A Yoruba Ceremonial Lid with Figures

A carved wooden lid to a vessel featuring a female and attendants in classic Yoruba style, painted and well worn, showing age and field use. Note the enlarged feet! Yoruba peoples, Nigeria. The lid me

This is an ornate vintage African Yoruba ceremonial beaded vest with figures, snakes, and animals including elephants, lions, and more. 90 x 30"

A wood Ibeji Twin figure (single) and a Yoruba wood lid with two figures on top.

A Lovely carving with elaborate coiffure and facial scars, a well handled surface patina. This is an older sculpture and may have been a lid to a ceremonial container. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa.

African 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, Massachusett

Large Early 20th Century Yoruba (Benin) Impressive Multi-Color Beaded and Nassa Shell Ceremonial Crown Headdress with King on Horseback and Guardian Figures Surmounted Top. Overall measures 27-1/2" x

Dating from cerca 1900. A very rare and Royal related figural staff. The male having a relationship to the house of head. Excessive wear and tribal use.The gory figure most unusual. Ex. Mass. Museum.

A group of two African containers. ++ A wooden lid with craved figures, Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. 7 1/2"h x 16 1/2" dia. ++ A brass lidded container, Ghana, Asante. 20th century. 6 1/4" x 7 1/2"

20th century, African, Yoruba, a cast metal, lidded, divination bowl with zoomorphic figures, lid and base with arched figures. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 18 x 8

**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 be

YORUBA BEADED CEREMONIAL CAP, with raised faces, adorned with a bird figure. With custom stand for display. 20th century. 17" H. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection.

A wonderful Yoruba carving of Olowe of Isa's famous offering bowl with 4 dancing girls on the lid and 3 figures and a head supporting the bowl, Nigeria: 14" W x 21" D x 41 1/2" H

A Yoruba Tribe Carved Wood Female Figure Holding a Lidded Cup, Nigeria, Early 20th Century. With male and female kneeling figures on lid of vessel. H: 17 1/2 W: 6 D: 9 in.

**Originally Listed At $350** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-built earthenware pot lid depicting a figure with a raised head who holds a small olla in both

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongated

A Tall carved wooden kneeling male figure with tall conical ceremonial cap atop an open work stool like structure with a perfect round ball trapped within that can move around yet not be removed. Yoru

Yoruba Peoples, carved container and beaded panel, Nigeria, incl. a figural carved wood covered food container, possibly two container lids put together, and ceremonial beaded fabric sash, 10"h x 17.5

Yoruba style, carved wood figures, Nigeria, incl. (2) Ibeji figures, the largest figure carrying vessel with removable lid, 22.5"h x 7"w x 8"d (largest), 11"h x 3"w x 2.25"d (smallest) Provenance: Est

A Finely cast bronze staff with kneeling anthropomorphic figure on top wearing a ceremonial crown and holding a pair of staff. The Edan Ogboni is used by Ogboni Cult members as a Symbol of Membership

A Carved wooden female effigy of a devotee with musical shakers in her hands as well as a ceremonial pouch around her neck. The figure has erosion on one side suggesting it layed on the ground or on a

YORUBA, NIGERIA, AFRICAN BEADED AND EMBROIDERED CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS H 20.5", DIA 13" Blue, white, green, red and yellow bead work sewn onto fabric. Adorned with figures of birds. Worn most often by r

West 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 c

West African, Nigeria. Yoruba beaded tunic / vest made of glass beads and cotton and depicting figures, snakes, geometric motifs, and animals. Traditionally worn on ceremonial occasions by priests ded

Two handled with ornamental lid. decorated with king, subjects, musicians. Early casting. Multiple piece mold lines on vessel. Lost wax figures and design elements. 6 1/2" width x 12" height x 5" dept