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A COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN WEST AFRICAN COPPER ALLOY MANILLAS various types and dates PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A NIGERIAN BENIN STYLE BRONZE PLAQUE depicting two mounted and warriors or kings and another warrior on foot. 20th century 39 x 31 cms PROVENANCE...

A NIGERIAN BENIN STYLE BRONZE 'HEAD OF A KING' based on the example formerly in the Hamburg Museum PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...

A NIGERIAN BENIN STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORN PLAYER another of a standing warrior and a small bronze Benin style mask on a stand 33 cms max PRO...

AN ASHANTI BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN WITH A GOURD a bronze figure of a seated woman and three other bronze figures 23 cms max PROVENANCE: The David ...

AN ETHIOPIAN SWORD (SAIF) with embossed leather scabbard, another north African sword with tri-colour plaited leather and tassel hung scabbard and...

AN ETHIOPIAN SWORD (SAIF) with embossed and woven leather scabbard with tassels and woven suspension loops and an African leather sack with emboss...

AN ETHOPIAN DAGGER with shaped wooden handle and  ornate embossed leather  scabbard with plaited leather suspension loop, six other similar dagger...

A VINTAGE KENYAN KAMBA CARVED WOOD STOOL WITH FOUR LEGS the top inset with beaded decoration, old repair to seat. 33 cms tall PROVENANCE: The Davi...

AN ASHANTI AKUA'BA WOODEN FEMALE FERTILITY FIGURE and two others. 20th century. 33 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[mor...

A SOMALIAN BONI TRIBE CARVED WOODEN HEADREST an Ethiopian Sidama headrest and tree root Kenyan headrest PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collect...

AN ETHIOPIAN CARVED WOODEN HEADREST another similar and another Ethiopian headrest PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A SOMALIAN 'A' SHAPED CARVED WOODEN HEADREST and three other headrests PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A KENYAN KAMBA CARVED WOODEN STOOL with stylised-bird bead inlay and another with twisted wire inlay. 24 cms high max PROVENANCE: The David Stain...

A KENYAN KAMBA CARVED WOODEN STOOL WITH BEAD INLAY (modern) and another African stool of conical form (20th century) 32 cms max PROVENANCE: The D...

A WEST AFRICAN WOODEN TRIPOD STOOL probably Hehe and two other tribal stools. 32 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A HEAVY CIRCULAR WOODEN DISH with a covered central container decorated with two masks, probably from Zaire. PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Co...

A PUEBLO POTTTERY VESSEL with three loop handles decorated with stylised birds and foliage with a rounded base. 20th century. 43 cms PROVENANCE: T...

A COLLECTION OF FOURTEEN ASHANTI GOLD WEIGHTS, some erotic. Various ages. PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A KUBA HELMET MASK FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO with canvas, hide, bead and cowrei shell decoration with wooden stand. 20th century PROV...

A SALAMPASU KASANGU MASK FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO with copper facial appliques and woven reed hair. 20th century. 40 cms high PROVEN...

A USED CONGOLESE CHOKWE MASK WITH RAFIA HAIR and a small mask with coloured finish, possibly chokwe. 20th century. 31 cms max PROVENANCE: The Dav...

A BAMBARA MASK FROM MALI the comb-back with stylised antelope frontis. 20th century. 69 cms high. PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...

A DAN MASK FROM THE IVORY COAST with aluminium eye roundels and grass beard, another similar with woven rope beard and another with protruding eye...

A BAMBARA ANTELOPE MASK FROM MALI with curved spiral horns and elongated snout. 20th century. 71 cms high PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Colle...

AN IGBO FROM NIGERIA POLYCHROME PAINTED WOODEN HEADDRESS/MASK 20th century 45 cms high PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A USED SENUFO 'DOUBLE FACED' MASK of small proportions, two Dan masks an another. 20th century. 34 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Coll...

A DOUBLE CROCODILE MASK/HEADDRESS possibly Senufo and a Dogon style mask with raffia beard. 20th century. 60 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainth...

AN IGBO MASK FROM NIGERIA WITH PAINTED FACIAL FEATURES AND SCARIFICATIONS and two other masks. 20th century. 64 cm max PROVENANCE: The David Stai...

A DAN MASK FROM THE IVORY COAST with canvas, hide and cowrie headdress and a plaited beard with steel ‘bells’  mounted on a stand.    38 cms high ...

A BOBO BAT PLANK MASK FROM BURKINA FASO with stylised head flanked by two wings and a Fang head. 65 x 25 cms PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Co...

A YORUBA CARVED WOODEN HEADDRESS surmounted by a big cat in an enclosure over a stylised face. 20th century. 27 cms high PROVENANCE: The David St...

A WEST AFRICAN MASK/HEADDRESS WITH PAINTED DECORATION and surmounted by a stylised head wearing a hat the base with vestiges of fabric mounted on ...

A USED DAN BIRD MASK with long curved beak, and a small Songye Kifwebe mask. 50 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

AN UNUSUAL SONGYE POWER FIGURE and a Yoruba Shango four-face figure. 45 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A KUBA MASK FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO with polychrome decoration and canvas headdress together with a man/antelope mask with black and...

A BWA MASK FROM BURKINA FASO of painted geometric anthropomorphic form with male and female figure surmounts. 93 cms high PROVENANCE: The David S...

A DAN MASK FROM THE IVORY COAST patinated coloured finish and woven rope, canvas and cowrie shell headress together with another similar. 20th cen...

A HEMBA FOUR FACE CARVED WOODEN FIGURE and a Hemba rattle. 44 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A WEST AFRICAN FORGED IRON SPEAR the shaped point on a long shaft with woven raffia grip rings and two other spears. 205 cms long max PROVENANCE...

A KUBA BUSHONG CLAN ILWOON (WAR SWORD) the double sided blade with splayed ‘point’  and metal bound wooden grip and a Ngombe sickle bladed Ngulu s...

A WEST AFRICAN QUIVER various arrows with forged iron tips, a West African axe with a long forged iron blade on a wooden decorated handle and a fo...

AN ASSEGAI with elongated forged iron petal shaped tip with wicker binding, two  others with shafts, a long iron ‘rod’ spear and a long unmounted ...

A FINELY CARVED SHONA KNIFE the wooden sheath decorated with geometric designs. PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection Note: These bladed ...

A WEST AFRICAN CARVING OF A COLONIAL MILITARY FIGURE with painted decoration and a painted female figure in high heeled shoes in a similar style. ...

A BAULE HEDDLE PULLEY in the form of a human figure and another in the style of a heddle pulley. 20th century 24 cms max PROVENANCE: The David St...

A WEST AFRICAN THUMB PIANO another, a carved comb and various tribal tourist souvenirs. A lot. PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ......

AN AFRICAN GOURD CALABASH with carved geometric designs and three others, possibly Hausa. 20th century. 45 cms diam max PROVENANCE: The David Stai...

A AFRICAN PALAVER CHAIR of typical two-piece cantilever construction the rear carved with a crocodile and two  monkeys. 20th century. 132 cms max ...

AN AFRICAN CARVED WOODEN LIDDED VESSEL carved with scenes from village life and various turned wooden African containers. 20th century. 24 cms max...

A VINTAGE MAASAI 'OLBENE' HIDE BAG with beaded decoration. 46 x 44 cms PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

A TANZANIAN MAASAI BEADWORK COLLAR another with symmetrical pendant and strings, a beaded rungu (club) and a beaded gourd water carrier. PROVENAN...

A DOGON MATERNITY FIGURE with characteristic  ‘cubist’ head and  incised patterned decoration with repair to arm and stapled base. 20th century. 6...

A BAMBARA MATERNITY FIGURE with incised decoration and glass bead belt. 20th century. 55 cms max PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection

A WEST AFRICAN TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT BUST OF A MAN and two terracotta figure groups. PROVENANCE: The David Stainthorpe Collection ...[more]

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