7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
230
A Songye Small Power Figure (Nkisi), DRC, of carved wood, set into half a calabash with thorny twigs, shells, nuts and seeds, with basket weave and twisted cloth borders, 31cm diameter; a Baule "Mouse Oracle", Ivory Coast, carved from a small hollowed out tree trunk, the exterior carved with the masks of a horse, an antelope and a fish, the interior with two compartments, the base set with a pierced metal panel, the lift-off lid with stylised antelope carved handle, 47cm; a Cham-Mwana Terracotta Divination Vessel, Nigeria, modelled as a stylised figure with flask body, 29cm (3)
Sold for £80
Estimated at £150 - £180
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 6 December 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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