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Three Baskets, a lidded basket made by the Rotse people of Gambia, Africa; a Northeast two-color splint basket; and a large African (?)
Lot: 1UnsoldThree Ethnographic Woven more ...
African Carved Ivory and Wood Container
Lot: 2Sold for: $59$50African Carved Ivory and Wood Container, with a crescent-shaped wood plug at one end and a band of circle-and-dot decoration, (dark patina),stand included, ht. 10 more ...
Fifty-five Strands of African Stone and Glass Trade Beads
Lot: 3Sold for: $499$425Fifty-five Strands of African Stone and Glass Trade Beads, includes five strands of millefiore beads, various lengths and conditions.Provenance: A New England more ...
Eleven African Carved Wood or Metal Items
Lot: 4Sold for: $558$475Eleven African Carved Wood or Metal Items, includes Mossi and Fanti dolls, a thumb-piano, a wood and metal knife, a brass bell, a metal knife, etc.Provenance: A New England more ...
Three African Items
Lot: 5Sold for: $206$175Three African Items, a cast metal anklet, a Yoruba carved and painted wood fan, and five strands of glass and metal beads, (old repair to fan),fan lg. 12 1/2 more ...
Two African Forged Metal Staffs
Lot: 7Sold for: $118$100Two African Forged Metal Staffs, Yoruba, both with stylized avian figures, one with a "medicine" attachment on the shaft, lg. to 28 1/2 more ...
Two Pieces of African Metal Currency
Lot: 8Sold for: $353$300Two Pieces of African Metal Currency, a large hollow globular form of copper and a forged iron form styled as a human figure, ht. to 19 1/2 more ...
African Bronze Wrist Cuff
Lot: 10Sold for: $470$400African Bronze Wrist Cuff, Ibo, c. late 19th century, flared at both ends with stamped and incised geometric decoration, (dark patina, old repairs),ht. 7 3/8 more ...
Two African Wood and Metal Spears
Lot: 11Sold for: $499$425Two African Wood and Metal Spears, both with metal wrapping around the shafts, the first with a long tapered spear point and chip-carved handgrip, the second with perforations in the gracefully more ...
African Carved Wood and Metal Spear
Lot: 12Sold for: $147$125African Carved Wood and Metal Spear, Dan, c. mid-20th century, the round segmented wooden shaft carved with a spear point at one end, a head at the center flanked by geometrically carved sections, more ...
African Carved Wood Mask
Lot: 13Sold for: $1,058$900African Carved Wood Mask, the hollowed oval form pierced at the edge for attachments, with a pierced single crescent-shaped eye, large cheeks, long nose, and pierced mouth, traces of red more ...
Five African Carved Wood Items
Lot: 14Sold for: $294$250Five African Carved Wood Items, Dan, a mask with a high brow and round perforated eyes, and four small "passport" masks, (patina of use, cracks),ht. to 10 1/2 more ...
African Carved Wooden Helmet Mask
Lot: 15Sold for: $118$100African Carved Wooden Helmet Mask, Cameroon, the hollowed form with prominent facial features, including pierced mouth with filed teeth, large deeply carved almond-shaped eyes, and arched brows, more ...
African Carved Wood Mask
Lot: 16Sold for: $294$250African Carved Wood Mask, Dan, the hollowed oval form pierced at the rim for attachments, protruding pierced mouth with metal teeth, slit metal covered pierced eyes, hide attachments, ht. 8 3/4 more ...
Two African Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 17Sold for: $646$550Two African Carved Wood Masks, Dan, both of hollow ovoid form with pierced eyes and mouth, (one with heavy insect damage),ht. to 10 more ...
Two African Carved Wood Items
Lot: 18Sold for: $558$475Two African Carved Wood Items, a highly stylized Mossi doll with incised detail, and a Lobi carved head with long cylindrical neck, (insect damage),ht. to 14 more ...
African Hide Covered Wood Headdress
Lot: 19Sold for: $470$400African Hide Covered Wood Headdress, Ekoi, with woven fiber base, in the form of a head with open oval mouth showing teeth, oval eyes in recessed orbits, and pegs inserted in the coiffure, (dark more ...
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 20Sold for: $323$275African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Yoruba, with pierced eyes, scarification marks, wearing a bowl-shaped hat, traces of Kaolin, (wood loss, cracks),ht. 8, lg. 12 1/2 more ...
Four African Carved Wood Ibeji Dolls
Lot: 21Sold for: $176$150Four African Carved Wood Ibeji Dolls, Yoruba, three males and one female, all with different stylizations, (wood loss, cracks),ht. to 10 more ...
African Carved Wood Twin Female Ibeji Dolls
Lot: 22Sold for: $1,880$1,600African Carved Wood Twin Female Ibeji Dolls, Yoruba, with highly stylized coiffures, trade bead jewelry, cowrie shell swags hanging from the hands, and indigo dyed tunics, (patina of use),ht. 11 more ...
Two Pairs of African Carved Wood Ibeji Dolls
Lot: 23Sold for: $558$475Two Pairs of African Carved Wood Ibeji Dolls, Yoruba, both pairs with a male and female, one pair with trade bead jewelry, (patina of use, cracks),ht. to 11 more ...
Three African Carved Wood Figures
Lot: 24Sold for: $382$325Three African Carved Wood Figures, Yoruba, two Ibeji dolls, a male and a female, and a Shango staff (broken off at the legs, dark patinas),ht. to 16 more ...
African Carved Wood Monkey
Lot: 25Sold for: $470$400African Carved Wood Monkey, Baule, standing on a base, with bent knees, long cylindrical torso, heart-shaped face with carved teeth, remnant arms, (cracks and wood loss),ht. 31 more ...
Two African Wood Carvings
Lot: 26Sold for: $382$325Two African Wood Carvings, a female Baule figure with hands to the abdomen, and an Ashante doll with bead attachments, ht. to 11 1/2 more ...
Large African Carved Wood Drum
Lot: 28UnsoldLarge African Carved Wood Drum, Yoruba, the hollow cylindrical form with pegged animal hide drum skin, depicting a kneeling mother nursing an infant, (encrusted patina, cracks, wood loss),ht. 46 more ...
African Carved Wood Door Latch
Lot: 29Sold for: $1,763$1,500African Carved Wood Door Latch, Bamana, the anthropomorphic form with incised details, (dark patina),stand included, ht. 22 1/2 more ...
Three African Carved Wood Door Latches
Lot: 30Sold for: $529$450Three African Carved Wood Door Latches, Bamana, two with abstract forms and incised detail, the third an anthropomorphic figure wearing a Colonial-style hat, ht. to 18 in.Provenance: A New England more ...
African Carved Wood Door Latch
Lot: 31Sold for: $176$150African Carved Wood Door Latch, Bamana, the anthropomorphic form with incised details, (dark patina),stand included, ht. 17 1/2 more ...
African Carved Wood Door
Lot: 32Sold for: $264$225African Carved Wood Door, Dogon, with twenty figures carved in relief, (heavy insect damage and wear),25 x 14 more ...
African Carved Wood Door Latch
Lot: 33Sold for: $118$100African Carved Wood Door Latch, Bamana, the abstract form with incised detail, (dark patina),stand included, ht. 15 3/4 more ...