28th Jun, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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An Early 20th Century Yoruba Chief's Axe, Nigeria, West Africa, of richly patinated dark brown hardwood, the haft carved as a seated man with pitch coated coiled vegetable fibre conical headdress pommel, the small fan shaped steel blade with long tang inserted through the chest of a further figure and bound with braided copper wire, 35cm
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Jun, 2023
An interesting and varied sale including a Collection of Prussian and German Pickelhauben, and various pieces of Second World War British military headgear, cap badges, air weapons, antique firearms, and pistols. Highlights of the sale include a Rare First World War Tank Driver's Leather Helmet, a Mid-17th Century German Wheel-lock Sporting Gun, and a 19th Century Asmat "Ndambirkus" Ancestor Skull, New Guinea.
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Tuesday 27th June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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