Sold2019Early 20th C. African Tsonga Wooden Headrest**Originally Listed At $200** Southern Africa, Mozambique, Tsonga peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A simple and utilitarian headrest comprised of a bifurcated base, a pair of support columnsSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. Africa Dinka Wood Headrest - ReptilianAfrica, Sudan, Dinka Peoples, ca. 1st half of 20th century CE. Lovely carved wooden headrest in abstract animal form - actually reptilian. Long thin medium-colored wood with distinct "saddle" head supSee Sold Price
Sold202320th C. African Hemba Wood Janiform Head Rest**Originally Listed At $600** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hemba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden headrest with an intriguing Janiform head. Below the pSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th C. Ethiopian Wooden Headrest**First Time At Auction** Africa, Ethiopia, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden headrest used by its owner to preserve his/her coiffure while asleep. Carved from a single piece of wood, thSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Ethiopian Carved Wood Head Rest**Originally Listed At $100** East Africa, Ethiopia, probably Oromia region, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved wooden headrest with delicate, elaborate incised decoration on its exposSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Wooden Dan Mask**Originally Listed At $300** Western Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask in a characteristic style with slender, sunken eyes anSee Sold Price
Sold2015Early 20th C. African Wooden StoolAfrica, central region, ca. 1900 CE. It's nice to find African wood with real/true patina from use! This exquisite stool is not large but shows great character with the seat showing years and years ofSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Wooden Ogoni Goat MaskWest Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni, early to mid 20th century CE. A small but very strong goat face mask (karikpo) traditionally used early in the agricultural season as a figure in ceremonies that honor theSee Sold Price
2018Fine Early 20th C. African Jukun Wooden Ancestor FigureWestern Africa, inland Nigeria, Jukun peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An entrancing anthropomorphic ancestral figure, hand-carved from hard wood, with simple yet enigmatic features. The figure staSee Sold Price
Sold2022Massive Early 20th C. African Dogon Wooden Ladder**Originally Listed At $2500** West Africa, Mali, Dogon, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An enormous ladder carved by hand from the trunk of a hard wood tree. The ladder has a slender base, sixSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Fijian Wooden HeadrestOceania, Fiji Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful headrest with a planar base, an openwork ring-shaped support, and an elongated rectangular resting platform which is gently grooved towardSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Jukun Wooden Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $1800** Western Africa, inland Nigeria, Jukun peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An entrancing anthropomorphic ancestral figure, hand-carved from hard wood, with simple yet eniSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Shango StaffWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The womaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Baule Wooden Dance MaskWestern Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful Baule dance mask representing a female, perhaps an ancestor, hand-carved from a lustrous brown woodSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Bobo Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $800** Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved tall, dark, wood mask with a large figural crest. The mask has an abstract, dramatic appearanSee Sold Price
Sold2018Wonderful Early 20th C. South African Wooden ClubSouthern Africa, possibly Zulu people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine hand-carved example of a knobkierie, a club with a large knob at one end, made to be thrown at animals while hunting. With a loSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Kuba Wooden King Figure - NdopCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba (Bushoong) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful statue of an "ndop" (literally meaning "statue"), hand-carved from a single piece of hSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Ibeji Twins**Originally Listed At $800** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A set of hand-carved wooden Ere Ibeji figures depicting a matched pair of female twins. The figures haveSee Sold Price
Sold2016AN UNUSUAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY CARVED AFRICAN HEAD RESTAN UNUSUAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY CARVED AFRICAN HEAD REST in the form of an animal upon all fours. 1Ft 4.5ins wide.See Sold Price
Sold2017Large Early 20th C. African Bassa/Loma Wooden DrumAfrica, Guinea/Sierra Leone, Bassa Loma peoples, ca. 1900 CE. A hand-carved wood drum with five high relief abstract visages featured around the body, stylized raised arms or sceptors between these faSee Sold Price
Sold2022Early 20th C. African Songye Wooden Male Kifwebe Mask**Originally Listed At $400** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask with abstract, stylized features and coveredSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Figure, ex-Arnovick**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure standing atop delineated legs and wearing a shin-length apron with an exposedSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th C. African Bamana Wooden Flute**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Mali, Bamana peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely flute, hand-carved from hard wood, with a rectangular body and a tapering, conical handle with a smSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Igbo Wooden Ikenga Shrine FigureWestern Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga," hand-carved from lightweight wood. The ikSee Sold Price
FeaturedMay 26Santa Cruz Auction CompanyBaule - Bete Male Ancestor Figure - African Early 20th Century$600
Jun 14Eldred'sTWO AFRICAN CARVED WOODEN HEADDRESSES Late 19th/Early 20th Century Lengths 27" and 40".$150
Jun 04Heritage Auctions70319: A Dogon Ritual Adze Mali, c. late 19th to early$1,000
Jun 04Heritage Auctions70342: A Dogon and a Baule Mask Mali / Ivory Coast, c.$400
Jun 04Heritage Auctions70327: A Teke Fetish Democratic Republic of Congo, c. $1,000
Jun 04Heritage Auctions70315: A Senufo Seated Female, tugubele Ivory Coast, c$1,000
Jun 04Heritage Auctions70328: A Teke Fetish Democratic Republic of Congo, c. $1,200