![A Songye, "nkishi": Figur, "nkisi" Songye, DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Glasperlen, Horn, Kaurischnecke. H 28,5 cm. Provenienz: - Imelda und Paul Berger-Frei, Riehen. - Erbengemeinschaft Berger-Frei, Basel. Die](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5382/333074/179801041_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142038)
African Shell
![A Songye, "nkishi": Figur, "nkisi" Songye, DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Glasperlen, Horn, Kaurischnecke. H 28,5 cm. Provenienz: - Imelda und Paul Berger-Frei, Riehen. - Erbengemeinschaft Berger-Frei, Basel. Die](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5382/333074/179801041_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142038)
![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 Mask from Ivory Coast - Dan Ceremonial Dance Mask 14"In High: Dan Mask is a ceremonial dance mask from the Ivory Coast, made by the Dan Tribe or their sub-tribes as the Guere People and Yacouba. Adorned with decorative cowrie shells. Even it is known as "The Fem](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9207/327302/176941312_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715814009)
![Large African Lega Zaire Bone Shell Fetish Object: Large African Lega Zaire Bone and Shell Fetish Object. Decorated with cowrie shells and imbedded faces. 16 inches H x 9 x 9.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3185/332370/179255893_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717511887)
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Shell cameo jewelry: a traditional must-have for milady
NEW YORK — Among the most classic pieces in the realm of jewelry is the elegantly simple cameo. Typically featuring portraits of women or mythological scenes, cameo jewelry has been carved for centuries out of hard natural materials such as stone, but shell cameos might be the most beautiful examples of the form.
![WWII Blonde Bombshell poster, Cappiello rarities at Onslows, Nov. 25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/featured-5.jpg)
WWII Blonde Bombshell poster, Cappiello rarities at Onslows, Nov. 25
STOURPAINE, U.K. – Onslow Auctioneers will hold its 38th winter auction of vintage posters on Friday, November 25. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Top lots include a trio of extremely rare posters by the great master Leonetto Cappiello and an exceptionally scarce World War II-era poster that has gained the nickname the “Blonde […]
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Miscellaneana: Shell art
LONDON – Fate found us in Florida for the Christmas and New Year holiday, yet far from the madding Disney crowds. I wrote this with one eye on the sun setting over a nearly deserted beach. The only crowds there are the shell collectors, out in numbers of at least a dozen after high tide, […]
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Rare Shell Oil poster a favorite in Onslows auction Dec. 20
STOURPAINE, England – A rare and beautiful Shell Oil and Petrol poster by Jean d’Ylen, a French master of poster design, is one of the great items that Onslows will be offering in a Winter Vintage Posters auction on Friday, Dec. 20. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. The poster was discovered among a collection […]