Precolumbian, Egyptian & Persian Antiquities

Russia, age unknown, a silver "Yad" or T

orah pointer". 16" long with Moscow hallmarks, "84" and...

Russia, age unknown, a silver "Yad" or T

orah pointer". 17.5" long with Moscow hallmarks, "84" and...

Russia, late 19th century. A very colorf

ul and attractive enameled silver Mezuzah case. The case is chased...

Russian silver belt in multi rectangular

segments. Each with hallmarks on the inside and ornate floral...

Sudan, Nubia. 19th Century. A pair of la

rge wooden serving bowls with decorated rims. Signs of use and...

Africa, Nigeria, Benin style bronze of a

standing chief. He holds a ceremonial sword called a deben. He...

West Africa, Nigeria, Idoma(?), a carved

wooden headdress of a female with distinctive 4 rowed coiffure...

West Africa, Fon Tribe, c.1890, a Benin

"Gri Gri" amulet. Ritual tool made from bone and dressed with...

West Africa, Mali, Bambara, a "N'tomo" m

ask. Old stylized mask with 5 vertical projections above the head...

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Bete-Gere, a l

arge face mask with typically exaggerated features. Large gaping...

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro, nicely c

arved dark wood mask with delicate facial features, protruding...

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule, a nicel

y carved dark wood face mask with typical scarification, tall...

Africa, Southern Zaire, Kuba, early 20th

Century. A fing bukaan "klyster". An elegantly carved wooden...

Central Africa, Zaire, Suku helmet mask.

Pale yellow wood face, the hair and horned animal atop the head...

Central Africa, Zaire, Songye, early 20t

h Century. A tall "nail" of power fetish. Standing male with...

Central Africa, Congo(?), a quite unusua

l musical instrument in the shape of a lyre. Five strings across...

Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, Nayari

t, Jalisco and Colima by Michael Kan, L.A. County of Art...

Pre-Columbian Art by Jose Alcina Franch.

Abrams Publishers, NY, 1983. Large hardcover. 614 pages of color...