Loading, please wait...
LOT 2792
African Wooden Mali Dogon Lock
DOGON TRIBE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
18 3/4 - 21 1/2 in. (1.29 kg total, 47.5-54.5 cm).
Comprising: carved figure with horned headdress, rectangular transverse slot and socket to reverse; separate carved handle with scooped end and socket to one face, slot to edge with metal reinforcement, smooth tapering handle. [2]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 2792
African Wooden Mali Dogon Lock
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
-
Huge African Bronze Decorated Slave Bracelet
19th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Penannular in profile and D-shaped in section with hinged quadrant bearing hatched segments. 1.76 kg, 11.3 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Native North American Punuk Carved Fossilized Bone Knife Handle
Alaska, circa 500-1000 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Modelled as a finely carved zoomorphic body with circular eyes and a rounded mouth, lines and dots decoration to the body, securing a smooth black stone blade. 43.1 grams, 10.1 cm
Excavated on St Lawrence Island, Alaska. Ex John and Valerie Arieta, 1996. Dr Alan Black collection. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Oceanic Wooden Massim War Club
Trobriand Islands, early-mid 20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £180
Paddle-shaped club with carved scroll decoration at the top of the blade. 783 grams, 74.2 cm
From the private collection of Frank Hurley (1885-1962), Australian photographer, filmmaker and adventurer. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
The Trobriand Islands are coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea. The Massim clubs were both for ceremonial use and fighting, and were decorated with scrolls and abstract snake designs. Some of them were connected to sorcery: when a shaman pointed such a club towards someone, it was a death sentence. Frank Hurley worked on Shackleton's Antarctic expedition of 1914-1917, photographing the Endurance whilst being marooned with the rest of the crew. In the 1920s, he mounted various expeditions to Papua New Guinea, which involved filmmaking and collecting on behalf of the Australian Museum and himself. He stored a number of artefacts in a log cabin at Whale Beach, which became an exotic setting for Sydney's glitterati attending raucous parties there in the 1930s. Selling the property after the war, he left the contents of the cabin, which were kept by the new owners, who moved to London in 1959.
