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Canadian Northwest Coast Haida Indian hand dance drum by Clarence A. Wells ( -1950) depicts a pair of hawks in the graphic Haida style. Title "Fish Hawk". and signature present along edge. The red, black, and white coloring of the eagles makes a dramatic contrast with the natural background color of the drum surface.

Northwest Coast Native Haida artist Clarence A. Wells is a native Canadian artist from the Gitsen Clan of the Tsimshian First Nation. He often works in the Northern style of H...

A very unusual antique 19th-20th century African ceremonial dagger with a carved and dyed bone grip in the form of a human figure, has a hand forged flat, double-edged shaped rusted iron blade with a elaborate leaf shape scabbard made of two pieces of stiffened hide sown together with twisted twine and adorned on the center with carved and dyed bone tribal ancestor mask within an intricate pattern made of dyed Cowrie Shells stitched to the rawhide.

CONDITION: Age and usage is showing, hilt ...

Canadian Aboriginal, old Argillite stone carving depicting swimming goose, sculptured from the silky-smooth natural solid Argillite stone by the Inuit artist of the Canadian Arctic. Signed by artist on the bottom with initials J -T- 72 (indicating that the sculpture was carved in the year 1972) and below N GNITUK.

Dimensions approximately:

Overall length: 26 cm (10.24 inches). Height: 12.5 cm (4.92 inches). Width: 7.7 cm. 3.03 inches). Weight: 1.233 kg (2lb 11.49 oz).

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A rare antique, late 19th-early 20th century, African Tribal Ceremonial Axe-Hatchet used by shaman as the accessory for the Bwami secret society divination practices. The brown dyed bone shaft is finely carved with three tribal figures. The top figure depicts an African woman with large breast wearing the conical hat wrapped in twisted copper wire. The bottom figure depicting an African man with the Erect Phallus formed from the rear spike of the iron axe blade and wrapped in twisted copper wire...

Authentic Antique, late 19th century, African, Ethiopian Christian necklace composed of 46 handmade "roundish" silver beads, natural undyed Branch Corals, two large round shaped silver beads incised on the surface with geometrical pattern and elaborate Silver Ethiopian Coptic Cross pendant of early form, with a hinge!

MEASUREMENTS: Approximately:

Overall length in the double string including pendant: 38.5 cm (15.16 inches). Height of the silver Pendant: 7.6 cm (2.99 inches). Weight...

Tribal Oceanic, Papua-New Guinea, first half of the 20th century, a finely carved wood sculpture in the form of a standing ancestor figure, with eyes inlaid with cowrie shells, painted in dark grey pigment with white polychrome face, mounted on a modern black painted wooden stand.

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing the age and usage, with wear.

MEASUREMENTS: Height including the stand: 23 cm (9.06 inches). Height of the wooden sculpture: 20 cm (7.87 inches).

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A spectacular authentic, circa 1900 A.D. to mid-20th century, or older, African maiden spirit helmet mask "agbogho mmwo" from the Igbo people of Nigeria, used by the male Mmwo secret society. Agbogho mmwo helmet masks (also called agbogho monnwu, or ikorodo, meaning ‘maiden spirit mask’). Extremely well carved from one piece of wood, with crisp facial features, long narrow face, slit eyes with arching eyebrows, narrow protruding nose; thin-lipped closed mouth and small ears, scarification on...

Antique late 19th century Spanish Toledo, fine, gold damascened letter opener in the form of the stiletto dagger.

The handle of the letter opener is finely hand-chiseled in low relief with a "Nasrid" arabesque pattern.

Toledo Damascus metal artwork was created during the Victorian era in the 19th century in Toledo, Spain. The craftsmen of Toledo meticulously designed each object and then handcrafted it, finely hand-chiseled it in steel, and then the surface was gold damascened using ...

A superb quality antique 19th century Spanish hunting plug bayonet with sturdy, tapering, double-edged blade of a waving (flamboyant) form, with a finely engraved band of foliage on each side.

A turned hardwood grip of a tapering circular section surmounted by a brass pommel, brass ferrule below turned swelling handle at the base and a horizontal brass crossguard with elaborate quillons. This plug bayonet was designed and used for hunting wild boars and bears.

CONDITION: In good co...

Antique, circa 1900 A.D. Imperial Russian pewter souvenir vodka shot cup decorated in low relief with three elaborated cartouches depicting the most famous monuments in imperial Saint Petersburg as follows: “The Column of Glory” (Commemorating Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878), “Monument to Peter the Great” (The Bronze Horseman) and the “Monument to Catherine the Great." Each monument inscribed in Cyrillic with the Russian names of those monuments, and a small panel ...

Antique 17th-18th century huge hand hammered Ottoman Armenian Tinned Copper deep charger, platter, bowl, plate. The object has a broad rim engraved with four cartouches enclosing two lobed medallions engraved with a floral pattern, one with stylized bird and another with an inscription in Eski Osmanlı Türkçesi (Old Ottoman Turkish) in Arabic alphabet “Mustafa”, has some other illegible writing in Arabic alphabet. All medallions surrounded by bands of interlocked palmettes including a smal...

Antique 17th-18th century Islamic Indo-Persian Safavid tinned-copper footed bowl. The bowl is tall and is made of cast, turned copper. It has a deep form and a flaring foot. It is decorated with elaborate Arabic calligraphy, which has been chiseled and engraved into the copper. The calligraphy is paired with composite palmettes. The pronounced rim of the bowl is also embellished with a continuous key pattern.

MEASUREMENTS:

Diameter: 11.8 cm (4.65 inches.)

Height: 7 cm (2.76 inches)...

Tribal Oceanic Papua-New Guinea Sepik River,Lime Container Spirit Playing Flute. DETAILS: A wooden finial elaborately carved in the form of an ancestor, with eyes inlaid with cowrie shells, painted in black, and highlighted with white polychrome, mounted on a hollowed-out bamboo staff with cane bands.

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing the age and usage, with wear and age cracks (as is common in old wood).

MEASUREMENTS: Overall length including the bamboo pol...

Large Antique African Tribal round bowl, hand carved from one piece of wood, with integral suspension loop and decorated with geometric design.

CONDITION: Signs of usage and wear, the wood with fine old natural dark patina, old cracks and chips, part of the side broken off, small white points and blotches from the wall paint.

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:

Diameter: 42.5 cm (16.73 inches). Height: 8 cm (3.15 inches).

PROVENANCE: Old collection of tribal art Canada.

A Fine antique African Diviner Janus Slit Gong Drum (Mukoku- Ngoombu), Yaka, D.R. Congo/Angola late 19th or first half of the 20th century. Finely carved drum forming a hollowed cylindrical body with a slit at the front side, surmounted by a Janus head on a short neck with large, pointed nose, protruding oval eye. Two brass bels attached to the neck on the twisted fibre cord.

The wood with fine old natural glossy patina. Mounted on the custom-made square iron base.

High including base...

Antique, circa 1900 AD, Native American Indians, Eastern Woodlands region, circular trivet made of sweetgrass and birch bark. The top is adorned with a floral pattern made of porcupine quills.

The reverse is inscribed with several names written in pencil and dated "June 25, 1913". Use it as a trivet or hang it as art.

APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS: Diameter: 27 cm (10.6 inches).

CONDITION: It shows age and uses, some loose porcupine quills as an aspect of an antique, over 100 year...

Antique, 18th century, baroque, continental, finely carved wooden figure of Saint John of Nepomuk. The figure, dressed in a surplice and almuce, is polychromed and parcel-gilt with gold leaf, mounted on an elaborated plinth.

John Nepomuk (c. 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava River at the behest of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of...

Antique late 19th century exceptional quality Bohemian cut and engraved ruby glass vase.

DETAILS: Deep ruby color is overlaid on the clear glass vase is cut and beautifully engraved into impressive floral and architectures patterns.

CONDITION: in very good condition.

MEASUREMENTS: Height: 31.2 cm (12 ¼ inches).