GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, STAMPS AND GRAND TOUR OF AUCTION CURIOSITIES

Tribal Art - a South-Western Pacific tapa cloth, painted in earth pigments with stylized flowers within a geometric framework; others; similar p...

***Lot Withdrawn***19th century Maori jade amulet; another

An Australian Aboriginal carving, of a snake, decorated in earth tones, 64cm long; a digging stick; etc (5)

An Australian didgeridoo, typically constructed of termite-bored hardwood, carved in relief with a snake and painted with dotted bands on a mottle...

An Australian terracotta figure, of an Aborigine, seated cross-legged, holding a boomerang, 26cm high Condition Report: Generally good, some nibbl...

An Egyptian ovoid alabastron, 11.5cm high

Anthropology - an ethnographic curiosity, the 'shrunken head' of hide and hair, glass dome with turned mahogany base with bun feet, 22cm high Co...

Tribal Art - a 19th century Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, incise-carved with geometric motifs, 95cm long; a Polynesian straw and...

Tribal Art - a Baule spirit spouse figure, modelled seated, holding a vessel, 44cm long, Cote d'Ivoire

Tribal Art - a Dayak ancestor figure, she stands, of typically elongated proportions, 59.5cm high, Borneo

Tribal Art - a Fali fertility doll, typically carved in Y-shaped stance and decorated with beadwork, 20.5cm long, Cameroon; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - a Fang Ngil mask, typical concave features with scarified cheeks, 77cm high, Gabon

Tribal Art - a Fijian bowai club, the lower section typically carved with bands of geometric motifs, 87.5cm long, 19th century

Tribal Art - a Kuba Ndop figure, carved as a portrait of a king, depicted seated, the cap and base carved with geometric motifs, 30cm high, Congo

Tribal Art - a Kuba spear head, 50cm narrow leaf-shaped blade with central ridge, 76cm long, Congo Region, Central Africa

Tribal Art - a Mabila tadep figure, typically standing with legs crooked, the head and stylised geometric face applied with pegs, 84cm high, Donga...

Tribal Art - a Maori taiaha, the arero typically carved with scrolling geometric motifs, stylised upoko inlaid with abalone shell, 118.5cm long, N...

Tribal Art - a North African all-metal spear, 19cm steel blade, the square-section brass shaft chased with geometric motifs, 142cm long, late 19th...

Tribal Art - a Papua New Guinea figural food hook, typically carved and set with cowrie shells, 68cm long, Sepik River region

Tribal Art - a Papua New Guinea figural mortar, 14cm high, Sepik River region

Tribal Art - a Papua New Guinea mask, 25.5cm long Condition Report: Please see additional images ...[more]

Tribal Art - a Polynesian hardwood paddle club, the leaf shaped head with central ridge, pointed base, 98cm long, Solomon Islands

Tribal Art - a Polynesian hardwood paddle club, the pointed spreading head with central ridge, 122cm long, Solomon Islands, 19th century

Tribal Art - a Shona headrest, pierced and carved geometric undertier, 16cm high, Zimbabwe/Mozambique

Tribal Art - a spatulate club or paddle, probably African, 55.5cm long; a large spoon or scoop, 64cm long (2)

Tribal Art - a Tuareg tent peg, carved with bands of geometric motifs, 93cm long

Tribal Art - a Zulu headrest, gently bowed plateau, three block feet carved with geometric motifs, 37cm wide, South Africa, 19th/early 20th century

Tribal Art - an Abelam cassowary bone dagger, stylised avian handle adorned with twine, 37cm long, Papua New Guinea

Tribal Art - an African anthropomorphic stool, possibly Mossi, Burkina Faso, the bowed plateau flanked by a pair of masks. demi-lune feet, 40cm wi...

Tribal Art - an African axe, shaped and pierced blade, the club shaped handle carved as a figure, 44cm long; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - an African bust length female figure, possibly Ogoni, Nigeria, geometric features picked out in white pigment, stylised coiffure, art...

Tribal Art - an African figure, possibly Bambara, stylised coiffure, standing, dressed in beadwork garments, 28cm high; another, similar (2) Condi...

Tribal Art - an African figure, probably Baule, Congo, 23cm high; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - an African puppet head, probably Bamana, Burkina Faso, concave features, 28cm long

Tribal Art - an African white metal bangle or toric, possibly Benin, boldly cast and pierced with an alternating frieze of geometric and circular ...

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, incise-carved with panels of diagonal bands, 66.5cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, incise-carved with panels of diagonal bands, 74cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, incise-carved with stylised kangeroos, 70cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, quite plain, 70cm long Condition Report: Of plain design, see additional images ....

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, sparsely incise-carved with narrative bands, 71cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal food bowl, typically formed of a dug-out section of hardwood, 53cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal woomera spear thrower, incise-carved with geometric motifs, 78cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal woomera spear thrower, incise-carved with geometric motifs, 78cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal woomera spear thrower, quite plain, 73.5cm long

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal woomera spear thrower, quite plain, 75cm long

Tribal Art - an Ifugao basket, the cover surmounted by a figure of a mother and child, 44cm high, Northern Luzon, Philippines

Tribal Art - an Oceanic hardwood club, the spreading shaft with pierced stone head, pointed base, 129cm long, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 19th ...

Tribal Art - a 19th century South American offertory bowl in the form of a stylised bird, possibly Papa New Guinea, painted with wings and plumag...