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Sale Number: 807

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Alex Tweedy

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African & Oceanic Art

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HIGH BACKED CHAIR

POSSIBLY JIMMA PEOPLES, ETHIOPIA

KETTLE HANGING HOOK, JIZAI-KAGI

JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

GEOMETRIC ASHANTI STOOL

GHANA, FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

SPEARTHROWER, WOOMERA

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

LARGE ABORIGINAL SPEARTHROWER, WOOMERA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ABORIGINAL TIWI THROWING CLUB AND FIGHTING STICK

AUSTRALIA

HOOKED BOOMERANG

LIKELY WARLPIRI PEOPLES, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

ABORIGINAL "LEANGLE" CLUB

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

ANTHROPOMORPHIC SPEAR THROWER, WOOMERA

KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

ANDAMAN ISLANDS BOW

INDIAN OCEAN

ABORIGINAL PARRYING SHIELD, EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY

VICTORIA AUSTRALIA

ABORIGINAL LAGRANGE SHIELD

LAGRANGE BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £500 - £800

KANAK BIRD HEAD CLUB, POROWA RA MARU

NEW CALEDONIA

CLUB, TALAVALU

SAMOA

CEREMONIAL PADDLE

RAIVAVAE, AUSTRAL ISLANDS, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

ROOTSTOCK CLUB, VUNIKAU

FJII

KANAK WAR CLUB

NEW CALEDONIA

POLE CLUB, BOVAI

TONGA

BATTLE SHIELD, LAVE

NEW GEORGIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS

CLUB, AKAU TAU, 19TH CENTURY

TONGA

KANTA SHIELD

SULAWESI

Estimate: £400 - £600

PAIR OF HUON GULF DANCE MASKS, TAGO

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

PAIR OF YAP ISLANDS FIGURES

MICRONESIA

Estimate: £700 - £900

DOUBLE NECKREST

POSSIBLY GURAGE PEOPLES, ETHIOPIA

NECKREST, KALI LALONI

TONGA

TSONGA NECKREST

SOUTHERN AFRICA

FIGURAL XHOSA PIPE

19TH CENTURY, SOUTHERN AFRICA

XHOSA PIPE IN THE FORM OF A HORSE

19TH CENTURY, SOUTH AFRICA

ZULU PIPE

SOUTH AFRICA

Estimate: £300 - £500

SHONA SNUFF CONTAINER

SOUTHERN AFRICA

SHONA SNUFF CONTAINER

SOUTHERN AFRICA

TSONGA STAFF

19TH CENTURY, SOUTH AFRICA

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

ZULU STAFF ATTRIBUTED TO THE MASTER OF THE LARGE EYES

SOUTH AFRICA, 19TH CENTURY

FINE STAFF FINIAL

LIKELY EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA, C. LATE 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

TSWANA SPOON

SOUTH AFRICA

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

COLLECTION OF FOUR MINIATURE DOGON LADDERS

MALI

DOGON TELLEM SHRINE FIGURE

MALI, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WOOD SHABTI

EGYPT, NEW KINGDOM, C. 1550–1070 B.C.

A PAIR OF HAN DYNASTY WOODEN ARMS

CHINA, C. 202 B.C. - 220 A.D.

Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800

MASSIM JANUS FIGURE ATTRIBUTED TO BANIEVA

MILNE BAY PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

BAULE MALE FIGURE

COTE D'IVOIRE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

LARGE YOMBE ANCESTOR FIGURE

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, C. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

TAMI JANUS FIGURE LADLE

HUON GULF, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 19TH CENTURY

DAN SPOON

COTE D'IVOIRE

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

IDOMA SPOON

NIGERIA

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

KANYOK BOWL ATTRIBUTED TO KADYAAT-KALOOL

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

MENDE HELMET MASK, SOWEI

SIERRA LEONE

MENDE HELMET MASK, SOWEI

SIERRA LEONE

MENDE HELMET MASK, SOWEI

SIERRA LEONE

FULANI BLANKET

MALI

MAORI WEAVING PEG, TURUTURU

NEW ZEALAND, 19TH CENTURY

INUIT SPEARTHROWER

LIKELY ALUTIIQ PEOPLES, ARCTIC

LARGE INUIT ARTICULATED FIGURE

LIKELY YUP'IK, ALASKA LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

INUIT THULE FIGURE

ST LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA, EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.

Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500

INUIT THULE FIGURE

ST LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA, EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.

Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500

INUIT THULE FIGURE

ST LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA, EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.

FLINT HANDAXE

VAILLY-SUR-AISNE, FRANCE, PALEOLITHIC PERIOD, C. 300,000 – 100,000 B.C.

Estimate: £500 - £800

FLINT HANDAXE

PALEOLITHIC PERIOD, THEBES, EGYPT, C. 300,000 – 100,000 B.C.

AFRICAN PALAEOLITHIC STONE HANDAXE

WESTERN SAHARA, LATE ACHEULEAN, 250,000 - 200,000 B.C.

AFRICAN PALAEOLITHIC STONE HANDAXE

WESTERN SAHARA, LATE ACHEULEAN, 250,000 - 200,000 B.C.

AFRICAN NEOLITHIC GRINDING STONE AND PESTLE

CENTRAL SAHARA, C. 4TH – 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

NEOLITIHIC FLINT DAGGER

TYPE II. SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA, C. 2400 - 2100 B.C.

LARGE NEOLITHIC FLINT AXEHEAD

SCANDINAVIA, 4TH - 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

NEOLITHIC FLINT AXEHEAD

SCANDINAVIA, 4TH - 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

Estimate: £400 - £600

NEOLITIHIC FLINT DAGGER

TYPE IV. NORTHERN GERMANY, C. 2000 - 1800 B.C.

NEOLITIHIC FLINT DAGGER

TYPE I. SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA, C. 2350 B.C.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FISHTAIL KNIFE

EGYPT, NAQADA I - II, C. 3500 - 3100 B.C.

MEGALODON TOOTH

JAVA, MIOCENE PERIOD, 15 MILLION YEARS B.P.

Estimate: £400 - £600

THE TOOTH OF A TYRANNOSAURUS-REX

HELL CREEK FORMATION, SOUTH DAKOTA, LATE CRETACEOUS, C. 67–66 MILLION B.P.

SEPTARIAN CONCRETION SECTION

BOOM, BELGIUM, 30 MILLION YEARS B.P.

AFRICAN NEOLITHIC GREEN FELSITE POUNDER

TENERIAN CULTURE, CENTRAL SAHARA, C. 4TH – 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

AFRICAN NEOLITHIC GREEN FELSITE POUNDER

TENERIAN CULTURE, CENTRAL SAHARA, C. 4TH – 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

BRONZE AGE MEGALITHIC STELE

CORSICA, LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

FINE NEOLITHIC POLISHED FLINT AXEHEAD

SCANDINAVIA, C. 3500 B.C.

BRITISH NEOLITHIC POLISHED AXEHEAD

KENT, UNITED KINGDOM, C. 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

LARGE SPECIMEN OF LAPIS LAZULI

AFGHANISTAN

NORDIC STONE BATTLE AXE

SCANDINAVIA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, C. 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

FINE NEOLTIHIC STONE BATTLE AXE

NORTHERN EUROPE, POSSIBLY JUTLAND, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, C. 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

Estimate: £7,000 - £9,000

NEOLITIHC STONE "BOAT" AXE

NORTHERN EUROPE, LIKELY SWEDEN, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, C. 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

FOSSILIZED COLLA WOOD SECTION

ZILE, TURKEY, MIOCENE, 25 - 5 MILLION YEARS B.P.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MARL POTTERY JAR

EGYPT, PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, C. 3500 - 3200 B.C.

LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC "YANGSHAO" VASE

CHINA, MAJIAYAO YANGSHAO CULTURE, C. 2300–2000 B.C.

CHINESE NEOLITHIC "YANGSHAO" VASE

CHINA, MAJIAYAO YANGSHAO CULTURE, C. 2300–2000 B.C.

TRIO OF TUTSI BASKETS

RWANDA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD VASE

EGYPT, 1ST DYNASTY, C. 2972-2793 B.C.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD VASE

EGYPT, 1ST DYNASTY, 2972-2793 B.C.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MINIATURE VASE

EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, C. 500 B.C.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STONE OINTMENT JAR

EGYPT, EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 1ST–3RD DYNASTY, CIRCA 3100–2700 B.C.

Estimate: £400 - £600

PREDYNASTIC ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEART JAR

EGPYT, PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, C. 3200 B.C.

ANCIENT CYCLADIC KANDILA VASE

GREECE, C. 3200 - 2700 B.C.

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000

LARGE DOUBLE GOGOTTE FORMATION

FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE, OLIGOCENE, 30 MILLION YEARS B.P.

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

HUGE IRON METEORITE CROSS SECTION SLICE

FELL ALETAI, XINJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA, FORMED 4.56 BILLION YEARS B.P.

Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000

LARGE PALLASITE METEORITE CROSS SECTION SLICE

FELL SEYMCHAN, MAGADAN DISTRICT, RUSSIA, FORMED 4.56 BILLION YEARS B.P.

Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000

LARGE EXTRATERRESTRIAL METEORITE SPHERE

FELL CAMPO DEL CIELO, ARGENTINA, FORMED 4.56 BILLION YEARS B.P.

Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000

IRON METEORITE

FELL CAMPO DEL CIELO, ARGENTINA, FORMED 4.56 BILLION YEARS B.P.

Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500

DESERT GLASS FROM AN ASTEROID IMPACT

SAHARA DESERT

EL MILHAS 002, AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE LUNAR METEORITE

FELL TIRIS ZEMMOUR, MAURITANIA, 26°20’37.05’’ N, 07°10’04.55’’ W

THE BLUE MARBLE, PLANET EARTH FROM 230,000 MILES AWAY

HARRISON SCHMITT (APOLLO 17), DECEMBER 7-19 1972

OLMEC STONE MASK

MEXICO, 900 - 400 B.C.

VALDIVIA FIGURE

ECUADOR, C. 2300 - 2000 B.C.