FIGURAL PIG-TRAP STICK ("TUN TUN"),IBAN DAYAK PEOPLE Figural Pig-Trap Stick ("Tun Tun"), Iban Dayak people, Sarawak State, Borneo/Kalimantan, Malaysia side of the border with Indonesia, the anthropomorphic...
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GROUP OF 6 ETHNOGRAPHIC CARVINGSGroupof 6 Ethnographic Carvings. Including: Carved anthropomorphic mouth harp, wood, Timor. Votive statue, "hampatong", carved ironwood, Dayak people, Borneo. Votive statue, "hampatong",...
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BOBO PEOPLE ANTHROPOMORPHIC MASKAnthropomorphicmask
Bobo people
Burkina Faso, West Africa
Early-mid 20th century
Hard, heavy, dense wood
10.5" x 6" (14.5" H as mounted on custom metal stand)
In very fine condition showing...
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LATE 19TH C. MARQUESAS ISLANDS WOOD& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY INCENSARIO OF CAMAZOTZ- THE BAT GODPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery incensario vessel in the form of...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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1900S NATIVE AMERICAN TLINGIT MAMMOTHIVORY TOTEM POLENative American, Northwestern United States, Tlingit, ca. 1900s to 1920s CE. An impressive hand-carved miniature totem pole made from fossilized mammoth ivory....
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IMPORTANT TAINO MARBLE DUHO / CEREMONIALSTOOLPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a...
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SUPERB MESOPOTAMIAN TEL BRAK MARBLEEYE IDOLAncient Near East, Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3000 BCE. This marble eye idol presents a classic bell-shaped body surmounted by two hand...
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PANAMANIAN KUNA SHAMAN STAFF W/ NUCHUFIGURE & SNAKE**First Time At Auction**
Latin American, Panama, Kuna People, early 20th century CE. A wooden shaman staff with a corkscrew serpent along the shaft and a stylized...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO STONESHAMAN MASK**First Time At Auction**
Northwest Argentina, Early Period, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A haunting, life-size, anthropomorphic mask, hand-sculpted...
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CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
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CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
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MINIATURE CUPISNIQUE / CHAVIN JASPERJAGUAR EFFIGY JAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. A superb hand-carved red-jasper jar in...
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ANATOLIAN MARBLE KILIA IDOL - KUSURATYPE**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2700 to 2300 BCE. A Kusura-type - also known as violin type - marble idol of an extremely...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN STONE IDOL W/ GREEKSCRIPT**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient Near East, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. An intriguing stone figure of anthropomorphic...
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DAN PEOPLES,"WAKEMIA" CEREMONIAL SPOON,EX-MUSEUM 20th c., Liberia, carved wood with dark patina, the handle figured as anthropomorphic legs and torso, the scoop back etched with figure of a lizard, 15.5"l x 4.5"w...
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GAN PEOPLES, (3) ARM BRACELETS BurkinaFaso, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic, 8.5"h x 3.25"w x 3.5"d (largest), 5.25"h x 3.25"w x 4.75"d (smallest)...
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GROUP (5) AFRICAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC WOODSTAFFS Various Peoples, incl. Baule, Luba, Kwele, and Kongo, 38.5"l (largest), 31.5"l (smallest)...
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LOBI PEOPLES, (6) GRADUATED SIZED FLUTESBurkina Faso, carved wood with dark patina, abstract anthropomorphic forms, including one exceptionally large example, 24"h (largest), 4"h (smallest)...
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DOGON PEOPLES, OIL LAMP, EX-WUNDERMANCOLL. Mali, forged iron, bowl-form cups mounted to cruciform base topped with anthropomorphic figures, 39"h x 24"w...
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AFRICAN MONKEY-MAN POST TOP GUARDIANAnthropomorphic Transitional Figure of Squatting Monkey, carved heavy hardwood, Bulu people, Cameroon as well as mainland Guinea and northern Gabon a subgroup of the Fang....
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AFRICAN MARKA DYOBOLI KOUN WOOD MASKWest African, Marka people of Mali, dyoboli koun hand-carved wood mask, the triangular face covered in sheets of embossed brass with string details, atop the anthropomorphic...
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NICE AFRICAN TRIBAL KUNDI STRING HARPEarly 20th c., possibly Mangbetu Peoples, Congo, on steel museum stand, with reptile hide covering, peg holes, and anthropomorphic carving, 29"h (w/out stand) x 5"w x 5"d...
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GIRIAMI PEOPLE, ANTHROPOMORPHIC POSTON STAND 19th/20th c., Kenya, Kigango, carved wood with trace yellow pigment, designed to memorialize the deceased, the geometric patterns evoking the clothes worn by nobles...
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AFRICAN KOTA BRASS MOUNTED WOODEN RELIQUARYFIGURE Central African, Kota people of Gabon, carved wood reliquary figure of the Mohongwe type, mounted with repousse brass to depict an anthropomorphic figure, circa late...
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AFRICAN KOTA BRASS MOUNTED WOODEN RELIQUARYFIGURE Central African, Kota people of Gabon, carved wood reliquary figure of Bwete type, mounted with incised brass fittings depicting an anthropomorphic figure wearing a...
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A CHIMILA CERAMIC URNA Chimila ceramicurn, Circa 1000-1400 CE; Chimila People, Rio Magdalena, Colombia The anthropomorphic, lidded ceramic vessel with low relief facial features, looped braids at each temple,...
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BAULE CARVED WOODEN BO NUN AMUIN MASKAfrican, Baule / Baoule people of the Ivory Coast and Ghana, polychrome painted carved hardwood mask depicting bo nun amuin / gods of the bush; the anthropomorphic creature...
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BAULE CARVED WOODEN BO NUN AMUIN MASKAfrican, Baule / Baoule people of the Ivory Coast and Ghana, carved hardwood mask depicting bo nun amuin / gods of the bush; the anthropomorphic creature with two horns and...
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FANG CARVED WOODEN RELIQUARY GUARDIANFIGURE African, Fang people of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon, hardwood reliquary carving of an abstract anthropomorphic figure with...
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BAMILEKE CARVED WOODEN STOOL African,Bamileke people of Cameroon, hardwood stool of cylindrical form carved with zoomorphic anthropomorphic designs. 16.5" H x 17.5" diameter....
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PHILIPPINE KALINGA SHIELD AND SPEARLate 19th/Early 20th c. Kalinga peoples, Luzon, Philippines, wood, pigments, rattan and iron spear tip, shield with classic, finely painted geometric motif and rattan binding,...
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TSONGA PEOPLES, ANTHROPOMORPHIC STAFFlikely c. 1900, Republic of South Africa, carved wood, finial modeled as a human head with crescent ears, inlaid eyes, and incised nose and mouth, the neck and foot of staff...
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An African Luba/Hemba AnthropomorphicChief's Throne Kongo Peoples Early 20th Century Carved wooden throne from a single tree trunk with blackened patina; showing a large figure of a monkey-man wrapped around...
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Bamana/Dogon Peoples AnthropomorphicDoorlock, Mali, the upright member a rectangular wood block surmounted by two elongated female torso figures, each with v-shaped mouths, protruding breasts and wearing a...
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