![1940s African Yoruba Cowrie Shell Cap: West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. 1940s CE. A domed cap shaped from a base of woven cotton that is adorned with hundreds of petite cowrie snail shells along the cap exterior as well as down each of th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180433305_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718834826)
African Cotton
![1940s African Yoruba Cowrie Shell Cap: West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. 1940s CE. A domed cap shaped from a base of woven cotton that is adorned with hundreds of petite cowrie snail shells along the cap exterior as well as down each of th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180433305_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718834826)
![African Bogolan Textiles (2 pieces) Brown and White Mud Cloth 66"In. Long: African Bogolan Cotton Textile in brown and white colors. Handwoven in small looms and sawn together to make one bigger piece, hand dyed by the Bamana Tribe of Mali. Features geometric designs made wi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9207/327302/176941133_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715814009)
![1940s Yoruba Beaded Ceremonial Cap (for King / Priest): West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba Culture, ca. 1940s to 1950s CE. A spectacular hat made from cotton cloth and covered with thousands of glass seed beads to form colorful patterns and symbols. The hat is a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540138_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![African Maasai Beaded Textile Belt w/ Silver Discs: East Africa, Kenya and northern Tanzania, Maasai, ca. early to mid-20th CE. A beaded apron belt or neck collar stitched onto a cotton cloth backing with straps for tying around the waist, with danglin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233942_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451667)
News about African Cotton
![Model of cotton gin reigns king of Heritage auction Nov. 8](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014_1030_42180_lead.jpg)
Model of cotton gin reigns king of Heritage auction Nov. 8
DALLAS – A rare and early working model of Eli Whitney’s revolutionary cotton gin, a cornerstone of museum exhibits from Michigan to Georgia, is expected to sell for $10,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’ Americana & Political Signature® Auction on Saturday, Nov. 8, in Dallas. From a direct rice paper printing of the Declaration of […]
![Yonezawa Atom Jet Friction Race Car leads our five lots to watch](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Milestone-Aux-May-11-Yonezawa-race-car-toy.jpg)
Yonezawa Atom Jet Friction Race Car leads our five lots to watch
Yonezawa Atom Jet Friction Race Car WILLOUGHBY, OH – Released in 1954, Yonezawa’s Atom Jet friction race car is one of the largest lithographed-tin toys made in postwar Japan for the export market. Measuring nearly 30in in length, the toy rides on rubber tires and has a noise generator when pushed along the floor. It […]
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Clementine Hunter, an artist pure and true
NEW YORK – Sometimes described as the Deep South’s version of Grandma Moses, Clementine Hunter (1886 or 1887-1988) took up painting late in life, in the 1940s, when she was a grandmother. By then, she had seen many changes, living under Jim Crow laws and with the prolonged aftermath of slavery in the South. Hunter […]
![Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art presented in New York April 25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/175561454_1_x.jpg)
Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art presented in New York April 25
NEW YORK – On Thursday, April 25, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will present its next Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art sale, featuring almost 675 lots curated by Clifford Wallach, an expert in tramp art, folk art, and Americana. The full catalog is open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Quilts always feature in […]