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LOT 2768
African White Heart Trade Beads
19TH CENTURY A.D.
34 1/4 in. (18.9 grams, 92 cm).
Composed of polychrome glass beads, mainly of oblate type, in blue, white, red, green and other colours. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a specialised collection of trade items and money formed in the 1970s.
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LOT 2768
African White Heart Trade Beads
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £200
Modelled in the round as a standing female figure with a rounded bald head, incised eye and mouth, wearing a waistband above hips and straps(?) to the torso, emphasised carved vulva detail; with a hand-written tag reading 'Ivory doll, ca. 1000 AD, Exc. Wales, Alaska'. 19.4 grams, 79 mm
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North American Indian 'Carter Cay' Knapped Spear Point
Late 1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped with rounded butt; inked findspot 'Spearpoint / Carter Cay / Ky'. 40.7 grams, 92 mm
Found Carter Cay, Bahamas. From the collection of Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy, who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Native North American Inuit Carved Fossilized Walrus Bone Toggle in the Form of a Seal
Alaska, circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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