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LOT 2762
Huge African Bronze Decorated Slave Bracelet
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (1.76 kg, 11.3 cm).
Penannular in profile and D-shaped in section with hinged quadrant bearing hatched segments. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2762
Huge African Bronze Decorated Slave Bracelet
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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African Terracotta Trade Beads
Niger, 1200-1500 A.D. and laterEstimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a long string of ribbed tubular beads with some larger oblate beads; a string of red oblate beads. 31.9 grams total, 56-122 cm
From a specialised collection of trade items and money formed in the 1970s. -
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
Modelled as a seal with a rounded body and raised heads, small fins and carved eyes, carved for suspension to the underside and an attachment loop to the tail; with two old labels reading: 'Toggle in the form of a seal, excavated on the mainland at Brevik mission, 13th-14th century' and 'Eskimo toggle in form a seal, 13th-14th c'. 26.7 grams, 77 mm
Excavated on the mainland at Brevig Mission, Alaska. Ex John and Valerie Arieta, 1993. Dr Alan Black collection. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
African White Heart Trade Beads
19th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of polychrome glass beads, mainly of oblate type, in blue, white, red, green and other colours. 18.9 grams, 92 cm
From a specialised collection of trade items and money formed in the 1970s.
