Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
10 December 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/976
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    e| i dey) An interesting Nuehr tribal War Helmet, covered with hundreds — of buttons and beads, the interior lined with hair and grass, South Bank, White Nile; and a Gabun bead-covered Skull Cap 2 Ml) ‘a (22) A rare Latooka Tribal Helmet, of pane form, made of string, ay plaster and human hair, Nile, 84in.; and a massive carved Cameroon Ceremonial Mask 2 ~~ ~ a. 1 a 423] A Niger carved wood and painted Fetish Figure, with winged ‘ Zones head-dress, seated and holding objects in either hand, 23 in. ; and an ivory Hunting Horn 2 ee AMERICA. a ~ f- =. A24) A North American stone-headed Tomahawk with long leather- a ee covered handle and horse-hair tail, 307m.; and a rare bone Seal-killer, the tip of the handle carved with a figure 2 b|-|- x L25, A Red Indian deerskin Shirt, painted with scalping scenes and decorated with beads and scalp locks; and a War Drum, decorated with Totemic designs, 11# in. ‘daden.. Plains Indians >. -|- w (126) An interesting British Guiana wooden Club, with stone head of sf axe form and rectangular dumb-bell shape in padouk; and an old Sumatran War Drum, carved with fetish figure, 8 in. 2: er ae ae J oe 127 | ‘ An old Peruvian Tippet, of mosaic featherwork on fine linen in a / variety of colours; an interesting and rare specimen, 58 Mer yy uv -, - >| A j on ; i NN Pe ee OCEANIA, te fee: te oe SdL 128 |} A rare Tahiti Chieftain’s Staff, of plain form, the top surmounted | dad with a carved male figure, 43 im.; and two Fiji whale-teeth Th : Necklaces; another of shells; and a wooden Tappa Beater ?\ om Ley ay (] & A fine large Tongan Kava Bowl, supported on four pointed legs; | ee and a massive Santa Cruz Club in the form of a canoe, decorated with geometric designs and masks in black and red 2 -|-f- ip (430) An interesting Papuan fibre Mask, representing a human face,. i —— surmounted by a plume of cassowary feathers, 15 %in.; and a well carved Flesh-hook of double mask form, 10in., New Hebrides 2
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