Sold2021Mid 20th C. Yoruba Wood Shango Staff w/ FiguresWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A remarkable ceremonial staff carved from wood with a double-headed axe finial supported by two seated figures boasting a rich shade of cSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Yoruba Wooden Shango w/ Blue PigmentWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A dark wood staff in the form of a human figure kneeling and holding up an elaborate bow-shaped headdress. The figure has classically YorSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. Yoruba Painted Wood Figure of Priest**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. The Yoruba use wood to carve figures of people they see in their everyday lives. After the arrival of theSee Sold Price
Sold2016African Wood Ibeji Twin Male Figure w/ Beads & ShellsWest Africa, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A male "ere ibeji" figure standing with both arms at his sides, carved with an integral base and beautifully adorned with many strands of colorful beadsSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Yoruba Articulated Female Colonial FigureAfrica, Yoruba, mid to late 20th century CE. An articulated, painted, carved wood doll depicting a topless female with a classic Yoruba face with wide-open large eyes, scarification marks on the cheekSee Sold Price
Sold2021An African Yoruba Carved and Painted Wood Seated MotherAn African Yoruba Carved and Painted Wood Seated Mother Nursing Her Child, 20th Century. H: 18 W: 9 D: 12 in. Collection of Al Bright. Alfred L. Bright, (American, 1940 -2019), aka Al Bright, was a weSee Sold Price
Sold2023Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Female Figure, Yoruba, NigeriaAfrican Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Gelede mask featuring a female figure seated atop the coiffure of a large female head. Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, pigments and paint. The mask comes witSee Sold Price
Sold20173 West African objects. 20th century.A group of 3 West African objects. 20th century.++ Nigeria desiccated head fragment. Possible Bembe. Late 19th-20th century. ++ Yoruba Eshu staff with kneeling figure. Nigeria. ++ Oron wood post. NigeSee Sold Price
Sold2023Large Covered Ceremonial Bowl w/5 Figures, Yoruba, NigeriaAfrican Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Large Covered Ceremonial Bowl w/5 Female Figures, Early/Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, paint. 37.5H x 16W x 16.5D (inches). Private Collection, MassachusettSee Sold Price
Sold2022Baule Tribe Figure with Spear and Ostrich EggAn African Carved and Painted Wood Baule Tribe Figure with Spear and Ostrich Egg, 20th Century. H: 26 W: 6 1/2 D: 6 1/2 in. From the collection of Melvin Drimmer (1935 - 1992), Professor of African StSee Sold Price
Sold2016Namchi Fertility Figure StaffFertility Figure Staff, Namchi, Cameroon, West Africa, 20th C. Carved Wood with Beads & Shell. Based. Size: 44"H x 6"W (112 x 15 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview aSee Sold Price
Sold2020Yoruba Figural Post, 20th c.A Yoruba figural post.. The figure is holding a Shango staff. Nigeria, West Africa. 20th century. Wood. 51 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 2 1/2".See Sold Price
Sold20162 African Carved and Painted Wood Figures2 African Carved and Painted Wood Figures: 1) Baule Spirit Spouse-Blolo Bla, Baule People (Ivory Coast), 20th C. Size: 18"H x 5"W x 5"D (45.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm); 2) Seated Figure Depicting A Hunter, AkSee Sold Price
Sold2021African Carved and Polychromed Wood Totem Mask Figure,African Carved and Polychromed Wood Totem Mask Figure, 20th c., the circular face with a single protruding horn nose, over a geometric painted body on curved legs, H.- 79 in., W.- 17 in., D.- 12 in.See Sold Price
Sold2024African, Nigeria, Polychrome Wood Mask, Ca. Mid 20th C., H 15" W 10.5" L 15"African, Nigeria, Polychrome Wood Mask, Ca. Mid 20th C., H 15" W 10.5" L 15" | Possibly Yoruba; face features scarification on forehead and cheeks. Yellow painted face with red ears and black hair. DoSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C African Yoruba Iron Staff w/ Bird & BellsWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with two groups of long bells spaced out along it. The staff is capped by a bird finial below an upside-down group of fourSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Yoruba Painted Wood Gelede Mask**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A lovely example of a hand carved wooden Gelede mask that is painted with white, blue, black, red, anSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. Large West African Wood Staff w/ Two Faces**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, probably Dan peoples, ca. mid-20th century. A tall - taller than me! - wooden staff capped with two faces, one oriented upward, tSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. African Yoruba Wood Maternity Shrine FigureWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, barSee Sold Price
Sold202220th C. African Yoruba Wood, Bead, & Textile Figure**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An impressive and intricate ceremonial reliquary figure carved from wood and ornamented in glass beSee Sold Price
Sold202320th C. African Yoruba Wood Ibeji Twin FigureWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure, known as an Ibeji, representative of a twin, standing on an integral pedestal, with a skirt around the waistSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. African Yoruba Wood Shango Cult Figure - OrishaAfrica, Yoruba, southwest Nigeria, ca. 1st half of 20th century CE. Wooden Shango cult figure depicting the deity Orisha whose power is imaged by thunder and lightning. Squatting female holding her peSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. African Zela Wood Stool w/ Human Figures**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zela people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A charming hand-carved wooden stool with three anthropomorphic legs, each in the fSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rare 20th C. African Fang Wood Figure w/ Iron EyesCentral Africa, Cameroon/Gabon/Equatorial Guinea, Fang people (also Fan or Pahouin), ca. mid-20th century CE. A rare and beautifully patinated example of a byeri, a reliquary figure of an abstract forSee Sold Price
Jun 15Crescent City Auction GalleryGroup of Four African Carved Wood Masks, 20th c., Largest- H.- 20 in., W- 8 in., D.- 5 1/2 in. (4$325
2 days LeftAustin Auction Gallery(4) TABLE ITEMS: RELIGIOUS FIGURES, RUSSIAN LACQUERED BOX, & ROTUNDA$60
5 days LeftWinter Associates +SCULPTURE: 20th C. Benin bronze metal sculpture, depicting a female figure holding child, dressed$175
Jun 14DuMouchellesRalph Goltry (American, 1884-1971) Oil on Canvas, Ca. Mid 20th C., "Ranch Below the Superstition$125
Jun 14DuMouchellesLaszlo Neogrady (Hungarian, 1896-1962) Oil on Canvas, Ca. Mid 20th C., "Winter in the Tatra$375
Jun 13DuMouchellesIvory Coast, Senufo Peoples, Carved Wood Mask (Kpeliye'e), Early 20th - Mid C., H 15" W 8"$50
5 days LeftWinter Associates ASIAN: Carved wood Deity sculpture, 20th C., gilt face and hands, painted green and red robes, wear$75
Jun 14DuMouchellesSam Pratt (American, 20th C.) Oil on Board, Ca. 1953, "Rural American Landscape", H 19" W 24"$70(1 bid)
Jun 14DuMouchellesE. Blumenshien, Watercolor on Paper, Ca. First Half 20th C., Two Young Boys, H 23.25" W 18"$125
Jun 14DuMouchellesEuropean Oil on Canvas, Ca. Late 19th/early 20th C., Neapolitan Fishing Boy H 21.5" W 13.5"$100
Jun 15Crescent City Auction GalleryAndre Dunoyer de Segonzac (French, 1884-1974), "Grue a la Quai," 20th c., H.- 17 in., W.- 21 1/2$425
Jun 15Crescent City Auction GalleryEdward Stasack (American, 1929-2023), Ebonized Carved Wood Bust of a Woman, 20th c., H.- 20 1/2 in.,$325
5 days LeftWinter Associates ASIAN: Pottery jar and a pair carved wood reclining foo dogs on fitted bases, Chinese, 20th C.,$75
Jun 15Crescent City Auction GalleryLullabye Fine Furniture for Children Mid Century Modern Chest, 20th c., H.- 27 7/8 in., W.- 37 1/2$325