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a fine songye axe nsapo ,before 1914 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: African: Weapons: Pre 1910   item# 1196516  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 650€  a fine songye axe ,very thick blade of simple shape well balanced .This rank ceremonial axe has a thick blade of massively forged iron .it is formed of three branches a semicircle blade,a square section at the base. . a thick copper sheet totally wraps the wooden handle ..This axe brings together all of the techniques used by blacksmiths Nsapo, twisted iron, the characteristic small head and large solid forged. It is a classic, says Type II, including the good state of preservation in f ...click for details tumbok lada ,sumatra,indonesia Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Edged Weapons: Pre 1920   item# 1163163  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 750€  a nice tumbok lada ,sumatra ,indonesia .wooden sheath covered with chiselled silver ,handle in silver and horn. the silver leaf is damaged at the back side of the sheath a part is missing otherwise ,good condition .29cm tumbok lada makes reference to the instrument which grounds the pepper (lada)cfRef biblio : "Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago", Albert G. Van Zonneveld, p. 149, ill. 628 tumbok lada Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Edged Weapons: Pre 1920   item# 1163161  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 1200€  a nice quality tumbok lada wooden sheth covered with chiselled silver, handle in horn .beautiful pamor blade .36cm Tumbok lada gives reference to the crush pepper (lada)instrument .cfRef biblio : "Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago", Albert G. Van Zonneveld, p. 149, ill. 628 a tibetan shield Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1900   item# 1059792  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 2750€  A rare cane and iron struts shield the medium row struts are posterior inside used cane otherwise exterior good condition The metropolitan museum date this type of shield from 1400to 1600 we will be more conservative and say 19th,though we never know..... the metropolitan museum comments about these shields:"Shields were once widely used in Tibet. They were invariably round and consist of two basic types: shields made of cane or wicker, and shields made of leather. Of these, the cane ...click for details a masai shield Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Weapons: Pre 1950   item# 1058885  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  a beautiful masai shield ,buffalo skin ,wood ,pigments 82cm Kenya. Masai men, in order to become warriors, must go out alone into the bush and kill a male lion with their bare hands. When a Masai warrior is initiated their spear and shield are decorated with red paint, which is symbolic of their status in society. Each shield is crafted from buffalo hide sewn onto a wooden frame. The handle is attached at the center Among the Masai, red paint was traditionally obtained by mixing earth with bl ...click for details flyssa ,algeria Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Weapons: Pre 1930   item# 978069 (stock# 156)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  a beautiful flyssa ,nice incised blade ,nice patinated handle 70cm an old kuba knife Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Weapons: Pre 1930   item# 950712 (stock# 115)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 900€ pending  a good old kuba knife with nice patina thick blade 48cm provenance :doctor felix lauwers who is who in african art says : Lauwers, Felix & Maria [1924 - 16 February 2002] Coll. Antwerp-Belgium. Medical doctor. African, Indian, Archeaological, PreColumbian and European art. Started collecting in the 1950s. The foundation of his collection is a colonial collection from Jean Batiste Constant Vandewalle. Mangbetu figure in expo cat.: Manbetu. Afrikaanse hofkunst uit Belgische priv ...click for details an impressive songye prestige Kilonda axe Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Weapons: Pre 1930   item# 950673 (stock# 105)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  an important kilonda axe with 15 heads on each side of the iron blade 34cm blade width 19cm material wood,copper,iron, provenance ex coll doctor felix lauwers Lauwers, Felix & Maria [1924 - 16 February 2002] who is who in african art says : Coll. Antwerp-Belgium. Medical doctor. African, Indian, Archeaological, PreColumbian and European art. Started collecting in the 1950s. The foundation of his collection is a colonial collection from Jean Batiste Constant Vandewalle. Man ...click for details a rare april river shield,Sepik,ex linda Cunningham Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre 1940   item# 950644 (stock# 100)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  a beautiful april river shield New Guinea, E. Sepik Province, Upper Sepik, Lower April River, Bitara People 172cm Materials: wood, , natural earth pigments provenance :Ex Linda cunningham Ex Robert ypers Cunningham, Linda & Kevin: Dealer. Tribal Art and relevant books. See: Oceanic Primitive Arts. Oceanic Primitive Arts [Opened January 1979] Gallery/bookshop. New York City. Owners: Linda & Kevin Cunningham. Description: Here's ...click for details a rare tibetan shield Catalogue: Archives: Pre 1940   item# 891249 (stock# 92)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  a rare tibetan shield from shi ga tse aera ,made of rattan and metal the oblic strips are probably posterior 70cm diametre a beautiful azande shield ,congo,130cm Catalogue: Archives: Pre 1940   item# 891247 (stock# 91)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  a beautiful example of azande shield with the original metal plate for the throwing knife (which is rare to find )handle with rattan work in good condition .the knife is not the original one for the shield but it fits .price is 150 €less without the knife from an old colonial belgium collection rencong sumatra Catalogue: Archives: Pre 1930   item# 881826 (stock# 77)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 sold  rencong,sumatra the blade broadens towards the hilt.the wood scabbard is decorated;the rencong is worn between the body and the girdle nice old badek ,sumatra or sulawesi Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Edged Weapons: Pre 1930   item# 880610 (stock# 60)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 950€  nice old badek (the hilt make an angle with the blade )with a silver embossed part at the base of the hilt(with is not commonand makes it a quality knife) nice old rattan work on the wood nice pamor patterns on the blade(mixture of meteoric metal and metal forged togetherthe patterns made visible by acid where the iron turns black and the nickel containing metal remains silver coloured from an old belgian collection bought years ago to patrick mestdaegh(president of bruneaf) very rare Paiwan dagger"tjakit",Taiwan Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Edged Weapons: Pre 1930   item# 880601 (stock# 85)  click for details galerie Cecile Kerner 32475830042 6000€  very rare Taiwan aborigene sword,ceremonial sword in the rinasavung style,decorated on both sides the front of the sheath is decorated with standing men ;the protuberance on the top of the sheath is decorated with seven heads ,the handle is inlaid with silver from an old belgian collection bought to patrick mestdaegh(president of bruneaf) years ago pages:  1   2