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A Collection of Nine African Spears, including Masai and Upper Congo, with plaited wire and leather bound wooden shafts; a Chief's Ebony Staff, the pommel carved as a head, with spear head carved butt (10)
Guide Price: £150-250
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An 18th/19th Century Indian Khandar, the 80cm double edge broad steel blade swelling at the tip and with attached black painted and fluted cast iron langets, shaped guard, short baluster grip and disc pommel set with a melon fluted compressed globular knop; a 19th Century Indian Tulwar, with 77cm single edge curved steel blade, the steel hilt with shaped langets, baluster grip, curved knuckle bow and disc pommel, with leather scabbard (2)
Guide Price: £200-300
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An Indonesian Bamboo Blow Pipe, decorated with stylised lizards, with fluted banding and bound with twisted cord and vegetable fibre fringing, with a removeable quiver carved with stylised heads and containing a poisoned dart.
Guide Price: £80-120
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A 19th Century Sudan Kaskara, the double edge steel blade with a triple fuller to each side, the iron hilt with lozenge incised chamfered crossguard, vegetable fibre bound grip and leather covered disc pommel, with leather and snakeskin scabbard - poor order.
Guide Price: £70-100
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A 19th Century Indian Battle Axe, the steel narrow crescent shaped blade set in foliate chased and engraved gilt metal, the pean surmounted by the figure of an elephant, flanked by two hunters with spears on horseback, the three stage haft chased and engraved with foliage, the baluster pommel unscrewing to reveal a knife, the whole later painted in gilt and colours; a Malayan Bade-Bade, with narrow single edge ribbed steel blade, and horn recurving grip (2)
Guide Price: £150-200
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A Late 18th/Early 19th Century Indian Talwar, the 71cm curved steel blade with two narrow fullers running its length, engraved with script and with bladesmith's mark to the forte, the steel "basket" hilt with leaf engraved plate guard, the knuckle bow terminating in a recurving scroll, with plain cylindrical grip and domed disc pommel terminating in a stemmed globular knop.
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A Tomahawk, the iron head cast with a maker's mark, with oval socket on a wood haft.
Guide Price: £50-80
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A 19th Century Indian Sword, with wavy double edge steel blade and steel pistol grip hilt; an African Dagger, with curved double edge steel blade and copper wire bound grip; two Moroccan Fleizers, each with a curved steel blade, recurving crossguard and chip carved wood grip (4)
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A 19th Century Indian Pesh Kabz, with 22.5cm T section curved steel blade, ebony grip with gilt metal mounts and leather scabbard; two Tuareg Swords, each with leather covered cruciform hilt and scabbard with hanging straps (3)
Guide Price: £90-120
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An Ashante Wood Doll, Ghana, the flat circular face with features carved in shallow relief, tall neck, cylindrical body with pointed breasts, with outstretched arms, 27cm high; a Luba Kifwebe Type Wood Mask, of circular form, with pierced eyes and mouth, the face carved with bands alternately painted black, with raffia beard, 31cm; a Papua New Guinea Small Wood Mask, with panelled overhanging forehead, inset cowrie shell eyes, and hooked beak nose, painted in pink, black and ochre pigments, 28cm high (3)
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