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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Arms, Armour, Militaria and Ethnographica | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 10th April 2013 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 9th April 9am to 5pm Morning of Sale |
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| Auction Lots - Page 7 | |||
| 300 | |||
| A South Sea Islands Small Hardwood Hand Club, of flattened oval section, the cylindrical grip with finely incised vertical bands, the swelling butt inlaid with a white metal star motif, with a later leather wrist strap, 40cm £50 - 60 |
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| 301 | |||
| A Papua New Guinea Black Palm Self Bow, of flattened section, with slightly shouldered tapered tips and remnants of original pit-pit bowstring, 184cm £50 - 80 |
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| 302 | |||
| A Collection of Eighteen Highlands, Papua New Guinea Long Bamboo Arrows, with varying heads of Cassawary bird claws, bone, barbed wood and split bamboo, including some Kuku Kuku (Anga) examples with wild orchid whipping etc, used for hunting birds and mammals £150 - 200 |
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| 303 | |||
| An Oceanic Wood Pole Club, possibly Austral Islands, the rounded head set with three brass studs and with scale carved decoration over a band of diapering, on a cylindrical haft, 48.5cm £150 - 250 |
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| 304 | |||
| A Zulu Knobkerrie, of later black painted wood, with globular head and tapering cylindrical haft, 72cm; two Zulu Ebony Staffs, one with globular head, on a wrythen carved tapering haft, cut down, the other missing its head, on a diaper carved and wrythen fluted haft (3) £80 - 120 |
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| 305 | |||
| A Zulu Knobkerrie, circa 1870's, of rich chestnut coloured wood, the swollen ovoid knop with flattened tip, cylindrical haft and slightly swelling butt, the pommel with cylindrical hole, 87.5cm £750 - 850 |
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| 306 | |||
| An Unusual Zulu Knobkerrie Type Club, the elongated ovoid head with stepped neck and tapering cylindrical haft, with brass studded decoration and with folded iron spiked butt, 93cm; an African Spear, with small leaf shape head and pierced socket on a slender wood haft with flattened iron spike butt; a Masai "Rhombo" Spear, the broad leaf shape blade with raised medial ridge and folded socket on a two section wood haft with snakeskin bound grip; an African Ebony Staff, with pierced multi head carved square grip and wrythen carved haft; a Shilelagh (5) £150 - 250 |
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| 307 | |||
| A North West Coast of America Double Ended Fighting Knife, possibly Tlingit, constructed from 24cm and 12cm double edge steel blades, each with tapering double fullers to each side, with copper mounts and leather bound grip, 45cm long overall £300 - 500 |
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| 308 | |||
| A 19th Century Maori Wahaika, of light chestnut coloured hardwood, carved with curved bands of dentil work, the hooked side with a male figurehead, with plain grip and mother of pearl inlaid stylised shell pommel, 34cm, repair to handle £600 - 800 |
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| 309 | |||
| A Zulu Knobkerrie, with globular head and cylindrical haft, slightly flared at the butt, 79cm; a Songye Axe, with crescent shape head on a flat rectangular tang inserted into the swollen pommel of the cylindrical haft, bound with woven brass wire bands, 82cm (2) £100 - 150 |
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| 310 | |||
| A South American Amazonian Perucian Shipibo Indian Terracotta Figural Jar, of squat baluster form, the rounded rim modelled with shallow ears extending to a curved chin and enclosing a small nose, with painted eyes and mouth, the cream ground body intricately painted with stylised geometric and curved patterns, the interior lined with waterproof lacquer, 20cm £80 - 120 |
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| 311 | |||
| A Collection of Mainly Bedouin Jewellery, comprising four turquoise set silver rings, five white metal bangles, five bronze bangles, a silver gilt wire and agate bead necklace, two gilt metal ball necklaces, a silver gilt prayer tube pendant necklace, a gilt metal articulated fish, a pair of turquoise set ear-clips, and odd beads £100 - 150 |
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| 312 | |||
| A Sudanese Hide Shield, of circular form with raised central boss backed by a rolled hide grip, each side pierced with a circular hole, 58cm diameter £100 - 150 |
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| 313 | |||
| A Mashona, Zimbabwe Ebonised Wood Neck Rest, with curved pillow on a pierced geometrically carved support and lozenge shape plinth, 14cm high (split to pillow) £100 - 150 |
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| 314 | |||
| A Dogon Walu Antelope Mask, 20th Century, the rectangular section head painted with orange and white chevrons, with orange tipped black horns, on a metal display stand, 70cm high overall £70 - 100 |
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| 315 | |||
| A Nyamwezi, Tanzania Carved Wood Figural Dignitary Staff, the small flattened globular head with red bead eyes, shallow nose, small elliptical mouth and large cup shape ears, with long neck, tall body with pierced arms and legs, on a metal and hardwood display stand, 188cm high overall £100 - 150 |
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| 316 | |||
| A Dogon Large Wood Ancestor Figure, of a woman, her long conical head with hooded eyes, triangular section nose and pursed lips, standing leaning on a staff, on a small plinth, covered in a thick brown/cream pigment, 137cm high £350 - 450 |
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| 317 | |||
| A North American Indian Hide Running Bag, of square form, the flap set with a starburst rosette in coloured glass beads centred by a gilt boss, flanked by chevron painted straps, with blue and white quillwork shoulder strap, 24cm £180 - 250 |
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| 318 | |||
| A Twisted and Waxed Blonde Hair Necklace, possibly North American Indian, set with glass, wood and seed beads, a cast brass turtle amulet and two George III pierced silver sixpences and a George II silver sixpence engraved with the initials JS £100 - 150 |
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| 319 | |||
| Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak (Sylvia Brett Brooke) - A Kayan Chief and a Dyak Woman, a pair of pencil sketches, signed and inscribed, 31cm by 21cm; and Portrait of a Malay Woman, watercolour, signed, 26cm by 21cm, together with a book Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters - an Outrageous Englishwoman and her Lost Kingdom by Philip Eade **Sylvia Brooke, otherwise known as Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak was consort and "slave" of Sir Vyner Brooke who was the last White Rajah of the jungle kingdom of Sarawak in Borneo in the 1930's and 1940's £80 - 120 |
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| 320 | |||
| A Tongan Headrest (Kali Toloni), the bamboo pole pillow with incised Scrimshaw type decoration of sailing ships and with inscription KATINO, the whole supported on two triangular hardwood end pillars bound to the underside by plaited sennet, 41cm long, 16cm high £1200 - 1800 |
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| 321 | |||
| A Dogon, Mali Granary Door, made up from two rectangular planks, the larger carved with hands and footprints, the peg hinges attached by bent metal nails, 118cm by 65cm (poor order) £70 - 100 |
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| 322 | |||
| A Chokwe Mwano Pwo Wood Mask, with diapered and chevron scarified decoration, pierced coffee bean eyes and open mouth with upper and lower carved teeth, with woven cloth and sectional bamboo fringed coiffure, 33cm £100 - 150 |
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| 323 | |||
| A Dan, Ivory Coast Zoomorphic Mask, the domed forehead with raised medial ridge, pierced swollen coffee bean eyes and large hooked beak extending under the chin hung with metal compressed globular bells, with woven cloth hooded headdress set with two circular mirrors within a border of cowrie shells and raffia fringing, 58cm £100 - 150 |
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| 324 | |||
| A Bamana, Burkino Faso Zoomorphic Mask, as a cow or hyena, with raised medial ridge, pierced eyes, chevron carved decoration to the face, with rounded nose, open mouth and pointed ears to the sides, 41cm £70 - 100 |
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| 325 | |||
| A Dogon, Mali Wood Mask, of curved form, carved as a stylised bird with pierced eyes and ribbed beak surmounted by the seated figure of a man with elongated face, 46cm £100 - 150 |
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| 326 | |||
| A Sepik River, Papua New Guinea Display Mask, with domed forehead, inlaid cowrie shell eyes, flattened nose with flared nostrils, snake head carved hooked upper lip and curved tongue, with fringed vegetable fibre beard, the whole painted with contoured lines and designs in matt ochre, black and white pigments, 55cm £250 - 300 |
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| 327 | |||
| A Papua New Guinea Bark House Display Board, painted with a central band of elliptical motifs within beaded borders in matt ochre, red and white pigments on a black field, 123cm by 33cnm £50 - 60 |
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| 328 | |||
| A Cameroon Large Wood Mask, the domed forehead surmounted by the head of a horse, over a concave face with larged stepped square eyes, open mouth with carved teeth and protruding tongue, decorated in black, white and ochre, 75cm £60 - 90 |
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| 329 | |||
| A Nokuma People, Upper Sanchi River, Papua New Guinea Large Wood Mindja Mask, of elongated oblong form, with concentric diamond carved headdress over pierced raised circular eyes, block nose, pierced heart shape mouth, C scroll cheeks, V shape chin and lozenge and loop carved neck, decorated in black and brown pigments with white highlights, 131cm by 23cm £250 - 350 |
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| 330 | |||
| A Liberian Bone Totemic Carving, as the figure of a man holding a sword and vessel, kneeling on the head of his kneeling pregnant wife, the interior of the bone with a wood toggle suspended from a vegetable fibre string, 34.5cm £150 - 200 |
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| 331 | |||
| A Songye Fertility Figure of a Woman, with domed skull and heart shape face on a long neck and short torso, her hands resting on her swollen stomach, decorated with a red pigment, on a modern display stand,29cm high overall, parts missing £200 - 300 |
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| 332 | |||
| A Sierra Leone Carved Soapstone Nomoli or Pomdo Torso Figure, of a woman, her large head with protruding face carved hooded eyes, large nose with flaring nostrils and closed mouth, her arms resting on her swollen stomach, 22cm £300 - 400 |
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| 333 | |||
| Three Zulu Ebonised Staffs, each with small globular head on a tapering cylindrical haft, 121cm, 111cm and 86cm £70 - 80 |
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| 334 | |||
| An Oksapmin, Telefomin Area, Highlands, Papua New Guinea Large Wood War Shield, of slightly arched oblong form, carved in high relief with abstract hooked U shaped panels centred by chevrons and with five leaf designs to the borders, decorated in ochre on a white ground, 146cm by 69cm £600 - 800 |
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| 335 | |||
| A North American/Canadian Indian Leather Cushion Cover, of rectangular form with triple cruciform snakeskin applique decoration to the top, four corners hung with leather tassels **Brought back from Winnipeg by vendor's maternal grandfather in 1917 £50 - 60 |
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| 336 | |||
| Four Small Sepik Papua New Guinea Wood Figures:- A Wanleg hook figure, with hooked beak and standing on bent legs, 49cm; Yipwon type flat silhouette of a man with hooked decoration, 52cm; a standing man and woman with hooked features, 34cm and 39cm (4-af) £50 - 80 |
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| 337 | |||
| A Highlands, Papua New Guinea Magic Bag, of a pair of boar's tusks set into the netted vegetable fibre bag containing charms, with netted handle, decorated with fringed tassels of red stained and natural vegetable fibre; two Phallocrypts, each made from a hollowed out gourd, with a woven band of wicker with sennet hanging strap (3) £80 - 120 |
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| 338 | |||
| A Mendi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea Archer's Wood Shield, of rounded oblong form, the top with rectangular cut-out arm section, painted with a central waisted band with chevron cresting flanked by curved side panels in red, black and white pigments, the back diagonally attached with a woven vegetable fibre shoulder strap, 89cm by 34cm £300 - 500 |
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| 339 | |||
| An Oksapmin Papua New Guinea Wood Plank Shield/Spirit Board, of vertical rectangular form, carved and incised with bands of intersecting S scrolls, decorated in ochre, white and brown pigments, 175.5cm by 27cm (some beetle damage) £300 - 500 |
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| 340 | |||
| A Cassowary Feather Fly Whisk, Papua New Guinea, the numerous plumes attached to a looped split bamboo handle by means of a clay-like substance decorated with red and grey painted seeds, 65cm £60 - 80 |
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| 341 | |||
| A May River, Upper Sepik, Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow, of dark stained wood with encrusted pigmentation, pierced and carved with plant forms, 67cm £100 - 150 |
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| 342 | |||
| A Coastal Region, Papua New Guinea Large Wood Plaque, of oblong form, carved as the mask of a man with inset cowrie shell eyes, hooked nose and closed mouth wearing a headdress carved as a sea bird in flight over a panel of stylised feathers, 90cm by 43.5cm £100 - 200 |
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| 343 | |||
| Four Javanese Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppets, each of intricately tooled and perforated buffalo hide, richly painted and decorated in gold and coloured paints, comprising:- Batara Guru (Lord Shiva) standing on his mount Nandi, with turned lignum vitae type handle; Gatotkacha with one articulated arm with triple knopped ebonised wood handles; Naga with scale covered body and one articulated arm with turned ebonised wood handles; and Gajasura the elephant demon, 79cm to 100cm £120 - 180 |
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| 344 | |||
| A Tongan Large Tapa Cloth, of rectangular form, the cream field divided into rectangular panels, each painted with a single animal or bird, with further panels of palm trees under a sun, moon and star sky, diapering, random numbers 42 and 44, and script KO HALA VUNA, KO HALAPAINI, 444cm by 188cm; a Woven Raffia Mat, with coloured wool fringed border (2) £100 - 150 |
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| 345 | |||
| A Fijian Tapa Cloth, of rectangular form, the deep rust coloured field painted with twelve large stylised leaves within a chevron banded border in black, ochre and cream, 152cm by 121cm £80 - 100 |
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| 346 | |||
A Bamileke, Cameroon Anthropomorphic Stool, carved from a single trunk of wood, the circular seat with rolled edge, supported on three undulating bands of eight human heads on a ringed base, decorated in black and natural pigments, 44cm diameter, 44cm high (a.f.) £100 - 200SHOTGUN ACCESSORIES |
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| 347 | |||
| An 18th Century Style Powder Horn, with scrimshaw decoration of a naked woman and kneeling man, inscribed with a risque verse and date 1761, 29cm £60 - 80 |
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| 348 | |||
| A Polished Horn Shot Flask, the wood base set with a facsimile French coin and suspension ring, the brass charger stamped W.BARTRAM & CO, 29cm £50 - 60 |
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| 349 | |||
| Six Various Boxes, in mahogany, walnut and oak, suitable for conversion to pistol boxes £60 - 80 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Arms, Armour, Militaria and Ethnographica | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 10th April 2013 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 9th April 9am to 5pm Morning of Sale |
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