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A Zulu Knobkerrie, with globular head, the tapered haft bound with a band of woven wire, 71cm long; an African Spear, the long steel blade with a fuller to each opposing edge, with chequered steel socket, ebony haft and steel butt with looped end, possibly Shona, Zimbabwe; an African Hide Fan. (3)
Guide Price: £120-180
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An Igarot, Phillipines Dark Stained Wood Shield, of vertical rectangular form, with three prongs to the upper edge and two to the lower edge, decorated with four horizontal bands of interlaced rattan, with swollen "belly" backed by the carved integral handle, 104cm by 35cm
Guide Price: £150-200
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An Igarot, Phillipines Small Dark Stained Wood Shield, of vertical rectangular form, with three prongs to the upper edge and two to the lower edge, decorated with four horizontal bands of interlaced rattan, with swollen "belly" backed by the carved integral handle, 92cm by 29cm
Guide Price: £100-150
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Three African Short Spears, each with a steel leaf shaped head, fullered on each opposing side and with cast mark, with brass socket on a hardwood haft carved to simulate a trade musket with bone fore-end tip and butt plate; a similar spear, the hardwood haft carved with wrythen fluted bands, the steel butt of flattened blade form, (4 - possibly Shona, Zimbabwe).
Guide Price: £200-300
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A Fijian Gun Stock Club (Cali), of a hard dense golden brown wood, with naturally ribbed head, the thick cylindrical haft bound with plaited sennet and with domed butt, 102cm long.
Guide Price: £500-600
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A 19th Century Indian Talwar, the 74cm single edge curved fullered steel blade engraved with scrolls on one side, the steel hilt stamped S1992 20 6/36, with disc pommel and black leather covered wood scabbard.
Guide Price: £60-80
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A Bornean Sumpitan (Blowpipe), the tapering hardwood tube terminating with a wicker bound steel spearhead, 199cm long
Guide Price: £60-90
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A Western Australian Woomera (Spear Thrower), of flattened leaf shape, one side incised with bands of hatching, with plain waisted grip, the tip set with a pointed wood hook bound with vegetable fibre, 89cm by 9cm; a Zulu Knobkerrie, with globuular head and tapering haft, 86cm long. (2)
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An Austral Islands Wood Paddle, the back of the blade carved with bands of sunbursts and stars with a raised central ridge, the front carved with tiny bands of chevrons, the tapering cylindrical shaft with six panels of chevron bands, the circular pommel carved with eight dancing figures with large heads, 114cm long, blade 23cm wide. (Blade edge on one side has a broken and glued section of 25cm in length and 6cm at its deepest.)
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