Ethnographic Auction

ANCIENT: PHOENICIA & EGYPT: LOT of 3 glass rings, Opitz (2011) p.464 (plate examples): one ancient Egyptian, 80mm, likely late Ptolemaic to earl...

AFRICA: BENIN: brass ring money (1349g), Opitz p.276, ca. 11 x 10cm, made from a twisted brass bar with ends decorated with geometric patterns, pleasi

AFRICA: CAMEROUN: iron double hoe money (1603g), Opitz p.158 (plate example), comprising two diamond-shaped halves, used by the Mambila people of Came

AFRICA: CAMEROUN: iron ensuba (5313g), Opitz p.141 (plate example), Siegler p.16, ca. 38 x 9cm, "potato masher"-type, with a sharp end and...

AFRICA: CAMEROUN: iron ensuba (3898g), Opitz p.141 (plate example), Siegler p.16, ca. 31 x 6.5 x 6cm, "potato masher"-type, with a sharp e...

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): iron throwing knife (356g), Opitz p.347 (plate example), Knox p.28, 46 x 32cm, consisting of three blade and a sp

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): copper leg band (2076g), Opitz p.279 (plate example), Ballarini p.115, ca. 24cm wide, 14cm high, small cut on inn

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): copper leg band (2076g), Opitz p.201, Ballarini p.115, ca. 22.5 x 21.5cm, 13cm high, used by the Mbole people in

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): copper leg band (1537g), Opitz p.201, Ballarini p.115, ca. 19.5 x 19cm, 13cm high, pleasing patina, small tear on

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): copper leg band (1402g), Opitz p.201, Ballarini p.115, ca. 15 x 14cm, 10cm high, pleasing patina, small tear on i

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): AE neck ring (4215g), Opitz (2011) p.133 (plate example), Ballarini p.271 (9.3 lbs), ca. 20.5 x 19cm, 36mm thick,

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): AE neck ring (3772g), Opitz (2011) p.133, Ballarini p.271 (8.3 lbs), ca. 22 x 19.5cm, 28mm thick, known locally a

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): AE neck ring (3120g), Opitz (2011) p.133, Ballarini p.271 (6.9 lbs), ca. 22 x 17cm, 30mm thick, known locally as

AFRICA: CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC): tukula paste bar, Opitz p.359 (plate example), ca. 25.5 x 12 x 1.5cm, made from ground African sandalwood (Baphia

AFRICA: GABON: copper neck ring money (2256g), Opitz p.237 (plate example), Ballarini p.222 fig. 4.16-17, ca. 19.5 x 17 x 4cm, with a ribbed exterior

AFRICA: GABON: copper neck ring money (1097g), Opitz p.237, ca. 18.5 x 13.5 x 5cm, with a ribbed exterior with two ridges, worn by women and used as b

AFRICA: GABON: copper neck ring money (1091g), Opitz p.237, ca. 17.5 x 15 x 5.5cm, with a ribbed exterior with two ridges, worn by women and used as b

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 22 bronze figurines, depicting various tools, weapons and household items, like candelabra, bed, chair, cannon, axe, knives, rat

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 8 bronze figurines, all animals, including two baboons, a warthog, a porcupine, a gazelle, an antelope, a snake, and a feline cr

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 8 bronze figurines, all human figures engaging in various activities, including a musician playing drums, an executioner holding

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 9 bronze figurines, all human figures engaging in various activities, including a man catching a snake, another carrying a lizar

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 17 bronze figurines, depicting various animals like birds, crocodile, fish, frog, pangolin, scorpion, snake; an interesting grou

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 40 bronze figurines, depicting various items and geometric shapes in different sizes; a diverse group, most pieces possibly late

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 8 bronze figurines, all human figures engaging in various activities, including a man trying to catch a bird in a tree, a seated

AFRICA: GHANA: LOT of 23 bronze geometric weights, including 15 pieces of various shapes and patterns that are possibly used as gold weights during th

AFRICA: GHANA: AE bell anklet (1140g), Opitz p.276 (plate example), ca. 17 x 15xm, comprising 9 spherical rattles on a C-shaped bracelet, a lovely and

AFRICA: IVORY COAST: AE anklet (1537g), Opitz p.276, ca. 14 x 13cm, 11cm tall, hollow, decorated with linear patterns on the surface, a few small cast

AFRICA: IVORY COAST: AE anklet (860g), Opitz p.276 (plate example), ca. 13.5 x 12.5cm, 9cm tall, hollow, decorated with linear patterns on the surface

AFRICA: IVORY COAST: AE anklet (5.97g), Opitz p.276, ca. 10.5 x 10cm, 7cm tall, hollow, decorated with linear patterns on the surface, a few casting f

AFRICA: IVORY COAST: LOT of 3 AE boat anklets, Opitz p.281, Semans p.6, weighing 703g, 268g, and 227g respectively, made by the Senufo people of West

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE bracelet (1164g), ca. 10cm wide and 3cm tall, comprising a C-shaped main body, completed with a crescent-shaped insert with sharp

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE coil manilla (3807g), Opitz p.214, ca. 28 x 11cm, known as mondua in Yoruba, made from a long rounded copper wire (ca. 3.6m-long,

AFRICA: NIGERIA: iron tajere rod (644g), Opitz p.332 (plate example), ca. 45cm, also known as losol, with a heavy bulging center portion, used by the

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE manilla bracelet (2321g), Opitz (2011) p.339 (plate example), Ballarini fig. 2.1, ca. 13 x 11 x 6cm, comprising a C-shaped body wi

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE manilla bracelet (1550g), Opitz (2011) p.339, Ballarini fig. 2.1, ca. 11.5 x 10 x 4cm, comprising a C-shaped body with faceted and

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE manilla bracelet (1000g), Opitz (2011) p.339 (plate example), Ballarini fig. 2.1, ca. 11 x 9 x 3.5cm, comprising a C-shaped body w

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE manilla bracelet (979g), Opitz (2011) p.339 (plate example), Ballarini fig. 2.1, ca. 10 x 9 x 4cm, comprising a twisted C-shaped b

AFRICA: NIGERIA: copper neck ring money (1594g), Opitz (2011) p.257 (plate example), ca. 15 x 13 x 7cm, known locally as idang, with a ribbed exterior

AFRICA: NIGERIA: iron narrow hoe money (524g), Opitz p.159 (plate example), ca. 39.5 x 10cm, comprising a long, slightly scyphate body and a short sha

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE bracelet (2203g), ca. 11cm wide and 4cm tall, completed with a crescent-shaped insert with sharp blades at both ends, made from so

AFRICA: NIGERIA: iron purr-purr (83.02g), Opitz p.273, roughly 240 x 45mm, likely made in the 19th century, considered a currency bar and used as late

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE king manilla (2425g), Opitz p.214, ca. 27.5 x 14.5cm, 25mm thick, with flattened square ends and a round body decorated with geome

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE king manilla (2185g), Opitz p.214, ca. 30 x 14cm, 25mm thick, with flattened square ends and a round body decorated with simple an

AFRICA: NIGERIA: AE twisted manilla (1182g), Opitz (2011) p.340 (plate example), Ballarini fig. 2.11, ca. 19.5 x 18cm, also known as bochie, made from

AFRICA: NIGERIA: beaded belt, 94 x 14cm, depicting three sets of scorpion and human face, made with thousands of colorful beads and decorated with doz

AFRICA: SIERRA LEONE: salt basket, Opitz p. 292, comprising several salt blocks housed in a 71 x 7.5cm basket made from split bamboo, a few bamboo fib

AFRICA: WEST AFRICA: bronze figurine (579g), ca. 18 x 7cm, male head wearing headdress, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

AFRICA: WEST AFRICA: LOT of 3 items, including Ghana: two bronze vessels made with lost wax technique, one with a handle and two loops for hanging (on

AFRICA: brass ring money (505g), cf. Opitz p.276, ca. 9.5 x 8.5cm, plain ring with decorated ends, used as money in many parts of West Africa, EF, ex

AFRICA: brass ring money (736g), Opitz p.276, consisting a single copper wire with enlarged ends intricately coiled around itself and twisted into a r