TWO DEJO FAKEYE WOOD RELIEF CARVINGSOF TRADITIONAL YORUBA PEOPLE Two Dejo Fakeye wood relief carvings of traditional Yoruba people, greatest 11.5"h x 24"w and two African carved gourds...
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AFRICAN YORUBA DIVINATION PLATE, NIGERIAYoruba people, tribal divination plate in carved wood, in Nigeria. 11.5" in diameter....
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AFRICAN YORUBA MALE & FEMALE FIGURALDANCE WANDS Two African carved wood kneeling figural dance wands by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, one depicting a male figure with vessel and tall coiffure, the other a female...
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(2) CARVED YORUBA PEOPLES ERE IBEJITWIN FIGURES(lot of 2) African carved wood Ere Ibeji figures, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, each male and female figure crowned with an elaborate hairdo, heshi bead waist accents,...
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(LOT OF 2) IBEJI, YORUBA PEOPLE, NIGERIASINGLE TWIN FIGURES (lot of 2) Ibeji, Yoruba people, Nigeria, single twin male twin figure, probably mid-20th century and made for use and much handled indigenously, the carving...
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YORUBA PEOPLE KNEELING FEMALE FIGUREYoruba people kneeling female figure, Nigeria, 20th century, 25.5"h. Provenance: Estate of Joanna Barnes and Jack Warner (Santa Barbara, California)...
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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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LARGE NIGERIAN POLYCHROME YORUBA GELEDEMASKOffered in this lot is a Large Nigerian Polychrome Yoruba Gelede Mask, circa Early - Mid 20th Century. The western Yoruba people practice the Efe/Gelede cult to celebrate...
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EARLY 20TH C. NIGERIAN YORUBA WOOD EREIBEJI FIGUREWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden standing figure, known as an ere ibeji, that traditionally comes in 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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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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19TH C. YORUBA TEXTILE & COWRIE "SHRINEOF THE HEAD"**First Time At Auction**
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An interesting textile shell shrine container shaped like crown...
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GROUP (14) AFRICAN COPPER-ALLOY BELLSIncl. Yoruba Peoples (DR Congo), Ashanti Peoples (Ghana), etc., 6.75"h x 3.75"w x 2.75"d (largest), 2"h x 1"dia. (smallest)...
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EWE AND YORUBA PEOPLES, (6) KENTE TEXTILESEwe Peoples, Ghana, (3) Kente cloths, 72"l x 36"w, 73"l x 32"w, and 68"l x 48"w; with, Yoruba Peoples, (3) Ashoke men's wrapper cloths, silk thread on cotton strips, 79"l...
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AFRICAN YORUBA CARVED WOOD MATERNITYFIGURE 68"HAfrican tribal carved wood maternity figure,Yoruba People, Nigeria, female figure with cowrie shell earrings, holding two children, standing on double-sided mask...
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(2) AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASKS, PUNU& YORUBA(lot of 2) African carved wood masks, including: (1) Yoruba People, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, part of Ghana, nicely cared with exaggerated facial features, a carved rabbit...
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AFRICAN BRONZE HEAD OF AN ONI, IFE YORUBAPEOPLEBronze African sculpture, head of an Oni, Ife, Yoruba people, wearing decorative crown, later painted wood stand, head only: approx 12"h, 7"w, 8.5"d, overall: approx...
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A Group of Three Helmet Masks from Tribesof West Africa
20TH CENTURY
including a Helmet Mask from the Mende people of Sierra Leone, and a Gelede Mask and an Egungun Mask from the Yoruba people.
Height of tallest...
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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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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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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 TRIBAL WOOD CARVINGS: YORUBASHRINE HTWO AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD CARVINGS: Yoruba shrine head on square ebonized wood plinth, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 20.25"H; kifwebe mask on stand, the Songye people of the...
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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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THREE AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD MASKS: 25"LHELMET MASK helmet mask (Nyachi), Kuba people, Kete group, Sankuru River region, DRC; 10"L helmet mask (Gelede), Yoruba people of Nigeria; Kifwebe mask, Songye people, DRC....
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AFRICAN CARVED WOOD HEADDRESS (EGUNGUN),YORUBA PE Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, 19th-early 20th century, hand carved wood with pigment, 21"H....
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AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FETISH FIGURE EreIbeji Figure, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, wood with glass bead necklace, 12" tall. Wear from use and veneration.
Per Dr. Perri Kim: "The Yoruba have one of the highest rates...
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AFRICAN YORUBA POLYCHROME BEADED HEADDRESSAfrican tribal beaded headdress, Yoruba people of Nigeria, the allover multicolored beaded headdress with tiers of nine birds, similarly beaded, and with hanging beaded elements....
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A YORUBA "APA IFA" DIVINER'S BEADEDLEATHER AND CLOTH BAGA Yoruba "Apa Ifa" diviner's beaded leather and cloth bag, Early/mid-20th Century, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, Africa The shadowbox-framed bag with three...
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TWO YORUBA "ERE IBEJI" CARVED WOOD FIGURESWITH COWRIE SHELL GARMENTTwo Yoruba "Ere Ibeji" carved wood figures with cowrie shell garment, Late 19th/early 20th century; Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, Africa Appears unmarked...
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YORUBA POLYCHROME PAINTED WOODEN CARVINGAfrican, Yoruba people of Nigeria, carved hardwood figural headdress element depicting an elongated conical head with remnants of multicolor paint, upon a circular base with...
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AFRICAN YORUBA IBEJI TWIN IDOL STONECARVING African, Yoruba people of Nigeria, Ibeji twin idol sandstone carving sculpture with two figures sitting back to back with hands over ears and mouths. 4.5" H x 2.5"...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, RARE SHRINE COUPLE 19th/20thc., Nigeria, carved wood, possibly depicting a king and queen, male figure holding knife in right hand and a horn in left hand, female holding breasts, both on integral bases,...
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A Pair of Wooden African DivinationTrays Carved wood with mask details. The divination tray is used by the Yoruba people of West Africa for fortune telling by priests or priestesses in a ceremony using a whisk...
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A Lot of African Good Luck Statues Carveddarkened wood. The largest statue is a good luck fertility figure of a pregnant female probably from the Congo. It is 14-1/4" high by 4" wide. The two disk headed Akuaba fertility...
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African ibeji twin carved wooden femalefigures, Yoruba people, Nigeria. Both with striated upswept coiffures and beaded embellishments. Fine and rich patina. Probably the work of a master carver of the Abeokuta...
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