Dance mask from the Dan culture of Ivory Coast, featuring mineral polychromy and a plant headdress made of two braids on each side of the face. This female mask has a deep patina of use. It is authent[...]
Rectangular sailor's chest made of wood, bone, baleen and abalone mother-of-pearl. Decorated with diamonds, 4 hearts on the lid and two stars on the front. With its original key. Note: similar chests [...]
I offer you this interesting little Léga mask from the Maniema province in the center-east of Congo. Remains of kaolin, it has a beautiful patina of old use. I like its art brut, expressionist design.[...]
Large Abelam mask, Baba Papua New Guinea H. 60 cm. Mask representing a stylized bird, made of a particularly fine openwork braid. The eyes which are repeated several times indicate the clairvoyance ca[...]
Here is a rare ceremonial Boyo stone olifant (trunk) statue, very few of their objects have reached us. An interesting exposition of the detour of the worlds => BOYO This statue which also makes olifa[...]
Superb large Songye shaman spatula, with a beautiful and significant patina of use, shiny and a little greasy, traces of blows. Note the beautiful custom-made metal base. Height 58 cm. Photos taken in[...]
Turkana Kenya neck rest with engraved decoration of giraffes on the sides of the legs. A leather strap between the 2 legs. 1st half of the 20th century 18.5 x 14 x 10 cmBon état (un petit éclat voir p[...]
Large Yaka ethnic statue, hands placed at chest level, cubist and smiling face. Very beautiful dark patina of use with a beautiful honey color due to repeated rubbing. Used condition, good condition. [...]
Lovely Bamiléké helmet mask from the Baleng region, Cameroon, dating from the first half of the 20th century. Remarkably old and sculpted, this large royal mask was used by secret societies and was on[...]
FOLK ARTLarge green glazed earthenware oil jug with 2 handlesSADIRAC (Gironde) or SAINTONGE, 18th centuryVery good condition, without any restoration (which is rare, especially for the 2 handles and t[...]
Attyé female statuette - Ivory Coast, 20th centurySeated female figure with harmonious curves and proportions and an elaborate headdress. Wood with a beautiful old patina.Height approximately 34cms
Very beautiful and large Luba statuette headThis is a fragment of a statuette which must have been substantial in size given the volume of the head, beautiful old patinaSocleLuba ethnic group, DRC ex [...]
Square tunic of the Bamiléké culture (Bamanda chiefdom region) composed of six strips of plant fiber cloth, approximately 4000 small tufts of human hair forming small balls were fixed along the entire[...]
Zoomorphic African statuette Mbotumbo - Africa, Ivory Coast, Baoulé peoplesAccording to the grainy patina and the wear of the wood, this statuette seems to be of good antiquity, probably from the firs[...]
Sickle saber - Congo, 1st half of the 20th century or earlier This type of saber was found among many populations of Congo and Central Africa such as the Bandia, Nsakara, Binja populations... Beautifu[...]
collection of a Nice enthusiast Width: 4 cm Height: 19.5 cm Depth: 4.5 cm good condition. We are at your disposal for any request, please contact us by telephone (07 67 01 11 47) or by email (paymal.m[...]
Statue representing a seated mother. Her left leg slightly forward creates a certain dynamic. She is naked and carries the child in her arms. The child faces us, she presents it to us. She wears an in[...]
Collection of Doctor Redor. Large Mumuye statue called archaic with this kind of large overflowing helmet (ears) Very hard and heavy wood. Height 82 cm. Good condition, beautiful brown patina of use, [...]
Collection of Doctor Redor. Often the DEBLÉ intervenes during the funeral ceremony of a Poro chief. The Senufo country is divided between three states: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali. Height 82 cm[...]
Large Bambara Mali crest mask. These masks were worn during agricultural festivals, this one is the female and her young, it represents an antelope. It still has its rattan headdress covered with fabr[...]
Funeral bale marker. It consists of a handle topped with a head. The mouth is half-open, the eyes are diamond-shaped, and it has a long nose extending from the forehead. A cylindrical headdress adorne[...]
Ivory Coast, Baoulé people, 1950s, very pretty and unusual ceremonial bell topped with a wooden statue of a standing man, legs slightly bent, hands placed on either side of his stomach. A finely stria[...]
Kru Execution Knife Antique and Very Rare Knife / Short Sword From the Kru Krou Grebo Dan Tribe Ivory Coast People: Kru / Krou / Grebo or Dan Country: Ivory Coast / Liberia Period: 19th century Length[...]
Large hanging hook made of dense wood and natural pigments collected in the village of Yamok in Papua New Guinea. The hanging hooks are attached to the logs that make up the structure of the huts in o[...]
Superb sculpture of a large Tiki, in carved exotic wood, Oceania, 20th century, the Tiki symbolizes a man half god, it is omnipresent in Oceania and has a protective role
Anthropomorphic flute This anthropomorphic flute in patinated terracotta comes from Mexico. The flute is crafted in the shape of a human figure, adorned with detailed features such as jewelry, a headd[...]
This late 19th-century antique Native American Roach headdress, made by Plains tribesmen, is a remarkable example of traditional tribal art. Made of dyed deer hair, porcupine guard hair, and adorned w[...]
Anthropomorphic figure with expressive features, holding an element in its mouth—possibly a stylized serpent or symbolic cord. The abdomen features a circular cavity known as a "charge," used to inser[...]
Small anthropomorphic fetish, standing on a gridded base, hands placed on the lower abdomen. It is probably an object linked to protection or virility. The colored areas (red and blue pigments) indica[...]
Interesting Tchokwé mask with its traditional red patina, finely carved, its hair remains on a wicker structure, beautiful finely carved model. Beautiful and significant patina of use and age. Height [...]
I offer you this beautiful Bambara statue from Mali, very beautiful cult patina of use, height 69 cm. Feminine ideal, these statues were oiled and used during large joyful festivals to celebrate women[...]
Beautiful early 20th century Toposa shield, made of leather and wood. Collected from a private Parisian collection and mounted on a custom made metal display. A Toposa shield is a traditional weapon u[...]
This small wooden bowl is decorated with a star border typical of Ifugao art. It stands on four feet. It was used to eat rice during rituals. Ifugao, island of Luzon, Philippine Archipelago. Good co[...]
A late 19th century steel-bladed knife with a handle fashioned from deer bone. The forged steel blade bears the inscription "Christians, Solingen". It comes with a sheath made of animal skin, probably[...]
A traditional Plains Indian war club dating from the late 19th century. It consists of a carefully polished oval stone head, securely attached to a rawhide-wrapped handle. The attachment is reinforced[...]
Hand-carved kwila wooden bowl ("intsia bijuga") in a nautical shape, decorated with raised and incised designs, the entire surface rubbed with black volcanic earth and plant sap. Traditionally, these [...]
LUTH called HasapiToba Batak culture, North Sumatra, Indonesia Late 19th - early 20th centuryWoodH.: 57.5 ; W.: 8.5 cm(restorations)Carved monoxyle lute with two strings (missing), naviform body, flat[...]
France / 1850 / low stool / wood / Rustic / Antique / brutalist / primitive
Brutalist low wooden stool or tabouret with 3 legs and a half oval-shaped seat. Hand crafted in the mid 19th century in F[...]
Beautiful Dogon maternity, hard and light wood (honey color), height 45 cm, base, beautiful patina of use. The austere and hieratic air, it is the authoritarian, powerful and dignified mother who is r[...]
I offer you this beautiful statue called blolo bla, the famous representation of the husband of the afterlife among the Baoulés. It has a very important ceremonial patina, these statues being regularl[...]
Interesting mask from Tanzania, Makonde or Sukuma. It was collected in Burundi in the 1970s. Very expressive and quite raw. Good condition, beautiful dark patina, traces of use, remains of costume fib[...]
I offer you this Kabié statue from Togo. We find very few objects of this ethnic group. It is made of hard wood with an old and thick sacrificial patina, articulated arms. Similar to the Losso, Lamba,[...]
I offer you this rare Batak dance saber, finely carved with an erotic scene, the man being represented disproportionately large, or it is with a child ! Hard wood, dark patina of use, geometric decora[...]
Very pretty grain lock door. Made from wood, in several parts, joined by a hinge system with other pieces of wood studded with wrought iron. The latch, taking a stylized form is engraved with geometri[...]
Watercolor on paper by Paul Daxhelet (Belgium), signed below. Vibrant colors. Original, framed and protected under glass. Framed dimensions: 48 x 64 cm, watercolor: 34.5 x 51 cm.
Terracotta bowl with natural pigments collected in the village of Koiwud in Papua New Guinea. Entirely crafted and featuring tribal designs with ancestral faces and evocations of totemic plants such a[...]
Superb Baoulé male statue, height 48 cm with the base, finely sculpted and with this beautiful glossy patina due to repeated anointing with palm oil. Wear, perhaps a small lack in the bun at the back [...]
France / 1800 / vase / wood / Rustic / Antique
Handmade French solid wooden vase from the late 18th or early 19th century. This decorative antique piece was crafted from warm dark brown wood and ga[...]
Important bronze sculpture made using the lost wax technique representing a famous Edo flute player from Benin. It is a copy of a 16th-century sculpture exhibited at the British Museum. Very high-qual[...]
Elegant, rare and fine ceremonial slit drum symbolizing an important ancestor. Ironwood (dense and heavy) Carved with a headdress with 4 rows of pyramidal carvings on each side ending in circles repre[...]
Big yam mask collected in the village of Maprik in Papua New Guinea. Yam masks are used to disguise the most beautiful yams selected at harvest time. This wickerwork mask represents the head of the ya[...]
Facial mask with refined features, covered in kaolin, used in Bwami society initiation rites.
These masks, called lukwakongo, were used to illustrate principles of wisdom, justice, or moral conduct. [...]
Spectacular GHAU necklace pendant from Tibet / Nepal. Double-sided with very rich decoration. Late 19th century. In low-grade silver, coral, turquoise and lapis lazuli. With a choker chain. Dimensions[...]
Small Bakongo hunting fetish, with several magical charges including one with a mirror on the belly, one with a small rodent bone on the back... glass eyes, beautiful patina, height 19 cm with the bas[...]
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