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A wooden African Tribal Art rectangular based stool with oval pierced support and shaped seat.

Ethnic art; an unusual carved wooden tribal figure, probably African, early 20th century, 71 cm.

* A carved wooden ancestor figure, Chambri Lakes, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid-20th c., wooden black-painted figure of male form, with red and white-painted detail, shell eyes, pierced ears tied with twisted twine, and twine loin cloth threaded with a shell, 675 x 90mm (26.5 x 3.5ins). Ancestor figures were made to represent both individual family ancestors and tribal ancestors, as well as clan or tribal totemic animals and other bush spirits. Traditionally they were cared for by family elders who kept the figures in shrines and made frequent offerings to them for the well-being of the family. The figure’s powers could be heightened by being anointed with magical medicines and they were used in a number of ways: to protect the sick from evil forces, guard villages from unwelcome intruders and to ascertain the guilt, or otherwise, of a defendant. It was believed that they could enhance life by interceding on a high plane to provide food, prevent and cure illness, acquire stature, and counter sorcery. This ancestor figure is from the collection of the controversial and eccentric artist Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002). The artist would have been particularly interested in the connection between tribal art and the occult. At the time of his death Lenkiewicz’s libray contained some 25,000 volumes devoted to art, the occult sciences, demonolatry, philosophy, metaphysics, alchemy, death, psychology and sexuality, preoccupations which surface in many of his paintings, and his collection of books on magic and witchcraft was one of the finest in private hands. (1)

African Tribal Art: Ceremonial machete and dagger in highly decorative scabbard with bead-work, teeth tassels and painted decoration.

A. African Tribal Art rectangular based stool with oval pierced support and shaped seat.

A pair of art pottery vases, three reproduction Staffordshire figures, a tribal mask,and various boxes

Tribal Art a carved wood Liberian Dance Mask

Three African tribal art carved figures, probably Namibian, 27cm down.

Tribal Art; two carved figural masks, height 64.5 and 69cm, also a carved occasional table, the hollow carved column depiction three faces. These items are reputedly from Mozambique.

An Afghan type Percussion Rifle, brass mounts, 31” overall; plus Afghan type Flintlock Pistol, flared barrel, 16 ½”; plus Tribal Art type Axe, 10” (3)

A tribal art fish tooth sword together with various others and a bone mounted walking stick

Elisofon/Fagg. The Sculpture of Africa,1978 New York, 1978 § Christensen (Erwin O.) Primitive Art, New York, 1955 § Newton (D.) and Lee Boltin. The Nelson A.Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Primitive Art, New York, 1978 § Lamb (V.) and Judy Holmes. Nigerian Weaving, 2006, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, the first two a little rubbed and frayed at edges; and a small quantity of others on African and tribal art, mostly catalogues, folio & 4to (1 Box)

Tribal art; two African daggers in leather scabbards, also a hide and fur covered bottle (3).

Tribal art; two carved hardwood masks 60cm and 44cm, also a pair of carved hardwood heads, height 30cm (one mask with slight damage)(4).

Tribal Art; a hide covered drum, height 42cm.

Tribal Art. A late 19th/early 20thC hardwood lime spatula possibly from Papua New Guinea, the handle carved and pierced with a seated male figure, 30½cm.

Tribal Art. A late 19thC/early 20thC hardwood lime spatula possibly from Papua New Guinea, the handle carved and pierced with a seated male figure, 31½cm.

Tribal Art. A late 19thC/early 20thC hardwood lime spatula possibly from Papua New Guinea, the handle carved and pierced with a seated male figure, 31½cm.

Tribal Art. A late 19thC/early 20thC hardwood lime spatula possibly from Papua New Guinea, the handle carved and pierced with a seated male figure, 30½cm.

Tribal Art. A late 19thC/early 20thC hardwood lime spatula possibly from Papua New Guinea, the handle carved in the form of a phallus, 38cm.

Tribal Art. A 19thC tribal shell necklace probably from the South Seas, approximately 40cm.

Tribal Art: A South Sea Island`s carved wood Gun Stock Club

A large scale oceanic carved wooden tribal art figure, applied with shells, and depicting a two-headed figure with a snake emanating from his hair, approx height 6`6" (Illustrated)

A large scale tribal art carved wooden figure, in the form of a crocodile headed male figure with mask above, decorated with feathers, shells, parchment and paint work effects, approx height 6` 3" (Illustrated)

A large scale oceanic tribal art carved wooden figure of large proportions, modelled in the form of a masked male figure, decorated with shells, paint effects, leather and dried grasses, approx height 8` (Illustrated)

Two oceanic tribal art carved wooden figures, each depicting a masked male and decorated with shells and paint work, each approx height 4` 6" (Illustrated)

An oceanic tribal art carved wall mounted mask, decorated with shells, bone and paint work, approx height 4` 10" high together with an oceanic carved wooden figure of a God like bird with paint effect decoration, approx height 3` 3" (Illustrated)

5 pieces of tribal art

Tribal Art Wooden Mask

Tribal Art: Nigerian Ibibio carved wood Face Mask, 40cms, (16") and another, (2),

Tribal Art: Tanzanian Tribal Art Face Mask, with painted decoration.

Tribal Art: Pair of Senufo carved wood male and female Ancestor Figures, 64cms, (25").

Tribal Art: Carved wood oval Drinking Vessel, with stylised bird handle and shaped spout.

Tribal Art: Gabon carved hardwood Figure of a man.

Tribal Art: Bakota-Gabon carved wood and brass mounted Figure.

Tribal Art: Carved hardwood Stool, with figure support and circular base.

Tribal Art - a 19th century South African throwing spear, hardwood shaft, iron head, 126cm long

A Benin bronze leopard, Nigeria, probably 19th century, in standing position with outscrolling tail, the body entirely covered with concentric spots, dark green and copper patination, 34cm wide, 22.5cm high, 7cm deep, Note: Almost all Benin art was created to honor the king, or Oba, whose ancestral family has reigned since the 15th century. Benin bronzes were brought to Europe following a punitive expedition by the British in 1897, and caused a great sensation. Bronze Leopards were often used as royal water vessels - the water was poured from the mouth over the Oba`s hands in cleansing rituals. They were kept on royal altars. Like an ideal tribal leader, the leopard is revered for harmonizing the attributes of menace and temperance. The leopard also stands above life because like a leader, he has bestowed upon him the privilege of the `right to kill`.

Tribal Art; a carved and painted ceremonial `Bull Head` mask, probably Indian, 19th Century (a.f).

A SENUFO KPELYE TRIBAL MASK of West African origin, with carved stylized anteater crest, horned face with scarified cheeks and eye slits. 36cm(h). * * for similar mask see Tribal Art by Judith Miller page 29.

Tribal Art-Native North American, a matched pair of Tomahawks, ebony shafts, iron axe-heads, shafts 55cm long, blades 30cm, late 19th century

Tribal Art-Native North American, a Tomahawk, hardwood shaft, the flattened iron axe-head hammered with chevrons, shaft 53cm long, blade 24cm, late 19th century; another (2)

Tribal Art-a Dogon ceremonial mask, typically with pierced cresting and stained in black and brown with tear markings, string hair, 46.5cm high

Tribal Art-a Makonde ceremonial mask, pierced neckline, open mouth and bands of human hair, 24cm high. The Makonde live in the Makonde plateau in the southwest of Tanzania next to Mozambique. Because of their geographical isolation, the Makonde were not influenced by the colonial period.

Tribal art - A wooden ceremonial paddle, possibly Papua New Guinea, the broad blade tapering to a point and incorporating carved and pierced decoration, including stylized lizard or crocodile motifs of Aboriginal type, the shaft carved to resemble knots or chain links, 175cm long. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A quantity of assorted ethnographica and tribal art, 20th century, including carved wood figures; cast metal figures; a carved soapstone mask; two pairs of later carved wood pulley blocks; a small quantity of seashells, etc. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A TRIBAL ART EBONISED and CARVED WALKING STICK with circular handle and elephant support, together with a CARVED TRIBAL ART MASK (2)

An African Tribal Art ebonised wooden head rest, width 30cm, height 16cm.

A 19th century Tribal Art beaded belt, length 64cm.

A 19th century Tribal Art beaded necklace, length 40cm.

A Kaiserzinn Art Nouveau pewter pot, cast with squirrels, shape no. 4430, 7.5in., together with a tribal wood club with incised carving, 18in.

Literature: a quantity of auction catalogues relating to Tribal art and Antiquities, including: Christie's sale of 'The Meulendijk Collection of Tribal Art'. (A lot).

A Polynesian carved wooden tribal art spoon with elongated oval bowl and handle modelled as a standing man, length 28cm.

African tribal art bead necklace and a wooden necklace with ivory disc

Two African tribal art bead belts

Selection of African tribal art bead, shell and seed necklaces

Fon tribal art wax resist figure group mounted in a hardwood canoe from the region of Dhomey-Benin, 71cm in length

Daghestan rug, north east Caucasus late 19th century, 3ft.6in. x 2ft.8in. 1.07m. x 0.81m. Slight even wear overall. Several tribal and village rugs are known and have been published where a well-known design has been attempted in a very cursory and crude manner but nevertheless with a decidedly naive charm allied with a good sense of colour. The usual explanation for such pieces is that they represent children's practice pieces; young girls learned to weave literally at their mothers' knees from a very early age, as in many traditional environments they still do, and such rugs as this are known to be the results of such initial attempts at an art form for which many such young tyros subsequently showed a remarkable aptitude.

"THE KUHN COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART", Sotheby’s New York, 1991, and a collection of similar African, Tribal and pre Colombian Art catalogues (a lot)

A Box: Various Tribal Masks; Figures; Art Deco treen Comport with brass support etc