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Arms, Armour, Militaria and Ethnographica: Thursday 25 February 2010 10:30AM
Viewing: Wednesday 24 February 9.00am - 5.00pm and morning of sale
 

An Early Norwegian Greenstone Battle Axe Head, of rounded wedge shape, pierced at one end to hold the haft, 19cm by 7.5cm by 6cm

Guide Price: £150-200

View Lot No. 150

 
 

A 19th Century Indonesian Blowpipe, of straight grained hardwood, with 11cm ringed brass socket to one end, 197cm long; together a bamboo quiver bound with plaited rattan and containing a number of differing types of darts, possibly Malayan or Bornean.
**Collected by Captain William Chimmo of HMS Nassau on his trip to the Sulu Archipelago circa 1872

Guide Price: £100-150

View Lot No. 151

 
 

A 19th Century Indonesian Spear, the 46cm broad tapered leaf shaped blade with raised central ridge flanked by shallow chamfered fullers, the tang inserted into the long hardwood haft, the 25cm brass socket with four fluted rings, the top of the haft carved with a band of swags, the butt of a seperate block of wood of flared octagonal form enclosing a pipe, 277cm long overall.
**Collected by Captain William Chimmo of HMS Nassau on his trip to the Sulu Archipelago circa 1872.

Guide Price: £80-120

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A Late 19th Century Indian Dagger, the curved single edge steel blade incised with "S" scroll motifs, the two piece horn grip inlaid with bands of brass wire, and engraved brass scabbard.

Guide Price: £40-60

View Lot No. 153

 
 

A Collection of Nineteen Mainly Indian Sword Scabbards, in cloth and leather; a Mulga Wood Paddle Club, with pointed leaf shaped blade, chequered grip to the cylindrical haft. (20)

Guide Price: £100-200

View Lot No. 154

 
 

A Kukuku, Papua New Guinea Club, the hardstone disc shape head secured to the tapering wood haft with woven and wrythen twisted wicker binding, 102cm long.

Guide Price: £200-300

View Lot No. 155

 
 

A Soloman Islands Dark Wood Paddle Club, the pointed flattened lozenge shape blade with raised central ridge to each side, the flattened haft tapering to a spear head shaped butt, 105cm long; a Solomon Islands Light Wood Paddle Club, each side of the leaf shape blade with a raised central ridge terminating in a carved stylised mouth, with flattened haft and pointed butt, 117cm long. (2)

Guide Price: £300-400

View Lot No. 156

 
 

A Late 18th Century Indian Tegha, with 80cm broad curved steel blade, steel hilt with foliate cast langets and crossguard, baluster grip, curved knucklebow and domed fluted disc pommel.

Guide Price: £200-300

View Lot No. 157

 
 

An Australian Aborigine Wood Spear Thrower "Woomara", one side lightly carved with an abstract sinuous creature on a hatched background, with plain convex opposing side, 78cm long.

Guide Price: £80-120

View Lot No. 158

 
 

A Songe Axe, the flared openwork blade with raised and incised faces and twisted wire decoration, the tang set into the snakeskin bound swollen wood head and haft with flared butt; another Smaller Axe, the narrow tapered blade with wrigglework decoration, the tang set into the swollen head of the wood haft (2)

Guide Price: £100-150

View Lot No. 159

 
 
 
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