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Gorringes Ethnographica and Weekly Sale - Monday 18th June 2018
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15 North Street
Lewes, East Sussex
BN7 2PD
United Kingdom
Gorringes Ethnographica and Weekly Sale - Monday 18th June 2018

Fine Arts and Antiques

Auction dates
18 Jun 2018 10:00 BST
Lots: 82
Viewing dates
15 Jun 2018 09:00 - 17:00 BST
16 Jun 2018 09:00 - 13:00 BST
18 Jun 2018 08:00 - 10:00 BST
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 778 lots within this auction
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A large West African carved wood Janus helmet mask, decorated with cowrie shells and feathers,
200 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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An African stained carved figure of a woman, with inset ears, 34cm
75 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An African carved and stained wood mask, 36cm
0 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Yoruba carved wood figure of a kneeling woman, 23cm, plus stand
65 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A Dogon carved wood mask with horns, tusks and teeth, height 81cm
150 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An African? carved wood hoop necklace, decorated with a bearded mask and monkeys, 31cm
100 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Yoruba type carved wood figure of a woman, 29cm
85 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Papua New Guinea carved and painted wood dog's head canoe prow, with shell inset eyes, 26cm
280 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A Fijian hardwood sail club, with crooked and bladed head, 99cm
380 GBP
500 - 800 GBP
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Two hardwood war clubs, one in a dark wood with a pointed knob, 58cm, the other bleached burr
95 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An African hardwood knobkerrie, 71cm
25 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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A Mende helmet mask, with braided coiffeur, height 37cm
100 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Two hardwood boomerangs, one carved with an emu, 55cm, the other a hunter and animals, 64cm
100 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A South American hardwood totem carving, 28cm
85 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A Sepik River carved wood mask, with bird crest and cowrie shell eyes, 54cm
100 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An Attye People Ivory Coast carved and painted hardwood seated shrine figure, height 38cm
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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An African wood carving of a woman's head, 39cm
95 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An African hardwood carving of a seated man, 52cm
85 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A bone dagger, 34cm
35 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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An African carved softwood figure of a man holding a shield, 31cm
30 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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An Obsidian hand axe mounted on a hardwood shaft, overall 71cm
170 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A Lower Sepik carved wood ancestral figure, with cowrie inset eyes, 40cm and a similar smaller
190 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Shone carved hardstone fertility figure, height 34cm
100 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An African carved wood figure of a standing bearded man, 52cm
170 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An African carved wood fertility figure, 54cm
150 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An African hardwood group of a kneeling woman holding an infant, 26cm
85 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Bambara People of Mali carved wood ancestral figure, height 56cm
100 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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A Bangwa People of Cameroon carved wood mourning figure, height 43cm
100 GBP
200 - 400 GBP
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A carved wood bird beak mask, with iron studded and whitened decoration, 45cm
100 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A tooth necklace
95 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Sepik River crocodile and frog canoe prow, 84cm
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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A pair of African ebonised wood figures of a man and woman standing with outstretched arms, on
190 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An African hardwood totem figure, 21cm
100 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An African carved hardwood figure of a praying woman, 17cm
85 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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An African carved wood figure of a seated man, 35cm
75 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Pende People carved wood ancestor figure, 70cm
170 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An African carved wood female fertility figure, 42cm
75 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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An African carved and painted wood mask, with raised horns, 74cm
240 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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A pair of African ebonised wood fertility figures, 42cm
150 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A Solomon Islands turtle shell mask, applied with shells and feathers, 42cm
420 GBP
500 - 800 GBP
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A Solomon Islands turtle shell mask, applied with shells and feathers, 41cm
300 GBP
500 - 800 GBP
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An African brass and aluminium mounted stick of power, 85cm
360 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A Polynesian hardwood war club, 133cm
100 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Sepik River? tree trunk drum, height 90cm
190 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Two hardwood walking sticks with horn handles
170 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An Indian brass studded elephant hide shield, 56cm
40 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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An African elephant hide shield, 139cm
280 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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An elephant hide shield, with painted decoration and inscribed 'Robert Loc Kararromoki', 100cm
200 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Two ribbed carved wooden shields, 114cm
380 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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An early 19th century English coloured mezzotint of shipwrecked sailors on the African Coast, 44 x
75 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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A Polynesian carved wood paddle club, 186cm and another club, 95cm
95 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A Bankoni bronze ceremonial bell, modelled with a figural stem holding a bowl, height
400 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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A Sao / Katoko bronze divination figure of a female woman holding a staff of power, seated upon a
400 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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A pair of Nigerian bronze cham chams or protection figures, with ring bracelets to the wrist and
380 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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An Ibo People of Nigeria terracotta vessel, in the form of anthropomorphic head with very large
280 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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A pair of Jenne Inner Niger Delta, Mali terracotta horses with riders, decorated with blue paint,
300 GBP
500 - 800 GBP
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A Jenne Inner Niger Delta terracotta horse with rider, 41cm (some repairs)Provenance: Ex. Collection
280 GBP
3 - 500 GBP
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A Lake Chad probably Bornu People bronze group of a camel with three riders, 31cmProvenance: Ex.
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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A Sao People Lake Chad area bronze figure of a man riding a horse, 29cmProvenance: Ex. Collection of
190 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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