An Arab Jambiya, the curved steel blade with raised medial ridge, horn grip and leather scabbard with steel studded decoration; an Arab Jambiya, with orange plastic grip and leather scabbard; an Indian Jambiya, with horn grip and leather scabbard (3) £100 - 200
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A Set of Three Sudanese Daggers, each with Thuluth script inlaid steel blade, brass wire bound horn grip and set into one crocodile skin scabbard; a West African Ebony Spear Stick, with leaf shape blade, woven copper wire bound baluster grip; a North African Dagger, with horn grip and leather scabbard; an African Wood Dance Paddle, the pierced leaf shape blade carved with the figure of a standing man, the haft pierced and carved with stylised masks (4) £150 - 250
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A Moroccan Flyssa, the 65cm single edge steel blade engraved and inlaid in brass on the back edge, the brass hilt with stylised angular animal head pommel, the brass scabbard embossed with geometric motifs and foliage; three Smaller Flyssa, two with wood scabbards, one with white metal scabbard (4) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Indian Talwar Type Short Sword, the 46cm double edge "sword fish" type blade pierced and inset with "Tears of Allah", the steel stirrup hilt with disc pommel set with a spike, with green silk covered scabbard; a 19th Century Indian Talwar, the 68cm curved steel blade double edged for the last 28cm, the steel hilt with baluster grip, disc and spike pommel and leather scabbard (2) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Indian Talwar, the 82.5cm curved steel blade double edged for the last 22cm, the steel Shah Jahani type hilt with terminal of an animal's head with moving tongue, with leather scabbard; a Similar Talwar, with 64cm broad single edge steel blade and steel Udaipuri type hilt with shaped knuckle bow, with floral printed cloth covered scabbard (2) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Indian Talwar, the 89cm single edge steel blade with two narrow fullers to the back edge, the steel Udaipuri type hilt with pierced knuckle bow, with purple velvet covered scabbard; a Similar Talwar, with 73cm single edge steel blade and steel Udaipuri type hilt with shaped knuckle bow and leather covered scabbard (2) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Tibetan Ritual Knife, the 16cm blued steel crescent shape blade with scroll tail, the gilt brass vajra-like handle in the form of flames issuing from the open jaws of a mythical beast with open crown pommel, together with research material £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Burmese/Thai Dha Type Sword, the 45.5cm slightly curved single edge steel blade with a flat back and engraved line leading for 20cm from the hilt, the silver hilt collar of waisted octagonal form, engraved with panels of flowers and diapering, the elephant ivory hilt of tapering octagonal form, lacks scabbard; a Zulu Knobkerrie, of honey coloured wood, the ovoid head with raised nipple pommel, on a tapering cylindrical haft with flared butt, 57cm (2) £300 - 400
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A 19th Century Malayan Bade Bade, the 20cm single edge curved steel blade with raised medial ridge to each side, with polished horn L shape hilt, lacks sheath £50 - 60
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A Modern Indian Jambiya, the 25.5 cm single edge curved wootz type steel blade pierced and inset with 'Allah's Tears', the steel grip in the form of a horse's head and inlaid with silver foliage, with green velvet covered scabbard £80 - 120
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A Modern Indian Damascened Steel Bow, of two sections screwing together at the swollen grip, the whole decorated with inlaid silver flowers and tendrils, 84cm £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Eastern Sword, possibly Turkish, the 74cm broad single edge steel blade double edged for the last 21cm, with a narrow fuller to the back edge, the carved wood eagle head hilt set with silver lozenge and flowerhead motifs and with brass cruciform crossguard, the leather scabbard with foliate engraved brass mounts £700 - 900
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A 19th Century Indian Talwar, the 76.5cm single edge curved steel blade with three narrow fullers to the back edge, the stirrup hilt inlaid with silver foliage, the disc pommel with domed and globular knop, the leather scabbard with silver and brass pierced filigree mounts £200 - 250
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A Massive Indian Bowie Knife, with 30.5cm broad hatchet tip damascus steel blade, the nickel plated hilt with ovoid quillons to the crossguard, the horn grip scales set with an arrow motif to each side, lacks scabbard £100 - 150
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A Malayan Kris, with 55cm straight double edge steel blade, carved wood grip; a Similar Smaller Kris, with 56cm steel blade (2 - lack scabbards) £50 - 70
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An Australian Aborigine Boomerang, one side lightly carved with kangaroos on a diapered field, 65.5cm £60 - 80
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A Mandingu, West Africa Sword, the 58cm single edge steel blade with a narrow fuller to the back edge, the leather bound grip with brass compressed globular pommel, the leather scabbard set with woven chequered leather bosses hung with tassels and tooled straps; a Very Similar Mandingu Sword, the leather bound grip with brass reeded globular pommel, with tooled leather scabbard; two Tuareg Daggers, each with leather scabbard and plaited belt loop (4) £100 - 200
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A Zulu Ebony Knobkerry, the off-set globular head with small pointed nipple, on a tapering cylindrical haft with swollen butt, 59cm; an African Palmwood Club, with ovoid rootball head and tapering cylindrical haft, 92cm (2) £180 - 250
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A 19th Century Fijian Ula (Throwing Club), of chestnut coloured hardwood, the globular head carved with fluted bulb like segments centred by a plain shallow domed pommel, the tapering cylindrical haft with slightly waisted grip carved with vertical bands of chevrons, 37cm (some wear to the extremities of the head) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Fijian Gata (Snake) Club, worked from chestnut coloured dense hardwood, the large snake head with central raised ridge to the top flat, the back edge with groove carved and roughened panel, originally inlaid with two triangular (bone?) panels, with slightly curved cylindrical haft, the grip carved with vertical and horizontal bands of chevrons, with slightly swollen butt, 103cm (chips to head and butt) £600 - 800
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Two Dinka Knives, Sudan, each with 28cm double edge curved steel blade, short wood crossguard and ivory grip, the pommel set with a 1939/40 Italian silver coin £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Inuit Reindeer Herder's Knife, with 18cm single edge broad steel blade, the reindeer bone grip with diaper incised decoration and bound with bands of fine sinew, the bone double section scabbard joined by metal rivets, with a pierced central band, incised and stained with diapered lozenge panels and bands, 35cm £150 - 250
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An Arab Jambiya for a Boy, the 9cm curved steel blade with raised medial ridge, the silver mounted grip and scabbard with filigree decoration £80 - 120
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An Early 20th Century Southern Plains Indian Eagle Feather Headdress, the felt cap with buckskin bound sweatband set with a band of coloured beadwork, set with twenty one eagle feathers with pale red woven wool binding to the quills, the tips fixed with down feathers (af); a 1920's/30's Native American Indian Baby Carrier, possibly Digger, Shoshone, of buckskin laced around a woven reed frame, with retailer's label; three Trans Jordanian Folding Clasp Knives, with horn grip scales (af); an Australian Stockwhip, of black and tan plaited leather, with thong, bearing a collector's label; a Scrolling Brass Wire Branch, possibly from a bedhead, 49cm (7) £250 - 350
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A South Sea Islands Dance Apron, with plaited leather waistband extending to the tasselled ties, hung with leather fringing set with a large openwork diapered panel of coloured glass trade beads and shells, approximately 40cm by 65cm (very fragile) £70 - 100
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A Small Collection of South Sea Islands Items, comprising a Banks Islands, Vanuatu woven basketwork bag (tapera), possibly for collecting yams, bearing a collection label inscribed TAPERA, BANKS ISd, J PALMER; a Fijian woven black, red and cream stained pandanus leaf basket, of flat rectangular form, with chequered and diapered decoration, lined with woven banana leaf and with plaited sennet fastening/carrying strap, 49cm by 22cm, set with hand written label 'Old Maori Basket. Mrs Edmunds'; a Pacific small woven reed basket; two red, brown and cream woven straw pill box hats; a Pitcairn Islands palmwood lidded box of cylindrical form; and a silk flour-sieving fragment (6) £80 - 120
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An Early 20th Century Maori Kete Whitau/Muka (Flax Bag), of rounded square form, each side decorated to the left with twisted sections, and to the right with plain upright strands, with fringed hem to the opening and fringed edges, with two twisted flax handles, 24cm by 32cm; a Similar Larger Example, the fascia with twisted strands overstitched in green and blue threads and with apex back panel with a twisted flax double loop handle, 35cm; two Similar Smaller Examples, each with overstitched twisted strands, fringed borders and twisted flax handles, 22cm by 25cm and 17cm by 18cn (4) £300 - 500
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A Samoan Tapa Cloth, the main field painted with four rows of six rectangular panels of light orangey/brown coloured leaf tips, with alternate panels centred by a dark brown dot motif, within a cream border of triangular panels of black leafy sprigs, 200cm by 182cm; a Similar Smaller Tapa Cloth, the whole decorated with six rows of eight rectangular panels of foliate diapering in light orangey/brown, each centred by a dot or slash motif in dark brown, 176cm by 138cm (2) £150 - 200
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A Punu, Gabon Wood Mask, with combed triple lobed coiffure, pierced and painted elliptical eyes, aquiline nose and pursed lips; a Baule, Ivory Coast Wood Mask, with oval face, slit eyes framed by arched eyebrows and aquiline nose, wearing a crescent shape headdress; a Similar Smaller Mask, with headdress in the form of a neck rest; a Marka, Mali Small Mask, covered in punched sheet copper; a Small Wood Mask, with lizard carved headdress (5) £70 - 120
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A 19th Century Indian Char Pugal Dark Stained Wood Mask, of oval form, wearing a turban with diadem, the elliptical eyes with pierced pupils, the small nose with pierced nostrils, curling moustache over closed mouth, 46cm by 22cm**Possibly from West Bengal and used in the thematic dance based on the Hindu epic Ramayana £250 - 350
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A Fijian Gunstock War Club, of dark red hardwood, all-over carved with panels of diapering and chevrons, the haft with slightly swollen butt, 98cm**Purchased in 1958 in Darwin, Australia when the vendor was in the Royal Navy £100 - 150
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A Canadian Indian Elm Bark Model of a Canoe, constructed from one piece, steamed and bent, the seams of the bow and stern stitched together with vegetable fibre, with three softwood thwarts pierced and lashed to the gunwales with the same vegetable fibre, 65cm £100 - 150
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A Pair of North American Indian Hide Moccasins, with beadwork decoration of flowerheads and leaves in coloured glass beads, with black velvet cuffs £100 - 150
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A North American Indian Beadwork Cap, the black velvet body worked with sprays of flowers in coloured beads, lined with lilac glazed cotton £180 - 250
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A Maori Paddle, circa 1920, of ebonised softwood, one side carved with two stylised Tekke type masks with inset abalone shell eyes, the opposing side with tendrils, the chamfered cylindrical haft with ringed bands of chevrons, 73.5cm £80 - 120
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A Mid-19th Century Cree Indian Hide Tobacco Pouch, the thread sewn seams edged with clear glass beads, with four tab top, the main rectangular panels on both sides decorated with floral beadwork in coloured glass beads, with fringed hide lower border, half lined in cream calico, overall length including fringe 70cm (af) £600 - 800
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A Mid-19th Century Cree Indian Beadwork Hide Knife Sheath, the thread sewn seams edged with hide fringing, each strand with red braiding, the beadwork fascia with chevron upper panel hung with tubular metal tassels and foliate lower panel in coloured glass beads, 25.5cm excluding tassels £1500 - 2000
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An Asmat Wood Canoe Prow, carved from a single trunk, half of solid rounded form, half pierced and carved with a lattice work of stylised lizards, with brown stained patina, 96cm long, with a later metal and wood display stand. £80 - 120
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A Late 19th/Early 20th Century African Wood Ancestor Figure, with combed coiffure, chevron headband, conical eyes, triangular block nose, protruding mouth with pursed bottom lip, wearing a chevron carved shoulder band, his hands resting on his stomach, wearing a plaited vegetable fibre necklace and waistband, standing on bent legs, 57cm £100 - 250
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A Boni, Somalia, East Africa Headrest, carved from one piece of wood, with dished oblong pillow on two lattice carved curved uprights and chamfered oval plinth, 17.5cm; a South African Lady's Headrest, of spool shape with dished circular top and base, carved with fan shape grooves and chevron banding, 10cm (2) £100 - 150
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An African Hardwood Altar Piece, possibly Cameroon, carved as two women in crab-like positions on a curved rectangular plinth strewn with an axe and a knife, and centred by a geometric well, the whole raised on four square feet, 44cm £100 - 150
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A Bamana Che-Wara Male Antelope Headdress, lightly carved with chevron banding, the ears set with red cloth tassels, on a pierced block base, 64cm £50 - 60
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A Bamileke, Cameroon Helmet Mask, with pierced domed forehead, protruding eyes, large nose with flared nostrils, open mouth with thick lips and pierced block carved teeth, each ear surmounted by a chameleon, 44cm £80 - 120
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A Polynesian Carved Coconut Fibre Bust Head of a Warrior, with Maori type scarifications to the forehead, cheeks and chin, the eyes later painted, 46cm £150 - 200
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An Ambete Reliquary Figure, Gabon, DRC, of carved wood with white pigmentation to the angular face and cylindrical body, standing on bent legs, with hands clasped to the stomach centred by a prominent navel button, wearing a grass skirt, the back with recessed compartment, 127cm (split to body) £70 - 80
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A Bamileke Buffalo Head Crest Mask, Cameroon, of carved wood covered in woven vegetable fibre, 36cm, with a modern display stand £100 - 150
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A Mama Bush Spirit Buffalo Head Crest Mask, Nigeria, of carved wood covered in a red granulated pigment, 47cm, on a modern display stand**These masks were originally worn by energetic dancers in thick fibre costume. They were thought to have brought prosperity to the tribe £100 - 150
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A Bamileke Elephant Head Crest Mask, Cameroon, of carved wood covered in tightly woven vegetable fibre, the oval eyes, nostrils of the long trunk and teeth bearing traces of white pigment, 92cm**The elephant is considered a Royal animal and the use of a mask such as this would have been considered a privilege. The elephant is the first to appear on the dance floor, and the last to leave £100 - 200
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An Igbo Maiden Spirit Mask, Nigeria, of carved soft wood, of oval form with domed forehead surmounted by the figure of a seated child, with panelled fluted brow, the long aquiline nose and ears laced with vegetable fibre, with small slit eyes and open mouth with carved teeth, the face decorated in a cream pigment, with laced cushioned cloth bound edge, 39cm, on a modern display stand £100 - 150
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An Ekoi Headdress, Nigerian Border/Cameroon, of carved wood covered in animal skin, possibly antelope, the elongated oval head with elliptical eyes, the nose with flared nostrils, open oval mouth with four cream painted upper teeth, the top and sides of the head set with five scrolling horns, all set on a coiled and bound vegetable fibre cap, 64cm £100 - 150
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