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59CM Heigh, Seat 33CM Diameter. North African Tribal Chiefs Stool Circa 1930s. Intricately hand carved from one solid piece featuring stylised Baboons around each edge. Beautifully scratch carved with tribal patterns. This piece was purchased from the son of 2 archaeologists working in Libya and North Africa during the 1930s. I'm dating it by presuming they bought it new as a tourist piece, it may be 19th century as it has great patina. An impressive a speculative piece of tribal art.

An African tribal art carved wooden stool, solid wooden circular top supported on a trellis of carved monkey heads and circular base, 16 1/2"h

A collection of mainly Solomon Islands related tribal art, to include a hair ornament comb with a diamond design, part of a fish hook, currency bracelets, a carved shell ornament and a kapkaps made in turtle shell with filigree design, etc.

* Hannah Höch [German, 1889-1978]-Fruhlings-Messe Der Kunstgewerbe Gruppe,:-circa 1925, lithograph printed by H.Gellert, Berlin W.3035 x 46.5cm, laid-down on card, unframed.* Provenance From a Private Collection, in a deceased estate, of art exhibition, film and advertising posters, the remainder to be offered in these rooms on 6/7th November and 3rd December.* Hannah Höch is known for woodcuts, linocuts and Dada photo-montages clipped from contemporary magazines that probe Weimar-era politics and culture. Höch was connected with the Dada movement and was indeed the only woman associated with the Berlin Dadaists Group.Frühlings-Messe der Kunstgewerbe Gruppe (Spring Fair of the Applied Arts Group) was however created at the height of Höch's engagement with Constructivism and in true Constructivist practice Höch successfully drew attention to the work's message in a union of text and image. Adopting the Russian Constructivists' preference for red and black she has tempered the combination with warm off-white paper, integrating it so that it reads not only as geometric form but also as lettering and backdrop. The composition shifts from abstraction to figuration and back again. Colour relationships likewise shift and one aspect of the work is that Höch maximizes the effect of printing only two colours, creating a design that is complex yet distinct.Germany's so-called New Woman was the focus of Höch's work in the 1920s, and this lithograph was made for the German Lyceum Club, an elite women's association. The features of the woman in Frühlings-Messe; a round face, striking eyes, rigid nose and bisected mouth, evoke masks from Africa and Oceania, and Höch shared the German Expressionists' interest in tribal art, evident elsewhere in her series From an Ethnographic Museum, begun about the same time as this work.

An African tribal art mask, 36cm

Lukautha Tribal Art, copper plaque, featuring stylized figure beating drum, name to lower centre, 88 x 57cm.

3 pieces of tribal art, carved dark wood figurines. Largest approx. 23cm tall.

Tribal Art - an African carving, of a horned demonic figure 0, 35.5cm high; Friendly Society - Masonic - a 19th century mahogany ceremonial paddle in th form of an axe, 73cm long;A root wood specimen, polished and mounted as a three-branch candelabrum, 38cm high (3)

A carved tribal art wooden stool in the form of a man on all fours

Two 20th century bronze effect resin Tribal Art / Mayan style decorative lamp bases. Both with stylised tribal motifs to front and rear. Bronze effect resin construction, with brass fitments to top. Tallest approx; 36cm tall. 

Tribal Art - a carved hardwood figure, from Madagascar, drum player, approx 48.5cm high; another, female, approx 51cm (2)

Tribal Art - a South American spice jar, possibly Peruvian, loop suspension rings, incised decoration; a cast Totem pole, as a camp fire scene; a similar wigwam with seated figure smoking a pipe (3)

A collection of tribal art to include carved wooden masks, figural bookends, ebony African busts, totems, figures etc (2).

A carved tribal art figure of a male figure, approx height 107cm.

A quantity of African tribal art figurines.

Tribal Art: Old West African carved wood figure of a drummer, probably Yoruba

Tribal Art; An African Carved Wood Mask of a Male Face, with open mouth showing teeth and slit eye, the forehead with an interlocking diamond and circle motif, 23.5cm high.

A collection of tribal art to include carved masks and figures (two boxes)

Tribal art - carved wall masks; ebony forks; fish dishes; cloth dolls, etc, qty

An antique African tribal art door panel, carved with a mask, possibly Dogon tribe, Mali, 52 x 34cm

Tribal Art - a carved wooden figure, as a seated tribesman; other carved wooden pieces, including a totem pole, a zebra, birds, etc; a stone water buffalo, an oval bowl, Buddha figures; etc

Tribal Art - a carved mask head drum, animal hide top; another similar; a carved and painted wall mask; others (6)

Tribal Art - a floor standing carved wooden giraffe, 123cm high; others, smaller; a carved Kudu (4)

TRIBAL ART. A ZULU CARVED WOOD PRESTIGE STAFF IN THE MANNER OF THE 'BABOON MASTER', LATE 19TH C 99cm ++Slight wear and small old chip on tip of cap, no other chips or splits, old dirty natural patina

An Ethiopian low seat with an oblong seat raised on four short feet with a removable panel back, 60cm high. (2) Provenance Maharukh Desai, London. Dr J S Gordon Collection, London. Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art, 21 February 2018, lot 177.

A Maori taiaha staff New Zealand with a carved Janus head and tongue finial with haliotis eyes and scroll and notched decoration, the elliptical shaft with two linear and notched bands with a spatulate end, 184.5cm long. Provenance Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1645.

A pair of Plains wrap round leggings tanned skin, coloured glass beads and cloth, each with four brass button fasteners, 43cm high. Provenance James Hooper Collection, thence by decent to his granddaughter. Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 23 June 1896, lot 8. Samuel Mason Collection.

A Maori presentation paddle New Zealand with a slender leaf shape blade and scroll handle, carved tiki, scrolls and notches, the tip painted gilt and the centre of the blade inscribed with the greeting Kia Ora, 177cm long. Provenance Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 2nd September 2015, lot 781.

Literature - Sir Herbert Read & H. D. Molesworth (edited by). Oceanic Sculpture, 1962; R. A. Skelton. Captain James Cook after two hundred years, 1969; Evelyn Cheesman, F.R.E.S., F.Z.S. The Two Roads of Papua; The Journal of the Papua & New Guinea Society, 1968; The Museum of Primitive Art, Sculpture from the South Seas, 1962; Allen Wardwell. The Sculpture of Polynesia, 1967; Allen Wardwell. The Art of the Sepik River, 1971; J. K. McCarthy. Patrol into yesterday, my New Guinea Years, 1964; Africa, Mediterranean, Oceania, Ethnic Art from the collection of Mr & Mrs Herbert Baker, 1967 National Geographic, May 1962; Tony Saulnier. Head Hunters of Papua; David Attenborough. The Tribal Eye, 1976; Roger Duff (edited by). No Sort of Iron; Culture of Cook's Polynesians, 1969; Paul G. Bahn. The Easter Island Enigma, 1997; Renι Gardi. Tambaran, An Encounter with Cultures in Decline in New Guinea, 1960; Jean Guiart. The Arts of the South Pacific, 1963; Paul S. Wingert. Primitive Art, 1962; Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art, 1969; Lewis Cotlow. In Search of the Primitive, 1966. Jean Guiart. Oceanic Art Masks and Sculptures from New Guinea, 1968 (3); Charles P. Mountford. Aboriginal Paintings, 1964; Roslyn Poignant. Myths and Legends of the South Seas, 1970; L. Adam. Primitive Art. (27)

Literature - British Museum. Handbook to the Ethnographical collections, 1925; British Museum. Handbook to the Ethnographical collections, 1910; Bιrιnice Geoffroy-Schneiter. Primal Arts, 2000; Scala. The Art of the Pacific, 2011; Scala. Art in Black Africa, 2011; Scala. Visual Encyclopedia of Art, Oceanic Art, 2010; T. Barrow. The Decorative Arts of the New Zealand Maori, 1964; African Art and Oceanic Art, 1972; Anne D'Alleva. Art of the Pacific, 1998; Ralph Linton, Paul S. Wingert & Rene D'Harnoncourt. Arts of the South Seas, 1946; A. Hamilton. Maori Art, 1972; Anthony JP Meyer. Oceanic Art, Part I & Part II, 1995, in a slip case; Steven Hooper. Pacific Encounters Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860, 2006; Joseph Cornet. A survey of Zairian Art, 1978; Erich Herold. The Art of Africa: Tribal Masks, 1967; Judith Miller. Tribal Art, 2006; The Art of Eastern Australia, Fine Aboriginal weapons & artefacts, the David Petty collection, 2009; Theodore Toatley and Douglas Congdon-Martin. A Collector's guide to African sculpture, 2000; The Art of Southeast Africa from the Conru collection, 2002; Douglas Newton & Hermione Waterfield. Tribal Sculpture, 1995; Suzanne Greub (edited by). Art of Northwest New Guinea, 1992; D. C. Starzecka (edited by). Maori Art and Culture, 1996; Allen Wardwell. Island Ancestors, Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection, 1994. (23)

A Maori short paddle New Zealand with a carved mask, scrolls and a stylised head terminal, 62cm long. Provenance Christie's, Tribal Art, London, 24 March 1992, lot 57, part.

A Plains woman's hair pipe necklace with glass beads, leather spacers and brass buttons, 83cm long, a Cheyenne coloured transparent glass bead necklace with leather spacers, 79cm long, a glass bead eight strand necklace, 72cm long, a horse tooth and bead necklace, four glass bead necklaces, a turquoise bead necklace, two hide necklaces, a Navaho brooch and two pairs of earrings, set with turquoise. (16) Provenance Hair pipe - Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 5 July 1989. Samuel Mason Collection.

A Dan Wobe mask Liberia stained black and with white pigment, with a white painted inventory number 18, 24cm high. Provenance Purchased by William Ohly, Paris Exhibition, 1928. Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 8th Jan 2013, lot 802.

An Ojibwa pipe bag Northeast North America buckskin with coloured glass bead floral panels and a cloth rim, 57cm long, and a Cree pipe bag, with beaded floral panels on buckskin with a serrated quadripartite top, 63cm long. (2) Provenance Ojibwa - Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 13 October 1992, lot 213. Cree - Acquired from Mrs June Bedford, circa 1978. Samuel Mason Collection.

λA Sioux feather dance bustle Plains cloth, rawhide and ribbon, 123cm high. Provenance Sotheby's, London, Tribal Art, 22 March 1983, lot 39. Samuel Mason Collection.

A Maori feather box waka huia New Zealand with all-over carving of linear scrolls and notches, the cover with two figures and the base with tiki masks to the sides and tiki head handles, with remains of red pigment, 63cm long. (2) Provenance Sotheby's, London, Important Tribal Art, 2 July 1990, lot 18. Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 21 June 2016, lot 91.

λA Solomon Islands nose ornament Melanesia turtleshell, with incised and lime filled chevron bands, 5.5cm high, on a stand. (2) Provenance Robert A Lever. Collected working as a government scientist specialising in coral reefs between 1931 and 1936. Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1586.

A pair of Southern Cheyenne leggings Southern Plains buckskin with a natural yellow dye and with a narrow border of coloured glass beads, 65cm long. (2) Provenance Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 30 June 1987, lot 134. Samuel Mason Collection.

A Sioux pipe bag Plains buckskin, coloured glass and metal beads, stained and natural quills, the main lazy stitch white ground panel with differing geometric designs, 102cm long. Provenance Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 2 December 1986, lot 18. Samuel Mason Collection.

A pair of Alonquin snow shoes North America ash and sinew, each inscribed C. Harbord, 106cm long. (2) Provenance Charles Harbord, 5th Lord Suffield, Gunton Park, Norfolk. Sotheby's, London, Tribal Art, 3 December 1984, lot 372. Samuel Mason Collection.

A pipe tomahawk with a steel blade having stiff leaves cast to the bowl, the wood shaft with copper mounts, an inlaid bone fish and a circular man in the moon disc and an antler mouthpiece, 48cm long. Provenance Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 27 March 1990, lot 113. Samuel Mason Collection.

A Luba Hemba caryatid stool Democratic Republic of the Congo the standing female figure with her hands and head supporting the circular seat, her serene face and a relief band to her head with a flared coiffure having a grooved cross back, with pointed breasts and raised body scarifications, with scorched detailing, 39.5cm high. Provenance Hilaire le Clercq. Collected between 1914 and 1918 whilst he was based in Leopoldville, working for the Sociιtι Gιnerale. Christie's, London, Important Tribal Art, 29 June 1994, lot 142.

λTwo Solomon Islands pendants Melanesia shell, of crescent form, one with a frigate bird head terminal, the other inscribed Supaina Malaita, both with a rectangular turtleshell tablet, pierced and with fibre attachments, 17.5cm and 16cm wide, on stands. (4) Provenance Robert A Lever. Collected working as a government scientist specialising in coral reefs between 1931 and 1936. Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1587.

A Cree 'fire' pouch Plains buckskin with coloured glass bead differing floral panels, 45cm long, and two Plains pouches with coloured glass bead fronts, one with a buffalo and the other with a cross and tin pipes, 22.5cm and 19.5cm long. (3) Provenance Cree - Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 30 June 1987, lot 135. Two pouches - Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 24 June 1996, lot 186 part. Samuel Mason Collection.

Literature - Frank Willett. African Art, 1971; Douglas Fraser. Primitive Art, 1962; Dale Idiens. Cook Islands Art, 1990 (2); Alberto Cesare Ambesi. Arte dell'Oceania, 1966; Paul S. Wingert. Primitive Art, 1962; Franco Monti. African Masks, 1969; W. O. Oldman. The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts, 2004; Christian F. Feest. Native Arts of North America, 1980; William Fagg. The Tribal Image, 1977; Geoffrey Williams. African Designs from Traditional Sources, 1971; Keith St Cartmail. The Art of Tonga, 1997; Howard Morphy and Elizabeth Edwards (edited by). Australia in Oxford, 1988; Sheila Savill. Pears Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends, 1978; Roslyn Poignant. Oceanic Mythology, 1967; and various catalogues and magazines (20)

An Iatmul pigment dish Sepik River, Papua New Guinea carved in the form of a crocodile, with remains of red pigment, 23.5cm long. Provenance James Delmege. Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 2nd July 2013, lot 1034.

A Solomon Islands disc ornament Melanesia shell with faint scroll and circle engravings, pierced for attachment, 6.6cm diameter, a cowrie shell with a two shell rings joined with a fibre cord, a disc shell necklace, a tusk nose ornament, six shell rings, three shell ear plugs, two Solomon Islands shell scrapers, inscribed, a Fiji shell anklet, faintly inscribed, on a stand, a Solomon Islands shell and fibre armband, a shell and coconut band, three coconut bracelets, a tusk ornament and a tusk. (23) Provenance Part - Robert A Lever. Collected working as a government scientist specialising in coral reefs between 1931 and 1936. Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1588.

λTwo Inuit gaming pieces Alaska walrus ivory, modelled as birds, 2.8cm and 3.3cm long, an Inuit seal amulet, pierced for attachment, an Inuit polar bear head attachment, a Plains beaded buckskin umbilical pouch and a Sami spoon. (6) Provenance The Inuit pieces - Dr J S Gordon collection, Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 21st Feb 2018, lot 146.

Three pieces of African Tribal art

Tribal art: Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, two carved figures, one carrying an open bowl on her head, 27.5cm. Provenance: acquired by the vendor whilst working in the islands in 1949.

A mixed collectors lot comprising; three boxed Bayko building and converting sets, 1950's, Mackeson Stout advertising dish, small collection of tourist Tribal art, small collection of Walker & Hall plated cutlery, a leather purse and sewing case and a bowie knife, in one box (Q)

Quantity of 20th Century African and other tribal art

Tribal Art - a Pre-Columbian Black Ware zoomorphic votive, of a recumbent cat, 12cm long; a South-East Asian model, of a Temple Lion, 11cm long (2)

Tribal Art. A hardwood lime infil spatula, possibly Papua New Guinea, the handle carved with a seated moustachioed male figure wearing a hat, 39cm.

Assorted items, inc. trays, tribal art wood figure, modern brass board games box and brassware, etc.

Tribal Art: Old West African carved wood figure of a drummer, probably Yoruba

Tribal Art - a Maori patu hand club, inlaid with abalone shell; various spears

Tribal art, Makonde body mask, height 54cm.

Tribal art, Makonde body mask, height 56cm.

Tribal art, Makonde body mask, height 48cm.