5772) Central African female sitting bowl bearer figure

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2019

Luba M'boko Bowl Bearer Divination sculpture, African

A Very finely carved wooden female Bowl bearer sculpture with elaborate headdress and well polished patina. Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. The figure measures 9 x 4.5 inches. ( 10.5 inches on custom bas

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2023

A Yoruba Offering Bowl, Nigeria, Africa

An unusual carved female double bowl bearer with pigment. The primary bowl is supported on the figure's head with four faces and the second bowl is held by the figure and supported by one of five chil

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2018

A Luba Mboko Bowl Bearer Divination sculpture

A Carved wooden female Designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 1

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2023

A Yoruba Bowl Bearer Sculpture

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with painted designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches ta

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2019

A FINE YORUBA BOWL BEARER SCULPTURE, AFRICAN ART

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl and small child on her back, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peo

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2021

Early 20th C. African Luba Wood Female Cup Bearer

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba / Kusu, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden statue of a seated female figure holding an offering bowl or cup known as an mboko. Highly sty

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2022

SMALL YONBE FIGURE MATERNITY CONGO ZAIRE CENTRAL AFRICA

SMALL YONBE FIGURE MATERNITY CONGO ZAIRE CENTRAL AFRICA Female figure on one knee with child at her breast. 3" X 8 1/2" Ship

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2017

(lot of 3) African carvings consisting of a Luba Style

(lot of 3) African carvings consisting of a Luba Style, Central African standing female figure depicted with traditional characteristics; together with two standing female figures showing facial and b

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2023

African Bakongo Kneeling Fertility Figure

Hand carved Bakongo Kneeling Fertility Figure From Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa | Kneeling female figure with hands on both knees. Her mouth is open, wearing customary hair / hea

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2018

CHOKWE, FEMALE FIGURE, CENTRAL AFRICA

Early 20th c. Carved wood. 12 1/2" x 4" x 3" Provenance Collection of Morton Lipkin, London Private Collection The Chokwe complex refers to a number of related tribes living in the Democratic Republic

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2019

4 Figural and Utilitarian Objects. 20th c.

A group of four ethnographic figural and utilitarian objects. ++ Congo style power figure with clay torso. 20th century. 10" x 5" x 4". ++ Luba female figure. Central Africa. 20th century. 7 3/4" x 3

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2022

A Bena Lulua Wood Standing Female Figure Height 31 5/16 inches (80 cm).

A Bena Lulua Wood Standing Female Figure Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo Height 31 5/16 inches (80 cm). Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted i

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2022

West African Style Female Figure.

A West African Style Female Figure sitting on a stool wearing a necklace. Wood, pigment, metal, and beads. 35 1/2” x 11 1/2”. Condition: Cracks, pigment loss, abrasions, and gouges. Proven

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2020

(2) MEXICAN FOLK ART RELIGIOUS SCULPTURE & CHALICE

(lot of 2) Mexican Folk Art painted pottery decorative items, comprising: (1) chalice, having pierced bowl, central female figure, birds, flowers and hanging beads, marked HC Mexico underfoot, approx

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2024

AZANDE FEMALE FIGURE FROM CONGO CENTRAL AFRICA

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2024

CENTRAL AFRICAN GABON FANG NLO BIERI RELIQUARY FIGURE

A small Central African Fang people Nlo Bieri reliquary female figure from Gabon. The Nlo Bieri reliquary figure is a part of the Fang peoples ritual and spiritual beliefs. The figure is adorned with

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2024

KUYU FEMALE CEREMONIAL FIGURE CONGO CENTRAL AFRICA

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2023

AFRICAN PUNU STANDING WOOD SCULPTURE

Central Africa, Congo / Gabon Punu carved wood standing female figure, having scarification, polychrome accents and resting on a custom stand. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Elizabeth Cros

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2017

3 West African style figures. 20th century.

A group of 3 West African figures. 20th century. ++ Dogon style standing female figure with bowl and pounder. Mali, Dogon. 41" x 7"w x 9 1/4"d. ++ Senufo style standing female figure. Burkina Faso/Ivo

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2018

Early 20th C. African Pende Wood Figure - Elder Female

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely elder female figure hand-carved from hard wood. The female pre

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2018

Rare Nsapo Nsapo Female figure ~ Fine African Art

A beautiful vintage wood sculpture from the Congo / DRC , central Africa. Carved from a hard, heavy wood with an overall reddish tone , this serene image of a female ancestor shown with hand to face a

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2022

A LUBA/HEMBA CARYATID STOOL Ex Kahan Gallery

A LUBA/HEMBA CARYATID STOOLDemocratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa. This is a double caryatid stool, presenting a male and female figure, with similar darkened coifs, standing with arms bent at t

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2019

Fine Luba Zela Mboko Divination Oracle, African Art

This is a exceedingly rare and very finely carved wood sculpture of a Mboko or bowl bearer from the Luba or Zela peoples of Congo, central Africa.This magic sculpture was designed to forecast future e

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2021

Rare African Ceremonial Staff

Central Africa, perhaps Mbala, ca. late 19th - early 20th century. Very old, square sectioned staff surmounted by a standing female figure, a separately carved bird pegged in below. MEASUREMENTS Heigh

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