Terra cotta figures, West Africa

Terra Cotta Enema Figures, Bamende People, Cameroon, West Africa, Early 20th C. Size: 6"H x 5.5"W x 3"D (14 x 7.5 x 15.5 cm). PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview and pick

A group of Two Akan Funerary Figures. Terracotta. Ghana, West Africa. ++ Akan Funerary Head. 6 3/4" x 5" x 2 1/2". ++ Akan Funerary Figure. 7" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Condition: Neck of figure is broken.Sh

A group of three West African objects. ++ A brass monkey head. Possibly West African 1 1/2" x 2" x 2 1/2". ++ A Yoruba terracotta figure with a cowrie shell vest. Yoruba. West Africa. 15" x 10 1/2" x

West Africa, Nigeria, Nok culture. Exact dates unknown, fired clay / terracotta pottery. A stylized standing male figure in pillar form, with carved moustache, impressed D form eyes, stacked neck piec

West Africa, Northern Nigeria, Nok, ca. 1500 BCE to 500 CE. An abstract terracotta figure, featuring primarily the head and torso, molded in a cylindrical shape. The presumably male figure has a chara

Shrine type figure in black clay. Loss of one hand. Likely Mambila or Bamileke. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the

A group of three African figures. 20th century. ++ Standing wood figure. West Africa. 19" x 4" x 4 1/2". ++ Bankoni style terracotta figure. Mali. 16" x 8" x 6". ++ Sogo style wooden figure. Uganda. 1

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria, Mambila people (also Mambilla), ca. second half of the 20th century CE. A fascinating terracotta figure of a seated woman wearing a monkey mask. She

West Africa, Mali, Bankoni style, ca. 12th to 16th century CE. A wonderful abstract figure with an elongated, expressive form with massive long legs and smallish upper body. The head is in an upward p

Ancient West Africa, Nigeria, Nok culture, ca. 500 BCE to 600 CE. A hand-built terracotta effigy depicting a kneeling figure with arms held tightly against the ribs. The figure wears a set of parallel

A wonderful stylized hand crafted terracotta clay sculpture from the mambila, of Nigeria, West Africa. The sculpture features a stylized coiffure and raised spots, necklaces and ankle bangles, shown s

West Africa, North Ghana, Koma, ca. 16th century CE. A wonderfully modeled Janus totemic figure showing two heads back to back with long chins and open mouths; the heads are connected just above the n

3 Koma Funerary Figures. Koma People, Northern Ghana, West Africa, 13th - 17th C. Terra Cotta. 1) Size: 6"H x 2.5"W x 2.5"D (15.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm). 2) Size: 6"H x 3"W x 6"D (15.5 x 7.5 x 15.5 cm). 3) S

A terracotta fragment from the Nok culture (c.500BCE - c.1BCE), featuring an anthropomorphic figure surmounting a column or vessel, Nigeria, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 5.5" x 7" x 3.5" PROVENA

2 Komaland Terracotta Figures, Africa, 12th-18th C. Size: 1) 6.75'' x 2.75'' x 2.5'' (17 x 7 x 6 cm) Height on stand: 8.5" (22 cm) 2) 7.5'' x 2.75'' x 2'' (19 x 7 x 5 cm)

2 Komaland Terracotta Figures, Africa, 12th-18th C. Size: 1) 7.5'' x 3'' x 2.25'' (19 x 8 x 6 cm) 2) 8'' x 2.5'' x 2.25'' (20 x 6 x 6 cm).

Komaland Terracotta Figure, Africa, 12th-18th C. Size: 18'' x 5.5'' x 9.5'' (46 x 14 x 24 cm).

Djenne terracotta, Mali, West Africa. 14th - 17th century. A miniature version of the Y-shaped forms the Djenné peoples are believed to have used as bed or chair supports, the function of this piece

Group of (8) terracotta vessels, West Africa, old or ancient, various tribal cultures, including Djenné. Approximate size, 4.25"H (largest), 1.75"H (smallest). PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Phil

The Nok culture, which developed in Nigeris between 1000 BCE to 300C, is one of the oldest civilizations south of the Sahara. The Nok people are famed for their terracotta scuptures. This Nok sculptur

A Group of Five Pre-Columbian Terracotta Seated Figures West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Height of tallest 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Judith Meister, Highland Pa

A Group of Four Pre-Columbian Terracotta Standing Figures West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Height of tallest 11 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Judith Meister, Highland

A group of four African figural objects. 20th century. ++ Mask. 20" x 8" x 9". ++ Mask. 24" x 7" x 9". ++ Komaland style Janiform terracotta torso. West Africa. 11" x 6" x 6". ++ Mask. 20" x 9" x 12".

A Jalisco Terracotta Seated Figures West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Height of taller 10 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Judith Meister, Highland Park, Illinois Provena