African, Middle Eastern, Tribal Antiquities & Weaponry - Private Collection

1: Historic 129-year old 3-draw Boer War brass and leatherbound (Inscribed) Watson & Sons, London, 1895 - WAD1260 telescope - property of A E Herbert (Regimental number 4077) of the 6 Dragoon Guards with leather shoulder st

2: African long shield from Cameroon (H120cm) on stand

3: Rare African Antique (Early 19th Century) Ethiopian Amhara Round (48cm diameter) Shield (NW Region) Made with Buffalo, rhinocerous or hippopotamus hide with bronze plates and leather lining (Some damage/losses). NB. One

4: Vintage Persian Shiraz Rug (289 x 209cm) from the Fars Province in Southern Iran

5: Hardback 'Lion and Jackal - with other native folk tales from Africa' by Frank Brownlee (First Edition - 1938)

6: Hardback 'Twenty Animals, One man' by Bernhard Grzimek (First Edition - 1963)

7: Hardback 'The Lion's Roar' by Cherry Kearyon (1934)

8: Very rare 19th Century museum quality antique large (90cm tall) African Nimba (Baga) tribal ceremonial shoulder mask

9: Very rare African Antique early 19th Century Sudanese Museum quality Warriors lizard skin case with short spear with two bone handled with brass wire and fine Islamic/Arabic inscription, engraved design & inlaid with sil

10: African Nafana tribe Bedu Plank Mask (111cm Tall) on stand (Ghana/ Ivory Coast) used in ceremonies designed to rid the village of harmful spirits.

11: Very rare large Antique (est late 18th/early 19th Century) African intricately carved wooden Dogon or Tellem tribal headrest (44 x 25cm) with zoomorphic heads. This is a museum quality culture piece from Mali/Burkino Fas

12: Hardback 'The Bantu-speaking peoples of Southern Africa' edited by W D Hammond-Tooke (2nd Edition - 1974)

13: African Village Tall wooden tribal Drum from Tonga (110cm high)

14: Unusual 19th Century African Hemba tribal wooden carved funeral ritual statuette (H30cm). This beautifully carved chimpanzee-human is the guardian of the So'o secret society and is used in Hemba funeral rituals.

15: Antique early 20th Century (possibly earlier) African Xhosa Tribal long pipe (L27cm) with more recent Thembu beadwork accessorisation, from the Central Transkei in the Eastern Cape of South Africa

16: Antique 19th Century African Ashanti (Asante) tribal fertility statue (H45cm) - wooden carving with beads from Ghana

17: Vintage Turkish Kars (230 x 138cm) Persian rug

18: Rare Hardback Journal of Jan van Riebeeck, Volume I (1651-1655) by H B Thom (1952)

19: Rare Hardback Journal of Jan van Riebeeck, Volume II (1656-1658) by H B Thom (1954)

20: Rare Hardback Journal of Jan van Riebeeck, Volume III (1659-1662) by H B Thom (1958)