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LOT 2758
Oceanic Wooden Marquesas Islands U'u War Club
FRENCH POLYNESIA, SOUTH PACIFIC, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
31 7/8 in. (1.46 kg, 81 cm).
Heavy striking club with a saddle-shaped head with ancestral faces, the lateral extensions with two seated figures back-to-back.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
FootnotesThe striking club was designed for heavy impact in tribal warfare and territorial disputes, also serving as an emblem of leadership, an ancestral guardian, and a vessel for spiritual power.
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LOT 2758
Oceanic Wooden Marquesas Islands U'u War Club
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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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 Maori Walking Stick Tokotoko
New Zealand, early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Carved with a seated tiki and two kneeling tiki figures, with inset abalone shell eyes and bands of linear and notch carving, the pear-shaped handle with a metal plaque inscribed: 'J.L. LD. N.Z. 1903'. 545 grams, 93.8 cm
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
A tokotoko is a traditional Māori carved ceremonial walking stick, and a symbol of authority and status for the speaker holding it. The tokotoko were beautifully carved. The most elaborate, like this one, shows a well-nourished, naked Paikea-type male figure lying flat, with his legs in the air to form a handle. The sticks have two distinctive female faces further down, one with a moko on the lips and the other with a moko kauae. All faces have pāua-shell eyes. The body of the tokotoko is intricately carved with a three-dimensional curved shape. It is less than a metre in length, pointing to its use as a ‘talking stick’ rather than an aid to walking. -
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.
