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A SAMI BONE SPOON, SCANDINAVIA
With openwork handle, the bowl decorated with an engraved caribou, 9.5cm long
Provenance: Bonhams, 21 January 2009, lot 864 (part). D.W. Collings Collection, acquired in 1933. Then by descent to H.D. Collings.
£150-£200
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A PAIR OF CREE SNOW SHOES, CANADA
Composed of bent wood, woven thread and hide strings, 85cm long (2)
£80-£120
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HENRY NAPARTUK, Inuit (1932 - 1985), 'Eskimo and Walrus'
24cm x 15.5cm, framed and glazed
£40-£60
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A LA TOLITA TERRACOTTA OCARINA, ECUADOR
In the shape of a monkey, with large round eyes and wide grin, 8cm high; together with another Pre-Columbian style terracotta figure and jade axe (3)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£80-£120
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THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY FRAGMENTS, MEXICO
Including a plaque showing a priest's head, wearing a 'butterfly' headdress, Teotihuacan, 6.7cm wide; a doll's head with well-defined features, Teotihuacan, mounted on a Mexican silver brooch, 3.5cm high; and a clay head of a cat or chihuahua, 3cm high (3)
Provenance: the plaque fragment, John Sandon Collection, received as gift from Hasso von Winning, expert in Pre-Columbian pottery, circa 1978.
£100-£150
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A PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY ZOOMORPHIC BOWL, COSTA RICA
In the form of a jaguar, with applied snarling head, four paws and tail, decorated with red slip, circa 6th-10th Century A.D., 10cm long
Provenance: Henry Sandon Collection, England, acquired in the 1960s.
£50-£80
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A CHANCAY POTTERY FIGURE, PERU
With wide face and tall headdress, the short arms spread open, all details added in umber paint, 16cm high
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired in the 1970s.
£150-£250
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TWO PRE COLUMBIAN STYLE TERRACOTTA FIGURES
A Colima-style seated male figure with a bowl on the shoulder, 25cm high; and a Jalisco-style figure with high headdress, 29.5cm high (2)
Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Galerie Duperrier, Paris, in the 1960s.
£50-£80
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A LARGE FANG MASK, GABON
56cm long
£100-£200
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A DAN PASSPORT MASK, IVORY COAST
14.5cm high
£80-£120
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A LARGE BAMANA 'CHI-WARA' ANTELOPE DANCE CREST, MALI
63.5cm high
£100-£200
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A MOSSI 'WAN-NYAKA' ANTELOPE MASK, BURKINA FASO
With long ears, short horns and elongated muzzle, decorated in red, black and white, 88cm high
£100-£200
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A DOGON TOGUNA HOUSEPOST, MALI
Decorated with three small figures in relief on one side and a large male figure on the other, 129cm high
£100-£200
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A DOGON SEATED FEMALE FIGURE, MALI
28cm high
£150-£250
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A FANG MALE RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON
54.5cm high
£80-£120
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TWO AFRICAN ARTEFACTS
Including a Yoruba Ogboni society mask, Nigeria, 21cm high; and a Senufo female figure, Ivory Coast, 21.5cm high (2)
Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Galerie Duperrier, Paris, in the 1960s.
£100-£200
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THREE AFRICAN ARTEFACTS
Including a Fon seated male figure, Benin, 23.5cm high; a Baule 'blolo bla' female spouse figure, Ivory Coast, 24cm high; and a South African beaded figure of a horse (3)
Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Galerie Duperrier, Paris, in the 1960s.
£100-£200
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A SAPI-GREBO 'NOMOLI' STONE FIGURE, SIERRA LEONE
23.5cm high
Provenance: acquired by the owner in West Africa in the 1970s.
£100-£200
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A FON IRON MEMORIAL ALTARPIECE, BENIN
The circular base supporting a central seat surrounded with crosses, an alligator, a large hand holding a thunder and others, 58cm high
£100-£150
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THREE HIMBA ITEMS, NAMIBIA
Including a beaded necklace, another pendant with metal beads, and double bone container (3)
£80-£120
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FOUR IRON 'HOE MONEY' PIECES, NIGERIA
Each piece approx 98cm x 68cm (4)
Provenance: Phillips, New York, 30 September 2007, The Robert Wilson Loft Sale, lot 728.
£800-£1,200
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TWO AFRICAN FIGURES
Including a Yoruba female figure with child, Nigeria, 67cm high; and a head crest with zoomorphic figure, Cameroon, 71cm high (2)
£100-£200
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A LARGE YORUBA MALE FIGURE, NIGERIA
102cm high
£100-£200
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A YORUBA MALE HUNTER FIGURE, NIGERIA
Depicted with a high zoomorphic headdress, 97cm high
£100-£200
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A MANGBETU IRON AND IVORY 'TRUMBASH' CEREMONIAL KNIFE, SUDAN
The sickle-shaped blade set in an ivory handle decorated with grooves and dot-and-circle motifs, 33cm long
Literature: Trumbash knives were used both as a symbol of rank and as currency. Copper or brass blades were reserved for the aristocracy and examples of iron with ivory handle, such as this one, were only for the most important members of the royal family. For a discussion of trumbash knives, cf. C.J. Opitz, An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money, Ocala, 2000, p.357.
£100-£200
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A MANGBETU IRON AND WOOD 'TRUMBASH' CEREMONIAL DAGGER, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The typical sickle-shaped blade set on a wood hilt, the pommel in the shape of a stylised head, 40cm long
£100-£200
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THREE MANGBETU IRON AND WOOD 'TRUMBASH' CEREMONIAL DAGGERS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
With sickle-shaped blade set on wood hilt, one example with the pommel in the shape of a stylised head, 33cm-38cm long (3)
£100-£200
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A GROUP OF VARIOUS IRON BLADES, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Including three throwing knives, two swords, two spear heads, and a sword with curved blade, some decorated with incised geometric motifs, 43.5cm-69.5cm long; and three iron and wood weapons including a broad sword with wood scabbard, an axe with the shaft in the shape of a human head; and a sword sickle, the hilt in the shape of a male figure with crest headdress, a lizard resting on his belly, 44cm-65cm long (11)
£100-£150
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A SONGYE MALE 'KEFWEBE' MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
With a raffia collar and woven fibre at the back, 54cm high
£200-£300
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A SONGYE MALE 'KEFWEBE' MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
53cm high
£200-£300
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A SONGYE FEMALE 'KEFWEBE' MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
42cm high
£200-£300
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A HEMBE MONKEY MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
25cm high
£100-£200
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A KUBA MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
29.5cm high
£100-£200
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A KUBA 'MUKIEEM' HELMET MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
46cm high
Provenance: William Peters (1923-2014) Collection, London and Deal, formed in the 1950s-1980s.
£80-£120
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TWO FETISH FIGURES, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Including a Songye fetish 'nkisi, 31.5cm high; and a Kusu male power half figure 'kakudji, 34cm high (2)
£80-£120
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A CHOKWE STAFF FINIAL, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Reduced in length, the finial in the shape of an ancestor figure with typical elaborate headdress, adorned with glass beads around the neck and waist, 46cm high
£80-£120
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A LUBA COMB, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
With eleven teeth, the handle decorated with a seated embracing couple, the man adorned with a glass bead necklace, remains of black pigment, 27.5cm high
£100-£150
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A WOOD FEMALE FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Possibly Pende, with scarification marks on face and body, 30cm high
£80-£120
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A SONGYE FIGURE ON A HORN, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
45.5cm long
£80-£120
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THREE WOOD PIPES, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Including a Lulua pipe in the shape of an open hand, and two other examples decorated with brass, bone and horn elements, 35cm-52cm long (3)
£80-£120
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TWO WOOD FIGURES, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Including a Songye janiform figure with two grimacing heads, 30cm long; and a group representing a woman giving birth to a baby in the breech position, the midwife pulling the baby's feet, 20cm long; together with a pair of toe peg sandals, 26cm long; a small hide drum, a basketry container, possibly a baby crib, and a wood container (7)
£100-£150
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TWO MASAI HIDE SHIELDS, KENYA
With traditional painted decoration, 120cm and 134cm high (2)
£150-£250
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A ZULU MARRIED WOMAN'S HAT, SOUTH AFRICA
The ring-shaped woven plant fibre base covered in red-dyed fabric, 42.5cm diam
£200-£300
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THREE AFRICAN MASKS
26cm-59cm high (3)
£100-£150
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THREE AFRICAN MASKS
31.5cm-44cm high (3)
£100-£150
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TWO AFRICAN MASKS
Including a Chokwe mask, and another example, Democratic Republic of Congo, both approx 40cm high (2)
£100-£200
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FOUR AFRICAN MASKS
Including a Nunuma mask, Burkina Faso, two masks from Cameroon and another from the Congo, 39cm-51cm high (4)
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