- (2) African cowrie shell baskets, c/o
Nigerian coiled woven grass with leather rim and base likely made by Hausa or Yoruba tribe (10" dia x 6-3/4" h), Ethiopian woven fiber & leather milk jug (9-3/4" h), with...
[more like this] - ASSORTED AFRICAN WOOD HAIR COMBS, 15
Assortment of fifteen African wood hair combs / picks, some carved wood with incised decoration, some woven together with fiber. Largest: 14.25" H x 3.25" W. Scattered losses....
[more like this] - African Kuba ceremonial helmet mask,
Bwoom Style, from Democratic Republic of Congo, traditional royal mask of the Kuba people, hand-carved from wood and decorated with thin sheets of copper, black and white...
[more like this] - West African Fulani Style Woven Fiber
Hat, mid 20th century height 9" — 22.9 cm., diameter 12.5" — 31.8 cm....
[more like this] - Group of Six Masks, 20th century including
a Kuba Ngady, four other central African (possibly Pende, Bembe, Bamun) and one possibly Balinese or Igbo, four with painted decorations, one with fiber and one with beads,...
[more like this] - Central African Figural Axe together
with a similar axe handle, possibly Luba, both 20th cenutry both carved wood one with iron blade and woven fiber waistband and necklace height 15.25 in — 38.7 cm...
[more like this] - FIVE WEST AFRICAN CARVED AND POLYCHROMED
MASKScomprising: three Cameroonian examples, Fang style, possibly late 19th/20th century, near pair with deeply concave forms with protruding foreheads, braided fiber hairstyles,...
[more like this] - FRAMED CENTRAL AFRICAN KUBA TEXTILEpossibly
early 20th century, dyed and woven raffia fiber, geometric designs, 42-3/4 x 19-1/2 in., mounted on stretcher in black painted wood frame, 47 x 23-3/8 in.
Provenance: Collection...
[more like this] - AFRICAN TRIBAL HEADDRESS 20th c., natural
braided hair, cowrie shells, beads, and woven fibers, 15"h x 12"w...
[more like this] - (7) WEST AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FIGURES
Includes style of Mumuye, Hemba, Ambete, and Luba, carved wood, some with woven fibers and other materials, two double torso figures, 11"h (smallest), 20"h (largest)...
[more like this] - SMALL AFRICAN SHI SHIELD DR Congo, woven
fibers and wood with wicker handle, 19.5"l x 4"w...
[more like this] - GROUP (3) AFRICAN FIGURAL WOOD CARVINGS
Including a Bangwa figure, Cameroon, 24"h; a Kusu post, DR Congo, 19"h; and a head crest, DR Congo, with woven fiber base, metal spikes, glass beads, animal horn, cowry shells...
[more like this] - (2) AFRICAN MASKS, IBGO AND EKET STYLE
Nigeria, the Eket of carved wood with sun symbol on forehead, 13.25"h x 6.5"w; the Igbo of carved and painted wood with beads, leather and textile, with attached woven fiber...
[more like this] - AFRICAN KUBA BWOOM HELMET MASK ON STANDLarge
African Kuba Bwoom helmet mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th/early 20thc., fashioned with pierced copper, carved wood, cowrie shells, seeds, colored trade beads,...
[more like this] - TWO AFRICAN WOVEN PLANT FIBER, LEATHER
AND COWRY SHELL LIDDED BASKETS LARGER BASKET: 6 X 12 IN. (30.48 X 15.24 CM.), SMALLER BASKET: 8 X 6 IN. (20.32 X 15.24 CM.) AND COWRY SHELL LIDDED BASKETS, probably Nigeria...
[more like this] - GROUP (4) AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FIGURES
Includes a n Ivory Coast Baule mask on stand, 8"h (mask); female figure on lucite stand, possibly a heddle pulley, 7.25"h (figure); a Tanzanian female figure with woven fiber...
[more like this] - GROUP (5) AFRICAN TRIBAL OBJECTS Includes
a figural staff, carved wood, fiber hair, metal tacks, 24.5"l; two headrests, one with metal brace, 6"h; and two gourd vessels, one with female figural carved neck, the other...
[more like this] - (3) WEST AFRICAN BEADED FIGURES, EX
WRIGHT Includes Kirdi fertility figure, Cameroon, beads, cowry shells, leather thongs, on wood, with metal stand, 8"h (fig., not incl. fringe or stand), 11.25"h x 3"squ (incl....
[more like this] - AFRICAN SHIELDAfrican Shield, probably
Mambila, Cameroon, woven fiber and split wood construction, with handle, h. 30 in., w. 31 in....
[more like this] - African Kuba mask, Democratic Republic
of Congo. Woven fiber headdress sewn with cowry shells and topped with feathers, applied brass to nose ridge, upper arms, and wrists, also note the interesting facial positioning....
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