01-29-200501-29-2005
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January 29, 2005 10:00 AMCalender

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  • Two African Carved Wood Staffs

    Two African Carved Wood Staffs

    Lot: 1
    Sold for: $1,116$950

    Two African Carved Wood Staffs, Chokwe, both with stylized heads at the finials, with coffee bean eyes, and elaborate coiffures, one with a dark patina, lg. to 24 1/2 in.; together with a later Dan more ...

  • African Carved Ivory Necklace

    African Carved Ivory Necklace

    Lot: 3
    Sold for: $999$850

    African Carved Ivory Necklace, Pende, with eleven graduated stylized heads, all with different coiffures and scarifications, the larger head with dark patina and ivory and black glass trade bead more ...

  • Six Tribal Items

    Six Tribal Items

    Lot: 4
    Sold for: $353$300

    Six Tribal Items, Africa, a wooden spoon with abstract animal finial, a carved wooden female figure, and a small bronze drummer, together with three small carved wood Indonesian figures, various more ...

  • African Carved Wood Maternity Figure

    African Carved Wood Maternity Figure

    Lot: 5
    Sold for: $21,150$18,000

    African Carved Wood Maternity Figure, Dogon, the stylized kneeling female figure with a child clinging to the back, the long arms resting on the thighs, protruding breasts and navel, scarification more ...

  • African Carved Wood Figure

    African Carved Wood Figure

    Lot: 6
    Sold for: $1,175$1,000

    African Carved Wood Figure, Kongo, standing on a round base, leaning forward with hands on hips, the large head with inlaid painted glass eyes and carved cavity on top, (wood loss),ht. 7 3/4 more ...

  • African Carved Wood Janus Figure

    African Carved Wood Janus Figure

    Lot: 7
    Sold for: $11,750$10,000

    African Carved Wood Janus Figure, Dogon, the back to back stylized female figures with bent knees, protruding breasts and abdomens, and large heads with narrow beards (?),dark patina, (wood loss),more ...

  • Large African Carved Wood Male Figure

    Large African Carved Wood Male Figure

    Lot: 8
    Sold for: $2,350$2,000

    Large African Carved Wood Male Figure, Cameroon, the rare standing figure with long narrow legs and torso, shortened arms, the head with prominent features, wide upturned eyes, upturned mouth more ...

  • Two African Carved Wood Figures

    Two African Carved Wood Figures

    Lot: 9
    Sold for: $529$450

    Two African Carved Wood Figures, a Bamana puppet, the standing figure with cloth-wrapped articulated head, the other a doll with wide-set arms and legs, white glass seed bead eyes, ht. to 17 1/2 more ...

  • African Carved Wood Antelope Mask

    African Carved Wood Antelope Mask

    Lot: 10
    Sold for: $1,116$950

    African Carved Wood Antelope Mask, Dogon, stylized forehead mask, the long curved horns with zigzag devices, the human-like face with long nose, small mouth, and glass non-pierced eyes, (insect more ...

  • African Carved Ivory Side-Blown Trumpet

    African Carved Ivory Side-Blown Trumpet

    Lot: 11
    Sold for: $5,875$5,000

    African Carved Ivory Side-Blown Trumpet, Benin, the curved tapered form relief-carved with warrior figures in elaborate regalia, framed with intertwined scroll devices, dark patina, (ivory loss, more ...

  • Two African Beaded Cloth Items

    Two African Beaded Cloth Items

    Lot: 12
    Sold for: $294$250

    Two African Beaded Cloth Items, Yoruba, both with two panels beaded on one side with multicolored abstract devices, one with elaborate double strap, with roll-beaded cylinders and multistrand more ...

  • Three African Beaded Cloth Items

    Three African Beaded Cloth Items

    Lot: 13
    Sold for: $764$650

    Three African Beaded Cloth Items, Kuba, a triangular attachment with various size and color trade beads and cowrie shells, and two beaded belts, the larger with decorative multicolored beaded knot more ...

  • Fifty Strands of Glass Trade Beads

    Fifty Strands of Glass Trade Beads

    Lot: 14
    Sold for: $1,293$1,100

    Fifty Strands of Glass Trade Beads, includes approximately thirty-eight strands of millefiore beads, (damage),lg. to 15 in.Provenance: Property of a New England more ...

  • Fourteen Strands of Glass Trade Beads

    Fourteen Strands of Glass Trade Beads

    Lot: 15
    Sold for: $588$500

    Fourteen Strands of Glass Trade Beads, includes eight strands of Italian millefiore beads, African beads, and one strand of Russian-style trade beads, lg. to 15 in. Provenance: Property of a major more ...

  • African Carved Wood Female Figure

    African Carved Wood Female Figure

    Lot: 16
    Sold for: $294$250

    African Carved Wood Female Figure, Bamana, the rigid form with arms down to the sides, protruding breasts, large head with simple features and metal eyes, with geometric body decoration, (old more ...

  • African Carved Wood Ikenga Figure

    African Carved Wood Ikenga Figure

    Lot: 17
    Sold for: $294$250

    African Carved Wood Ikenga Figure, Ibo, the sitting male figure holding a small head with very stylized figure-eight horns projecting from the sides, partially encrusted patina, (insect damage),ht. more ...

  • African Carved Wood Male Figure

    African Carved Wood Male Figure

    Lot: 18
    Sold for: $23,500$20,000

    African Carved Wood Male Figure, Koro, the standing form with figure-eight hollow cavity in the torso, the head with medial crest, and the neck with concave indentions and two cowrie shell inlays, more ...

  • African Carved Wood Female Ancestor Door Latch

    African Carved Wood Female Ancestor Door Latch

    Lot: 19
    Sold for: $294$250

    African Carved Wood Female Ancestor Door Latch, Bamana, with stylized head and incised details, weathered patina, ht. 15 more ...

  • African Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure

    African Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure

    Lot: 21
    Sold for: $206$175

    African Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure, Bamana, the standing full figure with hands to the abdomen, with long narrow head and facial features, ht. 25 more ...

  • African Carved Wood Door Latch

    African Carved Wood Door Latch

    Lot: 22
    Sold for: $235$200

    African Carved Wood Door Latch, Bamana, the anthropomorphic form with incised details, dark patina, ht. 22 1/2 more ...

  • African Carved Wood Male Ancestor Door Latch

    African Carved Wood Male Ancestor Door Latch

    Lot: 23
    Sold for: $235$200

    African Carved Wood Male Ancestor Door Latch, Dogon, stylized form with incised detail, ht. 12 more ...

  • Two African Carved Wood Fragmentary Figures

    Two African Carved Wood Fragmentary Figures

    Lot: 24
    Sold for: $441$375

    Two African Carved Wood Fragmentary Figures, Tellem, both elongated forms, one standing on a round base, the other only with the upper body remaining, highly weathered surfaces, ht. to 11 in. more ...

  • African Carved Wood Fragment

    African Carved Wood Fragment

    Lot: 25
    Sold for: $4,113$3,500

    African Carved Wood Fragment, Tellem, the narrow figure with elongated head, protruding breasts, the arms held vertically above the head, dark encrusted patina, ht. 17 in. Provenance: The Gilbert more ...

  • African Carved Wood Figure

    African Carved Wood Figure

    Lot: 26
    Sold for: $176$150

    African Carved Wood Figure, Tellem, the fragmentary torso of a stylized male, heavily weathered surface, ht. 7 1/2 in.Provenance: The Gilbert Graham more ...

  • Early African Carved Wood Neckrest

    Early African Carved Wood Neckrest

    Lot: 27
    Sold for: $235$200

    Early African Carved Wood Neckrest, Tellem, in the form of an animal with relief-carved "snakes" on the sides, weathered patina, (wood loss),lg. 8 3/4 in.Provenance: The Gilbert Graham more ...

  • African Carved Wood Dog

    African Carved Wood Dog

    Lot: 28
    Sold for: $2,468$2,100

    African Carved Wood Dog, Dogon, the stylized quadruped with small iron bells o each side, weathered and partly encrusted patina, (one bell missing, wood loss),lg. 7 in. Provenance: The Gilbert more ...

  • African Carved Wood Divination Figure

    African Carved Wood Divination Figure

    Lot: 29
    Sold for: $823$700

    African Carved Wood Divination Figure, Dogon, in the form of a highly stylized dog, traces of encrusted patina, lg. 3 1/2 in.Provenance: The Gilbert Graham collection. Exhibitions: Dogon more ...

  • African Carved Wood Burl Hermaphrodite Figure

    African Carved Wood Burl Hermaphrodite Figure

    Lot: 30
    Sold for: $2,350$2,000

    African Carved Wood Burl Hermaphrodite Figure, Dogon, the bent form with upper portion suggesting a male figure with a beard, the lower part female with breasts, weathered patina, ht. 9 1/2 in. more ...

  • African Carved Wood Antelope Staff

    African Carved Wood Antelope Staff

    Lot: 32
    Sold for: $823$700

    African Carved Wood Antelope Staff, Dogon, carved in the form of an abstract antelope head, with incised geometric devices, the handle with abstract figures on the upper neck, dark patina, (old hide more ...

  • Six African Items

    Six African Items

    Lot: 33
    Sold for: $411$350

    Six African Items, Dogon, four black and white striated stone bracelets, a necklace with large donut-shaped stone beads, and a clay bead necklace, lg. to 19 in. Provenance: The Gilbert Graham more ...

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