- WORKS OF ART REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION
??????????????????????????????????????????????Including: Chinese works of art, cloisonne enamel, archaic bronze, furniture, Buddhist art, Scholar's pieces etc, in total 36...
[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] - 7 SECRET SOCIETY RELATED ITEMS, INCL.
ODD FELLOWS1st item: IOOF Odd Fellows FLT ritual medallion/medal on braided cord necklace 16 1/2" L, folded. 20th century. 2nd item: 19th Century IOOF Odd Fellows red and...
[more like this] - HUGE 19TH C. FIJIAN WOOD YAQONA BOWL
(TANOA)**Originally Listed At $2000**
Polynesia, Fiji, ca. 19th century CE. An enormous wooden kava vessel carved in the form of a sea turtle. The deep circular bowl is supported...
[more like this] - AFRICAN BWA POLYCHROME WOOD KOBIAY SPIRIT
MASK**Originally Listed At $800**
West Africa, Burkina Faso, Bwa people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fantastical plank Kobiay mask which is a representation of a...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO MBAGANI
WOOD RITUAL MASK**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbagani (Babindji) culture, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large wood ceremonial...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO LEGA WOOD RITUAL
MASKCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An old ceremonial face mask carved from lightweight wood. The stylized...
[more like this] - KAKAR SPEARKakar spear, with rattan
and rope band, face of ancestor figure. Kakar spears are some of the most sacred and important features of Murik society, as they are thought to possess spiritual powers to...
[more like this] - A MENDE WOMAN'S HELMET MASKA Mende woman's
helmet mask, 20th century; Sierra Leone/Liberia The type of helmet mask worn by women of the Sande society, the carved and burnished wooden mask with elaborately carved...
[more like this] - AFRICAN MASK, CARVED WOOD Senufo Tribe,
Ivory Coast, scarce Janus Head twin mask, with spattered paint, used in secret rituals by the aristocratic 'Lo' society....
[more like this] - DAN PORO SOCIETY CARVED WOOD RITUAL
OBJECT AfricaEarly 20th CenturyCarved wood figure with two faces, one decorated with with triangle shape to forehead and the other with a line of dots. The Poro society is...
[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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