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Enquiry about object: 5727
Central or West African Necklace with Trade Beads
West Africa, possibly Congo late 19th-early 20th century
total length: 55cm, weight: 159g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5755
Fine Pair of Heavy Dayak Brass Ear Ornaments
Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia late 19th-early 20th century
typical diameter of rings: 7.5cm-8cm; combined weight: 988g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 3909
Ifugao Carved Wooden Ritual Bowl with Handle (Duyu)
Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th century
length: 31cm, width: 20.5cm, height: 8cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 3872
Silver Philippines’ (Dinumug Linglingo) Pendant
Bontoc or Kalinga People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th-early 20th century
height: 2.1cm, weight: 9g
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 4092
Two Ghanaian Cast Brass Gold Weights Shaped as Boats & Paddlers
Ashanti or Asante People, Ghana 19th century
lengths: 13cm, widths: 4cm, weights: 216g & 230g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5710
Dutch Colonial Surinamese Escaped African Slave (Maroons or Bushinengues) Wooden Stool
Maroon or Bushinengue People, Suriname, South America 19th-early 20th century
length: 40cm, height: 29cm, width: 23cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5657
Ashanti Gold Dust Container (Kuduo)
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana 19th century
height: 17.5cm, diameter: 8cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4864
Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace
Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th-20th century
weight: 169g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5443
Early, Carved Wooden Massim Sword Club or Lime Spatula
Massim area, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea 18th-19th century
length: 62.5cm, width at widest point: 8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5204
Fine Naga Trade Bead, Shell & Bone Necklace or Girdle
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma 19th century
length: 75cm, width: 12.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5561
Circular Yoruba Divination Board (Opon Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th century
width: 35.5cm; length: 34cm and thickness: 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4196
Three Solid Copper Mossi African Hairpins
Mossi People, Burkina Faso 19th century
7.5-9cm
Provenance
Private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5560
Rectangular Yoruba Divination Board (Opon Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
width: 40cm; length: 27cm and thickness: 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4755
Unusual Massim Carved, Wooden Lime Spatula Shaped as a Hornbill
Massim People, Tobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
length: 38.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4824
Woven Rattan Congo Comb
Teke People, Congo 19th century
height: 16.2cm, width: 5.7cm
Provenance
old, private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 3910
Bontoc Wood, Rattan & Pig Tusk Armband (Baningal or Abkil)
Bontoc or Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th–early 20th century
diameter: 10.2cm, height: 6cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 5496
Senufo Carved Wooden Face Mask (Kpelie)
Senufo People, Ivory Coast circa 1920
length: 39cm, width: 16cm
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired in Europe in the 1970s.
Enquiry about object: 3933
Dayak Man’s Ear Ornament (Sabau) of Carved Hornbill Casque (Beak)
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia 19th-early 20th century
height: 4.6cm, length: 10cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 26.36g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.
Enquiry about object: 5486
Fine Pende Chief’s Hippopotamus Ivory Amulet Pendant (Gikhokho)
Pende People, Congo early 19th century
length: 6cm, width: 4cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and acquired by the previous owner in London in the 1960s.
Enquiry about object: 5048
Hand-Rolled Turquoise Bead Necklace
Navajo Pueblo People, South-West United States 19th-early 20th century
length: 42cm ( 25cm for the double strand of turquoise), weight: 41g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4462
Nine Copper ‘X’ Currency Crosses
Luba & Yeke People, Katanga Province, Congo 19th century
typical diameter of a cross: 22.5cm Note: Each of these has a custom-made stand - each can be sold separately, or as part of a group.
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4268
Woman’s Wooden Lip Plate
Kichepo People, Sudan, & Surma People, Sudan/Ethiopia 19th-early 20th century
width: 13.5cm, length: 9.4cm, thickness: 1.6cm
Provenance
private London collection.
Enquiry about object: 4274
Woman’s Iron Pubic Cover (Cache Sexe)
Kirdi and Matakam People, North Cameroon 19th-early 20th century
length: 37.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 3944
Pair of Borneo Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo 19th century
diameter: 2cm, combined weight: 72g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.
Enquiry about object: 3104
Pair of Yoruba Bronze Ogboni Staves
Yoruba People, Nigeria early 19th century
heights: 22cm, combined wight: 881g
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. During that time, he bought from UK dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Enquiry about object: 944
Yoruba Gelede Dance Headdress
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1940
height: 34cm, length: 22cm, width: 27cm
Provenance
UK art market, formerly in an Oxford collection.
Enquiry about object: 846
Bamana Wooden Door Lock (Konbalabala)
Bamana people, Mali circa 1920
height: 45.5cm, width: 37cm
Provenance
From a private UK collection. Acquired from Christie’s, 'Tribal Art', June 24, 1996, London, lot 67.
Enquiry about object: 4473
Rare Cast Brass Necklace
Vere People, North-Eastern Nigeria & Cameroon 19th century
length: approx. 75cm, weight: 1,704g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4516
Carved Wooden Prestige Sceptre
Ovimbundu People, Angola 19th century
length: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4574
Carved Horn Miniature Divination Image of Eshu (Ikin Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th century
height: 7.6cm
Provenance
private London collection
Enquiry about object: 4258
Woman’s Ivory Gungulu Bracelet
Gurunsi & Kasena Peoples, Burkina Faso & Ghana 19th-early 20th century
length:16.8cm, width: 10.2cm, weight: 173g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4259
Bead & Bone Necklace or Girdle
Naga People, India/Burma 19th century
length (approx): 67cm, width: 15.5cm, weight: 517g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4260
Naga Bead Necklace
Naga People, India/Burma 19th century-early 20th century
length: 64cm, weight: 508g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4267
Woman’s Wooden Lip Plate
Kichepo People, Sudan, & Surma People, Sudan/Ethiopia 19th-early 20th century
width: 13.3cm, length: 9.6cm, thickness: 1.6cm
Provenance
private London collection.
Enquiry about object: 4279
Chief’s Bronze ‘Tiered’ Anklet with Bells
Gio or Dan & Wee People, Liberia & Cote d’Ivoire 19th century
outside diameter: 11.5cm, inside diameter: 7.5cm x 8.5cm, height: 4.3cm, weight: 517g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4313
Eshu Dance Wrist Pendant
Yoruba People, Southern Egbado, Nigeria 19th century
height: 10.2cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4314
Eshu Dance Wrist Pendant
Yoruba People, Southern Egbado, Nigeria 19th century
height: 8cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4315
Eshu Dance Wrist Pendant
Yoruba People, Southern Egbado, Nigeria 19th century
height: 12.5cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4331
Carved Wooden Mask
Himalayan India - Northern Bengal or Himchal Pradesh 18th-19th century
height: 22cm, width: 13.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4335
Carved Wooden Gelede Mask
Yoruba People, Nigeria early 20th century
height: 21cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4256
Rare Fossilised Palmwood (Pumtek) Bead Necklace
Pyu Kingdom, Burma, China People, Western Burma & Mizo People, Eastern India circa 10th century
length: 76cm, weight: 93g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4257
Woman’s Large Ivory Gungulu Bracelet
Gurunsi & Kasena Peoples, Burkina Faso & Ghana 19th-early 20th century
length: 20.8cm, width: 11.4cm, weight: 429g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4077
Shield with Gilded Metal Mounts (Tafa Gassa)
Ethiopia 19th century
diameter: 47cm, height (approx.): 20cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4121
Carved Wooden Axe Handle or Sceptre Shaped as an Antelope
Tsonga or Zulu, South Africa or Zambia/Zaire 19th century
length: 52.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4222
Cast Bronze Hairpin of a Horse & Rider
Dogon People, Mali 19th century
length: 19.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4228
Carved Steatite Nomoli Figure
Sierra Leone 15th century or earlier
height: 17.3cm, weight: 1,362g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4232
Naga Glass Bead Necklace
Naga People, Burma/India late 1940s
length: 59cm, weight: 182g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 3943
Pair of Borneo Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo 19th century
diameter: 3.5cm, combined weight: 180g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of ethnographica mostly from Borneo and Indonesia.
Enquiry about object: 3945
Pair of Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo 19th century
diameter: 2.6cm, combined weight: 90g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.
Enquiry about object: 3994
Nigerian Carved Wooden Maternity Figure, Lidded Bowl, possibly by the carver Agbonbiofe
Yoruba People, Nigeria early 20th century
height: 48.5cm, depth: 22.5cm, width: 33.5cm
Provenance
UK art market, private collection, Germany
Enquiry about object: 4033
Ashanti Cast Brass Gold Weight
Ashanti or Asante People, Ghana 18th-19th century
height: 7.3cm, width: 8cm, depth: 6cm, weight: 284g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4046
Rare Cast Brass Necklace
Vere People, North-Eastern Nigeria & Cameroon 19th century
length: 69cm, weight: 1,303g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4047
Woman’s Brass & Beaded Headdress & Ear Ornament Set
Kikuyu People, Kenya early 20th century
diameter of each spiral : 8.8cm; length of headdress: 38cm, total weight: 325g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3894
Nigerian Carved & Painted Wooden Figurative Comb
Nigeria late 19th-early 20th century
length: 23cm, width: 8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3895
Ashanti Carved Wooden Fertility Doll (Akuaba)
Ashanti/Asante People, Ghana 19th century
height: 27.3cm, width: 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; the base with an old label for 'Ratton, Paris'.
Enquiry about object: 3870
Pair of Carved Wooden Male & Female Bulul Rice Divinity Figures
Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th century
heights: 51cm & 49cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 3890
Yoruba Janus-Headed Shango Dancing Wand
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th century
length: 31.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3727
Kimberley Point Aboriginal Spear Head
Aboriginal People, possibly the Bunuba People, Kimberley Region, Northern Western Australia late 19th-early 20th century
entire length: 18.8cm, length of (exposed) head: 3.5cm, width: 2.6cm
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands, UK.
Enquiry about object: 3733
Ovimbundu Female Head Privilege Sceptre
Ovimbundu People, Angola circa 1930
length: 56cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3391
Aboriginal Pineapple Pandanus Head Battle Club
Central Queensland, Australia early 20th century
length: 72.5cm, weight: 541g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3416
Fine Zulu (or similar) Knobkerrie Dance Club
Zulu People or similar, Southern Africa 19th century
length: 43.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3497
Superb Pair of Ibeji Figures (Ere Ibeji)
Yoruba People, Oyo Tribe, Shaki Region, Nigeria late 19th century
heights: 24.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3498
Nigerian Yoruba Ibeji Twin Figure (Ere Ibeji)
Yagba Tribe, Egbe Region, Nigeria late 19th century
height: 25.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3507
Cast Copper Bwa Do Cult Anklet
Bwa people, Burkino Faso 19th century
length: 20cm. width: 9.7cm, height with stand: 8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3539
Yoruba Carved Wooden Figure of Queen Victoria
Yoruba, Nigeria late 19th century
height: 32.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3105
Songye Androgynous Power Figure
Songye People, Congo first half of the 20th century
height: 48.5cm
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. It is not known when or how Dr Sharratt acquired this figure but during his fifty years of collecting, he tended to acquire from within the UK only from dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Enquiry about object: 3107
Yoruba Eshu Dance Wand
Yoruba People, Egba Tribe, Abeokuta, Nigeria late 19th century
height: approximately 25cm, width: approximately 6cm
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. During that time, he bought from UK dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Enquiry about object: 3108
Yoruba Shango Oshe Dance Wand
Yoruba People, Egbado Tribe, Igan Okoto, Nigeria circa 1900
length: approximately 25cm, width: approximately 6cm
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. During that time, he bought from UK dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Enquiry about object: 3109
Pair of Yoruba Eshu Dance Wands
Yoruba People, Egba/Egbado Tribe, Abeokuta, Nigeria circa 1920
height: (female) approximately 36cm, (male) 34cm; width: (both) approximately 7cm
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. During that time, he bought from UK dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Enquiry about object: 3115
Fine, Carved Wooden Baule Catapult
Baule People, Ivory Coast probably 19th century
height (not including stand): 16cm, width: 6.5cm
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. During that time, he bought from UK dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Enquiry about object: 3119
Pair of Yoruba Ceremonial Ogboni Staffs
Yoruba People, Ogboni Society, Nigeria early to mid-20th century
height: approximately (female) 44cm, (male) 45cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3000
Congo Chief’s Axe-Knife
Nsapo & Wongo Peoples, Congo 19th-early 20th century
length: 39cm, width: 22.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3001
Baule Bronze Currency Anklet
Baule People, Ivory Coast 19th century-early 20th century
height: 26cm (without stand); 37cm (with stand); width: 25cm, depth: 14.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3091
Rare Pair of Ijebu-Yoruba Bronze Ceremonial Anklets
Nigeria 18th century
diameter: 19cm
Provenance
private collection, Isle of Wight, UK.
Enquiry about object: 2816
Carved Wood Yoruba Equestrian Altar Group of the Hunter-King Jagun-Jagun
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1900
height: 63cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2850
Cast Brass Pendant & Brass Bead Necklace
Asante/Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa early 20th century
length of pendant: 12.5cm, length of chain: 66cm, weight: 193g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2863
Fine Yoruba Male Ibeji Figure (Ere Ibeji)
Oyo-Yoruba People, Oyo Region, Nigeria late 19th century
height: 32cm, diameter of the base: approximately 8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2938
Local Ashanti King’s Asipim Chair
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana late 19th century
height: 72cm, depth: 44cm, width: 40cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 2940
Fijian Throwing Club (I Ula Tavatava)
Fiji 18th-early 19th century
length: 42cm
Provenance
UK art market; private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 2992
Rare Massim Double Pedestal Cup with Spirit Figures
Massim People, Trobiand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea 20th century
height: 70.5cm, diameter of bowl: 20.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 2746
Rare Solomon Islands Ceremonial Child’s Dance Wand or Staff (Napa)
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands circa 1900
length: 75.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2420
Yoruba Egungun Headdress Carved by Baba Mola of Kesi
Yoruba People, Nigeria before 1939
height: 49cm, length: 40cm, width: 27cm
Provenance
Collected by the Australian artist Donald Friend in Nigeria when he lived there in 1938 and 1939.
Enquiry about object: 2421
Yoruba Maternity Figural Offering Bowl
Yoruba People, Nigeria before 1938-39
height: 64cm
Provenance
Collected by the artist Donald Friend in Nigeria, 1938
Enquiry about object: 2449
Ifugao Carved Wooden Ladle or Dipper
Kalanguya People, Southern Ifugao, Philippines early 20th century
length: 24.5cm
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 2219
Yoruba Carved Wooden Divination Bowl
Yoruba People, Nigeria 18th-19th century or earlier
height: 14.2cm, diameter: 19cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 2226
Rare, Matched Pair of Yoruba Male & Female Eshu Dance Wands
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th century
heights: 36cm & 37cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2118
Ethiopian Carved Wooden Chair
Ethiopia late 19th century
height: 68cm, width: 36cm, depth: 42cm
Provenance
an old English collection since the early 1900s.
Enquiry about object: 2181
Life-sized Sepik Ancestor Figure
Sepik Region, New Guinea late 19th century
height: 165cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 2182
Sepik Lime Container in the form of a Rooster on a Crocodile
Iatmul People, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
length: 68cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 2183
Sepik Yipwon Spirit Figure
Yimam People, Korewari River Area, Papua New Guinea early 20th century or earlier
height: 86cm (height with stand: 103cm), width: 14cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 2184
Sepik Kominimung Shield
Pora Pora or Bien River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
height: 117cm, width: 46cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 2185
Sepik Earthenware Roof Ridge Tile with Pigments
Chambri Lakes, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
height: 42cm, width: 25.5cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 2187
Sepik Samban Hook Figure
Italmul People, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
height: 97cm, width: 30cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 2204
Yoruba Ibeji Figure (Ere Ibeji)
Yoruba People, Oyo Sub-group, Erin Region, Nigeria circa 1920
height: 29cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 2218
Rare Yoruba Carved Wooden Processional Staff
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-20th century
length/height: 108cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and previously, a private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 1898
Carved Wooden Camwood Powder Box
Kuba People, Congo 19th century
length: 23.8cm, height: 6.6cm, width: 9.4cm
Provenance
Obtained by the previous owner at Sotheby's London, 'Tribal Art', December 3, 1984.
Enquiry about object: 1915
Yoruba Wooden Divination Board (Opon Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th century
dimensions: 27cm x 23cm x 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1981
Rare Wooden Ifugao Ancestor Figure Ritual Wine Server
Ifugao, Luzon, Northern Philippines early 20th century
height: 35cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1984
Pair of New Guinea Cone-Shell Ear Ornaments
New Guinea collected in 1859
maximum diameter of each: 7cm
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 1988
Ceremonial Fijian Wooden Four-Tined ‘Cannibal’ Fork
Fiji early 19th century
length: 24.6cm
Provenance
private collection, Guernsey.