Rare Pristine & Very Old Animal or Humanity Bone Carved Decoration

A very old and interesting zoomporphic wood carving from the Naga of Northern India. Carved wood with a very well weathered and worn surface, possibly dating to the early 20th century. The figure meas

A rare Hunter’s headdress from the Hausa people of Nigeria , west Africa. Carved wood, animal beak, leather and natural fiber. The Headdress measures 18 x 15 inches ( 22 inches on professional custo

A Very rare old and field used carved wooden helmet style mask with tall horns and indigo blue pigment added as decoration. Bobo or possibly Bolo peoples, Burkina Faso / Mali Border, West Africa. Prov

A Very rare old and field used carved wooden helmet style mask with tall horns and indigo blue pigment added as decoration. Bobo or possibly Bolo peoples, Burkina Faso / Mali Border, West Africa. Prov

Carved wooden doll with large animal hide bundle around the torso and embellished with woven grass string and glass beads. Namji peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Provenance: Ex. Sol and Josephine Levitt, NY

This is a nice older carved wooden drum with a animal hide stretched and pinned over the top as a drum skin , decorated with 4 mask faces and some carved design on the base. The drum appears quite wea

A very rare old Shaman's medicine horn with a carved wooden stopper featuring a shaman riding a Singha Lion like effigy. The vessel is made from an animal horn with an ancestral face carved at the tip

A carved wooden idol with brass inset eyes and small animal horn on top to act as a "magic" charge to empower the idol. Such figures were considered mediums to the spirit world. The figure measures 14

A small carved wooden idol in classic form, embellished with animal horn and incised linear designs. Mounted to simple wooden base , the idol measures 4 inches tall ( 5 inches on base) . Songye people

A very old and well used wood carved dance crest with rattan basketry underneath and completely covered in animal skin. Boki peoples, Cross River region, Nigeria, Africa. The headdress measures 9.5 in

A very rare old carved wooden helmet mask with janus mask faces and two protruding spirit faces from the forehead. The mask is completely covered in animal skin, stretched tightly over the mask form a

This is a very rare old Liberian Trumpet, of carved wood and embellished with woven textiles and cowrie shells as well as animal hide. The Trumpet measures 28 inches long and was previously in a very

This is a very rare old and field used carved wooden Headdress of a spirit with its tongue out, covered in a red dyed animal skin and woven vegetable matter basketry cap on bottom. The red color adds

A Rare Ancient Chinese Jade CupA fine animal handled, relief carved Chinese ancient nephrite jade cup. This, an excavated burial piece dating from the Tang to Song Dynasties, 8th to 12th centuries. Th

Carved from a very heavy dense wood with stylized anthropomorphic form and adorned with various fetish material including animal horn, old beads and textiles. The sculpture may be Pare peoples or rela

A rare antique carved wood and animal hide fly whisk adorned with old glass beads and featuring a carved wooden female effigy as a handle. Luguru or related ethnic group, Tanzania, Africa. The Fly Whi

A Fine and rare late 19th to early 20th century short sword and original scabbard. The scabbard thinly carved wood covered in animal hide and attached with old tacks. embellished with hammered brass s

A rare and very old carved wooden Humboldt Bay hand drum with painted designs and animal skin membrane over the drum frame. Humboldt Bay, West New Guinea/Irian Jaya - Field collected by Todd Barlin, e

Rare and Important Monumental Old Japanese Ginbari Red Enamel Vase by Ando. Decorations of Bamboo. Probably Silver Mounted. On Original Heavy Carved Wood Stand. Condition: Generally Good, However Ther

An Archaic and weathered old wooden mask with remains of decorations, metal tacks, abrus seeds and animal hide. The mask shows extensive field use and wear over generations. The mask measures 13 x 8 i

A tall carved wooden mask with zoomorphic features such as animal horns and animal hide beard, along with retractable jaw. Note the mask is also adorned with old bones, bells and fetish bundles. Dan /

A Very Rare Old carved wooden Cross River dance crest with stylized female form, ornate decorative appendages and areas of weathered organic pigments. The dance crest measures 23 x 16 inches on its cu

Extremely fine and rare old carved wooden Tanzanian prestige staff with figural finial and some decorative elements. Provenance:- Ex. McConnell, Coll, VA, and previously acquired from Kahan Gallery, N

A rare old carved wooden and iron prestige axe with ancestor effigy on wooden handle. The Axe measures 16 x 5.5 inches. Field collected by Marc Friedrich in Angola, Africa in 1980.