Instinct, Scholarship and Curiosity: The Jan Finch Collection

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A Luba-Hemba carved wood headrest,late 19th/early 20th century, Congolese, carved with a caryatid female support,13cm wide10cm deep14cm highProven...

A Shona or Tsonga softwood headrest,19th century, South African, on an 'X' shaped base with two lugs having animal hair, perhaps giraffe, and glas...

A Kuba carved wood headrest,late 19th century, Congolese, with geometric decoration and brass studded ends,21cm wide7.5cm deep14cm highProvenance:...

A good Shona carved softwood headrest,19th century, Southern African, the base worked with four and five rings on an 'X' motif,22cm wide15.5cm hig...

A Kuba People carved softwood double headrest,early 20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo, worked with typical geometric patterns,44cm long12...

A 'sali' or war club,18th/19th century, Fijian, probably ironwood, of typical form, the head with a spur, a cutting edge and carved geometric deco...

An ironwood war club of 'apa'apai' form,mid-late 18th century, Western Polynesian, the spatulate head engraved with fifteen anthropomorphic and zo...

An Oceanic Fijian hardwood 'gata' or 'kiakavo' snake war club,early 19th century, carved into a distinctive spur end on a chip-carved handle,100cm...

A rare nokonoko wood club,probably 19th century, Viti Levu Island, Fijian, in the form of an axe, the head with carved geometric lines,88cm long, ...

A Baule People loom heddle pulley,early 20th century, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, hardwood,18cm high, together with a modern standProvenance: The ...

A Yaka People carved wood female figure,early 20th century, Congolese, collection number to the underside of the foot 'RC 503',21cm high, together...

A rare pair of carved wooden idols,early 20th century, probably Caroline or Mortlock Islands, in the form of a crouching male and female figure, t...

A Northern Oyo Shaki female Ibeji,19th century, West African, with an elegant torso with long arms, the eyes inset with tiny nails,8cm wide18cm hi...

A hardwood female fertility doll or 'akua'ba',late 19th/early 20th century, probably Ghana, West Africa,29.5cm highProvenance: The collection of E...

Two African wooden masks,a Mali Bambara Kore Society dance mask, early 20th century, depicting a hyena,28cm long, anda Dan People blackened mask, ...

A Zulu carved soapstone pipe,19th century, South African,pipe 10.5cm long, together with a modern stand (2)Condition ReportMinor wear. 31.7g. Plea...

A West African hardwood axe,with a steel blade, issuing from a carved head,38cm longCondition ReportWear and patination suggest a date possibly la...

An 'I ula drisia' throwing club,19th century, Fijian, of unusual carved form,38.5cm long, together with a modern stand (2)Condition ReportGood pat...

A hardwood 'I ula drisia' warrior's throwing club,early 19th century, Oceanic Fijian, the head embedded with a tooth and carvings to the handle,39...

A Chokwe chief's ebony staff of club form,19th century, Angolan, the head with a 'cut-out' zigzag design between brass studs,68.5cm longCondition ...

A Zulu rhinoceros horn knobkerrie,19th century, South African,81cm overall Condition ReportConstructed from Rhinocerous horn as catalogued. Please...

An Aboriginal wooden shield,mid-19th century, Central Desert, Australia, engraved on both sides and coloured in red ochre,75.5cm wide7cm deepCondi...

A rare Australian Aboriginal hardwood parrying shield,probably mid-19th century, Murray River region, with geometric stone-cut decoration and trac...

An Aboriginal stone-carved wooden shield or 'wunda',19th century, Western Desert, Australia, coloured with natural pigments,74cm wide20cm deepCond...

A 'double-carved' wooden bow,19th century, Andaman Islands,124cm longThe Andaman Islands form an archipelago of around 300 islands in the Bay of B...

A lime spatula, c.1880, Oro Province, Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea, carved in the form of a shark, with collection label inscribed 'Beasley C...

A carved ebony lime spatula,early 20th century, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, carved with a figural finial, interlocking scrolls, the sharp...

A Maori 'toki',19th century, the adzed curved wooden shaft supporting a greenstone adze blade bound with flax,51cm long, together with a modern st...

A carved hardwood chief's 'Icula Ni Bakola' cannibal fork,early to mid-19th century, Fijian,31cm overall, on a modern display stand (2)Condition R...

A men's hair comb,early 20th century, Papua New Guinea Highlands, with a dancing feather bird,39cm long, on a modern display stand (2)Provenance: ...

An unusual Western Australian Aboriginal saw knife,late 19th century, Minang people, hardwood with inset possum teeth and a twine handle,21cm long...

An Australian Aboriginal hardwood spear thrower or 'Meru',19th century, probably Western Victoria, of paddle shape, a handwritten label verso read...

An Iraqw People softwood figure of Christ on the cross,early 20th century, Tanzanian,50cm high, together with a modern stand (2)Condition ReportLo...

A Kirdi leather shield,19th/20th century, Cameroon, with embossed decoration,91cm highCondition ReportWear from use, minor losses and small holes,...

An African bronze spiral armband,19th century, Upper Congo, with carved 'feathered' decoration,13cm highCondition ReportWear from use. ...[more]

A rare basketry hat,19th century, Filipino, La Laguna Province, mounted with a silver pommel, collection label to the inside, reads '99 native hat...

A half-coconut kava drinking bowl,probably 19th century, Fijian, with the original Yaqona bloom and patina to the interior, a handwritten label at...

Three turtleshell currency bracelets,1899, Pacific, new Hebrides, with an old vellum collection label 'Turtleshell Bracelets, New Hebrides, 1899' ...

A Navajo blanket,20th century, American Indian, with a black and white geometric pattern on a pale brown ground,154 x 117cmCondition Reportoverall...

A Conus shell warrior's necklace,early 20th century, Solomon Islands, strung on coir cord,74cm longCondition ReportSome hair cracks to the end of ...

A Native American Plains Indian dance collar,probably mid-19th century, Sioux, dyed porcupine quill, buckskin, tin cone and horsehair,18cm long, a...

A Native American hair ornament,probably mid-19th century, Sioux or Apache, dyed porcupine quill, feather, hair and rawhide, together with a handw...

Three shell artefacts,19th century, Solomon Islands,a bangle,9.5cm diameter,an ornament with a serrated edge,17cm long, anda spoon with an old pap...

An Inuit appliqué,1500-1800AD, Bering Sea, of whale tail form with pierced holes for attachment,13cm long, together with a modern stand (2)Provena...

A Yupik Eskimo attachment in the form of a seal head, late 18th/early 19th century, Bering Strait, with baleen inlaid eyes,4.5cm long, mounted on ...

A boar's tusk/tooth ear pendant 'Ha'akai' with three 'Tiki figures',19th century, Marquesas Islands, with an old stone drilled hole, 5cm long, tog...

A Maori bone 'hei matau' fish hook,18th century, New Zealand, probably a ceremonial pendant, old collection paper label 'C.17 No 50',7cm overall, ...

An Inuit harpoon foreshaft,19th century, the base pierced to take a strap,36cm longCondition ReportExpected wear from much use. ...[more]

A Thule Eskimo shaman's drum handle,18th century, Bering Sea, carved with a smiling anthropomorphic face inset with pyrite eyes and dark wood,9.7c...

An Oceanic mother-of-pearl bonito fish hook,19th century, Micronesian Marshall Islands,11cm high, together with a modern stand (2) Condition Repor...

An Aboriginal shell phallocrypt,19th century, North West Australian, with incised decoration,18cm longA phallocrypt is a ceremonial item worn to c...

An Australian rainmaker's pearl shell ornament,probably 19th century, Central Desert, 'Ringali' decorated with engraved lines, a paper handwritten...

A Tonga Nguni figurative hardwood staff,19th century, Southern Africa, the head carved as a female wearing a beaded necklace,89cm longCondition Re...

A Zulu ceremonial rhinoceros horn knobkerrie,19th century, South African,42cm longCondition ReportSome shrinkage splits to the head. Approx. 220g ...

A very rare rhinoceros horn staff or sceptre,mid-19th century, Tsonga or North Nguri, South African, carved with the head of a chief, the shaft dr...

A rare Fijian hardwood 'ula' throwing club,mid-19th century, of unusual form, the head carved in the form of a flower of the banana plant, the han...

A Christian devotional table pendant,probably 19th century, Ethiopian, double-sided, with two carved doors, the doors opening to reveal painted im...

Two North American Plains Indian armbands, and attachments (qty.)Condition ReportColours good. They appear to be coloured straw or raffia.They req...

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