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Militaria and Ethnographica: Friday 31 July 10:30AM
Viewing: Thursday 30 July 9am - 5pm and Friday 31 July 8.30am - 10am
 

A Benin, Nigeria Bronze Head of a Princess, the three band twisted coiffure with four front plaits, pierced top, scarified forehead, eliptical eyes, short nose with flared nostrils, and heart shaped mouth, with ringed neck and feathered flange, 34cm high

Guide Price: £100-150

View Lot No. 339

 
 

A Collection of Ten African Wood Combs, mainly Mali, five with figural grips, five with rectangular grips with diapered decoration, (10)

Guide Price: £70-100

View Lot No. 340

 
 

A Luba, Congo Wood Figure, as a kneeling woman with pendulous breasts, her hands upraised supporting a platter on her head, on an oval plinth, 44cm high

Guide Price: £60-80

View Lot No. 341

 
 

A Dogon, Mali Wood Mask, with domed head wearing a headdress of two horns centred by a stepped comb, the elongated narrow face, with hooded pierced eyes, long block carved nose, pursed lips, 58cm high

Guide Price: £70-90

View Lot No. 342

 
 

A Yoruba, Nigeria Wood Divination Pot, of cylindrical form with incised diapered bands, the lift-off cover surmounted by kneeling male and female figures, the whole supported on the heads of three standing woman on a circular plinth, the whole with traces of blue and cream pigment, 84cm high

Guide Price: £80-120

View Lot No. 343

 
 

An African Wood Fetish Figure, possibly Ghana, standing with one arm raised, with large facial features, the body studded with nails and triangular metal blades, with cowrie shell navel button, 46cm high.

Guide Price: £50-80

View Lot No. 344

 
 

An Ashante, Ghana Wood King's Stool, with dished rectangular seat, crossed and knotted supports on a rectangular plinth, the whole with diapered carved decoration, 84cm long

Guide Price: £60-80

View Lot No. 345

 
 

A Papua New Guinea Wood Mask, of elongated oblong form, with flying bird headdress, cowrie inset eyes and hooked nose, carved with diapering and leaf motifs, 62cm long; a Papua New Guineau Carved Wood Crocodile, with inset shell eyes, 75cm long (2)

Guide Price: £70-90

View Lot No. 346

 
 

A Cameroon, West Africa, Ironwood Food Mortar, of slight baluster form, angled by four upright blocks set with metal studs, the top with sloping shoulders carved with a fanned six pointed star, 27cm high, together with a pestle carved with fluting and incised diapering, with square tapering handle, 57cm long (2)

Guide Price: £250-350

View Lot No. 347

 
 

A Western Australia Aboriginal Hunting Stick (Boomerang), slightly flattened on one side, each side with light dimple carved decoration, 85cm long; a Very Similar Hunting Stick, 86cm long (2)

Guide Price: £80-120

View Lot No. 348

 
 
 
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