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LOT 2389
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (150 grams total, 59-63 mm).
Group of two penannular round-section bracelets with clubbed ends. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Douro' sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Each accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.
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LOT 2389
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Aboriginal Part-Polished Stone Axehead
Australia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D-shaped in section with polished edge and polished lateral faces for mounting in a haft. 285 grams, 12.3 cm
From New South Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no. AA32; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
African Bronze Trade Bracelet
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Penannular in plan and square in section with butted ends, punched tendril detailing, and eight sections of floral motif surrounded by annulets to the outer edge. 630 grams, 86 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Papua New Guinea Ceramic Bird-Faced Sago Storage Jar
Mid 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Substantial conical jar with trumpet-shaped mouth; applied high-relief decoration replicating sea-bird masks with impressed pellets and applied painted bands, frond detailing inside rim; from the Aibom Village in Papua New Guinea 1.62 kg, 16.2 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.