21st Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
2411
An Inuit Walrus Hunting Harpoon, Alaska, with barbed bone tip inserted and bound to the beech haft with a leather thong, t133cm; an Inuit Whale Hunting Harpoon, Alaska, with walrus ivory tip and mounts to the wood haft, 126.5cm; a 19th Century Inuit Seal Hunting Harpoon, Alaska, the walrus ivory head with seperate barbed tip attached by a sealskin thong, with cedar wood haft decorated with red and black bands and with feathered flight, 136cm; an Unusual Inuit Sword, with a European 55cm falchion type steel blade, large blade bone hilt and painted two piece wood scabbard carved as the head of a Tupilak, 104cm; a Latmul Dance Staff, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, of palm wood, the head carved with a stylised figure, with pointed butt painted with inventory number A29, with raffia binding, 115.5cm; a 20th Century American Self Bow, and two smaller bows (8)
Provenance; - The Graham Turner Collection.
Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 21st Sep, 2022
The Militaria & Ethnographica offers over 450 lots.
Highlights include a rare 1943 US edition of the French 1939 Michelin Guide used during the D-Day landings, a Second World War RAF, RAAF and ROC Group of Nine Medals to Wing Commander William Anderson Beaumont, who survived four days and nights without food in the jungle and the uniform of POW Major General Philip Thomas Tower including his khaki greatcoat which became his escape outfit. Also included is a pair of 18th Century Percussion Duelling/Target Pistols by Twigg & Bass, London, circa 1780-83, a French 1830 Revolution Model Shako to d'Officer de Chasseur de La Garde Nationale and a Birmingham City Police Rose Top Helmet and an Isle of Man Police Force Ball Top Helmet.
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