JOS. DELANEY- ALEX HALEY DRAWINGS, LETTERSJosephDelaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) archive including 3 drawings and 2 letters from author Alex Haley (1921-1992). 1st & 2nd items: One type-written letter from Alex Haley...
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MENDE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKMendeSande Society helmet mask from Sierra Leone; measures approximately 17" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
The masks of the Sande society provide a unique example...
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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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(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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(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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BAMANA PEOPLE, MALE 'FLANITOKELE' FIGURE20th c., Mali, dark finished carved wood, depicted with hands on waist, originally part of a pair of twins, 12"h x 4"w x 2"d...
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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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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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