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  • Baule Wood Figure,

    Baule Wood Figure,

    Lot: 62
    Unsold  

    Baule Wood Figure, Ivory Coast, early 20th century, small female figure with aged encrusted patina, ht. 10 in. more ...

  • Baule Female Figure

    Baule Female Figure

    Lot: 63
    Unsold  

    Baule Female Figure, standing on round base, with hands to the abdomen, scarified cheeks and neck, ornately carved coiffure, dry dark patina, ht. 12 in. Provenance: A private Boston more ...

  • Senufo Female Figure

    Senufo Female Figure

    Lot: 64
    Sold for: $2,460$2,000

    Senufo Female Figure, angular form, elbows bent, hands resting on hips framing the narrow torso, pronounced at the navel, beneath large pendant conical breasts, high broad shoulders, small ears, more ...

  • Mbala Helmet Mask

    Mbala Helmet Mask

    Lot: 65
    Unsold  

    Mbala Helmet Mask, hollowed-out helmet mask, pierced around the rim for fiber suspension, some fiber still attached, white heart-shaped face, with open mouth, coffee bean eyes, pierced and more ...

  • Central Congo Basketry Rattle

    Central Congo Basketry Rattle

    Lot: 66
    Sold for: $738$600

    Central Congo Basketry Rattle, rattan woven enclosed basket with wood base and loop handle, containing dried seeds to shake as a rattle, with a dry black patina, ht. 11 1/4, lg. 11 in. more ...

  • Ibibio Face Mask

    Ibibio Face Mask

    Lot: 67
    Unsold  

    Ibibio Face Mask, oval form, red-painted face, black raised coiffure, grooved and painted scarification on the cheeks and forehead, pierced around the edge for attachments, ht. 7 3/4 in. (19.6 more ...

  • Brong/Bono Wood Doll,

    Brong/Bono Wood Doll,

    Lot: 68
    Unsold  

    Brong/Bono Wood Doll, western Ghana, late 19th century, cylindrical torso, the elongated neck supporting a flat face with high coiffure, face stylized in low relief, three brass tacks decorate the more ...

  • Lobi Figure

    Lobi Figure

    Lot: 69
    Unsold  

    Lobi Figure, of typical form, standing on slightly bent legs without feet, with protruding buttocks supporting a long torso framed by cut out arms terminating in block hands, the short neck below an more ...

  • Male Grave Figure,

    Male Grave Figure,

    Lot: 70
    Unsold  

    Male Grave Figure, waga, Konso, Ethiopia, overall cylindrical form, with thin arms carved into the sides and pendant genitalia, with a ridged collar, the expressive face with open mouth, long nose more ...

  • Kanyok Female Figure

    Kanyok Female Figure

    Lot: 71
    Sold for: $2,829$2,300

    Kanyok Female Figure, standing female figure, with straight muscular legs and rounded hips with exaggerated buttocks and pendant genitalia beneath a wide torso and protruding abdomen, slender bent more ...

  • Teke Power Figure

    Teke Power Figure

    Lot: 72
    Sold for: $1,230$1,000

    Teke Power Figure, standing on crescent-shaped feet, the bent legs tapering into a cylindrical torso with a rectangular cavity at the center, the thick neck supporting the head with geometric more ...

  • Tshokwe Mask

    Tshokwe Mask

    Lot: 73
    Sold for: $1,230$1,000

    Tshokwe Mask, hollowed oval form, with a circular protruding flange beneath the chin, straight mouth pierced through with pointed teeth, incised scarification on both cheeks, pierced around the rim more ...

  • Kongo Ceremonial Sword

    Kongo Ceremonial Sword

    Lot: 74
    Unsold  

    Kongo Ceremonial Sword, 18th century or earlier, commonly referred to as the "chief sword" or sipata, style imported by the Portuguese from the 16th century, long smooth iron forged blade with more ...

  • Kongo Ceremonial Sword

    Kongo Ceremonial Sword

    Lot: 75
    Sold for: $1,230$1,000

    Kongo Ceremonial Sword, 18th century or earlier, commonly referred to as the "chief sword" or sipata, style imported by the Portuguese from the 16th century, iron forged as one piece, (missing more ...

  • Kongo Carved Whistle with Horn

    Kongo Carved Whistle with Horn

    Lot: 76
    Sold for: $7,995$6,500

    Kongo Carved Whistle with Horn, standing figure with head turned to the right, holding a snake which is wrapped around its legs, figure lg. 5 3/4, horn lg. 5 in. Provenance: A private more ...

  • Zela Stool,

    Zela Stool,

    Lot: 77
    Unsold  

    Zela Stool, kipona, from the Mitwaba and Pweto areas of Southeastern Congo, caryatid stool, the female full figurine supporting the circular seat, sitting on her knees on a circular base, the full more ...

  • Songye Power Figure, Mankishi

    Songye Power Figure, Mankishi

    Lot: 78
    Unsold  

    Songye Power Figure, Mankishi, Kasai region, central East Congo, large feet standing on a mound, with thick abstract legs and a tapering waist, the pronounced abdomen framed by short bent arms, and more ...

  • Kuba Wood Neck Rest

    Kuba Wood Neck Rest

    Lot: 79
    Sold for: $492$400

    Kuba Wood Neck Rest, Congo, late 19th century, with a fine rich patina, ht. 5 in. Note: Old collection number FX91238 on bottom. more ...

  • Small Ndebele Beaded iGabe Cache Sexe

    Small Ndebele Beaded iGabe Cache Sexe

    Lot: 80
    Sold for: $369$300

    Small Ndebele Beaded iGabe Cache Sexe, strip of beadwork on cloth suspending hand-twisted strings forming a modesty screen, each weighted with a large pony bead, 4 x 4 3/4 in. Provenance: Jacobs more ...

  • Ndebele Beaded iGabe Cache Sexe

    Ndebele Beaded iGabe Cache Sexe

    Lot: 81
    Sold for: $369$300

    Ndebele Beaded iGabe Cache Sexe, strip of beadwork on cloth suspending hand-twisted strings that form a modesty screen, each weighted with a large pony bead, 6 x 5 1/4 in. Provenance: Jacobs more ...

  • Maasai Black Mane Headdress

    Maasai Black Mane Headdress

    Lot: 82
    Unsold  

    Maasai Black Mane Headdress, animal hide, with a black mane outer layer, worn by warriors from the Maasai peoples in Kenya and Tanzania, ht. 11 1/2 in. more ...

  • Journées Coloniales - 6 Juillet 1924, J. Van den Bergh

    Journées Coloniales - 6 Juillet 1924, J. Van den Bergh

    Lot: 83
    Unsold  

    Journées Coloniales - 6 Juillet 1924, J. Van den Bergh, "Sous le haut patronage de Sa Majesté le Roi," printed by J. Goffin fils Bruxelles, (some fold creases),43 x 23 1/2 in., framed. more ...

  • Sabina Airlines Poster

    Sabina Airlines Poster

    Lot: 84
    Unsold  

    Sabina Airlines Poster, c. 1937, promoting the airline in the Belgian Congo, with a stamp dated "1937" at lower center, 39 x 25 in., framed. more ...

  • André Hallet (Belgian 1890-1959) Danseurs, Watusi, Ruanda

    André Hallet (Belgian 1890-1959) Danseurs, Watusi, Ruanda

    Lot: 85
    Unsold  

    André Hallet (Belgian 1890-1959) Danseurs, Watusi, Ruanda, oil on board, signed lower left, titled verso, painting 13 x 16, frame 18 x 21 in. Provenance: Provenance: Jean-Marie Biebuyck more ...

  • Club, Macana,

    Club, Macana,

    Lot: 86
    Sold for: $800$650

    Club, Macana, Guyana, 18th/early 19th century, Wamara wood, trace of old paper label, (numerous chips, dents and cracks),with dark rich patina, lg. 16 in. more ...

  • Dan Face Mask

    Dan Face Mask

    Lot: 87
    Sold for: $492$400

    Dan Face Mask, small mask with pointed chin, narrow eyeholes, raised mouth, and tapering nose, eyebrows arched and in high relief, ht. 8 in. Provenance: Newman Collection, New Jersey; Sotheby's more ...

  • Dan Face Mask

    Dan Face Mask

    Lot: 88
    Sold for: $615$500

    Dan Face Mask, oval form with pointed chin, protruding mouth, and tapering nose, raised eyeholes beneath arched brows, pierced along the perimeter for attachment, shinny black patina to the more ...

  • Pende Pendant Ikhoko

    Pende Pendant Ikhoko

    Lot: 89
    Sold for: $1,968$1,600

    Pende Pendant Ikhoko, in the form of a stylized human head, with downcast triangular eyes, slightly protruding nose and mouth, rounded prominent forehead with two holes at the sides, bands of more ...

  • Three Fon Brass Figures

    Three Fon Brass Figures

    Lot: 90
    Unsold  

    Three Fon Brass Figures, each standing with a snake wrapped around the body, perhaps associated with the Mammy Wata cult, ht. each 4 in. Provenance: Newman Collection, New Jersey; Christie's, more ...

  • Benin Bronze Fragment of a Figure

    Benin Bronze Fragment of a Figure

    Lot: 91
    Sold for: $738$600

    Benin Bronze Fragment of a Figure, the squatting male figure holding large nail and hammer, wearing a flattened headdress, ht. 7 1/2 in. Provenance: Newman Collection, New Jersey; Parke-Bernet more ...

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