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Tribal Art

Session: Tribal Art

London, New Bond Street
20 Sep 2006, session starting at 14:30 BST

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A pair of Porcupine quill mocassins
Sold for £12,000 inc. premium
A pair of Great Lakes hide and quillwork moccasins each 27.5cm.
An Ethiopian painting
Sold for £9,000 inc. premium
An Ethiopian painting 187cm. x 80cm., contained in a glass frame
A Solomon Island money roll
Sold for £7,200 inc. premium
A Santa Cruz feather money roll, tavau Solomon Islands approx. 38cm. diam.
A Maori wood handclub, wahaika 38.5 cm.
Sold for £7,200 inc. premium
A Maori wood handclub, wahaika 38.5 cm.

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Chancay Pot, 2 whistles and a stamp (4)
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A Chancay pottery effigy jar, 4
Sold for £240 inc. premium
4 pieces pre Colombian art to incl. 2 heads,statue & parrot whistle
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Four pottery La Tolita artefacts
Estimate:
£100 - 200
US$ 150 - 300
€120 - 240
3 x Negative decorated bowls
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Three Tuncahuan pottery bowls 19cm. - 21cm. diam. 3
Sold for £264 inc. premium
Twelve Pre-Colombian terracotta heads (12)
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Twelve La Tolita pottery head fragments
Sold for £96 inc. premium
5 Tiahuanco Kero
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Five Tiahuanco pottery Keros sizes ranging from 11cm.-13cm.
Sold for £180 inc. premium
A group of Tiahuanco vessels of various shapes: ten bowls, one goblet and three jars
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A group of Tiahuanco pottery vessels 14
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6 Tiahuanco Kero and a goblet
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Six Tiahuanco pottery Keros and a goblet some damage to the vessels, 11cm.- 18cm., 7
Sold for £180 inc. premium
A pair of Nayarit figures
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Two Nayarit orange slipped earthenware figures 20cm. 2
Estimate:
£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
A Nazca goblet
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A Tiahuanco goblet 15cm. high.
Sold for £312 inc. premium
no image
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Three Late Chimu blackware vessels and a wood Kero 13cm. 4
Sold for £240 inc. premium
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Three South American pottery artefacts 15cm. 4
Sold for £216 inc. premium
A Chancay Textile fragment
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A Chancay textile fragment 51cm. x 22cm.
Estimate:
£400 - 500
US$ 610 - 760
€470 - 590
A Taíno stone adze Greater Antilles Islands and the Bahamas 9cm. long.
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A Taíno stone adze Greater Antilles Islands and the Bahamas 9cm. long.
Estimate:
£1,500 - 1,800
US$ 2,300 - 2,700
€1,800 - 2,100
A Taíno Zemi stone Greater Antilles Islands and the Bahamas 12cm. x 10.5cm.
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A Taíno Zemi stone Greater Antilles Islands and the Bahamas 12cm. x 10.5cm.
Estimate:
£1,500 - 1,800
US$ 2,300 - 2,700
€1,800 - 2,100
Taino "Zemi" stone (see copy of Dockstader, letter of authentication)
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A Taíno Zemi stone Greater Antilles Islands and the Bahamas repaired, 10.5cm. high.
Sold for £1,680 inc. premium
A Nazca head of a Mummy
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A Chancay 'mummy' bundle head,
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
US$ 4,600 - 7,600
€3,500 - 5,900
Colima figure and Mayan stone head and Veracruz smiling head
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A Veracruz pottery smiling figure fragment 3
Sold for £240 inc. premium
Tigre Suit
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A Mexican Tigre Suit
Sold for £840 inc. premium
Columbian Tairona gold nose ornament
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A Tairona gold nose ornament some small chips to the eges, 10cm. wide
Sold for £420 inc. premium
A Tairona style gold eagle pendant 3cm.
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A Tairona style gold eagle pendant 3cm.
Sold for £240 inc. premium
An Amazon vessel.
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A large Shipibo pottery urn 28cm.
Estimate:
£200 - 300
US$ 300 - 460
€240 - 350
5 books of Pre-Columbian textile samples
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Five books of Pre-Columbian textile fragments approx. 79 fragments
Sold for £384 inc. premium
2 Nazca style vessels, two Chimu style breast plates, a Costa Rica pedestal dish, 7 Pre-Columbian pottery items and a Mexican stone figure
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A Group of Pre-Columbian and later artefacts a lot
Sold for £108 inc. premium
An Amazon resin canoe
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A Large Amazon resin model canoe 76cm long
Sold for £408 inc. premium
A Woodlands saddle and wood stirrups
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A Cree beaded hide and cloth stuffed saddle 16.5cm. each. 2
Sold for £2,040 inc. premium
Framed Costume and Iroquois pouch
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A Winnebago ribbonwork appliqué skirt 21cm. approx. contained in a gilded frame with typed label; Rare...Winnebago ribbonwork and cloth applique skirt - c.1920 and Winnebago ...
Sold for £240 inc. premium
A rare maple bowl
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A rare American burr maple bowl Possibly late 17th Century Gift of Miss Maud L Stevens and George Stevens, June, 1931, 9cm. high. x 13.5cm. ...
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€950 - 1,400
An Octopus bag- Mackenzie river area, Athabascan
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An Athabascan beaded cloth Octopus bag, Mackenzie river area 33cm. high, excluding strap and wool tassles
Sold for £3,120 inc. premium
A group of American-Indian beaded and birchbark artefacts 5
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A group of American-Indian beaded and birchbark artefacts 5
Sold for £168 inc. premium
An Athabascan quirt shaped sash 52cm.
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An Athabascan quirt shaped sash 52cm.
Sold for £384 inc. premium
A Minnesota Sioux catlinite pipe-tomahawk
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A Minnesota Sioux catlinite pipe-tomahawk 15.3cm. high.
Estimate:
£600 - 900
US$ 910 - 1,400
€710 - 1,100
A Chippewa red catlinite pipe and stem approx. 57.5cm. long
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A Chippewa red catlinite pipe and stem approx. 57.5cm. long
Estimate:
£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
A Plains catlinite pipe Possibly Sioux repaired at the base of the arrow shaped finial and at the mouthpiece
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A Plains catlinite pipe Possibly Sioux repaired at the base of the arrow shaped finial and at the mouthpiece
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,500
Large Eskimo soapstone figure
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A large Eskimo soapstone figure 42cm.
Sold for £456 inc. premium
A Northwest Coast rattle
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A Northwest Coast wood raven rattle 30.5cm.
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium
A Plains Indian roach
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A Plains Indian roach mounted, 21cm. long.
Sold for £1,320 inc. premium
A Northwest Coast mountain goat horn spoon
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A Northwest Coast mountain goat horn spoon 23cm.
Sold for £960 inc. premium
no image
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A Northwest Coast wood ladle and an ivory model totem pole 2
Sold for £336 inc. premium
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A metal currency token Hudson Bay 7cm.
Sold for £120 inc. premium
A Woodlands effigy vessel and two Mississipi pottery jars
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A Woodlands pottery effigy vessel and two Mississipi pottery jars 19cm. 3
Sold for £108 inc. premium
A Klamath basket 18cm. diam
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A Klamath basket 18cm. diam
Estimate:
£130 - 180
US$ 200 - 270
€150 - 210
2 North American clubs
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A Plains Indian ball headed wood club 74cm. 2
Sold for £540 inc. premium
A North American Indian frog pipe
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A Mississippian style stone effigy pipe 2
Estimate:
£400 - 600
US$ 610 - 910
€470 - 710
A Mississippian stone monitor pipe 27cm.
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A Mississippian stone monitor pipe 27cm.
Estimate:
£400 - 600
US$ 610 - 910
€470 - 710
An Eskimo model canoe
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An Eskimo model kayak 67cm. long.
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€950 - 1,400
Alaskan ivory figure
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An Alaskan eskimo ivory figure
Sold for £4,800 inc. premium
Eight Eskimo ivory and bone artefacts 8
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Eight Eskimo ivory and bone artefacts 8
Sold for £336 inc. premium
An Eskimo ivory pipe attractive golden patina, 15cm.
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An Eskimo ivory pipe attractive golden patina, 15cm.
Sold for £2,640 inc. premium
A Zulu Cape
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A Woodlands feather cape 73cm. wide x 58cm.
Sold for £720 inc. premium
2 x Tribal educational trade union cloths
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Two educational trade union cloths 119cm. x 90cm.
Sold for £480 inc. premium
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