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African Tribal & Native American Artifacts
![African Ghana Fante Asafo Flag Cloth: African Ghana Fante Asafo Flag Cloth Undated, unsigned, depicting fishermen netting fish, in an acrylic shadow box style frame Property from: a Private Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Height: 55 1/2 inches](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332204_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![Ethnographic Decorative Object Assortment: Ethnographic Decorative Object Assortment (33) items, (11) African items including a Tuareg leather tent curtain panel, an Ethiopian shawl, human and antelope hand puppets from Mali, a Kuba gourd pipe](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332216_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Beadwork and Basket Assortment: African Beadwork and Basket Assortment (36) items, (22) beadwork items including a South African beaded horse, (3) Yoruba belts, a Maasai collar necklace, a Maasai throwing club, a beaded panel, a sha](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332215_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Togo Ewe Tribe Kente Clothes: African Togo Ewe Tribe Kente Clothes (2) cotton textiles, woven in multiple stripes, both stitch tacked to stretched linen backers Property from: a Private Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Height: 73 inches](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332212_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![West African Painted Mask Assortment: West African Painted Mask Assortment (8) items including a Fang Ngil mask from Gabon, a Mossi bird helmet mask from Burkina Faso, a Tetela mask having feather attachments from the Democratic Republic](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332220_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Wood Carving Assortment: African Wood Carving Assortment Including busts, animals, abstract and bowls, some having signatures Property from: a Private Collector, Chicago (Edgewater), Illinois Height: 14 1/2 inches, Width: 11](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332217_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Carved Wood Paddle Collection: African Carved Wood Paddle Collection (3) items of various sizes, each having a crescent moon handle Property from: a Private Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Length: 52 inches (longest) Condition: light we](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332226_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Congo Kuba Tribe Textile Assortment: African Congo Kuba Tribe Textile Assortment (3) items stitched to linen backings, mounted behind acrylic in wood frames Property from: a Private Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Height: 19 inches, Width: 60](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332203_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Chokwe Face Mask Assortment: African Chokwe Face Mask Assortment (3) items including (2) having netting and strung wood tube bead attachments Property from: an Estate, Chicago (Gold Coast), Illinois Height: 15 inches, Width: 8 1/](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332222_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Kuba Textile: African Kuba Textile Stitched to backing fabric on a folding stretcher that collapses to 61 by 34-inches Property from: a Private Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Height: 30 inches, Width: 119 inches Frame](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332219_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Ethnographic Object Assortment: African Ethnographic Object Assortment (7) items including a North African Tuareg painted fringed leather horse / camel blanket having embroidered leather attachments, an East African gourd water / mi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332214_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Congo Kuba Textiles: African Congo Kuba Textiles (2) items including a rectangle and square asymmetrical repeating pattern and a repeating square pattern having dyed border embellishments, both having pompom fringe and at](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332213_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Cameroon Beaded Cache Sexe Aprons: African Cameroon Beaded Cache Sexe Aprons (2) beaded geometric aprons having attached shells, both in wood frames behind acrylic Property from: a Private Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Length: 11 inches,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332206_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![West African Metal Reliquary Handle: West African Metal Reliquary Handle (5) total items including a handle having a garish face and a bronze alloy construction; together with a Tiwi Islands Aboriginal spear, a tribal snake motif cane, a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332207_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Yaka Cap Mask: African Yaka Cap Mask From the Yaka of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having a white painted wood face, a handle below the jaw, the superstructure fabricated using cloth stretched over an armat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332221_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Luba/Hemba Kabeja Janiform Figure. Carved wood,: African Luba/Hemba Kabeja Janiform Figure. Carved wood, It measures 8 inches tall and 3 1/4 widest. This is a NO RESERVE AUCTION: there are no hidden or confidential reserves, all acceptable bidding c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8700/332907/179864601_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718662564)
![Early African Dogon Wood Granary Door Stylized Animals, Humans: West Africa, Mali, Bandiagara region, Dogon peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A carved wooden window shutter or small door used on buildings or storage facilities such as a granary, consisti](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080730_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Tribal Dogon Wooden Medicine / Tobacco Box Mali 15" H: Unique hand carved wooden box with double doors medicine or tobacco leaves standing cabinet originates from the Dogon tribe. Vintage piece around 40 to 60 years old. It stands on three legs with a lat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9207/327302/176404727_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715814009)
![West African Carved Wood Object Assortment: West African Carved Wood Object Assortment (9) items including a Dogon female figure, a Senufo female figure having black and red paint, a Senufo palm wine cup having fire spitter cover, a Luba female](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332223_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![African Carved Wood Masks: African Carved Wood Masks (3) total items including a Salampasu mask having a headdress of woven rattan balls attached to netting with a horn pendant on cord from the Democratic Republic of Congo and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332225_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![20th C. African Chokwe Wood Mask - Mwana Pwo: Central Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chokwe peoples, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. An evocative wood mask known of a Mwana Pwo or young woman displaying idealized f](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080732_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
News about African Tribal & Native American Artifacts
![Hughie Lee-Smith and Jacob Lawrence star at Swann’s African American Art sale April 4](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/174398390_1_x.jpeg)
Hughie Lee-Smith and Jacob Lawrence star at Swann’s African American Art sale April 4
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries‘ African American Art sale scheduled for Thursday, April 4 includes a standout selection of house favorites, including Hughie Lee-Smith and Jacob Lawrence, and features a special evening session to benefit the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. The catalog is now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. The sale is led […]
![Jasper52 brings From Sahara to Serengeti: African Maps Sale April 2](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/174232641_1_x.jpeg)
Jasper52 brings From Sahara to Serengeti: African Maps Sale April 2
NEW YORK — Every collection benefits from the ownership and display of antique maps, whether in the home or an office environment. Jasper52 will present From Sahara to Serengeti: African Maps Sale on Tuesday, April 2 at 8 pm Eastern time exclusively at LiveAuctioneers. Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792-1868) was an American publisher specializing in maps. […]
![African American historical ephemera was the focus at Freeman’s Hindman](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/171467891_1_x.jpeg)
African American historical ephemera was the focus at Freeman’s Hindman
CINCINNATI — Nearly 330 lots of historical ephemera crossed the block at Freeman’s Hindman February 27, with the focus on African American items. Complete results are available at LiveAuctioneers. The sale’s top lot was a first edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), the prominent black author and civil rights […]
![Stoneware jug attributed to African American potter David Jarbour is a top pick at Jeffrey S. Evans Feb. 9](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/169990118_1_x.webp)
Stoneware jug attributed to African American potter David Jarbour is a top pick at Jeffrey S. Evans Feb. 9
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. — A stoneware 10-gallon jug attributed to David Jarbour (circa 1780s-1841) comes to market at Jeffrey S. Evans Friday, February 9 as part of the Al and Billy Steidel collection. Estimated at $80,000-$120,000, the jug and the complete catalogs for both Friday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10 are available for bidding […]