Antique Black Forest Hand-Carved Wood Nutcracker, Grotesque Woman’s Head, Late 19th Century
This impressive antique Black Forest nutcracker depicts a highly expressive, grotesque woman’s head, skilfu[...]
Rare Indo-Persian scepter/mace from the late 19th century, a horned devil-headed mace. This hollow demon-headed mace is an evolution of the bull-headed mace. It is in good condition for its age compar[...]
Dagger with a wrought iron blade, single-edged and finished with a beveled point. The cylindrical section fuse is made of ivory, its case is made of silver with colored decorations. Blade length: 12.5[...]
War Club Kanak Tribe - Oceania Art New Caledonia - 19th Century Melanesia
Tribe: Kanak
Country: New Caledonia
Length: 61 cm!
Beautiful patina of use!!! Handle with fiber or cotton ties
Good condi[...]
Walrus baculum or penis bone used as a club by Inuit hunters; this one is carved with a seal with various mother-of-pearl inlays. Probably from Alaska. Length: 51cm. End of the 19th century, beginning[...]
The mother lying on a cushion plays with her child, her legs crossed and her mutilated foot, her "lotus bud" ostentatiously stretched out. The attitude is provocative and cheerful. The 2 characters ar[...]
Old and extremely Rare Knife / short sword From the Baule Baoule Dan Tribe Ivory Coast African Tribal Art 19th Century
People: Dan or Baoule (Baule)
Country: Ivory Coast / Liberia
Era: 19th century[...]
An exceptional and very rare knife or saber from the Teke people DR Congo or Kongo Brazzaville
People: Teke
A museum piece!!!
Period: 19th century.
Length: 44 cm
In very good condition (see photo[...]
An old carved bone Tiki, probably Polynesian. I bought it from an estate of a French colonial family who lived near Nice on the French Riviera. I have dated it to the 19th century, but I am not an e[...]
Very nice 19th century Plains Indian Tomahawk Pipe. The steel cutting edge is crescent shaped. A cloth strap was added later.
REGION: USA
MATERIAL: Steel, wood
PERIOD: 19th century
LENGTH: 57 cm
Agere Ifa Divination Cup
Yoruba culture, Kingdom of Oyo, Nigeria
19th century
Wood
H. 13.5 ; L 15.5 cm
Bowl on pedestal with a bird - probably a turtle-dove, its wings folded and incised wit[...]
FEMALE STATUETTE crouching on a rectangular base, a conical headdress on top of her skull.
She wears a torque and wrist and ankle bracelets.
A suspension ring is on her back.
Dogon culture, Mal[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE standing on short, wide legs, its body entirely punctuated with spiral motifs and dotted lines.
Benue and Cross River regions, Nigeria
Copper alloy
H. 17.5; L 8.5 cm
No.[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE with bent legs, her feet forming a trapezoidal base, characteristic of the culture.
His hands rest on his knees, which are themselves folded over a bulging belly with a promin[...]
Zuni fetish representing a symbolic animal. The Zuni divide the world into six regions or directions: north, west, south, east, up and down.
Each direction is represented by a prey god, or guardian a[...]
Ogboni MATERNITY on a rectangular base surrounded by twisted openwork decoration.
The female figure stands on short legs with her child at her breast.
She is wearing a large beaded crest.
Her ba[...]
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, probably from AUTEL, with an anthropomorphic face wearing plaits and buns. Its slender neck is adorned with a multi-ring torque necklace.
Edo culture, Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria[...]
Standing FEMALE STATUTE with open arms, wearing a belt hemmed at the waist and a necklace with a circular pendant around her neck.
She is wearing a beaded hairstyle with small buns.
Niger Valley
1[...]
A DIVINATORY BELL HAMMER called Laouré with a handle featuring a female figure standing with her hands resting on her scarified abdomen on either side of her protruding navel.
The half-moon-shaped k[...]
STATUTE probably depicting a PREGNANT WOMAN standing with her hands resting on her bulging belly.
She is wearing a loincloth and bracelets on her ankles, arms and wrists. Her breasts are prominent a[...]
STATUTE of a particularly slender GENIE, standing asis on her knees.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast 19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 17.8 ; L. 4.8 cm
N° B35 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MI[...]
STATUTE of a stylised GENIUS, sitting on his knees.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy H.: 10 ; L.: 3 cm
N° B12 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES MONUMENTAL[...]
A particularly stylised GENIE STATUTE, standing on its knees.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 9.6 ; L 4.3 cm
N° B23 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES[...]
A particularly stylised GENIE STATUTE, standing on its knees.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy H.: 11 ; L.: 6 cm
N° B36 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES [...]
PENDANT showing a seated COUPLE, hands on knees, resting on a rectangular squared base.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast and Ghana
19th century or earlier Copper alloy
H. 8; L 3 cm
While couple stat[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE lying on its back, legs bent, belly bulging and hands crossed over the chest.
Dogon culture, Mali
Copper alloy
H. 8.7 ; L 4.8 cm
No. 34 in the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIAT[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE with bent legs, her feet forming a trapezoid base, characteristic of the culture.
His hands, with incised fingers, rest on his knees, which are themselves folded over a bulgin[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE with bent legs, her feet forming a trapezoidal base, characteristic of the culture.
His hands rest on his knees, which are themselves folded over his bulging belly with its pr[...]
STATUTE showing a GEMELLAIR COUPLE with tapering busts, their hands resting on either side of a protruding umbilicus.
Their stylised faces are punctuated by two small protuberances on the sides, refe[...]
Small ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE with bent legs, her feet forming a trapezoidal base, characteristic of the culture.
Her hands, with their incised fingers, rest on her knees, which are themselves folded[...]
Small ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE with bent legs, her feet forming a trapezoidal base, characteristic of the culture.
His hands, with incised fingers, rest on his knees, which are themselves folded over [...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE standing on two wide flat feet.
Her body is entirely covered with weights in relief - characteristic of the culture.
Her neck and waist are adorned with ornaments.
She is [...]
BUST OF A MAN with a very tapered skull, wearing a bearded collar and his preserved left arm seems to be grasping an object.
Dogon culture, Mali
19th century or earlier Copper alloy
H. 10 ; L 6.5 c[...]
STATUTE showing THREE SEATED ANTHROPOMORPHIC CHARACTERS supporting their attributes.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast and Ghana, circa 1900
Copper alloy
H. 9.6 ; L 5.2 cm
N° B15 from the exhibition[...]
STATUTE showing a moustachioed man holding his dog on a leash.
The two figures stand on a rectangular base.
Baule culture, Ivory Coast
Copper alloy
H. 11 ; L 4.5 cm
N° 617 from the exhibition[...]
STATUTE showing a COUPLE sitting on a common stool: the woman holds her left hand on her husband's right thigh while he brings food to his mouth with his left hand.
Senufo culture, Ivory Coast
Copp[...]
STATUTE of a MAN standing on individualised legs, his hands resting on his thighs.
His ankles, wrists, waist and neck are adorned with bracelets and a necklace with a circular pendant.
Her eyes ar[...]
STATUTE showing a MAN praying or imploring, kneeling on a carpet, wearing a bonnet.
Dogon culture, Mali
19th century or earlier Copper alloy
H. 10 ; L 3.9 cm
N° 629 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES,[...]
Pair of SPOONS depicting a COUPLE standing on short bent legs, their hands on their abdomen centred by a protruding umbilicus.
Their feet form the junction with the small spoon.
Senufo culture, Ivo[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHE STATUTE seated on a tripod stool, arms detached from the bust, chest and umbilicus in relief, geometric nose and eyebrow arch, oval face topped with an incised conical headdress.
Bamba[...]
Small STATUTE depicting a NOMMO, an ancestral genie master of the waters, standing with his hands raised to the sky in a call for rain.
Dogon culture, Mali Copper alloy
H. 8.7 cm, length 2.1 cm
N[...]
Covered tripod NGUM POT with a globular body entirely covered with frieze decoration and incised geometric motifs.
Gan culture, Burkina Faso
Late 19th century - early 20th century Copper alloy
H. 1[...]
Quadripodal NGUM POT - the feet are four snakes whose heads support the body of the vessel.
The globular body is decorated in bas-relief with two snakes, a chameleon and an anthropomorphic figure.
[...]
A four-legged NGUM POT with two seated figures on the sides. One of them rests his hands on two sinuous snakes occupying the sides of the vessel. The circular neck is decorated with woven friezes and [...]
Kpeliyé'e facial MASK
Senoufo culture, Ivory Coast
Copper alloy
H. 26 cm, length 13.5 cm
This face has a tapering oval shape and is meticulously embellished with applied details: double rings [...]
Kpeliyé'e FACE MASK Senufo culture, Côte d'Ivoire Copper alloy
H. 32.5 cm, length 15 cm
This face mask has a very tapered face, a pair of openwork eyes, and numerous facial scarifications over the[...]
PORTRAIT MASK surmounted by a CAMEON wearing a goatee, ears and a forehead protuberance in tongues.
The lips and eye contours are decorated with geometric friezes.
Senufo culture, Ivory Coast Coppe[...]
An IDIOPHONE featuring an IBIS, a mythological bird resting on a hollowed-out, perforated cylindrical column, is used for the annual Ugie Oro ceremony. The sound was obtained by striking a stick on th[...]
FORTY-NINE HEAD Torfan PENDANT Gan culture, Burkina Faso
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 22, diameter 19.5 cm
Thirty-nine snake heads animate the radiating edges of the circular pendant,[...]
Important pair of life-size Baulé cast bronze commemorative royal heads.
Provenance: Côte d'Azur estate.
Period - 19th century
Condition - Good condition
Measurement - Height 30cm & 35c[...]
Disc-shaped pendant with concentric incised circles and ten small ex-crescents arranged around a larger central one. Large hanging loop at the top.
Baule culture, Ivory Coast About 1900
Copper alloy[...]
Shield Pendant centred on a conical protuberance and pierced four times twice around the edges.
Senufo culture, Ivory Coast
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H.: 3 ; Diam.: 11.2cm
N° 635 f[...]
Large Bambara statue representing the feminine archetype, arched kidneys, heavy and sagging breasts (sign of a mother woman), large stable and sure feet. It reminds me of the people from the Paleolith[...]
Rare large ornament of traditional jacket of woman ethnic black lahu, region kengtun, Burma, XIX century. On the jacket, she wears 3 large medallions or 5 smaller ones, the size and the finesse of the[...]
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