VAI SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKVai SandeSociety Helmet mask from Liberia (Sierra Leone) with small head and wicker head piece; measures approximately 16" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
The masks...
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2 AFRICAN FIGURAL ITEMS2 African woodenfigures- 1.) Akan Peoples, Ghana- Akua'ba figure- wood. Wooden female figures were once used to help women conceive and bear healthy children; 2.) Yoruba People, Nigeria and...
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MONUMENTAL MANTENO BLACKWARE SITTINGCACIQUE INCENSARIO...Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manteno, ca. 850 to 1600 CE. An exemplary and sizeable incensario, skillfully modeled in the form of a male figure - likely 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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20TH C. MALI POLYCHROME WOOD PUPPETMAMI WATA**Originally Listed At $500**
West Africa, Mali, Bozo peoples, ca. 20th century CE. An impressive Bozo puppet depicting Mami Wata, the water deity and ultimate Mother...
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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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CHINESE QING DYNASTY STONE FU LION -"FOO DOG"**Originally Listed At $300**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644 to 1912 CE. An imposing stone carving of a fu lion, or "foo dog", on an integral stone plinth....
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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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NAYARIT POLYCHROME SEATED FIGURES MALE+ FEMALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous pair of pottery figures, a male musician and a female - perhaps a shaman...
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PUBLISHED ETRUSCAN BRONZE MALE VOTARYFIGUREClassical World, Italic Peoples, Etruria, ca. late 4th to early 3rd century BCE. A handsome bronze figure of a male votary with arms lowered and palms upward as though...
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, SATYR,MAENAD & EPHEBES...Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulian, ca. 325 to 300 BCE. A striking pottery bell krater featuring red-figure decoration of a satyr and maenad on one side...
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GROUP (3) LARGE AFRICAN CARVED WOODFIGURES Including Dogon Peoples, Mali, male figure on metal stand, 30"h (excluding stand); female figure, 23.5"h; and crouched figure with pigmented lidded basket on head...
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(3) OLD AFRICAN CARVED TRIBAL FIGURES,EX-MUSEUM Painted museum accession numbers to all, including a Mende Peoples, Sierra Leone, female figure, 22"h (incl. stand); Chamba Peoples, Nigeria, male figure, 16.5"h...
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YAKA PEOPLES, LARGE CARVED MALE FIGURE,EX-MUSEUM DR Congo, carved and painted wood with seashells, fur tuft, and braided wicker or reed anklet, on wooden stand, museum accession numbers to edge of stand, 28.5"h...
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LUBA PEOPLES, CARVED MALE FIGURE DemocraticRepublic of Congo, base with small square copper insert for stand, 14.25"h x 4"w x 4.75"d...
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(2) AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MALE FIGURES,HEMBA(lot of 2) African carved wood figures: (1) with cloth waist drape, possibly Hemba people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, approx 23"h, 6"w; (1) polychrome decorated,...
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(2) AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MALE FIGURES,HEMBA(lot of 2) African carved wood male figures, possibly Hemba People, Democratic Republic of the Congo: (1) standing on a circular base, approx 20"h, 7"w, 6"d; (1) on semi,...
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WEST AFRICAN BAGA CARVED NIMBA SHOULDERMASKLarge tribal carved Nimba (D’mba) shoulder mask, Baga peoples, West Africa, worn by male ceremonial dancers, incised linear designs along the hair evoking parallel braids,...
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(2) NEAR-LIFE SIZE BAMILEKE BEADED SCULPTURES(lotof 2) African near-life size fertility sculptures, Bamileke people, Western Cameroon, carved wood and polychrome beaded male and female figures, male: approx 67"h, 15"w, 12"d,...
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BENJAMIN D. KOPMAN, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY/ RUSSIAN FEDERATION (1887-1965), MALE PORTRAIT, 1949, OIL ON CANVAS, 23 7/8"H X 17 1/2"W (SIGHT), 27"H X 21 1/8"W (FRAME)Benjamin D. Kopman, New York, New Jersey / Russian...
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KATHRYN WOODMAN LEIGHTON, (1875-1952),PORTRAIT OF A NATIVE AMERICAN MAN, OIL ON CANVAS, 30" H X 25" WKathryn Woodman Leighton, (1875-1952) Portrait of a Native American man Oil on canvas Signed lower right:...
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AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVINGSFOUR AFRICANTRIBAL CARVINGS: 1) bust clay tobacco pipe on iron stand, Bamum people, Cameroon, 17"H; 2) male effigy figure, Yoruba people, western Africa, 12"H; 3) Dan mask, Mande ethnic...
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GROUP OF BOOKS ON LEADERSHIP AND SELFHELP I HELP I, titles include: Finding the Good: Two Men -one old, one young- Forever Changed By the Transforming Power of Faith and Love (signed); The Black Male Handbook;...
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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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TWO AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD POST FIGURES,MALE & FEMAL male & female, Mossi peoples, central Burkina Faso, West Africa, 86"H & 96"H....
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THREE AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD FIGURES:TALL MO tall mother and child figure, Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, 58"H; medium female figure, Bamana peoples, southern Mali, 45.75"H; small male figure, Luba peoples, southeastern...
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THREE AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD FIGURES: SMALLMALE FIGTHREE AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD FIGURES: small male figure holding spears, Hemba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 19"H; Sejen (bird) figure, Senufo peoples,...
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TWO AFRICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODTRIBAL FIGURES TRIBAL FIGURES: Epa nursing female figure helmet mask, Yoruba peoples, southwestern Nigeria, 48.75"H; standing male figure, the Urhobo peoples, southern Nigeria,...
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TWO AFRICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODTRIBAL FIGURES TRIBAL FIGURES: Epa nursing female figure helmet mask, Yoruba peoples, southwestern Nigeria, 48.75"H; standing male figure, the Urhobo peoples, southern Nigeria,...
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AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MALE MUMUYE FIGURE,THE MUMUYE the Mumuye people of Nigeria, Benue River Valley region, late 19th/early 20th century, 34.25"H....
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FOUR AFRICAN FIGURAL HEMBA WOOD CARVINGS,HEMBA (O Hemba (or eastern Luba) peoples, DRC, including: 30"H standing male figure; 20.25"H standing male figure; 11.5"H Janus (Kabeja) couple; 11.25"H standing male figure....
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TWO AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD FLOORFIGURES: 47" FIGURES: 47"H seated female Gwan figure, the Bamana people of Mali; 44.5"H squatting male D'mba or Nimba figure, Baga people, Guinea....
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OCEANIC IATMUL CARVED WOOD MALE FIGUREWITH SHELLS Oceania, Iatmul people of Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River Region, large carved wood sculpture depicting a standing nude male figure wielding a metal spear...
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INYAI-EWA PEOPLE, ARIPA MALE FIGURE18th c., Papua, New Guinea, carved wood with white pigment, representing spirits to serve as hunting helpers, carbon dated to c. 1735 (copy of test from Univ. of Illinois...
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LARGE OCEANIC MALE ANCESTOR SPIRIT FIGUREPALAMBAI VILLAGE, IATMUL PEOPLE, MIDDLE SEPIK RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 43 1/2"H X 9 1/2"W X 9 1/2"DLarge Oceanic Male Ancestor Spirit Figure Palambai Village, Iatmul People, Middle...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, LARGE OGBONI EDAN COUPLE19th c., possibly earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, abstract seated figures, male smoking a pipe and female holding a virile male child, both with chameleons perched beneath...
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