The Ijo (or Ijaw or Idjo) are a group of peoples and ethnic groups very widespread in Nigeria. They are found in the Delta or River State regions of Nigeria. Peoples of farmers and fishermen, they scu[...]
Set of two large Bwaba jars from Burkina Faso around 1950 - 60 in terracotta. Anthropomorphic jars whose head is removable and serves as a lid. All the jars are covered on the walls with mystical anim[...]
Very beautiful mask worn in bronze with its wickerwork collar Headdress decorated with cowries Chin covered with leather with straps Brass rings on the ears and nose Etnie Bamoun from Cameroon Quite r[...]
Extremely rare Dan guardian head from Ivory Coast height 60cm x 52 wide, delivered with hardwood base with conical base. The top covered with fabrics, with a belt of iron bells surmounted by a Dan run[...]
Large Dogon scepter also called thief's stick It is made of wood with a beautiful patina of old brown use and shiny in places, resulting from its use in situ. This cane is carved at its end with a sty[...]
Large hermaphrodite statue (Nongom) old called TELLEM from MALI with thick crusty patina, sacrificial material height 74cm plus base delivered with 78cm The wood is very eroded and the hands are missi[...]
Superb and rare olifant in carved and patinated wood YOMBE from the Democratic Republic of Congo length 63cm Small cracks to report and a small lack on the head of a snake beautiful brown patina nuanc[...]
African tribal art - Dan Yakuba mask - Age: last third of the 20th century. Magnificent Dan mask of the "Tanglalé" type, originating from the west of the Ivory Coast. The room has many high quality or[...]
very beautiful Namji Cameroon doll decorated with a lot of a stream of pearls bronze rings pinnacles
under these pearls sewn together in sections, other pearls surround the body arms and legs
she w[...]
Ritual Dagger Called Phurbu
Highlands region, Nepal
Late 19th - early 20th century
Wood and fabric
H.: 25 ; W.: 4.5 cm
This wooden dagger with a shiny patina is composed of a short three-side[...]
Yam mask sold with a base and presenting a beautiful patina of use. After the harvest, the yams are decorated using these masks and other body decoration items to be transformed into human effigies. R[...]
Old flask probably used to keep small quantities of gold dust. It is adorned with a decoration of intersecting lines at the top and undulating at the bottom. It is rare to find them with their bowl an[...]
Old canoe prow from the Murik Lakes area in Papua New Guinea. Sculpture showing two Janus faces specific to this region of the mouth of the Sepik river. Wood furrowed by time and use... Object steeped[...]
Idol probably of fertility, presenting a modeled female bust. Beige and brown terracotta The SAO culture is one of the oldest we know of in Africa. It developed at the time of the European Middle Ages[...]
Idol presenting a bust of surreal human and animal proportions, with sun headdress. Full modeled terracotta, old patina and signs of use. The SAO culture is one of the oldest we know of in Africa. It [...]
Bust representing a deity of nature with an animal head and radiant headdress in the sun. Beige and brown terracotta, light small chips. The SAO culture is one of the oldest we know of in Africa. It d[...]
Slender whistle in wood and leather, the head of the body is in the shape of a bird's beak. Bwa or Marka culture, Burkina Faso. Provenance from a private and appraised collection, a certificate of ori[...]
Box lock presenting a couple of seated ancestors on the upper part and in the center a symbolic and aquatic zigzag decoration. Old patina and marks of use. Provenance from a private and appraised coll[...]
Box lock element carved with two female ancestors with slender noses. Wood and wrought iron, old brown patina, marks of use. Dogon culture, Mali. Provenance from a known and appraised private collecti[...]
Commemorative head representing a face inscribed in a circular space. Incised scarifications underline the cheeks, the chin and the neck, they are marked in relief on the temples. A headdress is marke[...]
Statuette representing a kneeling adoring woman, her hands symbolically directed towards the ground (missing one hand). It is made of wood with a shiny honey-coloured patina. Time erosion and lack of [...]
Fali doll, Kirdi Cameroon made of fiber wound on an iron core The front is decorated with beads
Ahdrc under the number ao-0200988-001
again this rustic doll has an elaborate aesthetic<[...]
Couple of ham pilu Kirdi Cameroon
fibers beads
the small arms ,legs and the head are made of wire covered with thread ending with a glass bead it is a very elaborated work
The ar[...]
rare cameroon fali doll a trapeze made up of metal legs surrounded by wires supports rows of vbleiues glass beads. pretty hairstyle of tubular beads, the front and back decorated in the center with gl[...]
Ghau (or Gao) reliquary box intended for the transport and conservation of precious or prayer objects. The jewel, made of silver, is decorated with a red coral bead. It was worn around the neck. Tibet[...]
rare cameroon doll probably fali
a trapezoidal shape made by four metal feet surrounded by thread , is covered with row of blue glass beads
the arms and head are nicely figured b white beads
very [...]
Statuette of a mythological spirit in wood with dark patina with an elegant and slender silhouette, with a face extended by a long beak falling on the abdomen. Cowrie ornaments on the forehead. Height[...]
High votive statuette in hardwood depicting a woman standing in a slender body, right arm on the head, body painted with white dye, black hair. High: 62cm. Mende, Sierra Leone
Notre site et ses mul[...]
Rare and beautiful shield in heavy wood with dark patina and polychrome highlights in the shape of a shield, with rattan handle and ornaments of cassowary feathers. Wanuma village, height 116 cm. Mada[...]
Rare Abelam comb having the double function of styling but above all of adorning the hair like a jewel. Maprik village in Papua New Guinea. Braided plant fibers, wood, resin. Sold with a presentation [...]
One of the first tribes to occupy present-day Côte d'Ivoire were members of the Sénoufo ethnic group, based in the region near the country's third largest city: Korhogo. This does not prevent us from [...]
RITUAL BELL
Mahongwe culture, Kota, North-East Gabon
First half of the 20th century
Iron and brass
H. 30.5 ; W 10 ; D 5.5 cm
Ritual bell with a janiform anthropomorphic figure in the upper par[...]
Figure Bateba, presenting a standing male figure with a shaved head and symbolically disproportionate. The torso is swollen, its slender arms and projecting navel, its legs are of powerful proportions[...]
HEALTHY MASK called Baba Tagwa
Abelam culture, Sepik region, Papua New Guinea
First half of the 20th century
Vegetable fibers and pigments
H.: 50; L.: 34cm
Helmet mask made of woven basketry,[...]
Bust of a goddess, bird woman, open arms raised to the sky, evoking wings symbolically taking flight. His face in a state of transformation, presents a slender bird beak. This beautiful animated sculp[...]
Loom pulley stirrup featuring a pair of breasts and geometric patterns on the front and back. It is surmounted by a ringed neck and the Goli Glen mask (representation of the spirits of the bush).
The[...]
African Cane In Dark Wood Character And Snake Very beautiful piece carved in a single block of wood Work from the DRC mid-20th century Missing base but very good general state of conservation Free shi[...]
RITUAL SPOON
Gouro culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood and pigments
H. 20, W 5.7, D 2 cm
Elegant wooden spoon with a dark, slightly red and shiny patina. The [...]
Old anthropomorphic fetish with dark shiny patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Songye people
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The fetish represents a female character standi[...]
Old anthropomorphic statuette with dark shiny patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Tabwa people
Middle of the 20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
Old statuette representing a female[...]
Two-sided ceremonial headdress in painted bark called "Wagnen" collected in the village of Maprik in Papua New Guinea. The wagnen is a stylized representation of the painted facade of the spirit house[...]
Old zoomorphic mask called 'Spitter'. It is a helmet mask representing a spirit of the bush in the form of composite animals. Hardwood with thick patina in places. The reported teeth are in splinters [...]
Ancient anthropomorphic protective fetish with shiny patina
Tanzania, Nyamwezi people
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The statuette represents a filiform female[...]
Former anthropomorphic Katanda fetish with shiny patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Lega people, Bwami society
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The statuette represents a m[...]
Old anthropomorphic fetish with dark patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Songye people
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The fetish represents a male figure standing on bent [...]
This mask has a very nice crusty patina with multiple layers of pigments. A bird sculpture is most certainly missing on the front of the mask. Coming from the mouth of the Ramu River, it was hung on a[...]
Old anthropomorphic statuette with dark patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Ndengese people
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
Old statuette representing a seated male figure[...]
Male statue of the Poro of the Senufo in Ivory Coast Hardwood with very thick crusty sacrificial patina measuring 65cm high Iron earrings Traces of flowing sacred libations Representation of a Senufo [...]
Beautiful and rare TCHOWKE anthropomorphic mortar from ANGOLA Hard wood with a very beautiful thick patina of shiny and crusty use in places probably 19th and or early 20th century height 29cm plus wo[...]
Bamoun pipe bowl from Cameroon in patinated terracotta Traces of use height 12cm length 11cm width 5cm small native restoration at the base of the intake of the wooden pipe used to suck the smoke iron[...]
Old anthropomorphic statuette with shiny patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Tabwa people
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The statuette represents a standing female chara[...]
Tanzania, Nyamwezi People, first half of the 20th century, Ancient anthropomorphic statuette with deep patina
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
Monoxyle statuette representing a sta[...]
Miniature Depicting An Anthropomorphic Couple
Toussian culture, South-West Burkina Faso
20th century
Bronze
H. 5 ; L. 6,2 ; Thickness : 0,5 cm
Bronze miniature representing a couple or twins.[...]
Tanzania, Zigwa people, Mid-20th century, Ancient anthropomorphic statuette with shiny patina
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The statuette represents a standing woman, legs bent,[...]
Dangaleat doll Tchad
provenance: Alain Bovis Jean Paul Agogue
AHDRC 0201592
A 1994 4/12 "the bagirmi dolls and kenga dolls " from Pierre Harter article in Tribal Art magazine (see last photo[...]
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