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Miniature Songye Kifwebe Mask
Lot: 1096Sold for: $563$450Miniature Songye Kifwebe Mask, diminutive, hollowed-out, tapering form with a small square protruding mouth beneath an angular protruding nose, the whole decorated with linear striations filled with more ...
Songye Plaque Mask
Lot: 1097Sold for: $938$750Songye Plaque Mask, a small high crested mask on a panel, the sides curving inward and edges decorated with incised zigzag lines, a lug at the top for suspension, (back with worm damage),mounted on more ...
Songye Plaque Mask
Lot: 1098Sold for: $750$600Songye Plaque Mask, small mask on a flat wood plank, hollowed out at the back, the surface covered in kaolin, ht. 16 1/4, wd. 7 1/4 in. Provenance: Private collection, New York; Marc L. Felix, more ...
Kusu Female Figure
Lot: 1099Sold for: $8,125$6,500Kusu Female Figure, Congo, the waist wrapped in cloth, with pointed abdomen and breasts, hands at side, the elongated neck strung with five rows of trade beads, the angular face with a slit mouth more ...
Kusu Gourd Torso
Lot: 1100Sold for: $500$400Kusu Gourd Torso, female figure with hands on abdomen, long narrow arms and elongated torso, the angular face with slit mouth below a broad nose, and coffee bean eyes, the flat head with a filled more ...
Kuba Wooden Tukula Box
Lot: 1101Sold for: $200$160Kuba Wooden Tukula Box, highly decorated on lid, bottom, and rounded sides in multiple sections of geometric motifs, with iron hook attached, lg. 12 in. Provenance: Eliot Elisofon collection, more ...
Kuba Carved Tukula Box
Lot: 1102UnsoldKuba Carved Tukula Box, double hollowed-out narrow rectangles with rounded ends, decorated on the lid, sides, and bottom in multiple sections of geometric motifs, lid handles decorated with tacks, more ...
Kuba Palm Wine Cup
Lot: 1103Sold for: $2,125$1,700Kuba Palm Wine Cup, hollowed form, the flaring neck with crosshatched design, the diminutive mouth inset with a brass tack, beneath a broad nose and coffee bean eyes, wearing a close-cropped more ...
Kuba Palm Wine Cup
Lot: 1104Sold for: $250$200Kuba Palm Wine Cup, fully decorated cup with two bands of incised geometric patterns of interlocking lines below the rim and above the base, in between carved with numerous animal heads with zigzag more ...
Kuba Palm Wine Cup
Lot: 1105Sold for: $438$350Kuba Palm Wine Cup, standing on a base with four legs, the cup is decorated with interlocking relief-carved bands on a cross-hatched ground, the handle in the form of a man, dark patina, ht. 7 in. more ...
Fine Large Songye Axe
Lot: 1106UnsoldFine Large Songye Axe, the long thin cylindrical shaft encased in copper sheets, with a large blade cast in openwork form with three linear segments, one with an abstract face on either side, fine more ...
Congo Execution Sword
Lot: 1107Sold for: $438$350Congo Execution Sword, Ngombe, forged iron sword decorated with incised linear designs on both sides of the blade, metal-wrapped handle ends in triple brass-tacked wood hilt, with metal stand, ht. more ...
Three Congo Knives
Lot: 1108Sold for: $438$350Three Congo Knives, Kuba, each with forged iron blade and wood handle, with inventory label on the reverse, each with metal stand, ht. 17 1/2, 16, and 15 in. more ...
Small African Wood Stool
Lot: 1109UnsoldSmall African Wood Stool, Zambia, carved from one piece of wood, with four legs connecting underneath, each leg with incised linear pattern for decoration, smooth dark patina, (age crack),ht. 5 more ...
African Wood Stool
Lot: 1110Sold for: $250$200African Wood Stool, possibly Chokwe, fashioned from one piece of wood, with five short heavy legs supporting a thick platform, smooth dark patina, ht. 6 1/2, dia. 11 in. more ...
Chokwe Mask, Mwana Pwo
Lot: 1111Sold for: $438$350Chokwe Mask, Mwana Pwo, hollowed-out form, pierced around the rim, with netting still present at the back, with open square cut mouth, slit coffee bean eyes with a long narrow nose, scarification more ...
Wood Chokwe Comb
Lot: 1112Sold for: $188$150Wood Chokwe Comb, the central square panel decorated on both sides with finely incised lines, surmounted by two standing birds facing each other, (one tine partially broken),ht. 7 1/2 in. more ...
Chokwe Staff Finial
Lot: 1113Sold for: $2,500$2,000Chokwe Staff Finial, a head sitting atop a shaft, the face with coffee bean eyes and slit mouth, the coiffure incised with fine geometric lines and brass tacks, traces of oil on surface, ht. 6 1/2 more ...
Ethiopian Hide Shield
Lot: 1114UnsoldEthiopian Hide Shield, southern central Ethiopia, buffalo hide decorated with incised lines and embossed with parallel lines and protrusions, the rim serrated, dia. 31 1/2 in. more ...
Three Long-stemmed Wood Pipes
Lot: 1115Sold for: $250$200Three Long-stemmed Wood Pipes, Zulu, South Africa, one with wire-wrapped stem and lead inlay on the bowl, one with lead cuff on stem and metal around the rim of the bowl, the third with metal bowl more ...
Zulu Dance Staff
Lot: 1116Sold for: $938$750Zulu Dance Staff, Northern Nguni, South Africa, late 19th century, made from hardwood with three rounded and scooped appendages, smooth, dark patina, lg. 30 3/4 in. more ...
South African Beaded Panel
Lot: 1117Sold for: $344$275South African Beaded Panel, Ndebele, early 20th century, backed on a canvas fabric, with abstract multicolored designs on a white ground, framed, beaded panel size 16 x 18 in. more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1118Sold for: $750$600Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, with thick soles and soft hide uppers, the blue beaded ground decorated with colored abstract designs and each with a thunderbird design, mostly in metal beads, more ...
Two Pairs of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1119Sold for: $750$600Two Pairs of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1900, both with rawhide soles, soft hide sides, long tongues and multicolored beaded geometric designs, mostly in blue, green, red, and white, lg. 10 more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1120Sold for: $531$425Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, late 19th century, with thick rawhide soles, soft hide sides, beaded double tongues and multicolored beaded geometric designs, mostly in red, blue, and green on more ...
Pair of Women's Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1121Sold for: $1,875$1,500Pair of Women's Beaded Hide Moccasins, Cheyenne, fourth quarter 19th century, with rawhide soles, soft sides trimmed with cloth, long beaded bifurcated tongues with tin cones, and multicolored more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1122Sold for: $1,125$900Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, Sioux, fourth quarter 19th century, with rawhide soles, soft sides, long beaded bifurcated tongues with tin cones, and multicolored beaded designs on a white more ...
Pair of Woman's Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1123UnsoldPair of Woman's Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, Arapaho, fourth quarter 19th century, with rawhide soles, soft hide sides and decorated with multicolored beaded designs on a white ground, lg. 9 in. more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins
Lot: 1124Sold for: $1,375$1,100Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, Arapaho, fourth quarter 19th century, with rawhide soles, soft hide sides and tongues, with traditional Arapaho multicolored beaded designs on a white ground, more ...
Pair of Plains Beaded Hide High-top Moccasins
Lot: 1125UnsoldPair of Plains Beaded Hide High-top Moccasins, fourth quarter 19th century, with rawhide soles, high soft sides, long beaded tongues with tin cones, and multicolored beaded designs in blues and reds more ...