28th Jun, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
260
A 19th Century Zulu Iklwa (Stabbing Spear), the 38cm leaf shape blade with stepped double triangle neck and tang inserted and bound with leather to the short wood haft with splayed butt, 119cm; a 20th Century Iklwa and an Assegai (Throwing Spear), each with leaf shape blade, one bound to the haft with animal hide, the other with woven vegetable fibre; three 20th Century Knobkerries, each with globular head and tapering cylindrical haft, one with coloured wire bound grip (6)
Footnote :- Vendor acquired these weapons from the indiginous people when living and working in Kwa-Zulu Natal (formerly Zululand)
Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180
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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