Tribal Art

An African Benin style brass portrait bust of an Oba, height 51cm. Provenance: from the private collection of the West Sussex art dealer, collector and specialist in 20th century British Art, the late Ian McVitie Weston.

An African cast copper alloy figure group of two figures carrying their catch, one holding a rifle, height 18.5cm.

An Ethiopian Kambatta carved wooden headrest, probably 19th century, carved with overall incised lines, width 18cm.

An African carved and stained bone figure group with bound wire headdress, height 26cm, together with a Luba carved blackstone head, height 15cm.

A group of four Pacific Islands hardwood paddle clubs, all with leaf shaped heads with central raised ribs, one with particularly dark patination and possibly 19th century, length 108.5cm.

A Pacific Islands hardwood sceptre or club, Vanuatu Islands, probably 19th century, with overall rich patinated surface, length 101cm (chipped to rounded end).

A Fijian dense hardwood 'kiakava' war club, probably 19th century, modelled with curved head and with an overall rich patinated surface, length 98cm.

A group of five various African spears, including a Democratic Republic of Congo Kuba with leaf shaped blade, length of head 45cm, together with a spearhead.

A Hehe carved wooden circular stool, Tanzania, the dished seat raised on three shaped legs, diameter 31cm.

A Zulu black burnished earthenware pot, the body incised with a band of geometric decoration, height 16.5cm.

A Tonga carved wooden stool, Zimbabwe, modelled as a stylized hornbill, height 19.5cm, together with another African carved wooden stool, height 24cm, an Aboriginal rain stick and two digging sticks.

A Fijian carved hardwood paddle club, the flared blade with later carved decoration, length 62cm.

A Trobriand Islands carved hardwood dance club, Papua New Guinea, one side of the blade with panels of carved scrolls, length 60cm.

A Mimika carved hardwood miniature Mbitoro ceremonial pole, Western New Guinea, carved and pierced with masks, length 62cm.

An African throwing axe, the crescent-shaped blade engraved with a lizard, the shaft head carved with geometric bands, length 72cm, together with two spears.

A group of three decorative carved and painted wooden African Fang masks, length of longest 69cm.

A Dogon Aduno koro, Mali, the carved and limed wooden ritual box modelled with animal heads and overall figures, length 128cm. Provenance: from the private collection of the West Sussex art dealer, collector and specialist in 20th century British Art, the late Ian McVitie Weston.

A group of four African carved and painted wooden masks of various designs, approx length 30cm.

A Benin style cast brass head and shoulders portrait bust, height 40cm, together with a similar cast brass head.