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A Superb 19th C. Tlingit Eagle-head Shaman's RattleA rare and beautiful Tlingit Raven maskA very fine and rare Human bone Tiki
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Peterbourough, NH, United States
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Fine Ethnographic Art

Highlights of this sale include a a number of important Northwest Coast items including a 19th Century Raven mask and an Eagleface Shaman's rattle collected in 1903 by Ralph Stockman Tarr. Additionally there is a fine and important collection of Inuit material, most of it fresh to market from a private New England collection amassed over decades from whaling and nautical families in the Northern New England area. This collection includes superbly carved implements and pipes as well as figural shamanic objects. Outstanding Polynesian art is also featured with clubs and staves from Fiji, Neckrests and paddles; lithic material from Hawaii including a Very rare Hawaiian stone mirror; nephrite Tiki as well as a rare human bone Tiki with important provenance and a rare Hawaiian human bone fishhook are also included. The Tribal Art world lost a luminary in September with the passing of John C. Edler; former curator of the Hemmeter collection and expert and field collector of art of New Guinea. A large number of Edler collected objects will be included from all parts of Papua New Guinea throughout his long career. The African section includes the Rudolph de Harak collection; a small but highly important group of objects obtained prior to 1968 by the master designer and artist from Kamer, Segy and others with original receipts. This collection includes a stunning Dogon Satimbe mask, and superb Mossi or Kurumba/Nyonose mask. Other African offerings are from a private New York collection purchased prior to 1967 from 'The Gallery of African Art' then in the lobby of New York's Hotel Ansonia, from a young aspiring Alfred Sheinberg. There are numerous other lots of various offerings from all over Sub-Saharan Africa, with a small collection of fine Yoruba beadwork. A small but important group of Precolumbian includes a number of stone maskettes, some with important provenance from the Teotihuacan and Mayan cultural horizons.
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A Lovely Senufo seated figure: A Lovely Senufo seated figure, Senufo; Ivory Coast Possibly cut from the top of a Champion cultivator's staff, or a small Tyekpa figure; the seated female beautifully carved in classical Senufo
0169: A Lovely Senufo seated figureEst. $2,500-$3,500
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A Fine Senufo Divination figure: A Fine Senufo Divination figure, Senufo; Ivory Coast A fine and classical Senufo Sandogo divination figure, in female form with sagittal crested coif, the shoulders broad, the arms bent and with
0170: A Fine Senufo Divination figureEst. $1,800-$2,200
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An Unusual Senufo Fetish figure: An Unusual Senufo Fetish figure, Senufo; Ivory Coast The heavily encrusted figure with mirror eyes, and animal fur at the top of the head, the body encased in a mastic of thick empowering material
0171: An Unusual Senufo Fetish figureEst. $2,500-$3,500
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A Fine and rare Baga or Landuman Mask: A Fine and rare Baga or Landuman Mask, Baga or Landuman; Guinea Exceptionally carved Tonkongba mask, with domed head with sagittal crest tapering to a long snout; the snout with areas of inset
0172: A Fine and rare Baga or Landuman MaskEst. $2,800-$3,500
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A Superb Kissi Piomdo shrine figure: A Superb Kissi Piomdo shrine figure, Kissi; Guinea The figure with beautifully carved head on long neck with crested coif, the back of the coif pierced to hold attachments of bells and a small crude
0173: A Superb Kissi Piomdo shrine figureEst. $2,500-$3,500
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A fine and Old Mende helmet mask: A fine and Old Mende helmet mask, Mende; Sierra Leone The old helmet mask with insect depredation to various parts but not interfering with the face, the coif elaborately carved with deep incised
0174: A fine and Old Mende helmet maskEst. $1,800-$2,500
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A Mende shrine object: A Mende shrine object , Mende; Sierra Leone An unusual figure in the form of a female head carved in the round in classical style on a columnar neck with flanged base. Overall blackened patina.
0175: A Mende shrine objectEst. $900-$1,200
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A fine Prestige adze: A fine Prestige adze, Dan ; Liberia/Ivory Coast The adze of classical form with a finely carved dan face at the base with bifurcated coif, and rounded brow, with simple but classical features. The
0176: A fine Prestige adzeEst. $900-$1,200
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A fine Northern Bassa facemask: A fine Northern Bassa facemask, Bassa; Liberia The mask naturalistically carved with elaborate ridged coif with tips once holding metal or other insects, the brow rounded and the eyes as crescents
0177: A fine Northern Bassa facemaskEst. $2,200-$3,200
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A fine Bassa Gela mask: A fine Bassa Gela mask, Bassa; Liberia A Gela mask, typical of the type, originally worn as part of a larger headdress and with classical pointed chin, high and heavy brow, and a long nose with
0178: A fine Bassa Gela maskEst. $1,800-$2,500
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A Fine Bassa Gela mask: A Fine Bassa Gela mask, Bassa; Liberia The mask of classical and powerful form for the Northern Bassa, the face with wide nose, aggressive mouth, high brow with stylized medicine horns and overall
0179: A Fine Bassa Gela maskEst. $2,500-$3,500
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A fine and powerfully carved Grebo mask: A fine and powerfully carved Grebo mask, Grebo; Liberia The top of the head flattened and with carved comb-like device above heavy bushy eyebrows made from attached animal fur, the face with
0180: A fine and powerfully carved Grebo maskEst. $2,500-$3,500
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A Fine and Rare Grebo Kwi Iru mask: A Fine and Rare Grebo Kwi Iru mask, Grebo ; Liberia The fine and rare 'Kwi Iru' mask of classical form with naturalistic face with large rounded forehead and central raised ridge, the eyes and nose
0181: A Fine and Rare Grebo Kwi Iru maskEst. $12,000-$18,000
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A fine Guere mask: A fine Guere mask, Guere/Kran; Liberia/Ivory Coast The powerful and aggressive mask with high coif of fiber and fetish materials including a bird skull and chains, the face with tubular eyes, wide
0182: A fine Guere maskEst. $1,200-$1,800
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A Fon Fetish figure: A Fon Fetish figure, Fon; Republic of Benin The half-figure with crudely carved features and heavily encrusted, remains of red pigment throughout, the arms akimbo and the lower torso bare, possibly
0183: A Fon Fetish figureEst. $400-$600
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A Yoruba divination tray: A Yoruba divination tray, Yoruba ; Nigeria Of classical form, with simple face at top, the perimeter decorated with alternating bands of incising. D. 11 1/2" Comments: Property of a Southeastern
0184: A Yoruba divination trayEst. $400-$600
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A Yoruba divination tray: A Yoruba divination tray, Yoruba; Nigeria Of classical form the top decorated with a finely carved face with stylized arms, the perimeter with images of divination chains and alternating bands of
0185: A Yoruba divination trayEst. $400-$600
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A Yoruba divination tray: A Yoruba divination tray, Yoruba ; Nigeria The large tray cracked and reglued, finely carved with abstracted powerful face at top, the perimeter with stylized animals, and elaborate geometric
0186: A Yoruba divination trayEst. $400-$600
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A fine Ibeji figure: A fine Ibeji figure, Yoruba ; Nigeria Possibly from Oyo, The figure with high crested coif with blue pigment, the body with remains of camwood encrustation, the face with large features and wide
0189: A fine Ibeji figureEst. $600-$900
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A fine Ibeji figure: A fine Ibeji figure, Yoruba; Nigeria Possibly from Igbomina; the high crest carved crudely with blue pigment intact, the red camwood encrusted body with small eyes, and nose the shoulders sloping
0190: A fine Ibeji figureEst. $600-$900
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A Fine pair of Yoruba Ibeji figures: A Fine pair of Yoruba Ibeji figures, Yoruba; Nigeria Possibly Ilorin; Kwara state. Of chunky form, the pair with blued coif, beaded necklaces, wide faces with some remains of camwood, the arms
0191: A Fine pair of Yoruba Ibeji figuresEst. $800-$1,000
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A fine Ibeji figure: A fine Ibeji figure, Yoruba; Nigeria Possibly from Oyo, the figure of simple form, the crested coif well-worn and with rubbed face, the neck with beads and the sloping shoulders angular the body
0192: A fine Ibeji figureEst. $600-$900
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