Tribal Art

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River region carving with bird head finial and stylized facial features, length 65cm, mounted to a wall plaque.

An Ibibio carved wooden mask, Nigeria, the darkly patinated surface with painted striations, height 23cm, together with another similar mask, height 21cm, both mounted on stands. Provenance: from the personal collection of Monika Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, Royal Arcade, London.

A Kuba carved wooden helmet mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, the lower edge with grass fringing, height 29cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of Monika Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, Royal Arcade, London.

A Kamba carved wooden standing male figure, Kenya, with applied hair and aluminium jewellery, height 43cm, together with a similar Kamba female figure, height 39cm (some faults). Provenance: from the personal collection of Monika Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, Royal Arcade, London.

An African knobkerrie with a metal-studded bulbous head, length 91cm, together with an African spear with hardwood shaft, length 118cm.

A Bambara Chiwara headdress of antelope form, height 50cm, two African carved hardwood busts, a knobkerrie and an African carved wooden staff.

A Mossi people leather-covered fertility doll, Burkina Faso, raised on an ebonized wooden plinth, height 46cm.

An Indonesian ikat weaving, decorated with bands of stylized figures and foliage, 226cm x 130cm, together with a cotton patchwork bed cover, 240cm x 180cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of Monika Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, Royal Arcade, London.

A model of an African Punu figural blacksmith's bellows, Gabon, modelled with a female head finial, length 79cm, together with a Bwa sun mask, Burkina Faso, diameter 33cm and another African carving.

A Fang Ngil mask, Gabon, modelled as an elongated male face, length 62cm, together with a Yaure mask, Ivory Coast, height 43cm.

A pair of Yoruba Ogboni Edan cast bronze staves, West Africa, modelled as a pair of figures and joined by a later chain, height 12cm, later mounted on a plinth. Provenance: from the personal collection of Monika Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, Royal Arcade, London.

A Yoruba Edan cast bronze staff finial, West Africa, the pierced leaf form end with stylized facial features and applied with bells, length 30cm, later mounted on a stand. Provenance: from the personal collection of Monika Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, Royal Arcade, London.

An African carved softwood mask with heart shaped facial recess, length 43cm.

A Baule type carved wooden mask, Ivory Coast, length 48cm, together with another African mask, a carved shield and an ornamental plaque, length 65cm.

An interesting 19th century African Zulu war shield and spear, the back bearing an applied label, inscribed 'This Zulu shield was picked up near the body of Prince Imperial and among other trophies was brought to England by the officers of the 9th Regiment of Foot', length of shield 73cm. Note: Prince Imperial appears to refer to Louis-Napoléon, the only child of Napoléon III, who died in a 'skirmish' in Zululand, whilst fighting for the British Army in 1879.

A mid-20th century carved wooden Ashante stool with pierced seat and four curved supports, width 54cm.

A Hehe darkly patinated carved hardwood stool, Tanzania, raised on three shaped legs, width 43cm.

A 19th century Fijian hardwood club with root terminal and carved zig-zag bands to grip, length 118cm.

A Zulu zebra hide shield, length 122cm.