28th Jun, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
268
A 20th Century Makonde Njorowe Belly Mask, Tanzania, carved from dark stained soft wood, with pendulant breasts, swollen pregnant stomach with protruding navel, carved with bands of scarification, 57cm
Footnote : - These masks were part of the costume of young male dancers worn when partaking in an initiation ceremony and where they mimed the burdens of pregnancy and giving birth.
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £100
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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