21st Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
2393
An Igbo Helmet Crest, Nigeria, with pierced and carved triple arched headdress over a kaolin painted face; a Dan Wood Mask, Ivory Coast, with plaited rope coiffure and beard trimmed with cowrie shells, pierced circular eyes and large lips; a Lega Wood Mask, Congo, with bifurcated forehead, slit eyes and mouth and kaolin painted face; a Small Bwa Plank Mask, Burkina Faso, painted with bands of white, black and red; a Salampasu Mask, DRC, painted black and with balls of coiled raffia to the hair (5)
Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £200
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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