AFRICAN YORUBA MALE & FEMALE FIGURALDANCE WANDS Two African carved wood kneeling figural dance wands by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, one depicting a male figure with vessel and tall coiffure, the other a female...
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2 AFRICAN FIGURAL ITEMS2 African woodenfigures- 1.) Akan Peoples, Ghana- Akua'ba figure- wood. Wooden female figures were once used to help women conceive and bear healthy children; 2.) Yoruba People, Nigeria and...
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YORUBA AFRICAN ESHU JANUS FACED WANDYorubaEshu dance wand, Nigeria. Carved wood wand depicting the trickster god Eshu with two carved faces.
Height: 14 in x width: 5 1/4 in x depth: 1 in.
Condition:
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WINOLD REISS (1886-1953) YELLOW KIDNEYFeaturedin this lot is this framed Winold Reiss piece on board depicting " Yellow Kidney," by German American artist Winold Reiss born in 1886 and died in 1953. The artwork features...
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YORUBA OSHE SHANGO STAFFYORUBA OSHESHANGO STAFF
African (Yoruba, Nigeria), 19th century, carved wood. In the form of a priestess, the top of the wand formed in a way symbolizing thunderbolts, which are hurled...
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OPENWORK FIGURE, KOPAR / ANGORAMOpenworkcarved figure, Kopar / Angoram style, with white stripes, red and yellow pigment, shell and rope ornamentation. Anthropomorphic.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art describes...
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GROUP (5) WEST AFRICAN CARVINGS Includinga Sukuma Ancestor figure with horns and adorned with strung beads, Tanzania, 15"h, a seated Bamileke, female figure, Cameroon, 15"h, and three figural dance wands, each approx....
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YORUBA PEOPLES, CARVED OSHE SHANGO DANCEWAND Carved wood, depicting a kneeling nude female with large flanged headdress, on turned handle, mounted to black wood base, 11.5"h (carving)...
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(5) AFRICAN IMPLEMENTS, HEDDLE PULLEYS,EX-MUSEUM Carved and stained wood, each with museum accession number, includes: (2) figural Heddle pulleys incl. one Guru mounted on stand, the other Sudanese; (2) figural...
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SOUTH SEAS PADDLE AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FRENCHPOLYNESIA, LATE 18TH TO 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 39.25”.SOUTH SEAS PADDLE, Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Late 18th to 19th Century, Hardwood paddle with extensive geometric...
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A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE WORKS ON PAPEREdo period (1615-1868), woodblock prints, ink and colors on paper, includes two prints by Toyokuni I (1769-1825), a print of an elegant lady holding a cherry blossom display...
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Navajo Pictorial Weaving / Rug, withHoly People
second quarter 20th century
brightly woven, featuring two figures; each holding dance wands and wearing a striped hat, turquoise and coral necklace, and jocla...
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Assorted Group of Hopi Dance Wands
20thcentury
lot of 20, all brightly painted; most with different designs on opposite side; sizes include:
lengths range from 24 inches to 6 inches...
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A GROUP OF ASSORTED CULTURAL ITEMSAgroup of assorted cultural items, 20th Century Comprising a Malinese basketry and leather sunhat (8" H x 14.25" Dia.), a polychromed wood Pueblo dance wand (29.75" H x 3.5"...
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DANCE WAND. EARLY 20TH CENTURY. CLOTHWRAPPEDwooden handle. With two hand sewn bands of tri colored beads, leather fringe. And a braided cloth handle. The top has two carved horn points with beaded leather wrap...
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(2) "OSHE SHANGO" JANUS DANCE WANDS,EX-MUSEUM 19th/20th c., Yoruba, Nigeria, dark patina carved wood, one with grooved shaft surmounted with two-headed figure centered on double-ax finial, the other with two-headed...
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Hopi Gourd Rattles Dance Wand and CornKatsinas lot of 5 including two gourd rattles one painted lengths 7.5 in. and 12 in.; PLUS a dance wand topped with a corn cob signed Bo Koinva length 19 in.; AND two katsinas...
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Hopi Dance Wands PLUS lot of 9 includingseven painted wood dance wands sizes range from 6.5 in. to 7.25 in.; PLUS two carvings of corn topped with katsina heads lengths 6 in. and 9.5 in.; AND a carved wooden snake...
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A Burkina Faso Bwa Carved Wood DanceWand the long handle carved in the form of a bird's neck its head surmounted by a triangular headpiece below a tall shaped rectangular plank height 33 in. Provenance:...
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Hopi Dance Wands Clubs and Rasp lotof 8 including two painted rabbit sticks lengths 11.25 in. and 17 in.; PLUS three dance wands representing lightning lengths 21 in. 17 in. and 11.5 in.; PLUS a rasp decorated...
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Hopi Carved Polychrome Dance Wand rectangularwith notched corners; each quadrant painted a different color length 10 in. mid-20th century Property of an Ohio Collector...
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Hopi Painted Dance Wands lot of 6 sizesrange from 29 in. to 6 in. 20th century Property of an Ohio Collector Condition: Expected wear....
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Hopi Dance Wands Pair of Marau paddles;painted with katsinas and ears of corn; verso with two rows of parallel lines length 22.5 in.ca 1930Women used these wands in the Mamzrau society dance which was a dance to...
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Assorted Group of Hopi Dance Wands lotof 20 all brightly painted most with different designs on opposite side sizes range from 24 in. to 6 in. 20th century Property of an Ohio Collector Condition: All near excellent....
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