- LUBA FIGURAL HAND-CARVED WOOD AXE Luba
People of Democratic Republic of Congo, African, Hand-Carved Wooden Axe, the staff decorated with an incised geometric design and a nude female ancestor figure surmounted...
[more like this] - MOBA SHRINE ANCESTOR FIGUREDESCRIPTION:
A carved wooden figure carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. The wooden figure called tchitchi are prescribed by diviners to enhance the efficacy of personal, household,...
[more like this] - MOBA SHRINE ANCESTOR FIGUREDESCRIPTION:
A carved wooden figure carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. The wooden figure called tchitchi are prescribed by diviners to enhance the efficacy of personal, household,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. SUMATRA BATAK WOOD MEDICINAL
VESSEL W/ SINGASoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Toba Batak peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved priest's container known as naga marsarang,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN LUBA CEREMONIAL FIGURAL
AXECentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba or Hemba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A prestige axe known as a kibiki or a kasolwa, with a forged-iron...
[more like this] - MATAKAM PEOPLES, (4) IRON CURRENCY WEAPONS
Camaroon, figural carved wood handles, curved blades, 30"l (largest), 19"l (smallest)...
[more like this] - YORUBA PEOPLES, WOOD AND IRON FIGURAL
GONGS (3) pieces, each with figural carved handles with white pigmentation, red fabric knockers, sheet metal wrapped neck, and iron bodies, each approx. 20"h x 4.5"w x 3"d...
[more like this] - GIRIAMA PEOPLE, VIGANGO KIGANGO VENERATION
POST 19th/20th c., Kenya, carved and incised wood, in the form of a stylized human figure, the flat surface decorated with geometric patterns, on custom black iron stand,...
[more like this] - PHILIPPINE KALINGA SHIELD AND SPEAR
Late 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,...
[more like this] - Ejagham Peoples Headcrest, Cross River
Area, Nigeria, the skin-covered wood head with applied human hair, white kaolin around the eyes and mouth, the latter open and exposing teeth, with raised knobs on forehead...
[more like this] - Bamana/Dogon Peoples Anthropomorphic
Doorlock, 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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