figure with crested coiffure, 25.5cm high and a Lobi standing female figure, 20.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £100-150
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168. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, holding a rifle, 56cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing figure with cap coiffure, 50cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing figure, with termite damage to the feet, 45.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £150-200
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169. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with arms to the side, 20.5cm high with a stand and two Lobi standing figures, 24cm and 19cm high, on stands. (3) £120-160 168
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171. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with open arms, 22cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing figure, with wide crested coiffure and inset metal eyes, 19.5cm high on a stand, and a Lobi standing male figure, 19.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £120-160 170 171
172. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with squared shoulders and breasts, 21cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing female figure, 21cm high, a Lobi fragmentary figure, 17.5cm high and a pair of Lobi standing figures, one missing legs, 14.5cm high, on a stand. (5) £120-160
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173. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with arms by his side, 25cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, with a backwards lean, 26.5cm high, on a stand, a Dogon carved female figure, 22.3cm high, on a stand. (3) £120-160
174. A Bambara antelope headdress, Mali, with applied sheet metal and cloth, 88.5cm high, a Bambara standing female figure with an incised grid abdomen, 75cm, on a stand, and a Mossi standing female figure, 66.5cm high. (3) £200-300 The Bambara figure collected in Segou, Mali.
175. A Dogon seated female figure, Mali, 51.5cm high, a Mossi standing figure, with single crest and incised lines to the back, 42.5cm high, on a stand, a Kwere standing female figure, with leather and cowrie shell cache pendant, 52.5cm high. (3) £100-150
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The Dogon collected in Mali, the Kwere from Sotheby’s, London.
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176. Four Lobi half-figures, Burkina Faso, with arched eyes and reel bases, 14cm highest, mounted together. (4) £100-150 Provenance: Ian Auld.
177. A Lobi miniature standing Janus figure, Burkina Faso, with rectangular eyes, 8cm high, on a stand, a Lobi standing figure, 9.5cm high, on a stand, and a seated female figure, with hands resting on her knees and a lozenges incised to the back of the stool, 7.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £80-120
178. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with ovoid head, flat shoulders and straight arms away from the body, 23.5cm high, on a stand. £100-150 178
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179. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, 32cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi standing figure with a long neck, 32cm high, on a stand. (2) £150-200
180. A Tsonga headrest, with ribbed decoration, 16cm high, a Lobi stool, 19.5cm high, a spoon, a model canoe, an Akuba doll, a Makonde figure, a Mossi figure and a metal spike. (8) £50-80
181. A Dogon grain door, carved a stylised figure and a serpent, 46.5 x 17cm, three Mossi dolls, the highest 24cm, a Dogon female figure and an East African double figure. (6) £50-80
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THE MICHAEL & MARLENE PENNIE COLLECTION 182. A Kurumba antelope headdress, Burkina Faso, with traces of red, blue and white pigment, 108cm high, on a stand. £400-600 Provenance: Bonhams, London.
183. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with sloping shoulders and square buttocks, 21.5cm high, on a stand. £80-120
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184. A Lobi standing child figure, Burkina Faso, with crescent eyes, large smile and pronounced stomach, 19cm high on a stand. £100-150 Provenance: Galerie Maine Durieu, Paris. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.82.
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185. A Lobi standing figure, Burkina Faso, with a relief carved necklace, 15cm with a stand, a Lobi standing figure, punbiira, 14.5cm high, on a stand, and a Lobi figure, with right hand on abdomen, 16.5cm. (3) £100-150
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186. A Moba figure, Togo, of simple human form, 17.5cm high, on a stand, and two Moba similar figures, 14.5cm and 20.5cm high. (3) £150-250
187. A Lobi bird, Burkino Faso, with slightly bent legs and incised lines to the wings, 14.5cm high, on a stand, a Lobi bird with a crest, 21cm high, on a stand, a Lobi chameleon, with traces of green finish, 19cm long, a Lobi bird, 15.5cm high, on a stand, and two Lobi animals. (6) £150-200 Collected in Gaoua, Burkino Faso.
187 188. A Lobi staff, Burkina Faso, with a seated male figure and beak tip, reduced, 49.5cm high, on a stand. £80-120
189. A Dogon shrine object/staff, Mali, of stepped tapering conical form, 43cm high, on a stand, and a similar staff with a pierced handle with fibre loop, 37.5cm long. (2) £50-80
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190. A Lobi seated figure, Burkina Faso, with an arched back and arms to the side, 19cm long, on a stand, and a Lobi staff, carved a kneeling female figure on a beaked tip, reduced, 32cm high, on a stand. (2) £100-150
191. A Lobi staff, Burkina Faso, the ridged shaft with incised and stained decoration with a figural surmount having a cap coiffure, the tip with a metal collar, reduced, 40.5cm high, mounted. £100-150
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THE MICHAEL & MARLENE PENNIE COLLECTION 192. A Colon standing male figure, Ivory Coast, wearing a hat, short sleeved shirt and shorts, with his hands in his pockets, painted red, white, black, green and yellow, 25cm high, on a stand. £80-120
193. A Lobi standing pregnant female figure, Burkina Faso, with pointed coiffure, the legs with termite damage, 20cm high, on a stand. £150-200 Provenance: Frank Robichef, Paris. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.78.
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194. An Adan standing figure, Ghana, of abstract form with right arm raised to the head, traces of white pigment, 21cm high, on a stand, an Adan armless standing figure, 17.5cm high, on a stand, an Adan bird, with a white pigment ground with black and red stripes, 16.5cm high, on a stand. (3) £100-150
195. An Ethiopian headrest, of rectangular block form with a curved top, 17cm high, a Lobi three legged stool, with ribbed underside, 80.5cm long, a club shape smoother, with facet handle, 43.5cm long and an animal form stool, 36.5cm long. (4) £50-80
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196. A Lobi stool, Burkina Faso, the seat with chevron ends and a carved head head wearing a cap, 14.5cm high, a Lobi stool, with a dished seat and a carved head, 28.5cm high. (2) £150-200
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197. A Ewe standing female figure, Ghana, with parted ribbed coiffure and ribbed neck, 29.5cm high, on a stand.
£100-150
198. A Bambara marionette mule head, Mali, with incised bands to the muzzle, with piercing to the tips of ears and neck, remains of encrusted finish, 31cm long, on a stand. £100-150 Provenance: Maine Durieu, Paris. 199. A Baule standing female figure, Ivory Coast, with crested coiffure and plait, temple scarifications and with hands on abdomen, her back with ribbed spine, with beads, 28.5cm high, on a stand. £200-300 Provenance: Christie’s, London. 200. A Lobi standing female figure, Burkina Faso, with a single crest and handless arms to her side, the torso with a red pigment, 15.5cm high, on a stand. £100-150 Provenance: Christie’s, June 1996, lot 75. Published: Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.38.
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OTHER PROPERTIES
201. Adebisi Fabunmi. Three figures with multi-coloured hats, wool, signed with monogram, 75.5 x 130cm.
£600-800
202. Tribal Art catalogues; Sothebys', Christie's, Bonhams, Phillips, Lempertz; 1990 - 2005. (35) £80-120
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203. Deborah White and Kevin Conru. Solomon Islands Art, The Conru Collection; Andrew J. Strathern. Faces of Papua New Guinea, 1990; Larry Frank. Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest, 1868-1930; Arthur Versluis. Native American Traditions; American Indian Art magazine (2); Clark Wissler. North American Indian Beadwork Designs; Indian Silver, Volume One and Two; Don Watson. Indians of the Mesa Verde; Marcel Griaule. Arts of the African Native; William Fagg. African Sculpture. (12) £50-60
204. Carl A Schmitz. Oceanic Art; Myth, Man and Image in the South Seas; Dimensions of Polynesia, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, October 7 - November 25, 1973; Glen Pownall. Primitive art of the New Zealand Maori, 1972. (3) £50-100
205. Christie’s and Sotheby’s Tribal sale catalogues - Hawaiian and Maori Art from the James Hooper Collection, June 21, 1977, Christie’s; Melanesian & Polynesian Art from the James Hooper Collection, June 19, 1979, Christie’s; nine other related catalogues and eleven Antiquities catalogues. (22) £80-150
206. William Fagg. Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, 1970:- Margaret Trowell. Classical African Sculpture, 1970:- Frank Willett. Ife In the History of West African Sculpture, 1967:- Douglas Newton. Masterpieces of Primitive Art, 1980:Anthony Atmore and Gillian Stacey. Black Kingdoms Black People, 1979. (5) £60-100
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207. Adebisi Fabunmi. Three figures with differing vessels, wool, signed with a monogram, 76 x 146cm. £600-800
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208. An African ebony Corpus Christi, the crucifix 37cm high, a gilt metal necklace, 42cm high and a carved wood head, 38.5cm high. (3) £50-100 209. A Kuba anthropomorphic wine cup, D R Congo, with diced coiffure, scarifications and a ringed neck, with handle, 26cm high. £150-200 210. An African carved hardwood group, of ten stick figures in a horseshoe arch carved from one piece, four with staffs, the base signed £200-300
ILLITAN, 75cm high, with a plinth.
Provenance: Sir Peter Holmes, Chairman of Shell and presented on his retirement in 1993. 211. An Ethiopian silver coloured metal bracket for an incense burner, pierced and engraved with birds, flowerheads, crosses and an animal head terminal, 22cm high, 26.5cm long. £100-150 212. A Baule carved door, Ivory Coast, with two standing figures and a leopard, 57 x 35.5cm
£200-300
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213. A Benin bronze group of four Oro birds, standing on a cross perch and a circular support with a pierced square knop, 36cm high. £200-300
214. A Benin bronze Oba, 44cm high and another, 39.5cm high. (2) £100-150
215. A Benin bronze, with an open top, 19.5cm high, a Benin bronze head with a high pointed coiffure, 28.5cm high and a bronze bangle with a open cast design, 11.5cm wide. (3) £100-150
216. Five Chokwe pipes, Angola, carved stained wood with animals and birds, with metal mounts; including a buffulo, a hen, a pig, an owl with human body, a bird with comb, 19.5cm the longest, two with stands and a Tanzanian pipe, carved a lion. (6) £300-400
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217. A Pare standing monkey fetish, Tanzania, wood with wrapped fabric and patinated, piercing to head and cloth neck band, 18cm high, a Pare twin figure group, two Pare figures, a Pare standing figure with wrapped fabric, a Pare clay animal with pierced back and a globular fetish. (7) £200-300
218. A brass Nigerian vessel and cover, with seated animal supports to a tapering body applied numerous figures, the cover with seated animal finial, 93cm high. £80-120
219. A Nigerian brass ewer, the double figure support to a bulbous body with band of seated figures and a male and female stopper, 75.5cm high. £80-120
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220. A Lega standing female figure, D R Congo, with a flat face and hands crossed on abdomen, 39.5cm high, on a stand. £90-120
221. An Oron ancestor figure, Nigeria, standing with a cap like coiffure and a beard, traces of pigment, 64cm high, on a stand. £300-400
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222. A Yoruba Eba Janus mask, Nigeria, one mask with filed teeth, with chameleons carved to the top, 40cm high. £200-300
223. A Congolese bird mask, with white and black pigment decoration, 33cm high. £120-160
224. A Cameroon mask, with scarifications, large cheeks and filed teeth, with grip under chin, 31cm high, on a stand. £100-150
225. A Lega mask, D R Congo, with raised circular eyes, 25cm high. £100-150
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226. An Ashanti stool, Ghana, with a pierced rectangular support, 20cm high, and a South African footed bowl with scorched and incised decoration, 18.5cm high. (2) £150-200
227. A Kamba stool, Kenya, inlaid brass and copper designs to top and underside, geometric patterns and birds, 19cm high. £100-150
228. A Kenyan headrest, with a flat top and three legs, 41.5cm long. £100-150
229. A Baule standing female figure, Ivory Coast, with a fine lobed coiffure and scarifications to cheeks, neck, abdomen and back, ebonised with white highlights, termite damage to underside of base, 37.7cm high. £400-600
230. A Nyamwezi standing female figure, Tanzania, with a ribbed cap coiffure, nail ears, sheet metal filed teeth and chin, triangular scarifications to breasts and shoulder blades, with beads, 45.5cm high, on a stand. £100-150 230
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231. A Baule standing female figure, Ivory Coast, with a hat like coiffure and a loin cloth, remains of pigment, 28.5cm high, on a stand. £70-100
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232. A Kagoro large standing female figure, Tanzania, with a ribbed coiffure and open mouth, 121cm high, on a stand. £150-200 231
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233. A Baule group, Ivory Coast, of a seated male and female with fine coiffure, the female with a child and a bone egg in front, representing fertility, the male with his right hand clenching his beard, the other a staff, in front a butter container representing food, on a rectangular base, 30cm high. ÂŁ200-300
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234. A Cameroon carved wood low stand, with masks and figures, 53.5cm high, 51cm wide. ÂŁ120-150
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235. A Songye / Tetela power figure, D R Congo, with a horn surmount and brass pins eyes, pierced mouth and brass stud to the abdomen, 26.5cm high, on a ebonised plinth. £4,000-6,000 Provenance: Georges Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Nicholas Rolland, Paris cf. Francois Neyt, ‘Songye,’ 2004, p.119, fig.85.
236. An Ashanti squatting figure, Ghana, with an ovoid head and ringed neck, with arms stretched forward, the base with a square aperture, 32cm high. £200-300 Provenance: The Arcade Gallery, London.
237. Two Cameroon carved wood monkeys, both with filed teeth, one eating a snake the other using a paddle, early 20th Century, 24cm high. (2) £200-300 235
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238. Five Ethiopian headrests, Oromo and Afar; two with central stems, one with a conical stem and two with twin stems and carved decoration, 20cm the highest. (5) £100-150
239. A Moba standing figure, Togo, 119.5cm high, on a stand.
£180-250
240. A Lobi standing male figure, Burkina Faso, with outstretched arms, 72.5cm high, on a stand. £150-200
241. A Kenyan circular stool, with nail decoration and scroll legs, 13.5cm high, a Congolese axe, wood, horn and iron, with head finial with tied cross coiffure, 39cm high, a Luba style double figure headrest, 18cm high and a Kenyan headrest, 19.5cm high. (4) £100-150
242. A Dogon standing maternal figure, Mali, with a child on her back, 86cm high, on a stand. £150-200 240
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243. A Songe fetish figure, D R Congo, with cowrie shell inset eyes and hands on abdomen, late 19th/early 20th century, 27.5cm high, in a ebonised stand with inventory number 1782. £4,000-6,000 Provenance: Pons collection, Barcelona Gallerie Ratton Hourde, Paris Published: Magie Noire 2009, Gallerie Ratton Hourde, pp.66, 67, 77.
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244. A Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone, with triple crest and ringed neck, 40cm high. £200-300
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245. A Chokwe mask, Angola, with scarifications, 22cm high, with a stand. £100-150
246. A Fang standing male figure, Gabon, with a cap like coiffure and brass eyes, holding a cylindrical object, 35.5cm high, inset to a base. £400-600 Provenance: Georges Guido Filiberti (1881 - 1970) French artist.
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247. A Senufo fetish figure, Ivory Coast, metal, fibre, shells, bones and cloth bound, 54cm high, on a stand.
£80-120
248. A Baule seated maternity figure, Ivory Coast, with an infant on her back and another feeding from her right breast, 74.5cm high and a Baule standing maternity figure, with an infant on her back with scarifications, 49cm high. (2) £150-200 249. A Fon fetish figure, Ivory Coast, seated with encrusted head, the body with cloth, fibre, padlocks and keys, 40cm high.
£150-200
250. Three Fon phallic fetishes, Ivory Coast, the shortest with a pierced top inset an iron nail, 24cm high, on a stand, the others 34.5cm and 36cm high, on stands. (3) £100-150 251. A pair of Senufo standing male and female figures, Ivory Coast, 23cm and 25.5cm high. (2) 252. A Namji gourd doll, Camroon, with clusters of beads and shells, with a leather bound pouch, 33.5cm high, on a stand.
£100-150 £80-120
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253. Two Cameroon hide shields, of arch form, with moulded decoration and red pigment, the reverse with bound handle, 89cm and 90cm high. (2) £400-600
254. A Ngandu woven shield, D R Congo, with pigment decoration, the reverse with a wood block handle, 137cm high. £600-800
255. A Topoke shield, D. R. Congo, rectangular angled form with woven rattan and two metal plaques to one corner, the reverse with cut reed and rattan covered, with handle and painted finish, 98cm high. £800-1,000 Exhibited: Luc Lefebvre; Ames de Formes, Formes de Lames, Lille 2009, No. 69.
256. A Tutsi shield, Rwanda, oval curved form with a central point with highlighted geometric incised decoration, with integral handle, 65cm high. £500-700
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257. An East African hide shield, oval with central boss and with pigment decoration, on a wood pole, 53cm high. £200-300
258. A Rwanda woven fibre shield, of curved oblong form with a central pointed wood boss, with handle, 79cm high. £150-250
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259. A Maasai hide shield, Kenya, eliptical with central boss and painted decoration, the reverse with a wood rib and hide covered grip, 110.5cm high. £150-250
260. A Kenya hide shield, of rectangular waisted form with a hide bound wood pole and handle, 107cm high. £100-150
261. A Maasai hide shield, Kenya, eliptical with central boss and painted decoration, with wood rib and handle, 106cm high. £150-200
262. A Massai hide shield, Kenya, eliptical with painted geometric patterns, with wood rib and handle, 79.5cm high. £40-60
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263. A Kuba drum, D. R. Congo, with a hide skin above a geometric carved band with relief carved mask, on a waisted foot with painted inventory number 1467, 19th century, 112.5cm high. £3,000-4,000 Provenance: Ex private collection, Paris. Ratton Hourde, Paris, 2007
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264. A Sudan shield, diamond shape with strips of hide, wood frame with central pole with integral handle, 99cm high. £100-150
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265. Three Kuba pipes, D. R. Congo, of typical form, with incised and carved decoration, 33.5cm, 34.1cm and 39cm long. (3) £300-400
266. An Ethiopian hide shield, circular with central pointed boss, applied wood handle, 53cm diameter. £150-200
267. An African parrying shield, with circular face and integral handle, the reverse with a geometric symbol, possibly Sudan, 79cm long. £100-150
268. An African hand shield, with circular face and integral handle, possibly Sudan, 49cm long. £80-120
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269. A Tanzanian strung instrument, with a reptile skin covered gourd on a wood shaft with pegs and a carved head terminal, 67cm long. £150-250
270. A Tanzanian strung instrument, with a gourd base and a carved figure terminal, 43.7cm long. £150-250
271. A Tabwa sansa, Zaire, with two carved head finials, 21.5cm high, a similar sansa with single head, a Chokwe and a Kwere sansa. (4) £150-250
272. A Dan oliphant, Ivory Coast, with a horn body and carved wood head terminal and mouthpiece, 49cm long, on a stand. £200-300 271
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274. A Baule heddle pulley, Ivory Coast, with crested coiffure and scarifications, 19cm high, on an ebonised stand. £300-400 Provenance: Robert Jacobsen, collected in the 1930’s. Jacobsen (1912 - 1993) was a Danish sculptor and graphic artist whose work in the 1950’s was influenced by African art he collected.
275. A Baule catapult, with a head finial above two masks, 17.5cm high. £50-80
273 276. A Sudanese headrest, with three legs, a leather strap and chain, 17cm high and an Ethiopian stem headrest, with fibre handle, 15.5cm high. (2) £80-120
277. A Dinka headrest, Sudan, curved block form with incised decoration, the underside with an integral handle, with four legs, each end with a metal loop, 43cm long. £100-150
278. A Makonde one piece folding stool, Mozambique, with a carved trellis pattern surface and a head terminal, 48.5cm wide, and two Ethiopian headrests, 16.5cm and 21cm high. (3) £50-100
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279. A Shona headrest, Zimbabwe, with carved circle, lines and dash support, double circle base and curved top, 14.2cm high. £300-400
280. A Yoruba stool, Nigeria, with a geometric part carved top on four legs, 39.5cm high. £200-300
281. A Kuba helmet mask, D.R.Congo, with a diced finish to face and ears, applied metal beads, cloth and shells, 26.5cm high. £400-600
282. A Baule catapult, Ivory Coast, carved wood with three masks, with later stand, 23cm high. £50-100 279
283. A Somali headrest, the underside marked with two V’s, 19.5cm high. £80-120
284. A Kamba stool, Kenya, 22.5cm high, and two wooden ladles, one with carved geometric decoration, 51cm and 57.5cm long. (3) £50-100
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285. A Cameroon carved wood high stand, with leopards, figures and antelope masks, 78.5cm high, 53cm diameter.
£300-400
286. An Ethiopian wood chair, carved from one piece with curved back and pierced arms with a dish seat and three scroll legs, 91cm high. £300-400 287. A Zulu milk pail, South Africa, with two integral handles and relief carved designs, 42cm high.
£120-180
288. A Hausa bird head headdress, Nigeria, wood, bird beak and skin, early 20th century, 29.5cm high.
£300-400
Provenance: Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan (1885 - 1964)
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294. A Kuba palm wine cup, D.R. Congo, carved wood, of cylindrical bulbous form with geometric decoration and ‘zig-zag’ borders, late 19th century, 13cm high. £600-800
295. A Yaka head with a stopper and example with on a stand.
comb, D R Congo, carved a peaked cap next to a bird relief lizards, the reverse heads either end, 16cm high, £600-800
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296. A Lwena or Chokwe double pipe, Angola, of cross form, the front carved a standing figure with ribbed coiffure and with beads, the two bowls, lined and the top with brass studs, ebonised highlights and with a metal mouthpiece, 9.5cm wide, 22.5cm high. £1,500-2,500 Provenance: Christie’s, London, 1980’s.
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λ 305. A Zulu rhinoceros horn knobkerrie, South Africa, with a ring turned ball head and a tapering handle, early 20th century, 45.5cm long, 159.6 grams. £5,000-6,000 Provenance: Presented to Leonard King, Kenya, circa 1920.
λ 306. A Sudanese turned rhinoceros horn stem cup, with two bands to the main body, early 20th Century, 8.5cm high, 147 grams. £2,000-3,000 Rhinoceros horn cups were gifts of special friendship between some Sudanese tribes. It was believed to neutralise poisons in the drink.
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308. Three African beadwork belts, of differing designs, 68cm, 77.5cm and 78.5cm long, each mounted in a perspex case. (3) ÂŁ350-450
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309. A Salampasu mask, D R Congo, with copper strips, fibre and cane spheres, 50cm high, with a stand. £150-200
310. An Ibo mask, Nigeria, with a pointed crest, scarifications and teeth, black, red and white pigment, the edge with remains of a fibre border, 32cm high, on a stand. £100-150
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313. A Tanzanian staff, with stylised female figure terminal, inset bead eyes, with black encrusted patination, 107.5cm high and later stand. £300-400
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315. A Nyamwezi carved hardwood staff, Tanzania, with a head handle with concave face and inset bead eyes, the shaft with a spiral band of ribbing, the base with a soft metal tip, 103cm high. £250-350
316. A South African knobkerrie, the shaft with a reeded band and a twin faceted spherical finial, 72cm long. £400-600
317. A Nbaka mask, D R Congo, with encrusted patination and a fibre beard, 40cm high, on a stand. £200-300
318. A Nigerian mask, with filed teeth and raised scarifications, with brown and black pigment, 23cm high. £80-120 Provenance: Mildred Beckstrand, California.
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319. A Nyamwezi mask, Tanzania, with pierced ridged coiffure, rectangular eyes and mouth, with pierced circles, red/black patina, 34cm high, on a stand. £150-200
320. A Lega mask, D R Congo, with heart shape outline and crosses below the eyes, 30.5cm high, on a stand. £120-180
321. A Chokwe staff, Angola, carved a standing figure with grooved coiffure, 100cm high, on a stand. £80-120
322. A Bakongo staff, with a seated figure finial holding a vessel in it’s right hand, on a knopped shaft with diaper scored lozenges, 116cm high, on a stand. (2) £400-600
323. A Luba staff, D R Congo, carved wood with a standing maternal figure finial, with child on a facet knopped shaft, 158cm high, on a fixed stand. £200-300
324. A Fang staff, Gabon, the branch shaft with a carved standing figure finial with ribbed coiffure, 111cm high, on a stand. (2) £300-400
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325. A Bambara mask, Mali, with a high scroll crest, allover carved chevrons with black and red staining and a handle under the chin, 60cm high. £200-300
326. A Songye passport mask, D R Congo, of kifwebe type with central crest, protruding eyes and a beak, 18cm high, on a stand. £100-150
327. A Lega hunting mask, D R Congo, wood with a textured finish and pierced holes around the base, 32cm high, on a stand. £150-200
328. A Bambara antelope headdress, Mali, with metal band to horns and face, mounted on a cane cap, 112cm high. £200-300 325
326 329. A South African knobkerrie, with a spherical head having a gouge, 63cm long, an East African adze, with a crescent end blade with a ridge and wirework bound handle, 37.5cm long, and a club with flattened head, 65cm long. (3) £150-200
330. A South African knobkerrie, with a spherical head and waisted tapering handle, 71cm long. £150-200
331. A Chokwe staff, Angola, with a seated figure and an iron blade, 70cm long, on a stand. £100-150
332. A Makonde staff, Mozambique, the curved head with incised decoration and with an applied metal disc and carved horns, previously with a blade, 77.5cm high, with a stand. £100-150 327
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340. A Tsonga ceremonial axe, South Africa, with a wood handle having three wire bands and a single ribbed head with a headrest surmount, with a double pointed facet edged blade, late 19th century, 74.5cm high. £300-500 341. A Tiv ceremonial adze, Nigeria, brass and iron, with a stylized human head with a single crest, ears, beads and eyes, issuing from the mouth a curved blade, with cast braided and line decorated collar and base with suspension loop, 46.5cm high. £600-800 342. A Somali billao dagger, with an asymmetrical blade, horn handle and triple point pommel, later gilt, 41.5cm long.
£100-150
343. Five Zande spears, Sudan; four with fish-tail tips and barbed necks, all with wood shafts, the longest 205cm. (5)
£500-600
344. A Kuba spear, with a pierced blade and facetted socket with incised decoration, with wood shaft and long metal spike tip, 150cm long, a Tuareg spear, with fish tail blade and brass overlay, on a wood shaft with shhet metal and a flattened metal tip, 182.5cm long, a Congo spear with knopped wood shaft and pointed metal tip and another African spear. (4) £200-300 345. Two Tetela currency spears, D R Congo, with pierced blades and copper bound metal shafts, 164.5cm long and three Congo spears with copper or brass binding, the longer blade with a flat brass tip. (5) £200-300
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£120-150
349. A Congo spear, with leaf shape bade and chevron incised socket on a wood shaft with fine incised lines and a swollen section towards the tip with coiled copper, 203cm long, a Congo spear with incised shaft and a Kuba spear, the tip with a pierced hole. (3) £150-200 350. A South African knobkerrie, with wirework bands, 78cm long, a South African axe, with a part decorated iron blade, the wood shaft with wirework bands, 77.5cm long, a Shona axe, with a bulb shape head and relief banded handle, 50cm long, a Zulu wood spoon with a shallow bowl and scorched decoration, 30 cm long and parts of another spoon. (6) £300-400 Provenance: Collected by Joseph and Alice Kenney, missionaries in Rhodesia, late 19th / early 20th century. 351. A Zulu spear, with a thin blade having a flat medial ridge, the wood shaft with a pointed metal tip, 207.5cm long, a Kuba spear, with a swollen leaf blade and wood shaft, 178cm long, a Congo spear with leaf shpae bade and facet socket, incised with lines, the wooden shaft with fine lines and a swollen tip with coiled copper bands, 170cm long and a short spear. (4) £150-200
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352. A Songye kifwebe mask, D R Congo, with angled ribbing, a central crest with extenuated eyes and mouth, 61cm high. £2,500-3,500 Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, November 1982, lot 111.
353. A Tsogo fetish, Gabon, with a spherical body covered in fur and feather, a necklace with bones, nut shells, a claw and fibre, with a carved head with eliptical headdress issing a horn and further feathers and fibre, 36cm high, on a perspex stand. £600-800 Provenance: Rene and Mercedes Lavigne, Christie’s, 24th March 1988, lot 180. 352
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354. A Makonde helmet mask, Mozambique, with a turquoise beret, applied hair and with fawn pigment finish, 24cm high. £500-700 Provenance: David McAlpine, Fawley House, Oxford, Sotheby’s, 15th October 2003.
355. An Ekoi Janus headdress, Nigeria, one face with filed teeth, the other pierced and with scarifications and mirror fragment inset eyes, with four horn headdress and woven caned fixing, 41cm high, on a stand. £1,000-1,500 354
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356. An Ashanti knife, with a curved, fullered and pierced blade, with a gilt sheet covered wood double ball handle, 69.5cm long. £250-350
357. A Tiv ceremonial adze, Nigeria, brass and iron, with a stylized human head with single crest, ears and eyes, the mouth issuing a curved blade, with cast braid and line decorated collar and base with a suspension loop, 44cm high. £300-500
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THE PHILIP J.C. DARK COLLECTION Philip John Crosskey Dark (1918-2008), was professor emeritus of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University, a leading authority on tribal arts, particularly of Benin and the Pacific. His education had begun at medical school, but soon moved to art studies at the St Martins and Central School of Art in London where he met his future wife, Mavis Boam. World War II, saw Dark volunteer for the Royal Navy, in which he soon became a junior officer. In March 1942, his ship came under heavy fire amidst a major raid on St Nazaire and was destroyed. Wounded and captured he was taken to Germany and interned in a POW camp near Bremen, where he spent three years. It was the meeting of American Walter W. Taylor during this time that strengthened the decision that the study of anthropology was the direction he would go after the war. Resuming his studies at the Slade School of Fine Art and receiving a diploma in 1948, he took anthropology courses with Daryll Ford, who encouraged him to continue at Yale under Linton. A major influence which eventually saw Dark spending years in Nigeria documenting all known Benin bronzes and working out a historical chronological framework. A study that continued long after his leaving of Africa. He chose to focus on the art and peoples of the Pacific region in the 1960's, leading to his fieldwork (in the company of Mavis) in West New Britain with the Kilenge. The Pacific, including the Abelam area of Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, and Palau, continued to be his major area of interest for the next 35 years. The majority of the collection here is from this time spent in the Pacific. Taking photographs, sketches and notes filled their days with detailed records of the pieces written on tags, many still present. In 1975, after his retirement from the University, he returned to England and to new activities which included his work as the first editor of the Pacific Arts association Newsletter, the role he played for the next 25 years. Over the years the many publications testify to Dark's major role in the world of anthropology, his last manuscript, The Craftsmanship of Art; An Anthropological Enquiry into the Conditions for Art has since been published (see lots 405, 406, 407.)
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360. A Nausang mask, Kilenge, Papua New Guinea, carved wood with pigment decoration, and a feather through the nose, 56cm high. £300-400
361. A Nausung mask, Kilenge, Papua New Guinea, carved wood with pigment decoration, 47cm high. £300-400
362. A Sepik ancestor mask, Papua New Guinea, carved wood, with a bird cresting and hooked nose, 52.5cm high. £300-400
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363. Seven Kilenge/Arawe gold lip shell currency, Papua New Guinea, the largest with a serrated edge nodule and a braided cord, 22cm wide, the others with shells, teeth, a nut and cord, and five plain shells. (12) £100-200
364. Four Kilenge pig’s tusk ornamants, Papua New Guinea, three fibre bound, the fourth cloth bound, the widest 22cm, a pig’s tusk armband, four individual tusks and a Kilenge dog’s teeth head band, with shells and fibre. (10) £120-160
365. A large collection of South Pacific sea shells. (a lot)
£200-300
366. A group of Kilenge shell money strands, Papua New Guinea, one with a tooth, and a small collection of seed, shell and tooth necklaces. (32) £100-200
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λ 368. A Kilenge turtle shell armband, Papua New Guinea, cut in rings with fibre binding, two Tami Islands carved wood netting shuttles, one with lime, 46.5cm the longest, a Mandok Island netting gauge 14.5cm long, a shell and turtle shell fish hook with fibre line, two carved wood implements with pigment, a Arapesh shell disc, 10cm diameter, three Kilenge fibre armbands and a small quantity of shells. (a lot) £200-300
369. A Tami Islands carved wood bowl, Huon Gulf, oval with bird head lifts, each with a fish, 45.5cm long, a Tami Islands oval bird dish, 40.5cm long, an Admiralty Islands oval dish with serrated lifts and flanges, 48cm long and a Massim eliptical dish, 29cm long. (4) £100-150
370. Three Tami Island sago / taro spoons, Papua New Guinea, carved figures, masks, serpents and a bird head, the longest 66cm, a Nausung carved wood and painted mask ornament, 54cm long, a Sepik mask and a Kilenge carved wood bailer, 37.5cm long. (6) £100-150
371. A Tami Islands carved wood bowl, Huon Gulf, oval and as a bird, 55.5cm long, a Tami Islands similar shallow dish, 48.5cm long and a Massim circular with incised shaped rim, 31cm wide. (3) £100-150
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376. A Tami Island carved wood paddle, Papua New Guinea, carved a figure and a snake and other geometric patterns both sides of the blade, 176cm long and three Papua New Guinea carved wood staffs, the longest 117.6cm. (4) £100-150
377. A Sepik wicker and painted yam mask, 56.5cm high, a Sepik yam mask with encrusted finish and two yam masks. (4) £100-150 377
378. A Kilenge carved wood drum, Papua New Guinea, with reptile skin and bee’s wax discs, 79cm high. £100-150
379. A Kilenge wood dance wand, Papua New Guinea, of spatulate form with a carved mask to the tip and with a medial ridged handle, 78cm long, a Kilenge carved wood dance wand with a mask and serpent, 95.5cm long, a Kilenge dance wand and a Kilenge carved wood taro spoon, 85cm long. (4) £200-300
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381. A Benin bronze hip mask, with rams head, 20.6cm wide. £400-500
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383. An Ekpo mask, Nigeria, with horned headdress to a circular face with scarifications, with a white pigment finish, 33cm high, a smaller similar mask, a Senufo mask and a Benin carved ebony head. (4) £200-300
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385. Five Nigerian carved calabashes, as a circular bowl and cover, 35.5cm diameter the largest, a carved calabash vessel, two table mats, a Yoruba carved maternity figure signed L. O. Fakeye, 51cm high, another of a male signed Gani. Fakeye, four Makonde abstract carvings, a Senufo standing female figure and a Benin style carved plaque. (a lot) £100-150
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388. An African carved wood table, the top with Oba and two attendants and two other figures, 61cm high, 61.5cm wide. £50-100 388 top
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389. An Inuit carved stone standing figure, wearing a hooded garment, 14cm high and a copy of a North West Coast shamans rattle of an eagle perched on a tree, 24cm high. (2) £40-60
390. A small collection of pre-Columbian pottery fragments, including masks, a figural amulet, 4.5cm high. (a lot) £60-100 391 part 391. A tapa cloth panel, with geometric designs, black and brown colouring, 73.5 x 46cm and another larger, both framed and glazed. (2) £50-100
392. Six Fiji tapa cloths, decorated geometric designs, the largest 242 x 62cm, a Peruvian wool rug, 227 x 135cm and four bands. (11) £100-150
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393. A small collection of stone blades, including a Kilenge green stone example, 6cm long, and a Kilenge clam adze blade, 19cm long. £80-120
394. Four Kilenge carved and painted coconut bowls, Papua New Guinea, the highest 11cm and two similar bowls with integral handles. (6) £50-100
395. Three Tami Island spoons, Papua New Guinea, carved masks and a bird, the longest 16cm, a Kilenge bailer with bird head handle, 43.5cm long, a Sepik mask and a Tami Island head ornament, 38cm high. (6) £100-150
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397. An Abelam standing male figure, Papua New Guinea, wearing a headdress, 66.5cm high, and two Sepik carved wood ancestor figures. (3) £100-150
398. A shark’s tooth and woven fibre sword, 61cm long, six similar shorter ornamental swords, a Tami Island spoon, a carved walking stick, an Aboriginal decorated board and two ornamental paddles. (12) £100-150 397
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410. A Tami Islands carved wood large bowl, Papua New Guinea, eliptical with relief figures and fish, the base with a two head reptile, with lime, 81.5cm long. £200-300
411. An Asmat bone nose ornament, Papua New Guniea, 15.5cm long, a Papua New Guinea bone dagger with cassowary feathers and beads, 45.5cm high, two bamboo combs with incised decoration, one with pigment, Kilenge and Kaliai, 25cm long, a bone dagger, a carved bone spatula, an engraver tool and three bamboo knives. (10) £100-200
412. A Kilenge carved wood bullroarer, Papua New Guinea, with carved zig zag panels, one side with a medial ridge and with lime, 54.5cm long, two carved wood netting shuttles, the smallest Mandok, 43cm long, two carved wood lime stoppers, Humboldt Bay, 43cm the longest, a Trobriand lime spatula, pierced and carved seated figures, 45cm long, a Massim lime spatula, a Kilenge large spatula, for nuts, 52.5cm long and a set of Kilenge pan pipes. (9) £300-500
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416. A Bougainville or Buka dance paddle, Solomon Islands, of tapering form carved an ancestor figure to the front and chevrons and lines to front and reverse, 179cm high. £500-600
417. A Samoan club, Polynesia, of faceted hatchet form with incised decoration and initialed PE FE, lime filled, 49cm long. £100-200 416 detail
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422. A Solomon Islands paddle club, Melanesia, with a leaf shape blade having medial ridges, with a tapering shaft and faceted point terminal, 133.5cm long. £300-400
423. A Solomon Islands paddle club, Melanesia, with a leaf shape blade with medial ridge and an eliptical shaft with tapering point, 122.5cm long. £300-400
424. A Solomon Islands club, Melanesia, of eliptical spatulate form with medial ridges to the blade, 120cm long. £400-500
425. A Solomon Islands paddle club, Melanesia, with a leaf shape blade with medial ridge and eliptical shaft and tapering point, pierced through the sides, 100.5cm long. £500-600
426. An Oceanic pole club, with a faceted pointed head, 141cm long. £300-400
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429. A New Caledonian club, Melanesia, with a mushroom shape head and a raised grip, 66.5cm long. £400-600
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430. A New Britain club, Melanesia, of slender form with a slightly bulbous head and a knopped base with spike terminal, 144.5cm long. £600-800
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431. A New Ireland palmwood club, Melanesia, with spatula ends and curved ridges, 133.5cm long. £1,000-1,500
432. A Tonga pole club, Polynesia, all over carved geometric designs with a domed end, the butt with a shallow circular recess, 124cm long. £1,000-1,500
433. A New Caledonian club, Melanesia, with a mushroom shape head and a raised grip, the butt incised an X, 63cm long. £500-600
434. A New Caledonian club, Melanesia, with a triangular ‘ray’ head and a raised grip, 62.5cm long. £300-500
435. A Kiribati Islands shark tooth and palmwood club, Micronesia, woven fibre bound and with fibre covered grip, 97.5cm long. £200-300
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440. A Mongo shield, D R Congo, of eliptical form, bound reeds with panel front and wood block handle to the reverse, 20.5cm high. £200-300
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442. A Mossi large whistle, Bukino Faso, of stylised human form with tightly bound fibre and incised decoration, 44.5cm high. £150-200
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444. A Panga knife, with a heavy iron blade with concave end and a wire bound wood handle, 77cm long. £150-200
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447. A Congo axe, with a flared iron blade, the wooden shaft with a carved head terminal with cresting, 42.6cm long and a wooden shafted axe with double ended blade, 81cm long. (2) £150-250
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449. A Tutsi woven grass miniature basket and cover, Rwanda, geometric designs to the main body and a plain tapering cover, 19cm high. £100-150
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450. A Yoruba carved head, Nigeria, with a grooved coiffure and beard, the back with a jackal mask, 32.5cm high. £80-100
451. An Ashanti brass gold weight container, Ghana, the cover with a robed figure, 15cm high. £40-60
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453. Two Kamba standing figures, Kenya, male and female with aluminium earrings and collars, 29.5cm and 31cm high, and two East African carved figures, 32cm high. (4) £60-100
454. A Yoruba carved equestrian and rider box and cover, Nigeria, with geometric designs and birds, 25.5cm high, 59cm long. £200-300
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457. An Indonesian carved wood house post, as a standing female with incised decoration and open arms, 132cm high, on a stand, and a Indonesia standing female figure with long hair and open arms, 120cm high. (2) £150-250
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459. A Burmese carved wood monkey post, seated eating a fruit, with a horizontal stem to the back with a wedge shape terminal, 32cm high, a standing monkey and a perched bird with stud eyes, both on stands. (3) £100-150 458
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461. A Burmese carved wood seated monkey, 27cm high, on a stand, another on a thumbnail carved edge block, on a stand, and carved seated figure wearing a cap, on a stand. (3) £150-200
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462. A Dayak baby carrier, Indonesia, carved an ancestor figure, with rings and a bone, inset coinage and beads, with woven straps, 40.5cm wide. £200-300 Provenance: Property of a lady of title, Kent, UK. Collected in Nias in the mid-1908’s.
463. A Nias woven and reed carrier, Indonesia, one panel geometrically decorated, with straps, 56cm high. £100-150 Provenance: Property of a lady of title, Kent, UK. Collected in Nias in the mid-1908’s.
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465. A Nias carved jewellery box, Indonesia, with panels of every day objects and foliage, with ancestors to the corners, the lid with scales, a reptile and a fruit, 32cm long. £100-150 Provenance: Property of a lady of title, Kent, UK. Collected in Nias in the mid-1908’s.
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467. A Burmese carved wood monkey mask, with traces of polychrome, 17.5cm high, on a stand, a Burmese carving of a human being devoured by large cat, 17cm high, on a stand, a carved monkey with reel and pot and a carved owl. (4) £150-200 466
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469. A Gurung mask, Nepal, with metal teeth and with holes around the eyes, mouth and base, wax seal, 19th century, 30cm high. £300-500
470. An Indonesian wood bowl, with a lug handle, 24.5cm diameter. £50-80 468
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476. A Batak bamboo and carved wood container, Sumatra, with a seated ancestor figure cover, the body engraved a calendar, 21cm high. £40-60 477. An Ifugao Bulul, Luzon, Philippines, standing with hands on thighs, 35cm high. £100-200 The Bulul figures are guardians of rice granaries. Rice being the staple food and it is the belief they are responsible for a plentiful harvest. 478. Two Dan passport masks, Ivory Coast, 7.6cm high. (2) £300-400 479. An African bronze standing female figure, with right hand on her breast, 13.5cm high and a seated bronze figure, 11.5cm high. (2) £80-120 480. A Nepalese carved antler, with figures and foliage, the terminal with dragon mask, 66.5cm long. £400-600 481. A raffia and leather ceremonial hat, 36.5cm diameter. £100-150 480
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483. A Japanese double gourd, with carved horn stopper and red silk rope with a blue stone toggle, 32cm high; and a double gourd flask, hide covered with a bone spout, 23cm high. (2) £100-150
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486. An Indonesian madau, notched steel blade with inset gilt circles, with a carved bone handle and a carved wooden scabbard and a further attached scabbard with short spear having a carved ancestor handle, 89cm long. £200-300
487. A collection of arrows, mostly with metal tips and feather flights, two Chinese whistling types, with pierced horn tips and remains of feather, two with knapped stone tips, a bark and hide quiver, an Oceanic bamboo pole decorated with natives and westerners, 151.5cm long and a carved wood staff. (a lot) £100-200
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489. A West African ceremonial paddle, the blade with incised decoration and a pierced and carved terminal, 133cm long. £50-70 490. An Oceanic paddle, with a slender blade and carved mask to the top of the shaft, 184cm long £100-150 491. A collection of Oceanic, Asian and African bows, bamboo and wood, some decorated, the longest 215.5cm and a crossbow. (24) £300-400 492. A collection of Oceanic spears, bamboo/reed with applied plain and barbed tips, with carved and pigment decoration, the longest 163.5cm. (45) £200-300 493. An Oceanic paddle, with a slender carved blade, pierced with chevrons and fluting, 207cm long. £100-150 494. A collection of Oceanic fishing arrows, bamboo and cane with applied wood tips, carved and/or decorated, two with metal tips, some with grooved ends. £200-300 495. Two South Seas barbed spears, 302.5cm long and 279cm long. (2) £100-150 491
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496. An Inuit whalebone amulet, carved as a bear with baleen inlaid eyes and nostrils, pierced through the body, 10.5cm long. £200-300
499. An Inuit carved stone walrus, the underside with Eskimo art sticker, inscribed 40672 and signed and with initials G.W.R, 14cm high. £100-150
497. An Inuit carved bone polar bear, with painted mouth and eyes, 9.2cm long. £50-60
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Provenance: Mildred Beckstrand, California.
500. A North West Coast carved bone totem pole, an eagle and bear, with painted highlights, early 20th century, 14cm high. £600-800
498. Three Inuit carved whale bone figures, all with hooded garments, two with hoods down and with back base support, traces of staining, 5.5cm the highest. (3) £60-80
501. An Inuit carved stone mother and child group, the underside inscribed ‘E91135’ and symbols, 17.5cm high. £200-300 Provenance: Mildred Beckstrand, California.
502A 502. A Northwest Coast carved horn spoon, Bella Coola, the tapering handle with a bird head and a mask, 28cm long. £200-300 502A. An Inuit carved bone walrus, with inset eyes and flippers with incised and inked whiskers, the underside with remains of printed label and faint inscription and ‘Point Barrow’, 7.5cm long. £50-60
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503. A Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) carved whalebone war club, West Coast of Vancouver Island, the pommel as a bird head with open beak and a series of gouges, the blade with a flat section as the grip and tapering with lines terminating in a humanoid head, differences to each side, 19th century, 51.5cm long. £5,000-6,000 Documented clubs of this type are found around the west coast of Vancouver Island with the bird-like pommel and humanoid markings on the blade made from the jaw bone of a whale. A highly revered creature who’s association would have likely empowered the warrior who used the club. Similar clubs have been dated to 500BC and do not appear to have altered in style over generations.
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504. A Scandinavian marine ivory hunting knife, with a steel blade, the handle carved a walrus, with a scallop edge and carved scabbard, with white metal mount, 23cm long. £100-150 505. An Inuit harpoon head, Point Hope, Alaska, walrus ivory and slate, pierced with barbs, 7cm long, two Inuit walrus ivory harpoon heads, carved with incised lines and pierced, 8.6cm and 9.2cm long, an Inuit hide scraper, walrus ivory with slate, 9.8cm long and an Inuit walrus ivory barbed harpoon point, 6.4cm long. (5) £400-500 506. An Inuit whalebone harpoon point, with remains of metal tip, 9cm long, a whalebone harpoon point with greenstone tip, 8.5cm long, a whalebone harpoon point with carved decoration, 5.6cm long and a carved and decorated bone hunting/fishing charm, 14.5cm long, framed. £200-300 507. A Sami carved bone spoon, Scandinavia (Laplander), with a pierced handle and a pear shaped bowl incised a caribou and a sun cross symbol, 11cm long. £150-200 508. A Tlingit zoomorphic halibut hook, Northwest Coast, of U shape with a carved animal head, bound iron spike and with fibre line, 16.5cm high. £200-300 509. A Tlingit zoomorphic halibut hook, Northwest Coast, two part and carved a mask with sharp teeth, fibre bound with iron spike and line, 26cm high. £300-400 510. An Inuit Caribou mask, with fur, 17.5cm high.
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515. A Kwakiutl carved wood puppet figure, British Columbia, with a square head with remaining of fibre, crescent eyes and mouth, a narrow torso with angled arms and open hands, with arcaded legs and base, 22.5cm high, on a stand. £2,000-3,000 c.f. chefs-d’oeuvre des art indiens et esquimaux du canada, musee de l’homme paris, mars - septembre 1969, galerie nationale du canada ottawa, novembre 1969 - janvier 1970, fig.87 for a similar figure.
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516. A North American beadwork ceremonial front shirt panel, rectangular with inverted top, intricately worked foliage and double scrolls on red trade cloth and silk backing, Penobscot or Micmac, Maine or New Hampshire, mid 19th century, 35.5 x 22.5cm. £2,000-3,000
517. A pair of Arapaho Indian leather and beadwork moccasins, North America, with geometric designs in red, white, green and yellow beads, with a forked tongue having black beads, 25cm long. (2) £300-500
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520. A Zuni Indian bolo by Alonzo Hustito, New Mexico, silver coloured metal Kachina figure with inset turquoise, marked with initials, 9.5cm high, with a plaited leather strap and toggles, the clasp marked BENNETT PAT. PEND. £400-600 Alonzo Hustito, silversmith, 1930 - 1989. 521. A Peruvian carved wood male figure, with a basket on his back, carrying a shield and with a pig by his side, 33cm high and a Peruvian carved wood figure of a female wearing a ceremonial costume, 20.5cm high. (2) £100-150 522. A group of four Hopi Kachina dolls, Arizona, carved wood and brightly painted, the largest 26.5cm high, on a stand, (4) £400-600 523. Three Hopi Kachina dolls, carved cottonwood and polychrome decorated with beads, feathers, fibre and fabric, on wood stands, 38.5cm, 31cm and 26cm high. (3) £200-300 520
521 524. A Dinka fighting club, Sudan, with a pointed tip and inset handmade nails and with pigment, 77.5cm long and a Dinka fighting club, both 19th century, 81cm long. (2) £300-500 525. An Aboriginal spear, with a flattened and pointed barbed blade and three incised bands to the top of the shaft, 299.5cm long and an Aboriginal long stick, one end with resin, 249cm long. (2) £100-200 The long spear would have used for hunting large game. 526. An Aboriginal leangle club, wood with a ripple texture, 65.5cm long. £200-300
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534. An Aboriginal bark painting by Bob Bilinyarra, The Diver Birds, the reverse with printed and hand written label ‘Artist. Bob Bilinyarra, Tribe. Wulaki. Gurryeurru, the diver birds - Bob calls them ‘my father’,’ 72 x 24cm. £200-300
535. An Aboriginal boomerang, relief carved, the landscape with a kangaroo with two emus, 74.5cm long and an Aboriginal lobed ‘snake’ stick, 57cm long. (2) £100-150
536. An Aboriginal boomerang, the top panelled with shallow grooved designs, 51cm wide and a boomerang decorated kangaroos and emus, 74.5cm wide. (2) £150-250
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539. Three Aboriginal boomerangs; one of ‘return’ type, incised a kangaroo and other symbols, the reverse inscribed LATTI LATTI TRIBE, 43.5cm wide, another carved wombats and kangaroos, 69cm wide and the third with incised patterns and staining, 55.5cm wide. (3) £200-300
540. An Aboriginal boomerang, incised and stained a kangaroo and other emblems, the reverse inscribed KOKATA TRIBE, 60cm wide and four Aboriginal boomerangs; one carved an emu, another with three emus, another with a turtle and another WISHING YOU HAPPINESS, the reverse inscribed Made by Frank D....CHAMPION PARRAMATTA. (5) £200-300
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541 542. An Aboriginal boomerang, of undulating form with a domed top surface and flat underside, 45cm wide. £800-1,200
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544. An Aboriginal boomerang, one side with shallow fluting, the grip and back plain, red ochre, 75cm long and an Aboriginal boomerang with red ochre finish, 66.5cm long. (2) £250-350
545. Three Aboriginal carvings; a reptile and two snakes, with differing burnt patterns, 50cm the longest. (3) £100-150
546. Three Aboriginal with ochre, black and 125cm long, another decoration, 127cm long 133.5cm long. (3) 545
drone pipes, one white decoration, with incised line and the third plain, £400-500
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547. An Aboriginal parrying shield, Western Australia, oblong with deep angled grooves with red ochre and white pigment, the reverse with grooves and an integral handle, 63.5cm long. £800-1,200
548. An Aboriginal parrying shield, of swollen navette form with incised line bands and an integral handle, 71cm long. £200-300
549. An Aboriginal parrying shield, of swollen navette shape with an integral handle and incised triple line decoration, 81cm long. £200-300
550. An Aboriginal broad shield, oval with elongated ends with incised line decoration in quartered panels, with branch handle, 77.2cm long. £600-800 Provenance: Collected by George Kenney, Japanese Prisoner of War, transferred to Australia before returning to the UK. 547
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552. A Maori wahaika, hand club, carved lines and notches with a tiki to the inside end and mask handle terminal with shell eyes, inscribed ‘H. Rapana, Maori Carver, Rotorua NZ,’ 39cm long. £500-700 553. A Maori wahaika, hand club, with carved linear and notched decoration with a tiki mask, 30.5cm long. £200-300 554. A Maori taiaha, quarter-staff, with Janus head terminal and scrolls and notches to the tongue with remains of red pigment, the tapering shaft with a flattened end, 156cm long. £400-600
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555. A Maori carved bird snaring perch, the front with a tiki figure and a curved back support with top ridge and a mask finial, 23.5cm high, 26.5cm long. £300-500 556. A Maori carved fly whisk, with a seated figure with tattoo ta moko face, the top with a shallow circular recess, the end with a scallop edge silver coloured metal mount with animal hair, the handle 25cm, long. £500-600 557. A Maori paddle, with a slender blade and shaped faceted shaft with knop terminal, 156cm long. £100-150 558. A Maori nephrite hei-tiki pendant, with one hand in the chest, the other on the thigh, red wax to the eyes, 11cm high and a miniature nephrite hei-tiki pendant, 3cm high. (2) £400-600 559. A Maori standing tiki, carved wood with inset shell eyes, 26cm high.
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560. A Maori greenstone axe head, with a faceted end and a gauged line, 18cm long, a Maori basalt axe head with painted inventory number NZ E.62, 17cm long and a smaller stone blade, 11.6cm long. (3) £300-400 557
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563. A Maori wood tinder box, rectangular with allover carved with linear and notched designs, the ends with tiki heads on open supports, the cover with a further tiki head with extending tongue, all heads with shell inlaid eyes, 27cm long. £800-1,200 Provenance: By repute George Marsden Waterhouse (1824 - 1906) and thence by descent. George Marsden Waterhouse was born in Penzance, Cornwall and emigrated with his family to Hobart, Australia in 1839. His father the Rev John Waterhouse was general superintendent of the Wesleyan Missions in Australia and Polynesia. George’s merchant career placed him politics where he rose to the premier of South Australia from 1861 - 1863, returning to England and then to New Zealand in 1869. Again involving himself in politics and becoming the premier between 1872 - 1873. Sir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse (1905 - 1985) Art historian, director of National Galleries of Scotland and held the Barber chair at Birmingham University. c.f. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. A kiwi feather cloak (1969.12.1) donated by Sir Ellis K Waterhouse, originally belonging to his great uncle, George Marsden Waterhouse.
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564. A Maori flax and wool piupiu, of traditional form with a dyed wool border with stranded tassels, 112cm wide. £200-300 Provenance: By repute George Marsden Waterhouse (1824 - 1906) and thence by descent.
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565. A Tonga fish hook, whalebone with a shell back and turtle shell hook, fibre bound with additional line, 14.4cm long. £500-600 Provenance: By repute George Marsden Waterhouse (1824 - 1906) and thence by descent.
566. A Tonga fish hook, whalebone with a shell back and turtle shell hook, fibre bound with additional line, 13.3cm long. £500-600 Provenance: By repute George Marsden Waterhouse (1824 - 1906) and thence by descent.
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568. A Maori fish hook, wood, shell and bone with fibre binding and plaited line, 12.5cm high. £800-1,200
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570. A New Caledonia gourd water vessel, Kanak peoples, with characteristic fibre binding and handle, 19th century, 18.5cm high. £600-800 cf. Ethnographie des Kanak de NouvelleCaledonie et des lles Loyaute. Fritz Sarasin. 1929. Plate 12, fig. 1.
λ 571. A Palau woman’s turtle shell currency dish, toluk, Micronesia, of plain oblong form, remains of paper label to underside, 19th century, 19cm long. £300-500 572. An Andaman Islands bow, Bay of Bengal, with a central rounded grip issuing flat fronted blades, one curved, tapering to points, incised lines and short dashes, 185.5cm long. £400-600 Provenance: Ian Homer Walters (1930 - 2006) sculptor.
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James Blyth was born in Glasgow in 1834 and from 1853 worked for Lethem, Blyth and Lethem, muslin manufacturers. In 1858 he was working in Batavia, Java for the shipping merchants Martin, Turner & Co. From 1871 working as a silk cultivator in Glasgow and then Yasawa, Northern Fiji for Marsh, Bennett & Co, until the cotton crop and buildings were destroyed by a hurricane in 1874. From 1875 he worked as a stipendiary magistrate in Fiji until the appointment to Legislative Council of Fiji in 1883. From 1898 lived on Norfolk Island and in 1899 moved to New Zealand, where he stayed, marrying in 1900 and living in Christchurch, until his death in 1924. In 1908 he returned to Scotland and it is likely that the items below were bought back at this time and have remained with this side of the family until now.
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573. A Papua New Guinea marupai, charm, carved dwarf coconut with open mouth, snout and eyes, with traces of lime, 11.5cm long. £100-150 Provenance: James Blyth (1834 - 1924) and thence by descent. 574. A group of five Fiji whale’s teeth tabua, all pierced at either end, one with remains of sennit, 16.5cm long, one inscribed ‘NASOVA,’ 16cm long, the others 18.5cm, 14cm and 12.6cm long. (5) £400-600 Provenance: James Blyth (1834 - 1924) and thence by descent. 575. An Oceanic fibre woven basket and cover, 14cm diameter containing a quantity cowrie and other shells, a hair fly whisk mounted on a parasol handle, 41cm long, a small kava bowl, a carved seed amulet with red cloth and a shell necklace. (a lot) £100-150 Provenance: James Blyth (1834 - 1924) and thence by descent. 576. A Maori fish hook, wood, shell and bone with fibre binding, late 19th century, 11cm long. £200-300 Provenance: James Blyth (1834 - 1924) and thence by descent. 577. A Solomon Islands comb, wood/reed, triangular shell inlay and resin, with fibre attachment to reverse, handle broken, 27cm long, a disc shape shell currency with red beads, a Maori greenstone adze head, 13.5cm long, a decorated piece of bamboo, 12.2cm long and a spear tip shape nut shell, 10cm long. (5) £150-200 Provenance: James Blyth (1834 - 1924) and thence by descent. 578. A Fiji totokia, beaked battle club, with a tapering spike and seven rows of barbs to a heavy handle with a flanged terminal, 95.5cm long. £800-1,200 579. A Fiji whale tooth tabua, inscribed MASIWAINI, pierced at both ends,15.5cm long, with sennit cordage. (2) £150-200 579
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581. A Papua New Guinea cassowary feather headdress, with fibre, 66cm wide, on a perspex stand. £200-300
582. A Papuan Gulf gope board, Era/Wapo region, carved an ancestor figure with pigment finish, 104cm high. £900-1,200 Provenance: Dr K. Nibbrig, University of Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
583. A Papuan Gulf Bioma figure, Era River area, carved ancestor representation with white pigment, 65.5cm high, on a stand. £650-850 Provenance: Dr K. Nibbrig, University of Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
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584. A Sepik River standing ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, carved with cowrie shells, feathers and fibre, 80cm high and a Papua New Guinea standing male figure, 65cm high. (2) £120-150 585. A Sepik river small ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, standing with a hooked nose, 17cm high.
£100-150
586. A Sepik River ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, standing with hooked nose, feathers and shells, 66cm high.
£100-150
587. A Papua New Guinea cassowary bone dagger, with feather and shell attachments, 38.5cm long, a bone flute, carved a skeletal figure and with metal mounts,29cm long and a monkey skull with incised geometric decoration. (4) £100-150 588. A Papua New Guinea shell currency, 24cm wide, 21cm high, on a stand.
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589. A Papua New Guinea ancestral totem, clay, shell and feathers with mask, on a bamboo pole, 127cm high. £80-120 Provenance: Estate of Sean Rice. 590. An Oceanic feast bowl, of eliptical form, with lug lifts and traces of painted decoration, 71cm long. £100-150
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595. An Austral Islands paddle, with fine all over carving, the slightly concave blade with a ridge to the reverse with a slender eliptical to circular shaft, the pierced hollow pommel with eight dancing girls, 2nd quarter 19th century, 124.5cm long. £2,000-3,000 Provenance: William Raymond Browne (b.1819) emigrated to New Zealand in 1858. Returned to the United Kingdom in the late 1870’s. Thence by descent.
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603. A Fiji ula, with root ball head and a zigzag carved handle, 19th century, 41cm long. £500-700
604. An Austral Islands paddle, Polynesia, the blade carved rows of X and suns, with a short handle and flared finial with nine female dancers, damages, 86.5cm long. £1,000-1,500
605. A Fiji kiakavo vividrasa, spurred club, with textured cheek and with remains of sinnet binding to the shaft, with a knopped end, with printed inventory number, 81cm long. £600-800 Provenance: Capt. De Crespny, pre 1900, Adelaide House, The Rocks, Sydney. 603
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607. A Fiji totokia, beaked battle club, with spike and five rows of barbs and a ribbed back, with a cylindrical shaft and zig-zag carved grip and cap end, 80cm long. £1,000-1,500 Provenance: Capt. De Crespny, pre 1900, Adelaide House, The Rocks, Sydney. 606 detail
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609. A Marquesas Islands paddle, carved tiki’s, masks and geometric patterns, the curved blade with a bird head finial, with an eliptical shaft and double figure terminal, 155cm long. £400-600
610. An Austral Islands paddle, all over carved with X’s, V’s and dog-tooth borders, the ridged blade with a square shaft and flat terminal with three dancing girls to either side and one to the ends, 19th century, 118.5cm long. £600-800
611. An Austral Islands paddle, all over carved with X’s and dog-tooth borders, with a narrow blade and square shaft with a flat terminal with two dancing girls either side, 19th century, 99cm long. £1,000-1,500
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612. A Tonga headrest, Kali Toloni, with a curved and waisted surface on bulbous arched legs, the underside with a medial ridge, pre 1840, 17.5cm high, 41cm wide. ÂŁ8,000-12,000 Provenance: The collection of Rear Admiral Joseph Fidele Eugege du Bouzet (1805 - 1867). Collected on his expedition in the Pacific from 1837 1840. Thence by descent.
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614. A Fiji kava bowl, with a pierced lug and four tapering legs, late 19th century, 60cm diameter. £500-700 Provenance: Collected by Surgeon Rear Admiral David Walker Hewitt (1870-1940) while serving on H.M.S. Powerful.
613. A Solomon Islands dance paddle, with a curved blade having a medial ridge either side terminating in a W, with a tapering shaft and a knopped terminal, with remains of hand written label, 19th century, 139.5cm long. £4,000-6,000 Provenance: Ernest Ohly collection.
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616. A Fiji cannibal fork, with square section handle and three prongs, 28.5cm long. £100-200 613
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λ 617. A group of Solomon Islands artifacts A carved shell nose ornament, ‘shoal-of-fish’ design, 6.6cm wide; A turtleshell nose ornament, 5.3cm wide and two turtleshell ear ornaments; A money shell disc necklace and loose pieces; A coconut drinking bowl, with serrated rim and suspension piercing, 12.7cm diameter; Five fish hooks; four in mother of pearl delicately carved as fish with black dot inlay, the fifth in turtleshell with bound coral, the largest 2.5cm long, contained in a Bryant & Mays Wax Vestas tin, with handwritten label ‘San Cristval, Solomon Is. “Teleo”.’ (13) £2,000-3,000
618. A Fiji tapa cloth, with allover geometric designs, the centre with two Union Jacks inscribed All British, with cut serrated edges, late 19th century, on a linen backed mount, 207 x 162cm £1,500-2,000
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619. A Solomon Islands currency armband, Northern Malaita, rectangular with coloured shells of patterned bands, the ends with fibre tassels, the panel 12 x 18cm, a Solomon Islands bavara, Choiseul Island, clam shell, 12cm wide, two Solomon Islands necklaces, shell, beads and nutshells. (4) £300-500
620. A Nukuoro Atoll coconut grating stool, Caroline Islands, raised on open supports with an integral stretcher, with a dished seat and a curved neck with a fibre bound shell having a serrated end, 37cm high, 65cm long. £4,000-5,000
621. An Austral Islands paddle, Polynesia, with all over carved X’s and inverted V’s, the base and top of the shaft with sun motifs and with a hollow pierced pommel carved six dancing girls, two missing, 19th century, 120cm long. £400-500
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623. Five Trobriand Islands carved pigs, Papua New Guinea, and another animal, all with lime filled decoration, the longest 23cm, the shortest 8.5cm. (6) £200-300
624. A Massim lime spatula, Papua New Guinea, carved a seated figure with scrolls, 19th century, 33cm high, with a stand. £1,200-1,500
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625. A pair of Yap Island male and female figures, Caroline Islands, the female with a band to her hair and wearing a stepped skirt, 39.5cm high, the male with tied back hair, with beard and moustache, cloth waistband and with decorated legs, 47.4cm high. (2) £200-300
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626. Four Polynesian stone blades; one basalt of sawfish rostrum shape, 18.5cm high, another of slender spatulate form, 28.2cm high, a greenstone example, 24cm high and a small greenstone blade, 9.5cm high. (4) £100-150 626
627. A Santa Cruz feather currency roll, Solomon Islands, the two coils with red honeybird feathers centred around bark and hung with strands of shells, the underside of the central strip with an interwoven geometric design, late 19th / early 20th century, 80cm wide, mounted in a stained softwood and glazed case, the door fixed, a paper label inscribed NATIVE FEATHER MONEY, FROM MELANESIA, RICHARD BLUNDELL COMINS. ÂŁ1,500-2,000 Rev Richard Blundell Comins (1848 - 1919) was born in Devon and attended Durham University. He worked as a missionary for the Anglican Melanesian Mission from 1877 to 1903 in the Solomon Islands. His postings included Santa Cruz in 1878, St Lukes, Siota from 1894 - 1901 and Florida Islands from 1901 - 1903. The British Museum hold a number of artefacts gathered by Comins which be presented in 1883.
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Fine Porcelain and Pottery Tuesday 24th February 2015
ENQUIRIES Clare Durham Tel: +44 (0)1722 424507 claredurham@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
A pair of Meissen figures of a reclining shepherd and shepherdess, 18th century. Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery Wednesday 25th February 2015
ENQUIRIES Michael Jeffery Tel: +44 (0)1722 424505 michaeljeffery@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
A collection of vases by Peter Hayes
Paintings Wednesday 11th March 2015 Entries are now being accepted for this sale
William Gowe Ferguson (1632-1695) Rustics amongst Roman ruins and a carved mausoleum, a hilltop town beyond Oil on canvas 113 x 127cm; 44½ x 50in Provenance: The Marquess of Tweeddale, Yester House, East Lothian. Private collection.
ENQUIRIES Victor Fauvelle Tel: +44 (0)1722 424503 victorfauvelle@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Jo Butler Tel: +44 (0)1722 424592 jobutler@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Asian Art Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st May 2015 Entries are now being accepted for this sale
ENQUIRIES John Axford Tel: +44 (0)1722 424506 johnaxford@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Four Chinese gilt metal-mounted compasses, Qing dynasty, each in an elaborate oval scrolling foliate mount, decorated with kingfisher feathers and with two red bead tassels, 3.8cm max. Provenance:a private collection, London. Estimate: ÂŁ2,000-3,000
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SOCIETY OF FINE ART AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS and the ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR BUYERS 1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted on our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand. 2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller. 3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive. 4. The purchase price. The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 22% on the first £500,000 and 12% thereafter + VAT at the appropriate rate. 5. VAT. (*) indicates that VAT at the current standard rate is payable by the purchaser on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation into the UK. The double symbol (**) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.
12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. Any delay may involve the buyer in paying storage charges.
TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS 1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if the consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has authorised the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers. 2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates: 15% + VAT on each lot sold for up to £999, 10% + VAT on each lot realising £1,000 and above. 3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the sale room by any stated deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility. 4. Loss and damage waiver. We are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of insurance to clients. However, we for our own protection assume liability for property consigned to us at lower pre-sale estimate. To justify accepting liability, we make a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT or, if unsold, our mid estimate of the hammer price. If the owner of goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, they then remain at owner’s risk unless and until the property in them passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 4 is inapplicable. 5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the lot should be illustrated your permission will usually be asked first. The copyright in respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue.
6. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).
6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods may be offered subject to a reserve agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7.
7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.
8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by external contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being notified. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.
8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export licence is required for the goods to leave the U.K. and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing the goods in question into the destination country because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Charges may be applicable for export licences. Ask us if you need help. The denial of any permit or licence shall not justify cancellation or rescission of the sale contract or any delay in payment. 9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register before the sale commences and lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of identification will be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone bidding. 10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone or fax. 11. Methods of Payment. As a general rule any cheques tendered will need to be cleared before removal of the goods is permitted. Please discuss with our Office in advance of the sale if other methods of payment are envisaged (except cash).
7. We may sell lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the hammer price. If you specifically give us ‘discretion’ we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the formal reserve. . Reserves. (a) You are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being the minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be reasonable and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be subject to an unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage and insurance charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment). (b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent. (c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.
9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be offered and must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. The rights of disposal referred to in clause 8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request. 10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale proceeds. The liability to reimburse the sale proceeds shall not arise where you are acting reasonably and honestly and are unaware of the forgery but we are or ought to have been aware of it.
11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be re-offered at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable daily rate. 12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of up to 10% plus VAT of the reserve or low estimate on being bought in or withdrawn after being catalogued. 13. Conditions of Sale. You agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale. In particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner or agent for the owner. You undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third party for all losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of this undertaking. 14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest. (a) You authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain beneficially the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of Sale and any interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement. (b) You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the close of business on the day of the sale in the case of lots unsold at auction, in which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been sold at auction and so far as appropriate these terms apply. 15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing charge of £2 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you do not remove them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within three weeks we reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your expense to consign them to the local authority for disposal. 16. Settlement. Subject to our normal trading conditions, payment will be made by BACS or cheque four weeks after the sale unless the buyer has not paid for the goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale. You authorise any sums owed by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. You must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above. You should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.
CONDITIONS OF SALE Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein. 1. DEFINITIONS In these Conditions: (a) ‘auctioneer’ means Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate; (b) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description; (c) ‘hammer price’ means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the auctioneer brings down the hammer; (d) ‘terms of consignment’ means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd accepts instructions from sellers or their agents; (e) ‘total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Conditions; (f) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising. (g) ‘‘You’, ‘Your’, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2. (h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.
2. BIDDING PROCEDURES AND THE BUYER (a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid; (b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion. (c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals. (d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved. 3. INCREMENTS Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion. 4. THE PURCHASE PRICE The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 22% on the first £500,000 and 12% thereafter + VAT at the appropriate rate. 5. VALUE ADDED TAX Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed with an asterisk or double asterisk. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots. (Please refer to ‘Information for Buyers’ for a brief explanation of the VAT position). 6. PAYMENT (a) Immediately a lot is sold you will: (i) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and (ii) pay to us the total amount due in pounds sterling (b) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent, whether express or implied. 7. TITLE AND COLLECTION OF PURCHASES (a) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made payment in full to us of the total amount due. (b) You shall at your own risk and expense COLLECT any lots that you have purchased and paid for from our premises not later than 3 working days following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment (IF LATER) after which you shall be responsible for any COLLECTION, storage and insurance charges. (c) No purchase MAY be COLLECTED AND WE SHALL NOT RELEASE ANY LOT TO YOU OR YOUR AGENT until it has been paid for. 8. REMEDIES FOR NON-PAYMENT OR FAILURE TO COLLECT PURCHASES (a) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies: (i) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract; (ii) to rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold by us to you; (iii) to resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller; (iv) to remove, store and insure the lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either at our premises or elsewhere; (v) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale; (vi) to retain that or any other lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due; (vii) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted; (viii) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to retain possession of any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the debt due is satisfied. (b) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these conditions 9. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and must note the lay-out of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal injury (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.
10. COMMISSION BIDS Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular lot and shall be assumed to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition, we will if so instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so save where such failure is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made. 11. WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AVAILABILITY The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims. 12. AGENCY The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for default by sellers or buyers. 13. TERMS OF SALE The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the consignor at the time of the entry of the lot. 14. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITION (a) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph 6 ‘information to buyers’. (b) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by auction for purposes of consumer legislation. 15. FORGERIES Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any lot which proves to be a deliberate forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction provided it is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the evidence presented that the lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the money paid by you for the lot including any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights under this condition. The right of return provided by this Condition is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.
PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, ENGRAVINGS AND PRINTS In accordance with long standing practice in Fine Art Sale Rooms certain terms used in descriptions in the Catalogue have the meanings ascribed to them in the glossary below. Glossary Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. The Company reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expect or authority considered by them to be reliable. (a) Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by the artist. (When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named. (b) Attributed to Edward Lear: In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less certainly as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category. (c) Studio of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist which may be or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction. (d) Circle of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil. (e) Style of ...; Follower of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil. (f) Manner of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date. (g) After Edward Lear: In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist. (h) The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. (i) The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand. (j) Dimensions are given height before width. (k) Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.
BOOK AUCTIONS If, on collation, any named item in this catalogue proves defective in text or illustration, the lot may be returned within 14 days of the sale with the defects stated in writing. This proviso shall not apply to defects stated in the catalogue or announced at the time of sale; nor to the absence of blanks, half titles, tissue guards or advertisements, damage in respect of bindings, stains, spotting, marginal tears or other defects not affecting completeness of text or illustration; nor to drawings, autographs, letters or manuscripts, signed photographs, music, atlases, maps or periodicals; nor to books not identified by title; nor to books sold not subject to return.
GENERAL 16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person. 17. (a) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate. (b) Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them. 18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail or Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48 hours after posting. 19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary appearing in the catalogue. 20. Any indulgence extended to bidders buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other respects these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.
ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE
21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.
Lots marked with a ‡ symbol are potentially subject to the levy.
Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death. Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €12,500. Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency by the auctioneer. Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale. Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows: 4% Up to €50,000 3% €50,000.01 - 200,000 1% €200,000.01 - 350,000 0.5% €350,000.01 - 500,000 0.25% In excess of €500,000 Up to a maximum levy of €12,500
Valuations PROBATE VALUATIONS We offer a speedy and professional service for executors and trustees and provide bound valuations for probate and duplicate copies when required. Since security is often a consideration, we can usually arrange for a house to be cleared and sent for auction, our Valuations Department ensures that executors are informed of which sales are involved and the results thereof.
Valuations are a core part of our business and are usually carried out by a senior specialist or directors. Accuracy, speed and above all confidentiality are paramount. INSURANCE VALUATIONS Written valuations for insurance can vary from a single item to a large estate. Before starting we discuss the various options available so that the valuation is specifically tailored to individual client’s needs.
We also carry out valuations for Family Division, Capital Gains Tax, and Private Treaty Sales.
For valuations of an entire house contents an itemised bound valuation is produced and can be accompanied by photographs when required. In addition to providing an inventory, written valuations can prevent painful arguments with a loss adjuster in the event of a claim.
Contact Christine Johnson 01722 424509 FREE AUCTION VALUATIONS Free verbal valuations of items for sale are available at our Castle Street salerooms. Please telephone the relevant specialist or call our office on 01722 424500.
Woolley & Wallis valuations are accepted by all leading insurance companies.
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WOO L LE Y & WA L LI S Absentee Bid Form
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS Lot Number in numerical order
Tribal Art
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Price Excluding buyer’s premium & VAT
Tuesday 10th February 2015 Please bid, on my behalf, for the undermentioned lots up to the prices shown which do not include the buyer’s premium or any V.A.T. payable on lots. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids, and/or reserves if any, and subject to the Conditions of Sale printed in the Catalogue. Please note we cannot guarantee that bids received after 4pm on the day prior to the auction will be executed. Billing Name (please print)
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AUCTION CALENDAR 2015 TRIBAL ART & ANTIQUITIES 10th February Will Hobbs +44 (0) 1722 339752 • willhobbs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk CLOCKS, WATCHES & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 11th February 17th July Richard Price +44 (0) 7741 242421 • richardprice@woolleyandwallis.co.uk ENGLISH & EUROPEAN CERAMICS & GLASS 24th February– Fine Porcelain & Pottery 21st April – English & European Ceramics & Glass Clare Durham +44 (0) 1722 424507 • claredurham@woolleyandwallis.co.uk 20TH CENTURY DESIGN 25th February – The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery 15th April – Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & 20th Century Design 17th June – Arts & Crafts Michael Jeffery +44 (0) 1722 424505 • michaeljeffery@woolleyandwallis.co.uk PAINTINGS 11th March 3rd June Victor Fauvelle +44 (0) 1722 424503 • victorfauvelle@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Jo Butler +44 (0) 1722 424592 • jobutler@woolleyandwallis.co.uk ARMS & ARMOUR 25th March Will Hobbs +44 (0) 1722 339752 • willhobbs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk FURNITURE & WORKS OF ART 25th March 1st July Mark Richards +44 (0) 1722 411854 • markrichards@woolleyandwallis.co.uk SILVER 29th April – Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu 14th & 15th July Rupert Slingsby +44 (0) 1722 424501 • rupertslingsby@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Lucy Chalmers +44 (0) 1722 424594 • lucychalmers@woolleyandwallis.co.uk JEWELLERY 30th April 16th July Jonathan Edwards +44 (0) 1722 424504 • jonathanedwards@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Marielle Whiting +44 (0) 1722 424595 • mariellewhiting@woolleyandwallis.co.uk ASIAN ART 20th & 21st May John Axford +44 (0) 1722 424506 • johnaxford@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Sophie Lister +44 (0) 1722 424591 • sophielister@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
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