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Enquiry about object: 8415
Fine Horn of Africa Bedja Dagger with Silver Embellishments
Hadendoa People, Bedja region, Eritrea 19th century
length: approximately 33cm, width: 11.3cm, weight: 245g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8820
Moroccan Berber Terracotta Flask (Ghoraf)
Berber People, Central-Northern Morocco, possibly Tsoul early 20th century
height: 21cm, width: 14.5cm, weight: 1,319g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8819
Moroccan Berber Terracotta Spouted Vessel
Berber People, Central-Northern Morocco, possibly Tsoul early 20th century
height: 20.4cm, width: 33.3cm, weight: 2,952g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8818
Moroccan Berber Terracotta Bowl
Berber People, Central-Northern Morocco, possibly Tsoul early 20th century
diameter: 32.5cm, height: 11.2cm, weight: 2,285g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8763
Exceptional Pair of Algerian Large & Heavy, Solid Gold Earrings (Mecherfa)
Chaoui people, Aures Mountains, Southern Algeria 19th century-early 20th century
length (including chains): approximately 14cm, combined weight: 63g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8683
Algerian Gold Serpent-Head Bracelet set with Pearls, Rubies & other Stones
Algeria 19th century
interior diameter: 6.3cm, weight: 12g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8772
Rare Pair of Nubian Silver Bracelets
Nubia region, Northern Sudan, Southern Egypt circa 1930
length: approximately 7.2cm, width: 2.4cm, combined weight: 242g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8771
Elaborate Moroccan Silver & Amber ‘Treasure’ Necklace
Draa Valley, Morocco early 20th century
circumference (of shorter chain): 44cm, weight: 535g
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Angela Fisher, author of 'Africa Adorned'.
Enquiry about object: 6424
Pair of Algerian Berber Silver Cloak Pins or Fibulae
Beni Yenni People, Kabylia area, northern Algeria early 20th century
length: approximately 14cm, width: approximately 7.2cm, combined weight: 106g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7301
Moroccan Jewish Brass Shabbat Wall Lamp
Jewish Community, Northern Morocco 19th century
height: 35cm, width: 17.2cm, depth: 15cm, weight: 1,311g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7165
Coconut Nargila Base & Stand with Engraved Silver Mounts & Coral Beads
Algeria, North Africa 18th-early 19th century
length: approximately 56cm, width: approximately 9cm, weight: 625g
Provenance
From Howth Castle in Ireland, the ancestral home of the St Lawrence family and the Earls of Howth.
Enquiry about object: 7132
Mauritanian Bead Necklace (Tesbih)
Mauritania & southern Morocco early 20th century
circumference: 102cm, weight: 169g
Provenance
private collection, Germany
Enquiry about object: 6574
Large Pair of Hollow Silver Anklets
Nubian People, Hala'ib Border Area, Egypt/Sudan early 20th century
exterior diameter: 14.2cm, interior diameter: 8.3cm, weight: 459g
Provenance
private European collection
Enquiry about object: 6708
Seven Silver Birth Motif Pendants (Salhayat)
Libya, Egypt, Algeria & Djerba Island, Tunisia circa 1900
length of the largest pendant: 10.3cm, combined weight: 111g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6702
Moroccan Gun Powder Flask
Berber People, Middle Atlas Mountain, Morocco 19th-early 20th century
width: 27cm, length: 25.1cm, depth: 12cm, weight: 623g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6469
Moroccan Pair of Silver Fibulae (Tisernas)
Berber People, Morocco 19th-20th century
width (each): 10.1cm, length: 19.2cm, combined weight: 173g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6468
Moroccan Pair of Silver Fibulae (Tisernas) & Silver Chain
Morocco 19th-20th century
total length: 69.5cm, weight: 103g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6500
Moroccan Polychrome Terracotta Inkwell
Fes, Morocco mid-20th century
height: 9.7cm, diameter: 12.2cm, weight: 614g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6474
Moroccan Pair of Silver Fibulae (Tisernas)
Berber People, Draa Valley, Morocco 19th-20th century
length (each): 14.2cm, combined weight: 164g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6465
Berber Haratin Long Silver Temporal or Head Ornament (Aiacha)
Berber Haratin People, Zguid Oasis, Morocco early 20th century
length: 21cm, width: 7.5cm, weight: 153g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6470
Berber Pair of Silver Ear Ornaments (Kharb) & Matched Head Ornament
Marrakech & the High Atlas, Morocco early 20th century
width (each): 7.7cm, length of chain: 52.7cm, weight: 144g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6472
Jewish Moroccan Headdress or Diadem (Taounza or Mechhob)
Western Anti-Atlas, Morocco 19th-early 20th century
length: 63cm, weight: 92g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6471
Pair of Fine, Algerian Silver Earrings
Aures Mountains, Southern Algeria 19th-20th century
length: 14.8cm, width: 7.5cm, combined weight: 74g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 6185
Complete, Berber Carved Stone Musket Ball Mould
Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco 18th-19th century
length: 6.6cm, width: 5.3cm, height: 4.2cm, weight: 334g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 6187
Fine, Berber Carved Wooden Spindle Whorl
Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco 19th century
diameter: 5.8cm, height: 2.7cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6206
Ethiopian Silver Amulet Necklace
Harar, Eastern Ethiopia early 20th century
width of box: 10cm, length of box incl. tassels: 18cm, overall weight: 298g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6188
Superb, Berber Carved Wooden Spindle Whorl
Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco 19th century
diameter: 6.4cm, height: 2.1cm
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Enquiry about object: 6186
Fine, Tuareg Silver Ring
Tuareg People, Mali early 20th century
height: 4.7cm, weight: 33g, ring size: UK: O/R, US: 8 1/3
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 5605
Algerian Silver Bracelet
Aures mountains and Chaouia, Algeria early 20th century
internal diameter: 6cm, thickness: 2.4cm, height of diamond-shaped bezel: 4cm, weight: 85g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3664
Pair of Engraved Silver Bracelets
Nubian People, North-East Africa 19th-early 20th century
external diameter: 8.6cm, internal diameter: 6.2cm, thickness: 1.2cm, combined weight: 119g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 3104
Pair of Yoruba Bronze Ogboni Staves
Yoruba People, Nigeria 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: 946
Algerian Repoussed Silver Hammam Bowl
Algeria 19th century
height: 13.3cm, diameter: 11.5 weight: 123g
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: 4283
Pair of Moroccan Silver Woman’s Hair Rings
Morocco, pre-Sahara Region 19th century
length: 7cm, width: 3.3cm, combined weight: 110g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4284
Pair of Moroccan Silver Woman’s Hair Rings
Ant-Atlas Region, Morocco 19th century
length: 7cm, width: 2.8cm, combined weight: 136g
Provenance
private collection, London.