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Five African Weapons
Lot: 60Sold for: $492$400Five African Weapons, a small adze, two North African swords with scabbards, and two Central African sabre-knives, two with stands, lg. to 31 in. more ...
Two North African Swords
Lot: 61Sold for: $215$175Two North African Swords, both with crocodile skin grips, one with leather scabbard, lg. to 31 in. more ...
Four African Weapons
Lot: 62Sold for: $338$275Four African Weapons, includes a Mongo knife, a Massai sword and sheath, a bird head knife, and an Azande sabre-knife, lg. to 30 1/2 in. more ...
Five African Weapons
Lot: 63Sold for: $492$400Five African Weapons, includes a Yaka knife and sheath, a North African dagger with sheath, a throwing knife, an Ngala knife, and a cult knife with bird and plant motif, includes four stands, lg. to more ...
Four Central African Weapons
Lot: 64Sold for: $492$400Four Central African Weapons, includes an Azande knife, a Lokele (?) knife, a Konda dagger, and a Salampasu sword and sheath, (damage),lg. to 23 1/2 in. more ...
Two African Weapons
Lot: 65Sold for: $308$250Two African Weapons, an Ngombe knife and a wood-handled axe with brass tack decoration, includes one stand, lg. to 24 1/2 in. more ...
Four African Weapons
Lot: 66Sold for: $554$450Four African Weapons, includes a cult knife, a throwing knife, a Pende knife, and a Konda knife, includes three stands, lg. to 19 1/4 in. more ...
Four African Weapons
Lot: 67UnsoldFour African Weapons, a small axe with brass tack decoration, a North African "Crusader"-style sword and scabbard, and two sabre-knives with incised blades, includes one stand, lg. to 37 in. more ...
Fiji Island Carved Wood Gunstock Club
Lot: 68Sold for: $338$275Fiji Island Carved Wood Gunstock Club, "Kiakavo," lg. 38 1/2 in. more ...
Fiji Island Carved Wood Throwing Club
Lot: 69Sold for: $246$200Fiji Island Carved Wood Throwing Club, lg. 15 1/4 in. more ...
Large Mangaia Carved Wood Ceremonial Adze Handle
Lot: 70Sold for: $246$200Large Mangaia Carved Wood Ceremonial Adze Handle, c. 19th century, (damage),lg. 45 in. more ...
New Guinea Carved and Painted Gopi Board
Lot: 71Sold for: $400$325New Guinea Carved and Painted Gopi Board, "Kikori River Delta, Western Papua, 1961," lg. 45 1/2 in. more ...
Large New Guinea Carved and Painted Wood Shield
Lot: 72Sold for: $185$150Large New Guinea Carved and Painted Wood Shield, with carved handle in the back, (cracks),ht. 78 x wd. 22 in. more ...
Two Oceanic Carved Wood Paddles
Lot: 73Sold for: $185$150Two Oceanic Carved Wood Paddles, the first from New Guinea with stylized relief-carved blade and grip, the second of dark wood with repaired blade, lg. to 62 1/2 in. more ...
Two Stone Headed Clubs
Lot: 74Sold for: $215$175Two Stone Headed Clubs, both from Papua New Guinea, the largest with disc-shaped head, lg. to 38 in. Provenance: Largest from the Methodist Mission Society Museum. more ...
Three Carved Wood New Guinea Items
Lot: 75Sold for: $111$90Three Carved Wood New Guinea Items, a neck rest with traces of pigment, a carver's mallet with turtle head finial, and a pounder from Sissano Lagoon, lg. to 19 1/2 in. more ...
Sepik River Kundu Drum
Lot: 76Sold for: $338$275Sepik River Kundu Drum, with intact tympanum, handle with two carved human faces, traces of pigment, lg. 21 in. more ...
Sepik River Kundu Drum
Lot: 77Sold for: $123$100Sepik River Kundu Drum, with lizard handle, traces of pigment, lg. 23 3/4 in. more ...
Trobriand Islands Sword Club
Lot: 78Sold for: $185$150Trobriand Islands Sword Club, old tag reads "Club: Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea," lg. 25 in. more ...
Trobriand Islands Carved and Painted Wood Dance Shield
Lot: 79Sold for: $338$275Trobriand Islands Carved and Painted Wood Dance Shield, "Kai-Diba," lg. 25 x wd. 10 in. Provenance: Collected by D.C. Yacoe, Bwetalu Village, Kiriwina Island. more ...
Three Indonesian Shaman's Oracle Bones
Lot: 80Sold for: $677$550Three Indonesian Shaman's Oracle Bones, Batak, carved from buffalo ribs and with incised symbolic detail, lg. to 18 in. more ...
Australian Aborigine Polychrome Carved Wood Totem
Lot: 81Sold for: $246$200Australian Aborigine Polychrome Carved Wood Totem, a standing abstract human form with black, yellow, red, and white pigments, ht. 22 1/2 in. more ...
Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide "Keyhole" Moccasins
Lot: 82Sold for: $308$250Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide "Keyhole" Moccasins, c. early 20th century, lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide Moccasins
Lot: 83Sold for: $523$425Pair of Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide Moccasins, c. early 20th century, (quill loss),lg. 9 in. Provenance: Deaccessioned from a Western museum. more ...
Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 84Sold for: $277$225Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1900, multicolored geometric designs on a white background, (minor bead loss),lg. 9 1/4 in. more ...
Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasin Tops
Lot: 85Sold for: $400$325Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasin Tops, c. last quarter 19th century, rawhide soles have been detached and sewn to a cloth inset, (bead loss),lg. 10 in. more ...
Pair of Apache Beaded Hide Youth's Moccasins
Lot: 86Sold for: $461$375Pair of Apache Beaded Hide Youth's Moccasins, c. late 19th century, (some stiffness to hide, bead loss),lg. 8 3/4 in. more ...
Three Pairs of Plains Moccasins
Lot: 87Sold for: $738$600Three Pairs of Plains Moccasins, pair of partially beaded Crow moccasins, a Kiowa/Comanche pair made with commercial leather, and a pair with quilled keyhole pattern, (much quill loss),lg. to 11 more ...
Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 88Sold for: $677$550Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. late 19th century, with zigzag designs on a light blue background, (bead loss, damage),lg. 10 in. more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 89Sold for: $677$550Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. late 19th century, with heel fringe and commercial leather soles, (one tongue is almost detached),lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...