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Micronesian Shell Currency
Lot: 1152UnsoldMicronesian Shell Currency, Yap, Caroline Islands, large pearl shell with sennit fiber attached, (one edge trimmed, the other with loss),shell size 8 x 7 1/4 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian more ...
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Tokelau Island Fishing Tackle Box, Tuluma
Lot: 1153Sold for: $313$250Tokelau Island Fishing Tackle Box, Tuluma, 20th century, oval hardwood box with lid, attached with sennit cord, ht. 7 1/4, wd. 11 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, more ...
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Japanese Fireman's Axe, Tobiguchi
Lot: 1154Sold for: $163$130Japanese Fireman's Axe, Tobiguchi, Edo period, 19th century, wood and metal shaft with metal handle and small metal beak-shaped blade, lg. 21 1/2 in. more ...
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Six Stone Tools from Africa and the Pacific
Lot: 1155Sold for: $625$500Six Stone Tools from Africa and the Pacific, two large stone adze blades, probably from North Africa, an oval stone club head, a Pacific adze blade, a club head wrapped with rattan from New Guinea, more ...
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Ethiopian Hide Shield
Lot: 1156Sold for: $2,000$1,600Ethiopian Hide Shield, southern central Ethiopia, buffalo hide decorated with incised lines and embossed with parallel lines and protrusions, the rim serrated, dia. 31 1/2 in. more ...
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Ethiopian Wood Neck Rest
Lot: 1157UnsoldEthiopian Wood Neck Rest, Kambatta, South Ethiopia, the thin supporting struts decorated with incised geometric designs, smooth, dark patina, ht. 8, wd. 8 in. Provenance: Private collection, more ...
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Maasai Shield
Lot: 1158Sold for: $1,625$1,300Maasai Shield, Kenya, made from buffalo hide, attached to a bentwood frame, convex in shape, with handle at rear attached by leather strapping, painted in symmetrical crescents in red, white and more ...
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Embossed Hide Shield from Somalia
Lot: 1159UnsoldEmbossed Hide Shield from Somalia, bleached and incised oryx leather, with central raised dome, curled rim and carrying handle at back, dia. 12 1/4 in. more ...
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Ethiopian Wood Neck Rest
Lot: 1160Sold for: $63$50Ethiopian Wood Neck Rest, Konso, T-shape, with small rounded base, plank support with braided leather carrying strap, ht. 5 3/4, wd. 6 7/8 in. more ...
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Ethiopian Wood Paddle
Lot: 1161UnsoldEthiopian Wood Paddle, the long, wide curved blade with wire staple repairs, smooth, dark patina, lg. 44 in. more ...
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Standing Wood Figure
Lot: 1162Sold for: $125$100Standing Wood Figure, possibly Chokwe/Lwena, standing on round base, legs apart, with raised and blackened features on legs and torso, wearing a loin cloth, (missing lower articulated arms),ht. 13 more ...
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Toposa Hide Shield
Lot: 1163UnsoldToposa Hide Shield, Southern Sudan, the thick, curved animal hide supported by central wood stick, made into the handle, with traces of ostrich feathers at top, 23 1/4 x 9 in. more ...
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Sudanese Wood Club
Lot: 1164Sold for: $94$75Sudanese Wood Club, Southern Sudan, Dinka people, polished hardwood with leather collar and pierced at butt end for wrist strap, lg. 26 1/2 in. more ...
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Mande Hunter Shirt
Lot: 1165Sold for: $313$250Mande Hunter Shirt, armless light canvas fabric tunic, neck and shoulder line decorated with cowrie shells, with many fabric tassels front and back, some with leather-bound pouches, lg. 29, wd. at more ...
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African Wood Effigy Staff
Lot: 1166Sold for: $188$150African Wood Effigy Staff, Dogon, in the form of a highly stylized animal head with long neck forming the shaft and open mount, cut-out eye and crested head, encrusted patina, with metal stand, ht. more ...
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Dogon Tellem Figure
Lot: 1167Sold for: $500$400Dogon Tellem Figure, Mali, rising from a circular base, on heavy bent legs leading to cylindrical torso, with narrow shoulders below elongated arms raised above the head, a cylindrical neck more ...
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Dogon Cotton Blanket
Lot: 1168Sold for: $813$650Dogon Cotton Blanket, Mali, 20th century, 82 1/8 x 57 3/8 in. Provenance: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, accession number 76.137. more ...
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Small Bura Terra-cotta Head
Lot: 1169Sold for: $125$100Small Bura Terra-cotta Head, Niger River Valley, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, the elongated circular neck supporting a long, flat face, with defined nose and two holes for eyes wide apart, with more ...
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Dogon Bronze Pendant
Lot: 1170Sold for: $250$200Dogon Bronze Pendant, Mali, seated man with hands on drawn-up knees, the elongated face with beard and long nose, lug attached to back for suspension, ht. 2 1/8 in. more ...
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Large Bamana Kore Society Mask
Lot: 1171UnsoldLarge Bamana Kore Society Mask, Mali, zoomorphic mask with long open mouth and hollow horns, smooth, dark patina, lg. 33 in. Provenance: Private collection, Massachusetts; Merton Simpson Gallery, more ...
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Dogon Crook Staff
Lot: 1172UnsoldDogon Crook Staff, in the form of an abstracted animal head with long neck forming the shaft, decorated with bands of chip carving, heavily encrusted patina, lg. 38 1/4 in. more ...
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Dogon Hardwood Figure
Lot: 1173Sold for: $625$500Dogon Hardwood Figure, Mali, standing male figure, (missing feet and lower part of left arm, eroded and damaged surface, the head possibly recarved),mounted on wood base, ht. 36 1/4 in. more ...
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Bamana Mask
Lot: 1174Sold for: $281$225Bamana Mask, Mali, stylized antelope mask with blue painted ears, and blue dots on an overall white background, with cutout eyes, long nose, and snout, weathered surface, ht. 14 in. Provenance: more ...
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Dogon/Bamana Wood Head
Lot: 1175Sold for: $188$150Dogon/Bamana Wood Head, Mali, the elongated circular neck with incised rings, the head with open mouth with teeth, long nose and narrow set eyes, raised coiffure on crown with long, split more ...
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Dogon Black Monkey Mask, Dege
Lot: 1176Sold for: $313$250Dogon Black Monkey Mask, Dege, with large cutout eyes and stylized ears, pierced on the sides, with weathered and encrusted surface, ht. 12, wd. 6 1/4 in. more ...
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Guro Bete Face Mask
Lot: 1177Sold for: $938$750Guro Bete Face Mask, hollowed-out zoomorphic mask, with small, open mouth, long narrow nose, and protruding eyes, with incised brows beneath two short, pointed horns and small ears, pierced around more ...
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Woman's Cotton Wrapper
Lot: 1178Sold for: $813$650Woman's Cotton Wrapper, Dioula, northern Ivory Coast, 20th century, decorated with square weft geometric motifs, with a band at each end, 99 1/2 x 67 1/2 in. Provenance: Indianapolis Museum of more ...
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Fang Wood Face Mask
Lot: 1179Sold for: $1,000$800Fang Wood Face Mask, oval form, with two small pierced square-cut eyes, beneath slender arched brows, a long nose and shallow square-cut mouth, a narrow raised scorched border from chin to coiffure, more ...
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Fang Staff Finial Head
Lot: 1180Sold for: $406$325Fang Staff Finial Head, Gabon, wood janus finial with smooth dark patina, mounted on a custom base, ht. 4 1/8 in. Provenance: Purchased from Marc Assayag, Tookalook Gallery, Montreal, Canada; J. more ...
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Baule Colon Figure
Lot: 1181Sold for: $188$150Baule Colon Figure, standing man wearing Western clothing, including a hat, dark patina, (age crack at rear),ht. 9 in. Provenance: Purchased from Marc Assayag, Tookalook Gallery, Montreal, more ...