Ethnographic Antiques

Single carved arrow / harpoon head. If not Inuit then probably Amazon jungle blow dart head?. UK £3.

The front is precisely engraved with a zig zag design and the reverse is very finely adzed.

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Collected in the Kimberley's of W/A in the late 1960's this hardwood parrying shield would have been made for fighting or ceremony. The reverse has a slightly raised handle and an interlocking design engraved all over infilled with remains of white ochre.

The club has 8 rows of double barbs and then a single barb Bove and below these rows. The wood has been carved in zig zag form in between these rows. A couple of the barbs are broken. Has good weight and was most probably a ceremonial club made around the middle of the 20th century.

See ruler / bottle / hand for size 103 cm x 236cm. Note Ala prima Cotton. Made in Indonesia c1960-70s.

A powerful golok, parang or klewang. Powerful blade in the klewang form. Very sharp edge. Thick spine. Has lots of scratch marks from being used. This is a chopper. The blade and scabbard look to be Malaysian.

Balinese Keris. The handle and scabbard are well carved with floral motif. The blade is an old one. Blade has worn through in one of the channels near the forte. Another sign of an old blade. Decent Keris that would display well.

Genuine ancient West Africa brass bracelet / currency bracelet which dates from 1800s/1900s. Then your order by weight will be calculated for you.

This club is huge. Has a thick round grip as well. The wood has a nice reddish brown color to it. There is carving on the upper half of the club. Probably put there by a serviceman in the 1940’s but I think it dates earlier.

Made in Fiji c1970s. See ruler / bottle / hand for size.

After theSolomonic restoration of Atse Yikuno Amlak I, the resurgent Emperors began to re-establish the Axumite armies. This culminated in the reign ofAmda Seyon I. Along with the Hareb Gonda and Korem cavalry, Keste Nihb archers and Axuarat Axuarai lancers were said to be the forces that ".

A Massim wooden sword club from Trobriand Island, Papua New Guinea, late 19th - early 20th c. The designs on either side are different. There is also what appears to be a carved signature just above the handle.

FROM WEST NEPAL, JUMLA TRIBAL MOUNTAIN AREA. Auctiva's FREE Counter. The base shows a roundish shape with one repair. TOP RARE ! Age: 19th to first half 20th century. Size: Height 51.0 cm. Width 21.0 cm.

These unique variant boomerangs served a number of practical purposes as well as throwing, such as clubbing, prizing logs and branches up, lifting bark from trees, and fending off and hooking weapons shields etc from an adversary in combat. An excellent example which may have reasonable age, perhaps ca 1950s? Certainly no added decorative motifs such as might be applied to enhance its tourist appeal. Excellent vintage condition. Length 68cm, weight 350 Grams.

Genuine ancient West Africa copper bell bracelet / currency bracelet which dates from 1800s/1900s.

Has nice rattan weave on the grip and organic plug ferrule. This has a very nice, well made blade. One side with lovely ridge lines, beveled edge, angled tip and very sharp blade. The scabbard is wood with a rattan belt and dark rattan bands.

From tip to base is12.5 cm.

3 fabulous hand carved walking sticks. All I suspect are Polynesian, Melanesian, Pacific islands- whilst across the entire lot we are selling there may be one or two from other origins such as Africa? Just one of THREE separate lots we have listed each with THREE wonderful hand carved canes. Note each auction is for the 3 canes in the pictures. All are sold as is, and most as you can see present in fabulous vintage condition. The canes in this lot measure from 87cm-105cm. weight 1.5 Kilos. We can combine postage for multiple wins!.

Very old New Guinea curved Boar's tooth. Collected in 1960s but dates to late 19th century. Auctiva gets you noticed!

Genuine ancient West Africa brass bracelet / currency bracelet which dates from 1800s/1900s. Then your order by weight will be calculated for you.

3 fabulous hand carved walking sticks. All I suspect are Polynesian, Melanesian, Pacific islands- whilst across the entire lot we are selling there may be one or two from other origins such as Africa? Just one of THREE separate lots we have listed each with THREE wonderful hand carved canes. Note each auction is for the 3 canes in the pictures. All are sold as is, and most as you can see present in fabulous vintage condition. The canes in this lot measure from 96cm-100cm. weight 1Kilo. We can combine postage for multiple wins!.

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ANTIQUE MANDINGO / WESTERN SUDAN SHORT SWORD. THIS IS AN OLD ORIGINAL SHORT AFRICAN SWORD.NO INDIAN COPY. Very rare,decorated single edged blade. The blade is in very good original condition. Lenght 50cm.

FROM WEST NEPAL, JUMLA TRIBAL MOUNTAIN AREA. The top of the head shows a decorated ridged headgear with deep carved rows of triangular patterns. The lower part shows trianular female genitalia and two bended legs.

Around AD 1200 the availability of prestigious imported goods including Chinese and Southeast Asian ceramics and Gujerati print-block textiles, coupled with newly discovered sources of iron ore inLuwu stimulated an agrarian revolution which expanded from the great lakes region into the lowland plains to the east, south and west of the Walennae depression.

Rare Aboriginal hafted stone knife, Edith River, NT Australia. Quartzite blade. A rare opportunity to buy projectile points and other tools from all over the world.

Nice quality East African Masai / Turkana wood & horn snuff bottle #2. Well carved wooden bottle - top is carved horn with stopper & chain - see photos. REST OF THE WORLD £12.

Male and femal love sticks. From the island of Chuuk in Micronesia. With the Advent of technology. I. E cell phones, and concrete walls. If she did not like the stick she saw. She pushed it out.

Either Solomon Islands or Fijian origin I think - see photos. REST OF THE WORLD £15. UK £5.

The bone has a series of banded markings on it in 9 clusters. This is a rare and genuine, original item in good condition with no breakage or repairs.

SHEATH IS OF ELK SKIN AND IS MADE LATER FOR THE DAGGER. LIKELY 1800s WITH LATER SHEATH. SUPER COOL DAGGER. Theindigenous peoples of thePacific Northwest Coast are composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political identities, but they share certain beliefs, traditions and practices, such as the centrality ofsalmon as a resource and spiritual symbol.

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The antique dress is on photo 2 and the two last photos are to illustrate the dress only. a french photographer ine the 1890's in Tahiti, Papeete.

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SUPERB RARE GENUINE ANTIQUE NEW ZEALAND JADE PAPER LETTER OPENER STUNNING QUALITY. FOR RESTORATION ITS CLEAN BREAK NEEDS GLUEING SUCH A SHAME AS ITS A FANTASTIC PIECE OF NATURAL NEW ZEALAND JADE WHICH IS CONSIDIERED THE BEST QUALITY JADE IN THE WORLD. BEAUTIFUL TRUE ANTIQUE PIECE. COULD BE A CEREMONIAL PIECE. APPROX SIZE IS.

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EWE tribe Ghana. 25cm high.

Fine quality large Southern African Shona?. Well carved & decorated with traditional designs - see photos. REST OF THE WORLD £15.