Very rare colonial-style African living room set in solid mahogany (circa 1950) The table with two trays is surrounded by six characters serving as caryatids, the whole is in one piece 3 armchairs wit[...]
Ancient Bambara ritual mask from Mali, first half of the 20th century. Pure, slender forms, the work of a true sculptor. Heavy wood, beautiful crusty patina. Basement.
Statue depicting a standing female figure. The legs are bent, the hips are wide, the arms are folded at the level of the torso and the hands come to hold the breasts hanging down. The sculptor took ca[...]
Mask with an almost oval face presenting a face with rectangular eyes. The open mouth is also rectangular. It is surrounded by a vegetable resin used to maintain teeth embedded in the wood. Only five [...]
Amulet Protective house charm and family charm In Deer Bone, South Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, character seated on a snake, sold with its base. height 9[...]
Amulet Protective house charm and family charm In Deer Bone, South Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, character seated arms in the air on snakes and surrounded[...]
Amulet Protective house charm and family charm In Deer Bone, South Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, seated man with headdress representing a Kalao, sold with[...]
Amulet Protective house charm and family charm In Deer Bone, South Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, very beautiful traditional headdress, sold with its base.[...]
Fertility Charm Amulet In Deer Bone, Dayak, Kenyak, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, sold with its base. height 12.5 cm wide 2 cm, depth 6 cm, height 17.5 cm.
Private c[...]
Fertility Charm Amulet In Deer Bone, Dayak, Kenyak, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, sold with its base. height 10.5 cm wide 2 cm, depth 5.5 cm
Private collection Cleen[...]
"Nwenke" type mask presenting an impassive and very balanced face. It is adorned with scarifications and is surmounted by a sagittal crest. Nails remain stuck in the forehead which indicates that it m[...]
Crest mask representing a face wearing a labret at the level of the upper lip. This type of mask is called "Lipiko" and was used during initiation ceremonies. He embodies an idealized ancestor.
Makon[...]
Great African Divinity Of Fertility In Exotic Wood Very large piece (more than 1 meter) in carved wood Magnificent and very decorative carved piece Free shipping in metropolitan France
Rare wooden dish with a very nice patina of use. Collected in the village of Passam in Papua New Guinea. This type of dish, now replaced by enamel bowls, served as a culinary dish, especially during f[...]
Very pretty "Bateba" statuette representing a standing character, arms along the body and wearing a European cap on the head. The sculpture is fine and harmonious.
Wood with patina of use, slightly c[...]
Hunter's necklace, bronze head with horn, bronze washer and glass paste, mid-20th century, Konyak ethnic group, Nagaland.
beautiful patina of use.
length 76 cm, bronze head height 4.5 cm.
Superb stick serving as the command scepter of High dignitary Byeri FANF of Gabon Old object with shiny patina on the handle due to repetitive use partly covered with chiseled copper Piece quite rare [...]
Oromo (Ethiopia): "Old milk jug", apparently monoxyle, even the attachments, it presents an indigenous restoration on the side, an interesting work of basketwork to close the neck which is closed by a[...]
Old CHAMBA statue from NIGERIA measuring 44.5cm high Hard wood with a reddish patina whose base is very eroded which has suffered the use of time small highlights of kaolin on the face remains of feat[...]
Très intéressante ancienne sculpture MUMUYE du NIGERIA
Bois dense patiné mesurant 56cm de Haut
belle patine d'usage brillante et crouteuse par endroit
pieds érodés par le temps, sinon bon état
un [...]
Fertility Charm Amulet In Deer Bone, Dayak, Kenyak, Borneo Indonesia, early 20th century.
Beautiful patina of use, sold with its base. height 12 cm wide 3 cm.
Private collection Cleenewerck Brigitte[...]
Male statue in light wood, carved and patina highlights of red and white Shiny parts in places due to the wise repetitive base a little eroded height 44cm a small hole at the top of the skull suggests[...]
Inuit Goggles,
Early 20th Century
These goggles are traditionally used by the Inuit and the Yupit, formerly known as the Eskimo, Arctic peoples, to prevent snow blindness. Protective goggles are t[...]
Rare Shaman necklace in Serpent vertebra, mounted on a fiber, Malo Island, Vanuatu, early 20th century.
length 98 cm.
Private collection Cleenewerck Brigitte and Gilles -
I love to escape, I love to dream, I love to travel and the contemplation of ethnic, authentic objects allow me to do so. The Bétés are a people living in the center-west of Côte d'Ivoire, particularl[...]
Ivory Coast, SENOUFO group, ankle bracelet in bronze, mid-20th century. Decor on central part. Height: 10 cm Outside diameter: 10.5 cm Inside diameter: 6.5 cm Mobile hook closure. Weight: 750 grs Good[...]
GHANA -- "AKAN" group, powder box and gold nuggets, mid-20th century. Lid decorated with crocodiles, box side decorated with stylized heads and suns. Rests on three small feet. Outside diameter: 16 cm[...]
Very beautiful and old MBETE statue from GABON with dorsal cavity Acting as a reliquary height 71cm Ventral load with cowrie shells held by a planted nail Reddish brown crusty patina on the feet and t[...]
This rare little chair, partly folding, slightly wobbly, not very comfortable, is the work of a Malinke artist from Mali, directly inspired by a European model.
A thick black patina covers the entire[...]
Very beautiful and spectacular sacred adze from the Yoruba royal court of Nigeria Wood and iron height 54cm (plus quality base delivered with) width 10cm depth with the blade 28cm Beautiful shiny pati[...]
Very rare and old throne of Chief Tchowke of Angola Wood with patina of use partly covered with leaves, copper rings and brass nails measuring 70cm in length height 30cm width 25.5 cm Character suppor[...]
Rare bronze sculpture with verdigris patina in places, height 21cm plus base made to measure by its former owner representing a male dignitary with a crest-shaped headdress and a goatee we can see tri[...]
sculpted in the trunk of a tree fern, with bulging eyes.
Over-modeled and painted with natural pigments
Collected on the island of Ambrym around the village of Olal
Middle of 20th century
Sold w[...]
Mask or rather mask Lega from Zaire height 18.5 cm x 10.5 cm wide Carved in the wood of the arre Muntonko (Alstonia) with a bleached face of kaolin wears a beard of luzelu fibers, traditionally made n[...]
Very beautiful and rare old female statue measuring 37.5cm high Called Waiyinda (Pregnant adulterous woman) see the book Lega de Biebuyck page 124 Cracked semi-hard wood with Kaolin highlight numerous[...]
Africa early 20th century: "Tutsi archer's bracelet", 18 cm in external diameter, height 9 cm, approximately 7.5 cm in internal diameter, wood and copper. I really like ethnic objects and buy them qui[...]
This is a very nice, even funny doll. The pyrography technique has made it possible to schematically trace the main features of the face, mouth, nose, eye cavities and eyebrows. Sculpting a hollow nos[...]
Mask Heaume Baba, braided basketwork covered with natural pigments, Abelam, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century.
Private collection Cleenewerck Brigitte and Gilles - Belgium.
This mask is worn by t[...]
Exceptional and rare superb IGBO bronze funerary mask from NIGERIA This type of mask was used during funeral ceremonies. It covered the head of the deceased high dignitary up to his funeral place and [...]
Very beautiful and old sculpture representing the effigy of a HEMBA ancestor from CONGO thick patina of use made of dried blood completely covering the statue height 50cm plus base delivered with The [...]
20th Century African Helmet Mask Very beautiful mid-20th century piece, large format. Richly decorated with shells. Work from West Africa (Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria) Shipping offered in metropolitan Fr[...]
Statue presenting a standing male figure. The arms are along the body and follow the same angle as the torso. The very stylized face is heart-shaped. A salient vertical line separates this "heart" and[...]
Very beautiful wooden fly swatter with patina of use total height 37cm, single character 20cm Male Byeri Fang character arms folded over his stomach holding a purse of magic charge a belt made of pear[...]
Interesting old statue representing a hardwood settler with a crusty patina. a certain shine emerges from the face and remains of polychromy are missing the feet height 35cm The Agni people live in Cô[...]
Facial mask presenting a face with prominent cheekbones. The eyes are pierced with small circular holes making his gaze hypnotic. The remains of vegetable resin around them suggests that they must hav[...]
Very rare TEKE scepter from the Congo Several fetishes mounted on bone (animal I suppose?) The eyes formed by buttons of panties feathers of birds on the top of the skull and fabrics allowing to conne[...]
Large and very rare IBO sculpture from NIGERIA representing a couple of ancestors entwined by the waist surmounting an openwork pillar all carved in a single block total height 155cm Remains of polych[...]
This zoomorphic mask is called "Zamblé" in the vernacular language.
The upper part of the mask represents an antelope or zru, with long conical horns.
The lower part is the representation of a leo[...]
MOBA TCHITCHERI altar ancestor statue from TOGO Very archaic wooden statue called Tchitcheri Masterful presence of the founding ancestor emerging from the earth in a slow movement dictated by the powe[...]
Carved wood in the round measuring 57cm long LULUWA ethnic group from CONGO Real little masterpiece of wood carving, of remarkable finesse with rarely equaled precision of detail I hesitated for a lon[...]
Rare and old ceremonial knife for royal ritual use Very rusty blade, with engraved decoration Wooden handle with leather bands to hold the blade total length 40cm 3 heads with pearl inlays forming bul[...]
Snuffbox from Malawi.
The object is carved from a single piece of wood and adorned with elegant incised geometric patterns.
A calabash stopper is connected by a piece of leather. The bottom of the s[...]
Very rare royal throne Ambbete of the Fang of Gabon height 71cm, depth 25cm for a width of 23cm seated with shiny patina of use in places supported by three two-tone figurines In the backrest a cavity[...]
old DOGON dance mask from MALI Hard and heavy wood patinated, remains of pink color on the mouth and wood partly burned on the right side as if it had been saved from the flames height 42cm width 14cm[...]
Very beautiful old Baoulé mask from Ivory Coast with tri-lobed hairstyle; rare with its attachment point at the top of the skull for the adornment that will be used to cover the dancer height 40cm, wi[...]
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