Sales catalogue: Glendining

Date:
20th May 1935
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/8/229
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Glendining. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lot 15 Two massive flint-lock pistols with solid base silveiy> stocks, and a loading rod, from Albania go g@xp ZZ “ira 16 Sword which belonged to a Manchu chief, massive tooled silver and pierced gilt iron mounts and hilt yer “W» 17. Ancient Manchu iron helmet P oS (VS 18 A ditto flail weapon of iron ‘Wi _ ‘ lip ; 19 Mahratta iron mace sO fam J) te 20 Southal iron parrying spear with loose ring, and an iron bound mace Soe : é 4 21. Old Indian gauntlet sword, and another guarded thrusting sword Py Vv. fvft, 22 Three fine carved native wood spoons, aay two. _satto (46/7 combs Sy »A curious black pottery figure of a any eI Fie Equador, and two other pottery figures 74 fa 24 Two beaded ceremonial spears, and two Other pieces A>, 2). A Malay.sword with fine blade, in brass bound, sheathe and another with horn handle 2 OL oF 26 Three old Somaliland swords, in hide sheaths 2% & 27 A pair of Dyak swords with hilts and blades inlaid witi: brass and cleverly carved wooden sheaths 2 ¢¢/— (Wr 28 Two Persian steel helmets damascened with gold | Yyvr $i Ty 29 A Gurkha Kukri, a Machete, and a fine Shan sw ae with | brass mounted scabbard Zt WS. 1j An Abyssinian scimitar with damascened blade and em- bossed “brass*mounted*’ scabbard)-and™ a Chinese scimitar with damascened hilt 3l) “An old Tibetan tomtom, made from two human ao see label a4 / : : fy» i aA ey tae At ee ¢ {) 32 An ancient ivory state sword, incised with designs 4 hi “ “x “hy , : wt x j »(33y A fine Aztec pottery figure of a woman, Ilins. high _ ——— ~~ 34 Three carved and partly decorated Australian, patigs war spears, North Queensland a . 39 A fine ancestral carving, partly decorated (New Guinea}