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An African tribal mask from New Guinea

An African tribal mask from the Ivory Coast

An African tribal mask.

A Maori tribal carving, reduced.

A tribal leaf knife, possibly Salampasn with a horny grip handle.

A tribal mask, decorated with applied metalware and one other wooden mask carved as a dragons head in the oriental style.

An African carved and painted tribal mask 11.5in (29cm) h 5in (12.6cm) w.

"Tribal: a 'spearhead' blade small knife in leather tassell and woven grass sheath, plus a plain wooden policeman's truncheon, an Indian Kukri knife (blade inscr. Darjeeling 1943), a wooden walking stick and number of penknives in metal money box (q)"

A pair of carved wooden Tribal paddle spears, of elongated oval form with long handle the paddles with pierced and stylized crocodile carving height 5ft

An African ceremonial tribal spear having hand forged diamond shaped blade with long metal shaft fitted into short wooden grip with animal hair collar, 81cms long

An African ceremonial tribal axe having slender blade with simple etched decoration, fitted into hard wood shaft with bulbous top decorated with brass studding, the grip decorated with brass rings, 41cms long

Hardwood carved tribal paddle, 121cm.

Tribal club with punch decoration, 67cm.

Tribal painted paddle, 153cm.

Tribal spear mounted with a band of teeth, 138cm.

A Victorian design stool on cabriole supports, with scallop carved knees, upholstered with tribal flatweave, 46 x 101cm (18 x 40in)

Meek (C K) Tribal Studies in Northern Nigeria, 1931, two vols, Roberts (Austin) The Mammals of South Africa, 1951, illus, and a series of black and white photographs, Tibet, early 20th century (4)

A quantity of brass and copper collectables, warming pan with turned and ebonised handle, copper jug with faux crocodile skin body, a pair of Victorian brass candlesticks, an African tribal stick, two cast figures and sundry.

An African wooden tribal mask.

An African tribal carving, of a female head, 20cm high; Also a Chinese tea box.(2)

Zulu knob kerrie, two wooden spears, African carved wooden tribal club

A rare Ersari Turkmen kejebe pattern torba, south Turkmenistan, mid 19th century, pile area 1ft.1in. x 3ft.10in. 0.33m. x 1.17m. Losses to base and right side, left side kink cut out and joined, small hole. A comparison with the very similar torba illustrated by Loges, Turkoman Tribal Rugs, no. 96, suggests that this example is missing about 10 centimetres on the right; this and the Loges example appear to have very similar palettes.

Part cotton ghileem by the Kashkuli taifeh of the Qashqa’i Confederation, Fars province, south west Persia, second half 19th century, 9ft.9in. x 4ft.10in. 2.97m. x 1.47m. Slight uneven wear, one side stained in several places, probably remains of glue. The white areas of design are worked in bleached cotton. One of the best known, albeit rarest, of the major Qashqa’i ghileem designs; the distinctive palette found on all published examples, as well as the medachyl and zigzag borders also seen on all examples (usually in this chromatic arrangement), the ‘running dog’ pattern found between each wide horizontal band on most examples and the characteristic end panels, with their series of polychrome plainweave stripes interspersed with three narrow bands in white and tan or blue and tan containing a simple repeat pattern in extra weft wrapping, all suggest an attribution specifically to the Kashkuli taifeh; such an attribution is enforced by the fine weave shared by all examples. For three closely related rugs, see Black & Loveless, The Undiscovered Kilim, pl. 46 (and Petsopoulos, Kilim, pl. 400 for same piece) Housego, Tribal Rugs, pl. 72 and Opie, Tribal Rugs of Southern Persia, pp. 52-3; according to Opie, the principal motif in each band is called the shamey or comb.

A good and unusual rug by the Haybatlu tireh (?) of the Shishboluki taifeh of the Qashqa’i Confederation, Fars province, south west Persia second half 19th century, 7ft.6in. x 4ft.6in. 2.29m. x 1.37m. Very slight overall wear, very slight losses both ends. The attribution to the Haybatlu is speculative; it is based on the appearance of a particular medallion, which in its full form, as it appears in the centre, has four pendant cypress trees, and in its curtailed form is seen in the four corners. This is known traditionally as the Haybatlu medallion and is assumed to be an emblem of this sub-tribe of the Shishboluki. However, it is found on at least one published Kashkuli rug, the extraordinarily beautiful example illustrated by Schurmann in Oriental Carpets, p.129 and thus may not ever have been tribe specific, especially as the central part of the medallion is made up of four pairs of opposed botehs, a non-Persian motif; this medallion is now most often found on town workshop rugs, frequently in association with Persepolis horses’ heads (see, for instance, our sale of 7 July, 2005, lot 1040). The present rug would seem to be a much more characteristic example of 19th century Qashqa’i tribal weaving and as such is of some rarity.

Shahsavan pish sineh-e shotor and qashoqdan (camel chest band and spoon bags), the bags in extra-weft wrapping on plainweave grounds, the band in wool and the netting in plaited goat-hair, north west Persia early 20th century, the smaller bags each 7in. x 8in. 0.175m. x 0.20m., the larger bag 1ft.2in. 0.36m. sq. The wool band and some of the netting broken with small missing pieces. Complete with striped plainweave back. For an example of this type, see Tanavoli, Horse & Camel Trappings from Tribal Iran, pl. 90.

An interesting Jaf Kurd fragmented long rug, north west Persia, first half 19th century or earlier, overall 9ft.9in. x 3ft.4in. 2.97m. x 1.02m. Overall uneven wear, sides cut, slight loss lower end; now in two pieces, the remains of minor motifs at the side of field indicating that at least two Memling guls are missing. The brilliant colour and archaic ‘drawing’ of this fragmentary long rug indicate that it is a comparatively early example of Kurdish tribal weaving; both the palette and the blue ground guard with its repeated octagons strongly indicate that this is the work of the Jaf Kurds specifically and it is interesting that the form of the ‘leaf and calyx’ border is also seen on the Jaf Kurd rug illustrated in Burns, Antique Rugs of Kurdistan’, which the author dates to the first half of the 19th century. There is no reason to suppose that the present rug is any younger than the Burns piece and, in our opinion, could be considerably older.

An African Tribal ceremonial human-headed spoon, 17.5in. (45cm.) long, possibly Baule and a wood pestle, the handle carved as a stylised bird to which a monkey is clinging, 11.5in. (29cm.) long. (2).

Tribal / african: a collection of items includes two hand tools, carved wooden zebra dish, three soapstone ornaments, two oriental treen painted pots, wooden statuette etc (q)

Tribal / American Indian: a pair of small childs hand crochet / sewn moccasins, leather soles, plus a small snakeskin purse.

African / tribal: two fired terracotta pots, one with handles to sides, each with scarified type raised zigzag / ropetwist detail (2)

Two carved wooden African tribal masks, 20th century, one a woman with white painted teeth with two lizards in her hair, the other a man with single lizard to head (2)

Three African Tribal weapons

An African Fertility Pipe, made from a gourd carved as a man with scarified face and body; three African tribal hardwood figures (4)

A Tribal Mask, a beadwork tomahawk shape cushion, and a basket and cover (box)

A Tribal Drum, 52.5 cm high

A West African carved hard wood tribal spoon, the shank with a raised central girdle, 49cm (19in)

A West African carved hard wood tribal spoon, with raised and carved chevron girdle and arrow end, and a plain tribal spoon, the smallest 37cm (14 1/2in)

A West African polychromic painted tribal clay vessel, of ribbed globular form, with brightly painted primitive motif, 40cm (16in)

A West African carved wood tribal antelope headed mask, with carved horns and geometric chip carved decoration, considered to be Bambara tribe, 53cm (21in) high, on later stand

A West Africa tribal flat weave hanging textile, considered to be from Niger with geometric motif, and some supplementary weft work, blue, red, cream and gold banded form, 428 x 176cm (14ft x 69in)

A West African carved wood tribal mask, in the form of stylised antelope head, signs of original paint, considered to be Senufo, 71cm (28in) high

A West African carved hard wood navette shaped tribal tablet, the frame carved geometric design with mask to crest, 23 x 32cm (9 x 12 1/2in)

Southeast Asia & Africa. Two watercolour views in Syriam, Burma, early 20th century, one of figures on elephants pulling logs, the other of a woman and child under a parasol, indistinctly signed 'U. Ba San', each approx. 245. x 350. mm, together with other watercolour views and portraits of African native peoples, and a watercolour album entitled 'Tribes of the Shan States' containing 36. gouche full length portraits of figures in tribal dress (13)

A Kukri with hardwood handle and bi-knives, a Tribal Club and a Crocodile head Knife case and Knife (3)

Asian School (20th century) Tribal figures in a boat, Grisaille watercolour, 32cm x 25.5cm

A group of tribal items, mostly 20th century and later (qty)

Tribal items: a club, bangles, sandals, fly whisk and staffs

Ivory tribal carving of a seated figure holding a pipe with birds above him, 35cm.

A Balouch rug, twin medallions on a blue ground within a red and white border, 46" x 35" and a small tribal rug, twin medallions on a ochre ground, 39" x 21" (2)

An attractive Afshar rug, south central Persia second half 19th century, 5ft.8in. x 4ft.1in. 1.73m. x 1.25m. Overall wear, slightly heavier in centre with small area of damage; remains of flatwoven ends in extra-weft wrapping arranged in a chevron pattern. As with many tribal and village rugs from both Iran and Central Asia, the field abrashes from dark blue to dark brown. This is one of a very specific sub-group of Afshar weavings, all the published examples of which seem to be of exceptional quality. Two of these, published by Opie, Tribal Rugs of Southern Persia, pp. 176-9, have most of the characteristics common to the group including two shoots of wool weft dyed an orange-red, fine symmetric knotting pulled slightly to the right, a main border of the same design as the one seen on the present rug and chevron pattern ends in extra-weft wrapping. Most such rugs also share a remarkably wide range of colours. Opie counts 16 in his p. 177 rug while the present example has at least 14.

A Collection of Tribal Artifacts, from the Chama Indians of the Peruvian Rainforest on the River Ucayali in the Amazon basin, including monkey teeth bracelets, nose ornaments, rings, combs, a counting stick, beadwork necklaces, hand woven and printed poncho, bags, pottery dishes and knives, circa 1920's/30's; together with a number of scanned photographs of the Chama Indian people

A PAIR OF TUSK CARVINGS, decorated with tribal figures in dance, length 42cm (2)

A Box Containing 2 Pairs of Wooden Candlesticks and 2 Wood Tribal Masks and various Pottery etc

A Collection of Postcards Including Eighteen Embroidered Silks] oversees tribal cards, Bamforths, greetings etc.; Album of Cigarette Cards.

A South Seas tribal mask with elongated nose and eyes and grass 'beard', 20th Century; an East Sepik Province carved board, a New Guinea painted board and various other carvings and figures, 20th Century.

A Pair of Chinese cloisonnŽ enamelled squat vases, early 20th century. Each with dragon and pearl decoration, blue enamelled interiors, both 12cm high. Also a Tang style model of a Horse, with iron red and noir glaze decoration, 20cm high. Also a Kuba carved wooden tribal mask, 20th century. (4)

Florence Small, oil on canvas, WWI portrait of a young soldier, dated 1915 on reverse, 55 x 44cms, and tribal portrait watercolour (2)

A quantity of tribal art including a mask from the Ivory Coast, various other masks and a carved figure with jointed arms.

An African wooden tribal axe with iron blades, the hilt carved with a tribes mans head.

Two Ethnic carved tribal sticks, one of large imposing construction depicting a fox stalking a pheasant, the other with simplified carvings of various heads