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Superb Mezcala Guererro Stone Temple Model Carving

Lockwood Dennis "Visitacion Valley, Geneva" (2001)

Chinese Han Dynasty Terracotta Dog Wearing Harness

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Bob DodgeOwner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art

Sydelle DienstfreyPhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts

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African Burkina Faso Iron Mask (Spirits of Ancestors): West Africa, Burkina Faso, Winiama or Nunuma peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fantastical iron mask of a convex annular form, surrounded by a cowrie shell border with slit-form mouth eyes

0085: African Burkina Faso Iron Mask (Spirits of Ancestors)Est. $700-$1,050

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Rare African Luba Nude Female Mboko Bowl Bearer: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a female Mboko bowl bearer, shown nude and seated with legs stretched out in front,

0085A: Rare African Luba Nude Female Mboko Bowl BearerEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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African Yombe Phemba Figure (Mother / Child Maternity): Central Africa, Congo, Yombe people, ca. mid-20th century CE. An evocative wood sculpture appearing to represent a mother and child as a maternity or phemba figure, though the mother looks outward,

0086: African Yombe Phemba Figure (Mother / Child Maternity)Est. $900-$1,800

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Tall African Brass Horse w/ Warrior Riders & Trumpeter: North Central Africa, Chad / Cameroon, Sao / Kotoko culture, ca. 20th century CE. A large brass statue cast via the lost wax method, depicting 3 figures on stylized horse with a standing trumpeter

0086A: Tall African Brass Horse w/ Warrior Riders & TrumpeterEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

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African DRC Ambete Wood Male Reliquary Figure: Central Africa, Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ambete (also Mbete) peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden reliquary figure exhibiting wonderful age and

0087: African DRC Ambete Wood Male Reliquary FigureEst. $600-$900

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African Benin Brass Sculpture Ikegobo w/ Oba: Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Court of Benin, ca. first half of th 20th century CE. A fascinating bronze sculpture resembling an ikegobo, or an altar to the hand, surmounted by a large head of an Oba, a

0087A: African Benin Brass Sculpture Ikegobo w/ ObaEst. $800-$1,200

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African Dan Ceremonial Mask (Gle), ex-Peter Arnovick: West Africa, Liberia and Ivory Coast, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask known as a "gle" or "ge" used during ceremonial dances by the Dan peoples. The

0088: African Dan Ceremonial Mask (Gle), ex-Peter ArnovickEst. $900-$1,350

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20th C. African Baule Wood Panel w/ Figure: West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A wood panel with a relief carving of a nude, standing woman on a rectangular platform. She has thick legs with a small

0088A: 20th C. African Baule Wood Panel w/ FigureEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

20th C. Yoruba Wood Eshu Shrine Figure, Standing Male: West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shrine figure known as an Eshu or Esu - a divine trickster, or orisha, who serves as a messenger of the gods. Dressed in

0089: 20th C. Yoruba Wood Eshu Shrine Figure, Standing MaleEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

African Baule Wood Figure, Seated Nude Female: West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a seated woman on an integral stool with a tall vessel between her legs. The simple stool rests upon

0089A: African Baule Wood Figure, Seated Nude FemaleEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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African Eket Wood Male Figure, Colonial Dress: West Africa, Nigeria, Eket peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure dressed in a Colonial-style shirt. Petite mortises on each shoulder illustrate how the figure's original

0090: African Eket Wood Male Figure, Colonial DressEst. $600-$900

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African Salampasu Kasangu Face Mask Warrior Initiation: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Salampasu people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Kasangu face mask with an intimidating countenance, sharpened teeth and

0091: African Salampasu Kasangu Face Mask Warrior InitiationEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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African Kuba Cloth Panel Checker Pattern - 29ft!: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lengthy woven cloth panel made from raffia palm leaves with a pompom trim- measuring 29.3 feet (8.9

0092: African Kuba Cloth Panel Checker Pattern - 29ft!Est. $800-$1,200

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African Bakongo Wood Nkisi Nkondi (Power Figure): Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bakongo peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden power figure, called a nkisi nkondi, their magic stems from materials often deposited in

0093: African Bakongo Wood Nkisi Nkondi (Power Figure)Est. $600-$900Lot Passed

3 Neolithic African Arrow Sharpening Stones: Ancient North Africa, Saharan region, ca. 10,000 BCE. A set of 3 stone arrow sharpeners, each with multiple grooves across the surfaces. The grooves were intended to hone standalone wooden arrows as

0094: 3 Neolithic African Arrow Sharpening StonesEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

African / Danish Neolithic Chert Stone Axe Blades: Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 10,000 to 6000 BCE; Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A collection of 2 Neolithic stone blades perhaps for

0095: African / Danish Neolithic Chert Stone Axe BladesEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Mask: West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating wooden gelede mask of hemispherical form, enveloped in a dark, mocha-brown pigment. Gazing forth from openwork eyes, the round

0096: Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede MaskEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

19th C. Cook Islands Ceremonial Wood Adze: Oceania, Polynesia, Cook Islands, Mangaia, ca. late 19th to 20th century CE. A striking wooden adze haft or toki, meticulously hand-carved with dozens of horizontal bands of zigzag motifs. It is said

0097: 19th C. Cook Islands Ceremonial Wood AdzeEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Papua New Guinea Sepik River Wood Mask: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask, perhaps intended for the dead given the lack of eyeholes, which are instead

0097A: Papua New Guinea Sepik River Wood MaskEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Polynesian Samoan Incised Wood Dance Club: Oceania, Polynesia, Samoan Islands, ca. mid-20th century CE. An impressive carved-wood spear club with a diamond-shaped blade, barbed shoulders, and notched and openwork details. The incised designs

0098: Polynesian Samoan Incised Wood Dance ClubEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Indonesian Seed Pod / Bone Necklace + Wood Tattoo Stamp: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Dayak culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A multistrand necklace strung with beads, and a wood stamp panel carved with a symbol. The necklace has three

0099: Indonesian Seed Pod / Bone Necklace + Wood Tattoo StampEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

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Rare Mass Assemblage of Carpoid Fossils - Armored Worms: North Africa, South Morocco, Ktaoua Formation, Ordovician era, ca. 449 to 443.7 million years ago. A remarkable stone matrix containing extinct carpoid fossils, in the Dendrocystites genus from the

0100: Rare Mass Assemblage of Carpoid Fossils - Armored WormsEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Madagascar Triassic Petrified Wood Fossil Slab: Eastern Africa, Madagascar, early to mid-Triassic period, ca. 252 to 220 million years ago. A fossilized / petrified tree trunk sliced crossways and highly polished on one planar face to showcase the

0101: Madagascar Triassic Petrified Wood Fossil SlabEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Large Fossilized Tortoise Shell - Stylemys Nebraskensis: North America, Western United States, South Dakota, Pennington County, Brule Formation, Oligocene, ca. 33 million years ago. A nearly complete fossilized shell - both the carapace and plastron- from

0102: Large Fossilized Tortoise Shell - Stylemys NebraskensisEst. $3,600-$5,400Lot Passed

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