Ethnographie & Stammeskunst

A 19th Century South African Zulu Knobkerrie mace. Hardwood throwing stick with crossed metal studs and the shaft banded with wire collars. Measur...

An original Zulu Nguni cowhide shield (Isihlangu) shield together with a Zulu spear. Oval white & brown cattlehide with x2 columns of horizontal s...

A 19th Century mid West African (Ghana) Asante People Ashanti sword / Akrafena ceremonial sword. Wooden double sphere grip with linier incisions a...

A 20th Century vintage African DRC Demographic Republic of the Congo tribal Pende mask. Wooden construction with protruding protruding eyes ad par...

A 20th century Nigerian Nupe water storage pot, alongside other decorative tribal pots. The collection including a Nigerian Nupe water pot, with t...

A collection of three clay tribal folk art pots. Each pot being of bulbous form. One featuring carved house motifs, encompassed by crosshatched de...

Of great Anthropological interest, a group of four items from the last Fijian cannibals, THE CANNIBALS WITH FORKS: 1. A four-prong wooden ceremoni...

An early 20th Century African Masai tribal hardwood throwing spear. Hardwood shaft, with a shaped spear point with a pronounced central rib and ar...

A young maiden holding a cup and bottle, wearing a headdress of leaves, perhaps the costume of a bhil Oudh, perhaps Lucknow, late 18th Century go...

Hand carved wooden Storyboard, understood to be carved by the Kambot people along the Keram River area of Papua New Guinea. The story is told with...

A vintage 20th century African hand drum Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea. Together with a throwing club from the Western African Region. Longes...

A collection of three vintage 20th century Trobriand Island - Papua New Guinea wooden carved bowls. With geometric carved swirls and further geome...

A 20th century West African Ghanaian beaded ebonised wooden tribal mask. The mask of carved of rounded form, with cut out eyes and mouth. Having t...

A hand carved Papua New Guinea wooden Bird of Paradise wall plaque along with a small tribal Adze Axe with a stone axe head on a rattan V shaped m...

A West African ( Sierra Leone ) Mende People tribal sword. Waisted wooden grip with inlaid metal rivets and a straight blade with serrated edge to...

A vintage African tribal spear head with a leaf shaped head and a hollow socket shaft. Measures approx 38cm.

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved miniature headrest with rectangular base. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, plate 95. 5.74...

1st millennium B.C. or later. Sturdy columnar stem flaring to the broad base with carinated rim, band of pained geometric ornament; the bowl broad...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With frieze of advancing figures. Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 39, for type. 26.3 grams, 32 mm...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of a seated figure extending his hand to a standing figure in floor-length pleated garment, second fig...

Neolithic Period, 4000-3000 years B.P. or later. Substantial and rectangular in section with tapering butt, polished asymmetrical blade. 769 gram...

Netherlands, 16th century A.D. Carved figural panel depicting a group of six standing figures gazing mournfully at the prostrate figure of Christ ...

Circa 100 B.C.-300 A.D. or later. Figure of a pregnant woman standing, adorned with a headdress, ear ornaments, a necklace and disc ornaments to t...

Nakleet, Punuk Period, 600-1200 A.D. or later. Carved with lentoid-section shank and triangular barbs to one edge. 6.8 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)...

Late Woodland Period, 1st millennium A.D. Including a flat biconvex type with broken edge and old collector's label 'R464', cobble type with scoop...

Pre 16th century A.D. or later. Lentoid in section, leaf-shaped with slightly polished rippled surface. 115 grams, 21.7 cm (8 1/2 in.). Ex Nye an...

Late Woodland Period, 1st millennium A.D. Including a square axehead with waist and rounded hammer to the rear. 866 grams total, 10-17.5 cm (4 - ...

Middle-Transitional Archaic Period, 8000-2700 years B.P. Including a waisted axe-hammer and other types. 1.37 kg total, 7.5-13.7 cm (3 - 5 3/8 in...

Late Woodland Period, 1st millennium A.D. Comprising a trapezoidal blade with straight edge, waisted shank and bulb to the reverse. 1.5 kg, 31.5 ...

Circa 19th century A.D. Crouching, holding a braided U-shaped bar in both hands and in the mouth; braided twine to waist and neck, remains to head...