A YORUBA IFE BRONZE HEAD WITH A DIAMONDPATTERNED HEADDRESS A Yoruba Ife bronze head with a diamond patterned headdress, 22"h...
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A YORUBA TEXTILE AND COWRIE SHELL HOUSEOF THE HEAD (ILE ORI) A Yoruba textile and cowrie shell house of the head (ile ori), raised on stand, 14"h (mask), 22"(overall)...
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AFRICAN YORUBA TRIBE CARVED WOOD 24"EFFIGY Nigeria, Africa,Early 20th CenturyCarved wood female figure with two smaller female figures to each arm and holding a head shaped vessel and wearing a beaded necklace....
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AFRICAN FIGURAL GELEDE MASK, YORUBA,NIGERIA Later 20th century; presenting the head of a young woman, bearing a large drum-form container with removable lid; carved wood and colored pigments, 16 1/2 in. H. overall,...
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AFRICAN YORUBA LIDDED "CHICKEN" BOWL,NIGERIA African Yoruba carved wood lidded globular bowl modeled as a chicken or turkey, and raised on legs. 8.75" H x 11.25" W over tail and head. Losses including splitting...
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AFRICAN GELEDE WOOD FESTIVAL RITUALHELMET MASKAfrican Gelede wood festival/ritual helmet mask, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, featuring kneeling female figure, atop pigmented head cap with shaved hair, detailed...
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YORUBA PEOPLE, LARGE BRONZE IFE HEADOF AN ONI 20th c., Nigeria or Benin, dark patinated bronze, near life size, modeled wearing a headdress, vertical striations through the face, 18"h x 8"w x 12"d...
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AFRICAN FON/YORUBA CEREMONIAL RECADEAXE, BENINAfrican Fon/Yoruba Ceremonial Recade Axe, Benin. The carved wood figural handle topped with a large-eared animal head, the metal axe blade issuing from its mouth....
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AFRICAN YORUBA NIGERIA ESU ESHU ELEMENTEFFIGY FETISHAfrican Yoruba Esu Eshu element effigy fetish, Nigeria. The head is made of wood and is surrounded by strings of cowrie shells. A leather pouch is connected to...
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LARGE NIGERIAN POLYCHROME YORUBA GELEDEMASKOffered in this lot is a Large Nigerian Polychrome Yoruba Gelede Mask, circa Early - Mid 20th Century. The western Yoruba people practice the Efe/Gelede cult to celebrate...
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EARLY 20TH C. NIGERIAN YORUBA WOOD EREIBEJI FIGUREWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden standing figure, known as an ere ibeji, that traditionally comes in a...
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19TH C. AFRICAN YORUBA WOOD IBEJI FIGUREWOOD BEADSWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Ibeji figure of fine form that was part of a pair of twins. The...
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EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN WOOD YORUBA IBEJIFIGURE - MALE**Originally Listed At $300**
Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male "ere ibeji" figure, most likely from...
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19TH C. YORUBA TEXTILE & COWRIE "SHRINEOF THE HEAD"**First Time At Auction**
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An interesting textile shell shrine container shaped like crown...
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A YORUBA ESHU MULTI-FIGURE RITUAL STAFF19th/20th c., Yoruba Egba Peoples, Nigeria, four dark patinated carved wood Eshu dance staffs, depicting heads in tall headdress, joined by leather sinew cord and hung with...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, IFE CLAY HEAD, EX-WUNDERMANCOLL. Nigeria, dark terracotta, the male bust with beard and scarification to cheeks, raised modeled features, old accession sticker to underside with typed three-digit and...
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AFRICAN BRONZE HEAD OF AN ONI, IFE YORUBAPEOPLEBronze African sculpture, head of an Oni, Ife, Yoruba people, wearing decorative crown, later painted wood stand, head only: approx 12"h, 7"w, 8.5"d, overall: approx...
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2 YORUBA TRIBE MASKSTwo Yoruba Orisha( deity ) masks from Nigeria. One brown with facial markings and head adornments: 6 7/8" H x 8 3/4" L. One with crown and blue eyes: 11 5/8" H x 8 3/4" D x 10 5/8" W....
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SHANGO, GOD OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING,LARGE STAFF TOPPER, OYO AND YORUBA PEOPLES, NIGERIA 27 X 7 IN. (68.58 X 17.78 CM.) (NOT INCLUDING STAND) LARGE STAFF TOPPER, OYO AND YORUBA PEOPLES, NIGERIA, Shango, a powerful...
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AFRICAN ART CARVED YORUBA FEMALE TWINFIGUREYoruba Female Twin Female Figure in carved wood standing on a base. Three pronged vertical headpiece with engraved decorations. Figure has beaded anklets on short legs,...
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AFRICAN CARVED STATUE OF A YORUBA MALETWIN FIGUREAfrican carved wood statue of a Yorba male figure with an oval head and coffee bean eyes, flaring nostrils. Wearing an oval headless with deeply incised alternating...
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TWO AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD CARVINGS: YORUBASHRINE HTWO AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD CARVINGS: Yoruba shrine head on square ebonized wood plinth, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 20.25"H; kifwebe mask on stand, the Songye people of the...
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AFRICAN MASK Ekita-Yoruba Mask in carvedand painted wood with three figures, fully modeled, facing at center is a mother with lowered slit eyes, seated in profile at each side at the top of her head are a male and...
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GROUP (8) OLD TRIBAL METAL FIGURES ANDOBJECTS 19th/20th c., various regions, incl. a Mumuye figure, Dogon figure, Yoruba lion figure, pouch, Dogon bracelet mounted on stand, (2) mask heads, and a pot on stand,...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, LARGE OGBONI STAFF FINIAL19th c. or earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, staff finial depicting a female head with jewelry and scarifications on forehead, a small iron protrusion on the back of the head...
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COLLECTION VINTAGE AFRICAN ARTIFACTS(9) pieces, some possibly antique, includes Yoruba Twin figures, a Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, terra cotta offering bowl, 8"h x 7"dia; a thumb piano, 10"l x 4.5"w; a mask,...
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YORUBA POLYCHROME PAINTED WOODEN CARVINGAfrican, Yoruba people of Nigeria, carved hardwood figural headdress element depicting an elongated conical head with remnants of multicolor paint, upon a circular base with...
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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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Early 19th Century Yoruba Asen Altar- Asen altars or memorial sculptures were made by Fon artists in the coastal city of Ouidah, and were created with forged and cut-out iron figured, usually riveted to a large...
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Pair Yoruba hand carved drums beautifullydetailed, both with very intricate designs throughout. The taller of the two drums depicts three faces, as well as one female figure holding something above her head. The...
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YORUBA TRIBE EGUNGUN SOCIETY HEADDRESSAfricaEarly 20th CenturyFigural head with six crested braids, slightly protruding eyes, pursed lips, pierced ears, and thick neck. Typically representing a the god of ancestors...
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A Lot of African Good Luck Statues Carveddarkened wood. The largest statue is a good luck fertility figure of a pregnant female probably from the Congo. It is 14-1/4" high by 4" wide. The two disk headed Akuaba fertility...
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An Important Yoruba Carved and PaintedWood Gelede Helmut and Body Mask Ensemble Nigeria the hollow head crowned with an openwork "cage" comprised of snakes lizards birds and fish the drum form hollow torso carved...
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Six African carved wood masks and twoother art objects the masks include Pende Kuba Lega Songye Senufo and Yaoure; together with a Yoruba ibeji twin figure and an ''Ashanti'' head Estimate $ 150-250...
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