Arms & Armor Through the Ages

Group of 3 Canaanite Bronze Duckbill Axe Heads

1960s West German Border Wall Metal Mine Warning Sign

Chinese Ming / Qing Dynasty Iron Three Barrel Cannon

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Arms & Armor Through the Ages

Artemis Gallery

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All's fair in love and war - and especially fair is our pricing! Join us for a specialty auction featuring axes, mace heads, swords, spears, various types of armor, and more! Many different cultures of all price ranges. Great for first-time buyers, seasoned collectors, and dealers alike. Of particular interest is a 1960's West German border wall metal mine warning sign, a 350 year old Chinese three barrel cannon, a Mexican painted wood military trunk, and an Indian steel bagh nakh. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping!

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Maya Bloodletting Tool - Wood, Shell, Bone, Copper: Pre-Columbian, Guatemala and southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 700 to 900 CE. An incredible ancient bloodletting instrument, made from a fossilized piece of wood hollowed out and carved

0048A: Maya Bloodletting Tool - Wood, Shell, Bone, CopperEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Moche Gilded Copper Mace - Janiform Trophy Head: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Loma Negra, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A fine mold-formed copper mace head with a cylindrical socketing shaft surrounded by tiered rims along the top and bottom,

0048B: Moche Gilded Copper Mace - Janiform Trophy HeadEst. $3,000-$4,000

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Moche Copper Dagger w/ Jaguar Deity Finial: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A lovely cast-copper dagger with an elongated body, a pointed tip, and a curved openwork finial depicting an abstract jaguar deity. The

0048C: Moche Copper Dagger w/ Jaguar Deity FinialEst. $3,000-$3,500

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14th C. Charrua Indians Stone Weapon / Mace Head: Pre-Columbian, Uruguay, east of modern Montevideo, Charrua Indians, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. An intriguing throwing weapon or perhaps a mace head carved by hand from porous grey stone with

0049: 14th C. Charrua Indians Stone Weapon / Mace HeadEst. $900-$1,500Lot Passed

Late 19th C. Sioux Catlinite Tomahawk Pipe: Native American, Sioux, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely example of a red catlinite (pipestone) tomahawk pipe with needle engraved geometric motifs along its length. The pipe

0049A: Late 19th C. Sioux Catlinite Tomahawk PipeEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

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20th C. Northwest Coast Haida Wooden Fish Club: Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Colombia, Haida Gwaii, Haida people, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden club of a stocky form used for pounding fish

0049B: 20th C. Northwest Coast Haida Wooden Fish ClubEst. $400-$600

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Aztec Copper Axe Head - Tepoztli: Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec (Mexica), ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A well-cast example of a "tepoztli", the metal component of a "tlaximaltepoztli" (in Nahuatl, tlaximal=carpentry and

0050: Aztec Copper Axe Head - TepoztliEst. $300-$450

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Aztec Copper Axe Head - Tepoztli: Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec (Mexica), ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A beautiful example of a "tepoztli", the metal component of a "tlaximaltepoztli" (in Nahuatl, tlaximal=carpentry and

0051: Aztec Copper Axe Head - TepoztliEst. $500-$750

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Late 18th C. Spanish Colonial Steel, Brass & Bone Knife: New World, North America, Spanish Colonial period, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A lovely personal gaucho knife called a belduque (sometimes gaucho belduque), a type of multi-purposed blade

0051A: Late 18th C. Spanish Colonial Steel, Brass & Bone KnifeEst. $900-$1,400

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Rare 19th C. Mexican Painted Wood Military Trunk: Latin America, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. An antique wooden trunk created for a Mexican military officer and probably used to carry personal effects. It is hand painted with the Mexican coat of

0052: Rare 19th C. Mexican Painted Wood Military TrunkEst. $1,600-$2,500Lot Passed

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19th C. Mexican Carbon Steel Dagger w/ Leather Scabbard: Latin America, Mexico, La Paz, second half of the 19th century CE. An antique Mexican fighting dagger from La Paz, Mexico with a long carbon steel blade and a point known as a "Scorpion Tip" given

0052A: 19th C. Mexican Carbon Steel Dagger w/ Leather ScabbardEst. $600-$900

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Early 20th C. Vintage American Wood Crossbow: North America, USA, ca. early 20th century CE. A fun vintage wooden crossbow with original string components and an iron mechanism. Size: 24.5" L x 19.5" W (62.2 cm x 49.5 cm) Provenance: private

0053: Early 20th C. Vintage American Wood CrossbowEst. $200-$300

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Large USA WWII Naval Steel Shell Casing: North America, USA, World War II period, ca. 1941 to 1945 CE. A large, hollow shell casing, steel cast, with an elongated cylindrical form that narrows to a cone, flat base, and opening at its tip.

0053A: Large USA WWII Naval Steel Shell CasingEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Late 19th C. African Zulu Wooden Knobkerrie War Club: Africa, South Africa, Zulu tribe, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden war club known as a knobkerrie (also knopkierie) with a drilled suspension or thread hole through the

0054: Late 19th C. African Zulu Wooden Knobkerrie War ClubEst. $350-$500

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20th C. African Tuareg Steel Dagger w/ Leather Sheath: Northern Africa, region of Libya, Algeria, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, Tuareg (also Twareg, Touareg, Berbers, or Tamashek language speakers), ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine dagger

0054A: 20th C. African Tuareg Steel Dagger w/ Leather SheathEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

19th C. Sudanese Mahdist Period Steel Thrusting Spear: Central Africa, Sudan, ca. 1890s CE. A fascinating weapon, a steel spear with twin barbs at its base, a long, thin tang, a narrow socket cast as a separate piece, and a thin wooden pole. Spears of

0054B: 19th C. Sudanese Mahdist Period Steel Thrusting SpearEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

19th C. Igbo Wood & Iron Dane Trick Rifle - Egbe Cham: Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-built wooden flintlock Dane rifle of European origin that was sold or traded to African tribes. The lengthy iron barrel is secured

0054C: 19th C. Igbo Wood & Iron Dane Trick Rifle - Egbe ChamEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

Early 20th C. African Matakam Iron Sickle Currency: West Africa, Cameroon, Matakam peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A forged-iron currency piece in the form of a crescent-shaped sickle blade with a sharpened interior edge, a thick

0054D: Early 20th C. African Matakam Iron Sickle CurrencyEst. $350-$500Lot Passed

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Early 20th C. Mandara Painted Hide & Metal Shield: Western/Central Africa, Cameroon or Chad, Mandara/Wandala (sometimes Kirdi), ca. early 20th century CE. A massive shield, made of iron overlaid with water buffalo horn and painted with a dark red

0055: Early 20th C. Mandara Painted Hide & Metal ShieldEst. $1,000-$1,500

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19th C. Azande Slave Trade Carbon Steel Knife: North Central Africa, Azande (plural Zande), second half of 19th century CE. An incredible weapon presenting an extremely long carbon steel blade with a steel coil wrapped wooden hilt, and a

0055A: 19th C. Azande Slave Trade Carbon Steel KnifeEst. $300-$600Lot Passed

19th C. African Kuba Iron Currency Spear: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century. A massive iron spear on a wooden pole, made to serve as currency. This is a rare example with its

0055B: 19th C. African Kuba Iron Currency SpearEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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20th C. Gilbert Island Shark Tooth Spear: Oceania, Gilbert Islands, ca. 20th century CE. A spear made from a thick shaft of coconut wood, studded with two vertical rows of dozens of tightly-spaced shark's teeth that rise nearly the full

0057: 20th C. Gilbert Island Shark Tooth SpearEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Late 19th C. Australian Wooden Boomerang: Oceania, Central Australia, Aboriginal peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden boomerang meant to be thrown during a hunt rather than used for display. The highly

0057A: Late 19th C. Australian Wooden BoomerangEst. $400-$600

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19th C. Admiralty Islands Obsidian Knife: Oceania, Polynesia, Admiralty Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife with a Paranarium Nut resin handle colored with earthy red, charcoal, and lime pigment. The knapped blade

0057B: 19th C. Admiralty Islands Obsidian KnifeEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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