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9407

Yoruba Large, Circular, Carved Wooden Divination Board (Opon Ifa)

Yoruba People, Nigeria
19th-early 20th century

diameter: (uneven) approximately 53cm, weight: 3,196g

Provenance

UK art market

9405

Fine Pair of Ibeji Siblings (Ere Ibeji)

Yoruba People, Oyo Region, Nigeria
19th-early 20th century

height: 30cm and 26.8cm, combined weight: 562g

Provenance

UK art market

9376

Rare Dogon Brass Talismanic Pendant Showing Five Ancestor Figures

Burkina Faso or Mali
circa 19th century

height: 7.3cm, width: 10.8cm, weight: 153g

Provenance

UK art market

9227

Mandingo Leather-Clad Man’s Hat

Mandingo or Mandinka people, West Africa, including Sierra Leone or Liberia
20th century

height: approximately 22cm, diameter: approximately 32cm, weight: 421g

Provenance

UK art market

9374

African Dogon Cast Brass Pendant of a Seated, Bound Female Slave

Dogon People, Mali
19th century or earlier

height: 6.7cm, weight: 134g

Provenance

UK art market

9377

Fine & Rare African Senufo Brass Ancestor Pendant

Senufo or Dan People, Ivory Coast or Liberia
circa 1930

width: 13.5cm, height: 6.2cm, weight: 198g

Provenance

UK art market

9190

Ibibio Carved Wooden Soldier Puppet Figure

Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria
circa 1920

height: 55cm

Provenance

UK art market; Christie's Paris, 2006.

9283

Ibibio Carved Wooden Female Puppet Figure

Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria
circa 1920

height: 56cm

Provenance

UK art market

9195

Large & Early Kina Shell Pectoral Pendant with Stone-Drilled Holes

Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
late 18th-19th century

width: approximately 19cm, weight: 183g

Provenance

Julian Harding Collection, London

4805

Yoruba Pair of Ibeji Twin Figures

Yoruba People, Awori sub-group, Ado Odo Region, Nigeria
19th-early 20th century

height: 24.3cm, width: 8.2cm, depth: 8.1cm, combined weight: 473g

Provenance

private collection, UK; Adam Prout, UK.

6653

Pair of Yoruba Bronze Ogboni Initiate’s Eden Staves

Yoruba People, Nigeria
19th century

height (with stand): 24.3cm, weight (with stand): 684g

Provenance

UK art market

9079

Mongo Currency Anklet

Mongo People, central Congo
19th-early 20th century

width: approximately 14.2cm, height: 11.7cm, weight: 4,038g

Provenance

UK art market

8960

Oceanic Cowrie & Sinnet Cord Necklace

Pacific Islands
early 20th century

circumference: approximately 80cm, length of cowries: 6.5-7.8cm, weight: 309g

Provenance

private collection, UK

8905

Ashanti Chief’s Brass-Covered Asipim Chair

Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana
19th century

width: 50.2cm, height: 93.4cm, depth (seat only, excluding the inclining back-rest): 47cm

Provenance

UK art market

8991

Isneg Mother-of-Pearl & Bead Chest Ornament (Sipatal)

Isneg People, Northern Luzon Island, Philippines
early 20th century

length of glass bead strands: 30cm, length of mother-of-pearl shell components: approximately 21.5cm, weight: 159g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK

5766

Dayak Carved Wooden Demon Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (with stand): 12.5cm, width: 5cm, weight (without stand): 61g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

5767

Dayak Carved Wooden Tiger Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (with stand): 14.3cm, width: 5cm, weight (without stand): 100g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

5770

Dayak Carved Wooden Humanoid Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (with stand): 9.8cm, width: 5cm, weight (without stand): 32g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

3906

Large Ifugao Carved Wooden Ritual Bowl (Duyu)

Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th century

width: approximately 38cm, height: approximately 11cm, weight: 2,150g

Provenance

private European collection.

7312

Fijian Terracotta Water Vessel (Saqamoli)

Fiji
19th-20th century

height: 16.5cm, width: 15cm, weight: 875g

Provenance

Antiques market, Scotland.

6890

Ashanti Carved Wooden Comb (Duafe)

Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana
late 19th century-early 20th century

length: 34.1cm, width: 11.9cm, depth: 1.2cm, weight: 227g

Provenance

private collection, London.

8527

Solomon Islands Comb (Faa) & Original Palm Leaf Wrapping

Kwaio People, Malaita, Solomon Islands
early 20th century

length: 18.5cm, width: 7cm, combined weight: 23g

Provenance

from the estate collection of a former London museum curator

8529

Solomon Islands Small Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)

Solomon Islands
early 20th century

length: 9.3cm, weight: 25g

Provenance

from the estate collection of a former London museum curator

8540

Solomon Islands Gold Lipped Pearl Shell Pendant with attached Shell Currency Strands

Solomon Islands
early 20th century

length (of shell): 7cm, width: 6.7cm, weight: 26g

Provenance

from the estate collection of a former London museum curator

8546

Solomon Islands Large Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)

Solomon Islands
early 20th century

length: 20.7cm, weight: 190g

Provenance

from the estate collection of a former London museum curator

7202

New Hebrides Abalone Shell & Turtleshell Trolling Lure Fish Hook

New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
19th century

length: 7.5cm, width: 1.9cm, weight: 13g

Provenance

UK art market; UK private collection.

7247

Fijian Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Bayaloyalo)

Fiji
early-to-mid 19th century

length: approximately 10.2cm, width: 1.4cm, weight: 8g

Provenance

UK art market; UK private collection.

7256

Maori Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai)

Maori People, New Zealand
18th-19th century

length (without cord): 14.8cm, width: 2cm, weight: 20g

Provenance

UK art market; UK private collection.

8526

Solomon Islands Turtleshell & Carved Abalone Shell Trolling Lure Fish Hook

Solomon Islands, probably Malaita Island
19th century

length: 7.9cm, width: 1.4cm, weight: 5g

Provenance

from the estate collection of a former London museum curator.

4230

Carved Steatite Female Nomoli Figure

Sierra Leone
15th century or earlier

height: 21cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 1,645g

Provenance

Estate Collection of Seward Kennedy, London, UK.

7180

Unusual Zulu Wirework Gourd Dance Rattle

Zulu People, Southern Africa
early 20th century

width of gourd: 8cm, length (including handle): 29cm, weight: 60g

Provenance

UK art market

7020

Fijian Tapa Bark Cloth Beater (Ike ni Masi)

Fiji, probably Viti Levu Highlands region
late 18th century

length: 36.4cm, weight: 771g

Provenance

UK art market

6524

Mongo Woman’s Woven Buttock Shield (Bakonga)

Mongo People, Congo
early 20th century

length: approximately 88cm, width: 8.3cm, weight: 157g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

6781

Naga Brass Pendant

Konyak Naga People, Burma/India
circa 1900

height: 16cm, width: 6.3cm, weight: 90g

Provenance

private European collection

6779

Naga Blue Glass Bead & Brass Necklace

Konyak Naga People, Burma/India
circa 1900

length of pendant: 14.5cm, width: 6.2cm, circumference: approximately 72cm

Provenance

private European collection

6799

Pair of Nigerian Cast & Engraved Bronze Bangles

Lower Niger River, Nigeria
early 20th century

external diameter (widest): 9.9 to 10.1cm, internal diameter: 5.4 to 5.9cm, combined weight: 1,330g

Provenance

UK art market

6783

Pair of Naga Brass Bracelets

Naga People, North-Eastern India
19th century

internal diameter: approximately 6.8cm, combined weight: 549g

Provenance

private European collection

6773

Exceptional, Early Tanimbar Ancestor Figure

Tanimbar, Southeast Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia
18th century

height: 16.4cm, width: 5.4cm, depth: 4.5cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Northern England; acquired by the previous owners from an antiques fair, York, England, circa 1980

6811

Unusual Ashanti Carved Wooden Articulated Comb (Duafe)

Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana
late 19th century-early 20th century

height: 34.7cm, width: 12cm, weight: 192g

Provenance

private collection, London.

6797

Paduang or Kayan Lahwi (Long-Necked) Woman’s Brass Neck Rings & Anklets

Paduang or Kayan Lahwi People, Shan States, Eastern Burma
19th-early 20th century

height (of the longest neck ring): 13.2cm, width (of the wiodest neck ring): 18.3cm, width (of the arm rings): approximately 9cm, combined weight: 4,437g

Provenance

Private collection, UK; collected during colonial times.

6650

Sudan Bongo Carved Wooden Stool or Headrest

Bongo People, South Sudan
19th-early 20th century

width: 23.2cm, height: 11.6cm, depth:12.1cm, weight: 535g

Provenance

UK art market

6642

Superb Nigerian Ibibio Carved Wooden Mask

Ibibio People, Cross River & adjacent regions, Nigeria
19th-early 20th century

height: 31cm, width: 29cm, depth: 19cm, weight: 1,104g

Provenance

UK art market

6602

Naga Cowrie Shell Apron or Loin Cloth

Naga People, Burma (Myanmar)
early 20th century

length: 69.2cm, width: 22.5cm, weight: 548g

Provenance

UK art market

6523

Mongo Woman’s Beaded & Woven Buttock Shield (Bakonga)

Mongo People, Congo
early 20th century

length: approximately 98cm, width of pompom: 12cm, weight: 292g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

6521

Andaman Islands Man’s Dance Regalia

Andaman Islands, possibly from the Jarawa Tribe, South Andaman
circa 1900

indicative length of headdress (band & tassels): 49cm

Provenance

private collection, London. UK; previously, Charles Wilfred Hext (b.1880-1919)

6492

Very Rare & Early Yoruba Shango Priest’s Costume with Leather & Mirrors

Yoruba People, Nigeria
circa 1850

length: 96.5cm, width: 54.5cm (approximately)

Provenance

found in the attic of a house in northern England where it is believed to have been stored undisturbed since at least the 1930s.

6493

Rare & Early Yoruba Shango Shrine Leather Bag (Laba)

Yoruba People, Nigeria
circa 1850

width: 49.5cm

Provenance

found in the attic of a house in northern England where it is believed to have been stored undisturbed since at least the 1930s.

5722

Zulu Wooden Ear Plugs with Bakelite Tile Decoration

Zulu People, South Africa
circa 1940

diameter (each): 6.5cm, combined weight: 61g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

4236

Early New Guinea Wooden & Bone Mace or Club

Papua New Guinea, probably Sepik region
19th century and possibly earlier

length: 64.2cm, diameter of head: 9cm, weight: 190g

Provenance

UK art market

6490

Fang Gilded Bronze Torque

Fang People, Gabon/Cameroon
circa 19th century

diameter: at widest point: 19cm, thickness: 3.8cm, weight: 2,217g

Provenance

private collection, London.

6436

Fine, Nigerian Yoruba Gelede Dance Headdress

Yoruba People, Nigeria
circa 1920

height: 46cm, length: 27cm, width: 31cm, weight: 1,765g

Provenance

formerly in the collection of the late Dr James Bynon, lecturer in Berber studies, School of Oriental & African Studies, University College London.

4806

Unusual Yoruba Ibeji Figure (Ere Ibeji)

Yagba Tribe, Egbe Region, Nigeria
late 19th century

height: 23.5cm; weight: 398g

Provenance

Volta Place Gallery, Washington DC; Pendarell (Pen) Kent Collection.

4474

Yoruba Cast Brass Opele Oracle Chain

Yoruba People, Nigeria
19th century

circumference: approx.: 96cm, weight: 178g

Provenance

UK art market

4476

Early, Ashanti Gold Weight Modelled on a Bifurcated Knife (Afenata)

Ashanti People, Ghana
17th century

length: 12.3cm, width: 8.2cm, weight: 107g

Provenance

private collection, London.

4326

Carved Wooden Dog Fetish Figure (Koso)

Vili People, Republic of Congo
early 20th century

length: 24cm; width: 7cm and height: 8cm

Provenance

Estate of the London collector, Seward Kennedy, London

6103

Rare Pair of Ibibio Nigerian Carved Wooden Masks

Ibibio People, southern Nigeria
early 20th century

heights: 28cm & 26cm

Provenance

UK art market

4517

Ovimbundu Carved Wooden Sceptre

Ovimbundu People, Angola
19th century

height: 54cm

Provenance

UK art market

5724

Zulu Wooden Ear Plugs with Bakelite Tile Decoration

Zulu People, South Africa
circa 1940

diameters: 5.5cm, thickness: 0.8cm

Provenance

private collection, UK

5940

Exceptional Pair of Igbo Man’s Cast Brass Wrist Guards or Cuff Bracelets

Igbo People, South-central and South-eastern Nigeria
probably 19th century

heights: 17cm, diameters: 10.7cm, combined weights: 1,150g

Provenance

UK art market

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.

4864

Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace

Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th-20th century

weight: 169g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

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

4196

Three Solid Copper Mossi African Hairpins

Mossi People, Burkina Faso
19th century

7.5-9cm

Provenance

Private collection, London.

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

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

4824

Congo Woven Rattan Comb

Teke People, Congo
19th century

height: 16.2cm, width: 5.7cm

Provenance

old, private UK collection.

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.

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