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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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African Terracotta Idol
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Modelled in the round with detailed head and face on a curved column. 828 grams, 20.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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. -
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.
