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Lobi Maternity Figure
Lot: 91Sold for: $984$800Lobi Maternity Figure, with long straight legs, an elongated torso, arms straight at sides, with small pointed breasts, an elongated neck and narrow head with high forehead and abstract topknot, a more ...
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Bangwa Royal Society Helmet Mask
Lot: 92UnsoldBangwa Royal Society Helmet Mask, cylindrical form with three faces carved in relief, the fourth side open, the high domed head surmounted by four projecting heads facing forward above each face, more ...
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Mende Helmet Mask, Sowo
Lot: 93Sold for: $738$600Mende Helmet Mask, Sowo, the oval face with close-set features, diminutive smiling mouth, pierced slit eyes in incised sockets, thick incised eyebrows, and naturalistic ears, the broad forehead with more ...
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Mende Bundu Helmet Mask
Lot: 94Sold for: $615$500Mende Bundu Helmet Mask, from the Sante society, fat rolls on the neck above a heavily pierced rim support the triangular face with downturned mouth, narrow nose, and crescent cutout eyes, all below more ...
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Baga Nalu Polychrome Mask
Lot: 95Sold for: $923$750Baga Nalu Polychrome Mask, large face mask of typical elaborate form, with bared mouth, exaggerated nose, surmounted by tall ears and horns, with scrolling openwork projection, with traces of more ...
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Yaure Face Mask
Lot: 96Sold for: $5,228$4,250Yaure Face Mask, hollowed-out form, with a stylized beard perimeter, a small pursed mouth, and long tubular nose dividing elongated slit eyes, the coiffure incised with geometric designs supporting more ...
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Dan Face Mask
Lot: 97Sold for: $492$400Dan Face Mask, pierced around the rim for attachments, with oval face, protruding cutout lips, triangular nose, and pierced crescent eyes, multi-ridged incised coiffure and black glossy patina, ht. more ...
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Dan Face Mask
Lot: 98Sold for: $492$400Dan Face Mask, hollowed-out form with diamond-shaped mouth inset with metal plugs for teeth beneath the naturalistic nose and pierced slit eyes, with a protruding central ridge on the forehead and more ...
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Dan Face Mask
Lot: 99Sold for: $984$800Dan Face Mask, hollowed-out form with exaggerated beak with animal hair attached, pierced slit eyes and rounded horns, pierced around the rim for attachments, deep brown patina, (missing lower part more ...
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Bronze Seated Figure of a Chief
Lot: 100UnsoldBronze Seated Figure of a Chief, Baule, seated figure holds a curved knife in one hand and a head in the other, with inventory number "69/26" and "Baule" painted on the bottom of the chair, ht. 4 more ...
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Standing Male Baule Figure
Lot: 101Sold for: $185$150Standing Male Baule Figure, the figure stands erect, with the left hand resting on his abdomen, the right holding a long beard, with a high crested coiffure, overall encrusted black patina, ht. 17 more ...
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Baule Face Mask
Lot: 102Sold for: $492$400Baule Face Mask, water buffalo form, the head framed by a deep collar pierced for attachments, long snout, with heavy lidded cutout eyes and short horns, overall black patina, ht. 9 1/2, wd. 6 1/2 more ...
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Baule Water Buffalo Helmet Mask
Lot: 103Sold for: $1,476$1,200Baule Water Buffalo Helmet Mask, with deep circular collar and projecting square jaw, open mouth incised with zigzagging teeth colored with kaolin, long triangular nose and almond-shaped eyes, high more ...
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Baule Face Mask
Lot: 104Sold for: $246$200Baule Face Mask, very deep oval collar frames the face, the small mouth with teeth filled with kaolin protrudes below a straight tapering nose and two cutout eyes also highlighted by white kaolin, more ...
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Yoruba Divination Chain
Lot: 105Sold for: $123$100Yoruba Divination Chain, linked chain made up of eight unique cast bronze faces, lg. 39 1/4 in. Provenance: The Charles and Blanche Derby collection, Northampton, Massachusetts; Mead Museum of more ...
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Yoruba Gelede Helmet Mask
Lot: 106Sold for: $1,722$1,400Yoruba Gelede Helmet Mask, hollowed-out hemispherical form pierced in two places on the rim, elongated face with protruding mouth and nose, coffee-bean pierced eyes with heavy lids, high protruding more ...
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Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure
Lot: 107Sold for: $154$125Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure, standing on a circular base, with raised feet, legs set apart with the arms detached from the body and hands on thighs, sloping shoulders beneath the oval face (well more ...
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Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure
Lot: 108UnsoldFemale Yoruba Ibeji Figure, standing on a circular base, with raised feet, legs set apart with the arms detached from the body and hands on thighs, sloping shoulders beneath the oval face, bulging more ...
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Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure
Lot: 109Sold for: $492$400Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure, standing on a circular base, with flattened feet, legs set apart with the arms detached from the body and hands on thighs, sloping shoulders beneath the oval face, with more ...
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Male and Female Yoruba Ibeji Figures
Lot: 110Sold for: $308$250Male and Female Yoruba Ibeji Figures, each standing on a circular base with flattened feet and incised toes, the angular shoulders below oval faces with typical features, each with incised coiffure, more ...
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Bronze Rooster
Lot: 111UnsoldBronze Rooster, Benin, 19th century or earlier, with overall dark patina, ht. 7 in. Provenance: Private collection, New York City; purchased in London sometime in the 1970s. more ...
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Ibo Maiden Spirit Helmet Mask, Agbogho Mmuo
Lot: 112UnsoldIbo Maiden Spirit Helmet Mask, Agbogho Mmuo, the hollowed-out helmet form pierced around the rim for attachment of a cloth head covering, the narrow angular face with pointed chin and open mouth, more ...
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Ibo Maiden Spirit Helmet Mask, Agbogho Mmuo
Lot: 113Sold for: $1,845$1,500Ibo Maiden Spirit Helmet Mask, Agbogho Mmuo, the hollowed-out helmet form pierced around the rim for attachment of a cloth head covering, the narrow angular face with rounded chin and open mouth, more ...
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Ogoni Face Mask
Lot: 114Sold for: $738$600Ogoni Face Mask, hollowed-out form with narrow face and small, wide, upwards curved nose, full dark lips, and slit pierced eyes with black painted eyebrows, square cut abstract ears beneath a finely more ...
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Ogoni Face Mask, Karikpo
Lot: 115Sold for: $554$450Ogoni Face Mask, Karikpo, pierced around the rim for attachments, with an open heart-shaped mouth, wide nose below large cutout eyes, central raised ridge on the forehead, and two angular horns more ...
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Kneeling Bronze Female Figure
Lot: 116UnsoldKneeling Bronze Female Figure, Nigeria, possibly a finial figure from a staff, ht. 9 in. Provenance: Private collection, New York City. more ...
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Ibo Male Standing Figure
Lot: 117UnsoldIbo Male Standing Figure, the attenuated figure stands straight with hands cupped in a gesture to the front, left hand holds a small head, with sloping shoulders beneath an elongated neck and small more ...
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Luango Figurative Carving
Lot: 118UnsoldLuango Figurative Carving, Kongo, fashioned from the tooth of a hippopotamus, with seven rings of carved figures, some in Western costume, (small repair at the opening),ht. 10 3/4 in. more ...
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Tabwa Face Mask
Lot: 119UnsoldTabwa Face Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, anthropomorphic face mask with cutout mouth and eyes, triangular nose, and protruding ears, incised lines around the eyes and running across the more ...
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Ngombe Stool
Lot: 120Sold for: $369$300Ngombe Stool, Democratic Republic of Congo, decorated with a combination of engraved designs, brass trackwork with old coins and ten cutout rectangles, traces of a native repair to the stem, with a more ...