Cape Town | Three Day Premium Auction | June 2021

Two long thin drums carved and hollowed out from logs and tapering towards the rounded bases (2)height taller 112 cmPROVENANCEPim Broere Collectio...

Carved from light wood with poker work detail, holding a candle in each hand and dressed in a cassock, wings at the back facing backwards; drawn d...

Wood and poker work. One angel standing with wings extended, signed with initials R.M and dated 04 on the soles of the feet; the second angel is m...

In this small sculpture Christ's figure on the cross symbolises the grief caused by the slave trade. All the figures have their hands behind their...

Long stick carved from a single piece of black wood, topped with the torso and head of a woman with long hair  height 125 cmComment: The owner c...

Long stick carved from one piece of dark brown wood, topped with the torso of a man wearing a fezheight 110 cm

One stick with faceted knob and undecorated shaft; the other two with wirework around the shafts and one with wirework around the knob (3)height t...

Iron pointed spear tied to long haft with raffiaheight 106 cmPROVENANCE Collected Jameson's Drift, KwaZulu-Natal

Village forged, elaborate, metal blade cut into multiple curved edges and tied with raffia to a wooden handle shaped into three knobsheight 74 cmP...

Village forged elaborate metal blade cut into multiple curved edges and tied with raffia to a wooden handle shaped into three knobs.Comment: It ha...

Village forged metal blade, highly polished, triangular bronze piece at junction with handle, knob wooden handle covered in hide, showing wear and...

Village forged arc-shaped metal blade set into a short wood handle, axe and edge of handle painted, now wornheight 57 cmPROVENANCE Collected from ...

Long, heavy blade without fitted handle, shaped end, incised and moulded lines following the shape along the entire length of one side of the blad...

Two females and one male figures, two nude and one with loin cloth(3)height tallest 22.5 cm PROVENANCE. Current owner purchase from Meneghelli in...

Not visible in the image is the small, woven, circle around the lower part of the body that holds the skirts out as well as the hair which is real...

(2)height 18cm; 17 cmPROVENANCE Current owner purchase from Meneghelli in the early 1990s

(2)height 18 cm, 16cmPROVENANCE Current owner purchase from Meneghelli in the early 1990s

A typical representation of a Mossi fertility figure (or doll) with its abstracted forms interpreting an adult woman - enlarged circular head on a...

signed underneathheight 32 cm Comment: Bongi is the eldest daughter of Nesta Nala, possibly the most famous potter of traditional black pots from...

Hand coiled, pit fired, blackened pot with extended neck, incised decorations in symmetrically placed geometric shapes. Perfect condition. Signed ...

Hand coiled pit fired round pot with wide mouth, blackened; complex band of carefully planned and executed linear designs with raised circular ele...

Bowl with a round globular neck, raised, triangular, symmetrically placed designs height 25 cm PROVENANCE Collected from source in the Pongola are...

An unusual milk pail with wire work around the cylindrical body height 29 cmPROVENANCE Collected from source in the Pongola region, KwaZulu-Natal ...

Unusual mukeke where the bowl and lid are carved to represent a single animal - a whale. This is different from the typical mukeke where an animal...

Lid carved with duck functioning as a handle height 20cm

The bowl and lid carved to make a single animal - a fish length 60 cm PROVENANCE Collected from source in 2001 by Annelle Zaloumis

Bowl consists three tiers of two containers on elaborate base, lid with rabbit and two seated figures on the sides of the bowl height 26.5 cm PROV...

Caved from one piece of wood with characteristic pinched mouthheight 8 cmPROVENANCE Collected Kinshasa in 1985 by Annelle Zaloumis

Round hollowed out container carved from one piece of small hard wood, complex incised linear designs, animal hair stopper, wire ring in handlehei...

Carved cylindrical form tapering toward the base, hollowed out, completely covered with incised linear designs, animal hair stopperheight 14 cm PR...

wood, leather strap, container and lid carved separately height 10.5 cm PROVENANCE Collected from source Dar as Salaam, 1990

Horn container covered with wire work, wooden stopper, metal snuff spoon attached with a shoe lace height 6.5 cm PROVENANCE Collected from source ...

Horn facetted with leather strap and stopper height 10 cm PROVENANCE Collected from source in Kaokoland in 1992 by Annelle Zaloumis

Carved small semi-circular hollowed out wood whistles with blowing and sound holes(3)height tallest 10 cm

Deep orange opaque strand of German "African Amber" 1910 - 1930s Comment: Worn as a sign of wealth and status by Fulani (Peul) women from Mali.len...

Large strand of oxblood, opaque German "African Amber" with smaller orange amber beads at each end length 75 cm, diameter of largest bead 44 mmPRO...

height of each strand 26 cm, height of pendant 9 cm Designed and made by MM Rust-Sennett

Large multi-strand white heart glass beads, produced in Venice, Italy between 1805-1900, also called "Red Coralline d'Aleppo" and Dutch antique gl...

A compilation of glass beads from Czech, Dutch and West Africa trade route sources height 34 cmDesigned and made by MM Rust-Sennett

String, beads and agapanthus roots pieces(2) Comment: These two are nursing necklaces, worn by mothers who are breastfeeding their babies, in a se...

Large standing female figure of a woman carved in light wood and painted in enamel, wearing cloths across each shoulder over a t-shirt, beaded nec...

Circular wood block, both sides decorated with geometric patterns cut from coloured Perspex and silver studs, each side different(2)height 6.8 cm ...

Circular wood block decorated on one side with cut geometric patterns from vinyl asbestos (Marley tile). diameter 5 cm PROVENANE Current owner pu...

Bracelet made in brass alloy, twisted for a third of the circle and the rest square, hinge, lock and chain, engraved decorations all around diamet...

height 9cm(2)

Circular wood block decorated on one side with cut geometric patterns from vinyl asbestos (Marley tile)height 6 cm Worn in the ears of adult Zulu ...

Hand made metal alloy with whitish finish, surface etched with Taureg symbols which can be read and interpretedheight 17 cmPROVENANCE Current owne...

panel height 124 cm

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORT(2)height largest 7 cm

Wooden fame with taut strings to hold the warp threads in place, with shuttle(2) Comment: From one of the regions where narrow strip weaving occur...

height 124 cm PROVENANCE Current owner purchase from Meneghelli in the early 1990s

Much of the content of this crown signifies royalty, the beads are considered sacred by the Yoruba and can only be worn by high-ranking individual...

height 204 cm PROVENANCE Current owner purchase from Meneghelli in the early 1990s

Cotton height 250 x 135 cm

Standing on four asymmetrically placed legs holding a high sloping plane to hold the head, each side is different, good patina, shows signs of use...

Block shaped headrest with shallow relief carving, different designs on each side height 17 cm

Carved from a single block of wood, crescent-shaped seat and complex geometrically carved support structure on a flat base Comment: Ashanti stools...

height 31 cm

This headdress is a modern version of the historic form of horizontal headdresses, showing a continuity of tradition. The most obvious sign of mod...

height 27 cm PROVENANCE Purchased in The United Kingdom in the 1960s and gifted to the current owner