Comprising a plain round white brass penannular body with clubbed ends. 92 grams, 75 mm



From Nigeria, West Africa. From an old Derby, UK, specialist collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

This is a Kano Bracelet from northern Nigeria. The bracelet is the most common money form in Africa. It served the important monetary functions of portability and wealth display. Variants of this form were accepted virtually everywhere in Africa.

Comprising an elongated bowl with rounded rim and bands of integral geometric ornament to the sidewall, drum-shaped foot, angled hoe to accept the drawing pipe. 336 grams, 88 mm



From Cameroon, Cental Africa. From an old Dorset, UK, specialist collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Cameroon had by far the most elaborate smoking culture in Africa and the tobacco pipe was a highly respected item, both as a daily commodity and as an object with solemn ceremonial function.

D-shaped in profile with carination at the shoulder, socket to rear; chipped. 158 grams, 66 mm



Found Indiana, USA. From an old Hampshire, UK, collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Lentoid in section, tapering, tip absent. 69 grams, 10.9 cm



Found South Dakota, USA. From an old Derby, UK, collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Piriform in plan with carefully knapped chamfered edge. 17 grams, 61 mm



Found by his father in North California, USA, during the 1930s-1940s. From the Frank Clark family collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Barrel-shaped with herringbone panels to the stem, basal disc and hatched band to the bowl with impressed pellets and other ornament. 18.57 grams, 43 mm



From Virginia, North America. From an old Dorset, UK, specialist collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a sturdy triangular point with two flat lugs above; repaired. 9.56 grams, 47 mm



Found Oregon, USA. From an old Derby, UK, collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: a perching bird with bands of incised geometric ornament to the chest and tail; a smaller bird with applied eyes and stub legs; a zoomorph with raised eyes and D-shaped lateral ears; each mounted on a display stand. 184 grams total, 55-88 mm including stand



From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Stirrup jar comprising a cuboid body with a crouching figure above wearing a segmented collar and a low pillbox cap; to the rear of the handle, an integrally modelled monkey. 471 grams, 15 cm



Franziska Gassner (1907-2005), Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, assembled between 1945 and 1980.

Comprising: miniature jar with carinated mouth; oblate bead; tabular bead; each mounted on a display stand in a card tray. 36 grams total, 32-37 mm including stand



From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Comprising: a rectangular flat-section figure with arms held across the chest; torso fragment with holes at the chest; head with piled hairstyle and dorsal band; each mounted on a display stand. 164 grams total, 48-86 mm including stand



From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

A restrung group of oblate, polyhedral and other beads with interstitial spacer beads and hollow sheet-gold fusiform beads; centrepiece an anthropomorphic pendant in the style of the Chontal culture from Guerrero, West Mexico. 52 grams, 64 cm



Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s. From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent. From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.