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LOT 2786
Three African Carved Wooden Objects
20TH CENTURY A.D.
19 1/2 - 35 5/8 in. (1.35 kg total, 49.5-90.5 cm).
Comprising: a large carved ladle with openwork lion above the handle, incised lizard and other ornament; ceremonial axe with chip-carved ornament, inset iron blade; mace with knop finial and chip-carved panels to the shank. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2786
Three African Carved Wooden Objects
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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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. -
Oceanic Wooden Marquesas Islands U'u War Club
French Polynesia, South Pacific, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Heavy striking club with a saddle-shaped head with ancestral faces, the lateral extensions with two seated figures back-to-back. 1.46 kg, 81 cm
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
The 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. -
Ethnographic Silver Coiled Bracelet
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Penannular in plan, hexagonal in section with a pair of applied coiled rods on each arm and six bosses. 96 grams, 73 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
