PIECEMandjong currency bladeREGIONGabonCULTUREKwele, BakweleDATEFirst half of the 20th centuryMEDIUMIronCONDITIONPatina of use, one restorationDESCRIPTIONAnchor-shaped currencies, called Mandjong, wer[...]
This zoomorphic mask, known as "Soko Mutu" ("the chimpanzee-man"), illustrates the great creativity of Hemba sculptors. Carved from light wood, it presents a powerful and expressive model: a wide prog[...]
Pair of Ibeji twins adorned with glass beads. They are in the Shaki style, characterized by their tiered headdress. They reveal both the art of Yoruba sculpture in a dynamic form specific to the Oyo r[...]
Good condition Height: 57 cm Width: 35 cm Depth: 5 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide shipping We are at your disposal for any request, please contact us[...]
Good condition Height: 58 cm Width: 39 cm Depth: 5 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide shipping We are at your disposal for any request, please contact us[...]
Rare metal statue of a woman sitting on a stool. Her hands are placed around a protruding navel, which is decorated with scarifications. She wears anklets, arm bracelets, and a large pendant that cove[...]
Slender statue depicting a standing female figure, arms detached from the body. The genitals are represented as well as beautiful nourishing breasts. The face is fine and decorated with scarifications[...]
Beautiful Colima figurine in pre-Lombardian terracotta, pale orange with black dotted patina spots. The anthropomorphic subject stands, both arms crossed on his chest. Detailed face, hairdo, wearing e[...]
Arrow holder/bow rest from the 'Luba Kalundwe/shankadi' tribe - Africa - late 19th century. Franz Saeytydt Colonial Collection (Mons, Belgium, brought back early 20th century). Superb patina, figure w[...]
Slingshot with two heads joined together and sculpted with dexterity. It is carved with regular geometric patterns. Hardwood old honey patina, marks of use, good general condition of conservation, see[...]
Two semi-reflex bows – New hebrides, late 19th century. Made from brown hardwood, these semi-circular bows feature an delicate semi-reflex profile and are finished with finely carved tips. These war w[...]
Rare forehead ornament made of braided plant fibers and "Nassae" shells collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. Worn during traditional ceremonies. Sold with a presentation base. Fiel[...]
FALASHA Head The face is elongated, the nose is linear and sculpted in relief. The eyes are modeled and represented by terracotta beads, and the mouth is drawn by a horizontal incision with hemmed lip[...]
Pipe case depicting a dignitary seated on a throne. The face, deliberately disproportionate to the body, attracts all the attention. The eyes, forming a disc surrounded by a ring, accentuate the figur[...]
CIVILIZATIONSSuperb pendant of 2 bone carved small statues, one of which depicts a maternity.India, archaic and popular style18th or 19th centuryResidual traces of polychromy.Good condition and very n[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time, see photo Height: 70 cm Width: 22 cm Depth: 22 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 18€ World: 25€ Worldwide ship[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time, one arm glued back: see photo Height: 58 cm Width: 17 cm Depth: 14 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 18€ World[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time: see photo Height: 59 cm Width: 16 cm Depth: 13 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 18€ World: 25€ Worldwide ship[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time, one arm glued back: see photo Height: 55 cm Width: 16 cm Depth: 13 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 18€ World[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time: see photo Height: 52 cm Width: 13 cm Depth: 13 cm Serious packaging and sending with tracking. France: 18€ World: 25€ Worldwide shipp[...]
Carved from breadfruit wood (artocarpus altilis) The head is adorned with a headdress with several rows of pyramidal-pointed serrations, with bulging oval eyes under the chin. Two pig teeth are carved[...]
Seat/stool of the 'Luba' tribe of the Congo - Africa - 19th centuryIn a style known with similar examples in the archive of Guy Van Rijn.Provenance:-Salesrooms: Gros & Delettrez, May 28, 1983-Gallery [...]
DOCTOR REDOR COLLECTION. Good condition Height: 31.5 cm Width: 9.5 cm Depth: 9.5 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide shipping. We are at your disposal for[...]
DOCTOR REDOR COLLECTION. Good condition Height: 39 cm Width: 13 cm Depth: 10 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide shipping. We are at your disposal for any[...]
DOCTOR REDOR COLLECTION. Good condition Height: 15.5 cm Width: 7 cm Depth: 7 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide shipping. We are at your disposal for any[...]
Superb and rare complete Byeri Fang reliquary from Gabon with its headdress, patinated mid-weight wood, total height: 75 cm, good condition, careful packaging and tracking. France: €15, World: €20, Wo[...]
DOCTOR REDOR COLLECTION. Good condition Height: 44 cm Width: 17 cm Depth: 11 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide shipping. We are at your disposal for any[...]
Carved Drum (Ngoma) – Luba-Maniema / Zela, Democratic Republic of CongoWood, hideHeight: 34 cmA finely carved kelp-shaped drum with a cylindrical foot and rounded body, surmounted by a hide membrane f[...]
Awale game Mali, Dogon culture, 19th century or earlierHeavy, very eroded wood.H. 63 cmThis very old and rare awale game has the particularity of having been hollowed out in the parts located between [...]
Female statuette seated on a throne with rectangular legs. The rounded belly is decorated with scarifications, the hands with tapered fingers rest on the thighs in a posture of authority. Her face has[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time, see photo Height: 56 cm Width: 13 cm Depth: 13 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide ship[...]
Collection of Doctor Jean Redor. Good condition: wear due to time, see photo Height: 42 cm Width: 17 cm Depth: 14 cm Serious packaging and shipping with tracking. France: 15€ World: 20€ Worldwide ship[...]
Luba Hemba statue COLLECTION OF DOCTOR REDOR. Good condition, just a slight lack at the back of the headdress: see photo Height: 49 cm Width: 14 cm Depth: 13 cm Serious packaging and sent with trackin[...]
Mask from Ivory Coast in the typical style of sculptors of the Gouro ethnic group, the style is singular with the mouth, the small teeth, the long and slender nose like the half-open eyes. This narrow[...]
Strange figure made of plant fibers and recycled string collected in the village of Mendi in Papua New Guinea. This type of figure is said to refer to a bush spirit. Ethnic object sold with a display [...]
Particularly aesthetic painted bark, collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. These paintings on sago palm bark decorate the inner faces of roofs as well as the pediments of ceremonial[...]
Songye Kifwebe mask. Light wood with linear scarifications, rectangular mouth and triangular nose. Note a slight burning smell coming from the dark parts. Democratic Republic of Congo, ex. Zaire Heavy[...]
Monoxyl war lance made of fire-blackened brown wood. This powerful Kanak weapon features a rare, three-centimeter-wide, leaf-shaped monoxyl point. This point, engraved with horizontal lines across its[...]
This figurine, made using the lost wax technique, has an interesting patina of use. Filiform, elegant, and powerful, it presents an antique style. Early 20th century.
KUBA LELE / BASHILELE MASK, DRC Magnificent polychrome cephalomorphic LELE or BASHILELE mask. Brown wood with natural polychrome pigments and hammered copper. Early 20th century. Ex-Peter LOEBARTH col[...]
Medicine gourd with its original stopper, carved with a Mwana Hiti figure in the form of a female bust holding a receptacle in her hands. The face, with wide-open eyes, gives it an intense expression.[...]
Musical hammer, carved on the upper part of a circular arc, decorated with a stylized bird. The head, with its tapered beak, plunges towards the ground and extends into a sagittal crest that balances [...]
Ritual rattle topped with a Janus head resting on a ring-shaped neck. The two faces, with sober and expressive features, dominate a sculpted handle. The lower part is composed of two large spheres of [...]
Female Ibeji presented nude, standing on a circular pedestal, resting on powerful and disproportionate feet. The arms are detached from the body, the hands resting on the hips, the shoulders straight.[...]
Bankoni Mali Statuette 13th-15th century Ochre terracotta The statuette represents a seated female figure, the legs represented in two rounded volumes, the thickness suggesting the idea of kneeling. T[...]
Bankoni Mali Statuette 13th-15th century Red ochre terracottaThe statuette represents a seated female figure, the legs represented in rounded volumes, the thickness suggesting the idea of kneeling. Th[...]
Dan-Guéré. (Ivory Coast) Old dancer mask Oval face with a rounded forehead sculpted with geometric lines joining the mouth and nostrils, Covered with bronze trading nails. Rests on a black lacquered m[...]
2 Carved Canes from Black Africa. Dignitary's Batons, attributes of power and command. Good overall condition with very slight wear. Anthropomorphic sculptures. 1940/1950's. Collection Colissimo Shipp[...]
Dogon lock from Mali (Bandiagara cliffs) A beautiful and old stylized lock. Dogon, Mali Wood, iron, beautiful patina of use. H.: 38 cm without the base delivered with base Provenance: Collection of Je[...]
Rituals of Native Americans 1746Set of 34 pages 72 original prints38 cm x 25 cmStains, minor tears, plate 97 hole, foldingsDavid Herrliberger After :Bernard Picart (1673-1733) French engraver who spe[...]
Indian Nyishi warrior hornbill hat, 19th/20th century. A fine example of a warrior headdress from the remote tribal regions of northeastern India, woven from rattan strips, which have acquired a beaut[...]
Rare Senufo Fire-breathing fetish in carved wood Removable head Total height 33cm Semi-hard wood speckled with white and red circles In the book by Mr Massa and Mrs Dewé a similar piece is reproduced [...]
Large carved wooden pestle, Indo-Pacific, early 20th century. Slots. 93 cm. Shipped by Colissimo with signature. Careful packaging. Unless otherwise indicated, items published on Proantic are not exhi[...]
Tribal Currency from Guinea – Braided Fiber and Tabu Shell Breastplate of the Bena Bena tribe, originally from the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Used as a wedding dowry, in good condit[...]
This beautiful war club, whose shape is called "bird's beak" (gö-poropwä-rä-märü), presents the stylized figure of a kagou bird, a species endemic to New Caledonia. The beak, here particularly elongat[...]
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