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A La Tolita, Colombia/Equador Stone Whistle, carved as a seated deity, with stylised ram's head and human body, 6.5cm high; a South American Terracotta Flask, modelled as the figure of a man with large facial features and ears, seated naked with his hands clasped to his chest, decorated with chevrons and pendant beads in black, cream and red, 20cm high; a South American Earthenware Rattle, of flattened pear shape, painted in red, black and blue; a Chinese Jade Type Figure, of Shou Lao; a Native Small Steel Knife, with triangular blade and twisted grip (5)
Guide Price: £100-150
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Two Loango Coast, Angola Small Ivory Tusks, each carved with a spiral procession of slaves and animals, 23.5cm and 25cm; a West African Ivory Tusk, carved with lizards, snakes, leopard and fish, 51cm; another ivory tusk, 38cm (4)
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A Masai Hide Shield, of oval form, the hide stretched and attached to the bent wood frame with strips of leather, with central wood spine forming the handle, painted in black and terracotta, 98cm by 64cm.
Guide Price: £150-250
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A South African Shona/Tsonga Wood Headrest, the slightly dished rectangular pillow with a lug to each end carved with diapered motifs, on a figure of eight shaped stem carved with bands of chevrons flanked by reeded undulations, on a swept slightly waisted base, bearing light adze marks, 13.5cm high, 14cm long, chip to base.**Bearing old inventory label and lot number 181?, purchased from the late Rev Lambeth's Collection, Weeton, September 4th 1917.
Guide Price: £400-600
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A Collection of Tribal Jewellery and Artefacts, comprising an Asian long necklace with cruciform pendant made from Bat Nuts (Water Caltrops) in alternating black and tan colours and coiled wire; three carved bog oak bead necklaces and a bracelet; a snake vertebrae necklace; an African Wood Spoon, the bowl back incised and stained with scalloped bands, the cylindrical stem with horse head finial; an Indian Wood Ladle, with deep nef shaped bowl and flat pierced handle carved with boteh and animals - damaged; two ebony stay busks; a flint arrow head (11)
Guide Price: £200-300
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A Small Woven Coir Type Mat, of square form, woven with concentric triangular and line motifs in cream, ochre and black with fringed vegetable fibre borders, 57cm square, possibly South Sea Islands
Guide Price: £50-80
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A Luba, Congo Wood Neckrest, with dished rectangular pillow supported on the head of a man kneeling with both hands resting on a cooking pot, on a shallow rectangular plinth, 15.5cm high; two almost identical neckrests. (3)
Guide Price: £120-180
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A North American Indian Birch Bark Model of a Canoe, the one piece bark skin lined with overlapping strips of wood and steamed bent wood struts, 95cm long, 22cm wide, together with a pair of beech oars
Guide Price: £180-250
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A West African Harp Type Stringed Instrument, of dark stained wood, with pierced rectangular box shaped base, set at an angle with the figure of a man below the pegs to hold the four strings - one missing.47cm long.
Guide Price: £60-80
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An African Bushman's Ostrich Eggshell Beadwork Belt, made up of random bands of triple and double beads, 89cm by 7cm**These belts were sometimes used as currency.
Guide Price: £350-400
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