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Native American & Tribal Art

3 – 13 March 2024

Discover the art of native peoples from around the world in our spring auction. Featuring a diverse array of treasures, including African masks and figures, Polynesian artefacts from Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand, as well as clubs and stone tools from Melanesia. Standout items include a rare and early water storage gourd from Hawaii, a Fijian cannibal fork shaped like a flying fox, and a remarkable Suku helmet mask from the Congo.

In addition, our Native American collection boasts exceptional pieces such as a vast selection of Plains beadwork, a rare and early Northern Plains beaded hide robe, and an early Northwest Coast copper-bladed dagger from the Tlingit tribe of southern Alaska. Representing the Southwest, we offer a captivating range of Pueblo pottery, both historic and contemporary, along with Navajo weavings, and exquisite silver and turquoise jewellery.

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A decorated Hawaiian water storage gourd, umeke pawehe ht. 10 1/4, wd. 8 in.A decorated Hawaiian water storage gourd, umeke pawehe ht. 10 1/4, wd. 8 in.. Sold for US$20,480 inc. premium
A pair of Eskimo scrimshaw pipes lg. 13, and 9 in.A pair of Eskimo scrimshaw pipes lg. 13, and 9 in.. Sold for US$6,400 inc. premium
A Diné (Navajo) Germantown textile 48 x 33 in.A Diné (Navajo) Germantown textile 48 x 33 in.. Sold for US$3,840 inc. premium
A historic beaded strike-a-lite bag and awl case lg. of bag 6, lg. of awl case 12 1/2 in.A historic beaded strike-a-lite bag and awl case lg. of bag 6, lg. of awl case 12 1/2 in.. Sold for US$1,280 inc. premium
A Guro heddle pully ht. 7 3/4 in.A Guro heddle pully ht. 7 3/4 in.. Sold for US$704 inc. premium

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A Dogon wood ladle lg. 18 in.
A Dogon wood door lock ht. 9 1/2 in.
A male Bamana antelope headdress Ci Wara ht. not including fiber fringe 37 in.
A female Bamana antelope headdress Ci Wara ht. 34 3/4 in.
A Bamana antelope headdress Ci Wara ht. 19 in.
A large wooden African horn ht. 37 in.
An Ivory Coast wood spatula ht. 12 1/8 in.
A large Baule male figure ht. 26 1/4 in.
A Baule female figure ht. 22 3/4 in.
A Guro heddle pully ht. 7 3/4 in.
A Guro heddle pulley ht. 6 in.
A Baule wood drum beater lg. 10 1/4 in.
A Fang pipe lg. 15 1/4 in.
A Fang mask ht. 35 1/2, wd. 18 1/2 in.
A Fang wood stool ht. 6 1/4, wd. 12 1/4, lg. 11 3/4 in.
A large Dan ladle lg. 27 in.
A Dan Ge Gon mask lg. 13 1/2 in.
A Dan passport mask ht. 8 3/4 in.
A Dan mask ht. 7 3/4, wd. 3 3/4 in.
A Mende Bundu helmet mask
A Mende Bundu helmet mask ht. 16 1/2 in.
A stone Kissi Nomoli figure ht. 6 1/4 in.
An Asanti female fertility figure, (Akuaba) ht. 11 1/2 in.
A large Ashanti wood comb ht. 16 1/2, wd. 4 1/2 in.
An Ashanti female fertility figure, (Akuaba) ht. 13 1/4 in.
An Ashanti stool ht. 14, wd. 19 in.
Three Akuba Asante Dolls ht. 11 3/4, 11 1.2, and 9 1/2 in.
An Akan gong figure ht. 22 in.
A Bobo mask lg. 36 1/2 in.
A Bobo mask lg. 33 1/2 in.
A Mossi mask ht. 38 1/2 in.
A Lobi male figure ht. 24 in.
Pair of Yoruba dance panels 10 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. each.
A pair of Yoruba brass Edan rods, Ogboni ht. 12 and 11 3/4 in.
A Yoruba Gelede helmet mask ht. 9 1/2, lg. 11 1/2 in.
A male Yoruba Ibeji figure ht. 10 1/2 in.
A Yoruba wood tray ht. 13 1/4, wd. 16 1/4 in.
A pair of twin male Ibeji figures ht. 10 in. each.
A Yoruba diviner's staff Osun babalawo ht. 20 1/4 in.
A pair of male and female iron Yoruba twins ht. 4 1/2, and 4 in.
A male Yoruba figure ht. 11 1/2 in.
Three Yoruba Ibeji dolls ht. 10 3/4, 10 and 7 3/4 in.
A pair of Yoruba Ibeji dolls ht. 10 3/4 and 10 1/4 in.
Two female Yoruba Ibeji dolls ht. 11 1/2 and 11 1/4 in.
A bronze Edan figure ht. 5 1/2 in.
An Ibo Mmwo helmet mask ht. 12 1/2 in.
A standing Mumuye figure ht. 12 1/4 in.
An Ibo Maiden Spirit helmet mask Agbogho Mmuo ht. 16 1/2 in.
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