- DAN AFRICAN CEREMONIAL CARVED WOOD MASKS,
4 Group of Four African, Dan People of the Ivory Coast, Ceremonial Carved Wood Masks, including: painted white and red with metal teeth and applied beard; shell headdress...
[more like this] - BAMANA CHIWARA MALI ANTELOPE HEADDRESS
Bamana (Bambara) Chiwara female carved wood ceremonial headdress, Mali, late 19th/early 20th century, the cimier crest depicting an oryx antelope head before a female standing...
[more like this] - RARE BAMANA CHIWARA MALI ANTELOPE HEADDRESS
Bamana (Bambara) Chiwara female carved wood ceremonial headdress, Mali, late 19th/early 20th century, the cimier crest depicting a rare double oryx antelope heads around a...
[more like this] - THAI CEREMONIAL HEADDRESSThai ceremonial
headdress, modeled after a traditional headdress, comprised of papier mache and metal with applied clear glass stones and gilt paint. Constructed in two sections including...
[more like this] - MONTANA CROW PORCUPINE HAIR ROACH HEADDRESSThis
is an original Montana Crow hair roach headdress made from Porcupine hair and dating to the 20th Century. These headdress war bonnet roaches would have been worn across the...
[more like this] - RARE BLACKFEET QUILLED & BEADED BUFFALO
HEADDRESSThis is an incredible, large buffalo horn headdress with polychrome painted buffalo trailer along with beadwork and quillwork from the Blackfeet Indians of Montana....
[more like this] - LARGE CARVED WOODEN CIGAR STORE INDIAN
LIFE SIZEDFor your consideration is this hand carved, solid wood Cigar Store Indian, polychrome painted. The general Cigar Store Indian was first used in 17th century English...
[more like this] - TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL INCENSARIO
LID TL'DPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely incensario lid used to funnel the smoke from burning copal incense upwards and out of the...
[more like this] - GROUP OF 6 COLIMA REDWARE FIGURESPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Coahuayana Valley type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful ensemble of 6 pottery figures: 2 archaic "gingerbread"...
[more like this] - 2 COLIMA & NAYARIT POTTERY CARGADOR
& EFFIGY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio style, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is an interesting...
[more like this] - ZAPOTEC MONTE ALBAN IV POTTERY DOUBLE
INCENSARIOPre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic double incensario, in the form of a seated lord, with two...
[more like this] - STRIKING VERACRUZ POTTERY TORSO OF OLD
MAN, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 900 to 1000 CE. An incredible sculptural representation of an old man, with amazing details of the...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALE
SHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
[more like this] - UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGURE
WHISTLEPre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A fascinating figure of a woman, probably a shaman but possibly...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - RARE MINIATURE EGYPTIAN OBSIDIAN PESESH-KEF
AMULETAncient Egypt, First Intermediate Period, 8th to 9th Dynasty, ca. 2181 to 2140 BCE. Perhaps one of the most unique and unusual Egyptian artifacts, a hand-carved black...
[more like this] - 19TH C. NIAS WOOD ADU ZATUA PANEL, EX
BONHAMSSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous wood architectural panel featuring a high relief carving...
[more like this] - LARGE NAYARIT SAN SEBASTIAN REDWARE
SEATED FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A massive pottery figure depicted seated on a two-legged...
[more like this] - RARE & STUNNING OLMEC JADEITE CEREMONIAL
PECTORALPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1500 to 550 BCE. This astounding and rare jadeite pectoral or funerary mask has been skillfully pecked into...
[more like this] - OUTSTANDING HUARI / TIWANAKU MUMMY BUNDLE
HEADPre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from...
[more like this] - TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY INCENSARIO OF RAIN
GOD TLALOC, TL'D...Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A marvelous and massive theatre-type incensario featuring an ornately decorated lid with...
[more like this] - CHIRIQUI GOLD SHAMAN LORD PENDANT**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama or Costa Rica, Chiriqui or Veraguas culture, ca. 8th to 14th century CE. A superb gold figural pendant of a shamanic...
[more like this] - 18TH C. TIBETAN GILT TANTRIC / WRATHFUL
DEITY HAYAGRIVA...**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Himalaya region, Tibet / Nepal, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fabulous gilt brass tantric and wrathful deity known...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN SEBENNYTIC-PTOLEMAIC GLASS
INLAY**First Time At Auction**
Egypt, perhaps the city of Sebennytos, Late Dynastic (30th Dynasty) to Ptolemaic Period, Sebennytic-Ptolemaic Period, ca. 380 to 30 BCE. A...
[more like this] - ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
[more like this] - LARGE DIQUIS TUMBAGA PENDANT OF NUDE
SHAMANPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Diquis, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. A wonderful tumbaga - gold copper alloy - pendant in the form of a nude male shaman in an ecstatic...
[more like this] - TAINO RHYOLITE CEREMONIAL SCEPTER W/
CACIQUE FIGUREPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An exceptionally rare rhyolite ceremonial scepter depicting...
[more like this] - KANDIMBONG ANCESTOR FIGUREAncestor figure,
Kandimbong, large, with conical headdress and mask-like face. Simple, clean lines, yet very expressive.
Traditional Lower Sepik River figures, representing clan founders,...
[more like this] - BURKINA FASO KURMUMBA TRIBE, POLYCHROME
CARVED WOOD ANTELOPE HEADDRESS AND BASE CARVED WOOD ANTELOPE HEADDRESS AND BASE, of elegant and slender form with geometric patterns in old polychrome, this carving would...
[more like this] - YAKA INITCON/CEREMONIAL DECORATED CANVAS
AND STRAW HEADDRESS ON STAND, H: 37-1/2 INYaka Initcon/Ceremonial Decorated Canvas and Straw Headdress on Stand, H: 37-1/2 in...
[more like this] - AFRICAN HEADDRESS Eket Ceremonial Headdress
Mask, wood with cloth, copper and cowrie shell decoration, Nigeria, 15" tall, 10" wide, 5" deep at base. Age and use patina....
[more like this] - BENIN NIGERIAN BRONZE CEREMONIAL FERTILITY
FEMALE AND MALE KING / QUEEN FIGURES 12 1/2" H X 8 1/2" W X 3" DBenin Nigerian bronze ceremonial fertility female and male king / queen figures, seated with dangling bell...
[more like this] - A GOOD 19TH C. SOUTHERN PLAINS MAN'S
HEADDRESS CASEThe rare parfleche case with native tanned fringe and pigment decoration is attributed to the Jicarilla Apache. Cylindrical parfleche cases of this type served...
[more like this] - A Chinese Ceremonial Kingfisher Headdress
(Feng-Tian) The kingfisher feather inlaid headdress is "jeweled" with simulated pearls brass beads glass beads three dragon masks silk fringe foil and several nodding pom...
[more like this] - African Ceremonial Headdress with Gazelle
Raffia wove headdress with cowrie shells supporting a carved wood open carved gazelle having applied cotton decorations. Supported on wood stand....
[more like this] - A Sowei Headdress Mende Tribe Sierra
Leone Carved wood headdress the only African mask known to be worn by women. It is worn by an elder. The rim of the wooden headdress rests on her shoulders and a black costume...
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