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Ibo Male Standing Figure
Lot: 1532Sold for: $172$140Ibo 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 ...
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Mbala Helmet Mask
Lot: 1118Sold for: $492$400Mbala Helmet Mask, hollowed-out helmet mask, pierced around the rim for fiber suspension, traces of kaolin on heart-shaped face, slit coffee bean eyes, painted ears; high swept-back black coiffure ...
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Bobo Ram Helmet Mask
Lot: 1129Sold for: $2,214$1,800Bobo Ram Helmet Mask, Burkina Faso, hollowed-out form of a ram's head, pierced at edges for fiber suspension, fully painted with multicolored patterns, ht. 12, lg. 11 3/4 in. Provenance: ...
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Lobi Wood Post Figure
Lot: 1135Sold for: $369$300Lobi Wood Post Figure, male figure with diminutive arms held at side, elongated neck, and rounded head, with a heavily encrusted pigmented surface, ht. 52 1/2 in. Provenance: Mauricio Lasansky ...
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Ibo Male Standing Figure
Lot: 1147UnsoldIbo 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 ...
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Two Kuba Tukula Boxes
Lot: 1173Sold for: $308$250Two Kuba Tukula Boxes, one a hollowed-out semicircle, decorated on the lid and rounded sides, the second with an animal-form lid handle, with worn geometric designs and elevated on four short legs, ...
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Twenty Odd Fellows, Daughters of Rebekah, and Knights of Pythias Commemorative Spoons with Oak Display Rack,
Lot: 1902Sold for: $123$100Twenty Odd Fellows, Daughters of Rebekah, and Knights of Pythias Commemorative Spoons with Oak Display Rack, America, late 19th/early 20th century, fifteen sterling silver spoons commemorating Odd ...
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Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) Family Doctor
Lot: 52Sold for: $7,995$6,500Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) Family Doctor, 1941, edition of 300 (Czestochowski, W20). Signed "Grant Wood" in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l., information regarding the artist affixed to ...
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United States. Henry Darwin Rogers (1808-1866) and Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871) Atlas of the United States of North America.
Lot: 1273Sold for: $3,198$2,600United States. Henry Darwin Rogers (1808-1866) and Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871) Atlas of the United States of North America. London: Edward Stanford, 1857. First edition, folio, illustrated ...
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Aboriginal Bark Painting
Lot: 69Sold for: $1,107$900Aboriginal Bark Painting, attributed to George Milpurrupurru (1934-1998), c. late 1960s, "Dupan-Final Rites Ceremony," natural pigments on eucalyptus bark, (some small holes in the bark), 52 1/2 x ...
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Aboriginal Bark Painting
Lot: 70Sold for: $1,107$900Aboriginal Bark Painting, depicting spiders and webs, painted by Lipundja, at the Milingimbi Methodist Mission, Arnhem Land, June 1967, natural pigments on eucalyptus bark with label verso, (some ...
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Bamana Door Lock
Lot: 86UnsoldBamana Door Lock, Mali, in an abstract human form, with etched geometric pattern on the body of the lock, dark, rich brown patina with white bloom, ht. 15 in. Provenance: Mauricio and Emilia ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Luba Headrest
Lot: 121UnsoldLuba Headrest, male and female couple, each with one hand on the other's back, the free hand holding up the headrest together with the coiffure, the figures with large hands and feet, protruding ...
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Guerre/Wobi Mask
Lot: 1002Sold for: $172$140Guerre/Wobi Mask, carved wood embellished with hair, metal teeth, and two rows of bells, ht. 11 3/4 in. Provenance: Mauricio Lasansky collection, Iowa City. Note: "To understand and ...
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Painted Wood Ogoni Mask
Lot: 1290Sold for: $135$110Painted Wood Ogoni Mask, ht. 11 in. Provenance: Mauricio Lasansky collection, Iowa City. Note: "To understand and experience the world and other cultures has, since a very early age, been ...
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Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) Family Doctor
Lot: 45Sold for: $5,535$4,500Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) Family Doctor, 1941, edition of 300 (Czestochowski, 20). Signed "Grant Wood" in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l., information regarding the artist affixed to ...
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Shango Yoruba Staff
Lot: 1145UnsoldShango Yoruba Staff, female figure standing on cylindrical base, with a dark, dry, encrusted patina, ht. 20 1/2 in. Provenance: Mauricio Lasansky collection, Iowa City. ...
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Yoruba Post Figure
Lot: 1147UnsoldYoruba Post Figure, a female figure stands on a head, hair on both painted in black enamel paint, dry encrusted surface, ht. 38 in. Provenance: Mauricio Lasansky collection, Iowa City. ...
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Pair of Ogboni Figures
Lot: 1148Sold for: $185$150Pair of Ogboni Figures, linked together by a chain, the two figures would be worn around the neck so the figures would be on the chest, only worn by very important people with high positions in the ...
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Lobi Female Figure
Lot: 1156UnsoldLobi Female Figure, standing on long, slightly bent legs, arms at sides, with triangular breasts, below a thick neck, face with heavy jaw, slit eyes, wide nose flanked by protruding ears, with a ...
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Lobi Wood Post Figure
Lot: 1158UnsoldLobi Wood Post Figure, male figure with diminutive arms held at side, elongated neck, and rounded head, with a heavily encrusted pigmented surface, ht. 52 1/2 in. Provenance: Mauricio Lasansky ...
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Lobi Male Figure
Lot: 1159UnsoldLobi Male Figure, standing with knees slightly bent, hands held on lower abdomen, with square shoulders below an oval face with jutting chin, large nose and coffee bean eyes, with an overall black ...
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Ogoni Puppet
Lot: 1162UnsoldOgoni Puppet, Nigeria, figure seated on a platform, holding a knife in one hand and a head in another, the articulated jaw moves up and down using a stick which protrudes from the base of the ...
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Mbala Helmet Mask
Lot: 1167UnsoldMbala Helmet Mask, hollowed-out helmet mask, pierced around the rim for fiber suspension, traces of kaolin on heart-shaped face, slit coffee bean eyes, painted ears; high swept-back black coiffure ...
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Baule Face Mask
Lot: 1172Sold for: $1,046$850Baule Face Mask, projecting from an oval collar with full beard framing the face, small protruding mouth, straight nose and two close-set slit eyes, raised eyebrows below a geometrically decorated ...