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LOT 2783
North American Indian 'Carter Cay' Knapped Spear Point
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3 5/8 in. (40.7 grams, 92 mm).
Leaf-shaped with rounded butt; inked findspot 'Spearpoint / Carter Cay / Ky'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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LOT 2783
North American Indian 'Carter Cay' Knapped Spear Point
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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West African Wooden Mask of a Boy
20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Hollow to the rear with holes at the eyes and behind the ears; applied rope hairstyle; pigment to face and lips; supplied with a stand. 875 grams total, 36.5 cm high including stand
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Benin Bronze Vintage Ife Head of an Ini Figure
Nigeria, 20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Hollow-formed with elongated ringed neck, head with incised linear detailing extending to the face and hair, surmounted by a spiked headdress. 643 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
