ETHNOGRAPHIC 2023-12-30 Auction - 164 Price Results - TRIBAL GATHERINGS in PA - Page 3
A Pair of Ibeji Twin Idols Ex Simmons CollectionLaitsanyasitsa  Zuñi 1925 photogravure by Edward S CurtisPublished: Monumental Fon Vodoun Shrine Fetish Ex Simmons
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Quakertown, PA, United States
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A Selection of African Art and ceremonial tribal art objects, magic fetish, ritual objects and Utilitarian artifacts, Most from Africa as well as a few Oceanic objects. All lots start at only $50.00 and with no reserve. Tribal Gatherings is now working with Live Auctioneers new shipping program which is generating quotes right on the auction page. This is a new program that is still in development and it appears that some of the quotes are a bit high. Please understand that you do not have to choose this option if you do not wish to, we can work with you to find alternative shipping quotes. We have also just began working with The Packaging Store for our shipping needs, ask for AJ and he can give you a quote on shipping even before you bid. Mention our auction and give him a Lot number. Please email me with any other questions.
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Set of Three Old marionette Dolls from Nepal: A set of three old carved wooden dolls with movable arms and painted in red black and yellow colors, with well handled and worn surface. Nepal. The Dolls measure 7 inches tall. provenance: Ex Robert
0050: Set of Three Old marionette Dolls from NepalEst. $300-$500
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A Yaka Diviners Ritual Drum Ex Banks Collection: A carved wooden slit drum with finely rendered ancestor face on top and a well handled surface. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The drum measures 17 x 3 inches. Provenance: Ex Robert Banks
0051: A Yaka Diviners Ritual Drum Ex Banks CollectionEst. $500-$800
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A Fine Old Nupe Wooden Vessel with Feet: A field used carved wooden bowl with incised linear designs and four well worn feet. Nupe peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The Bowl measures 11.5 x 8 inches.
0052: A Fine Old Nupe Wooden Vessel with FeetEst. $100-$300
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A Bwa Aluminum Anklet with Avian Design: A tribal made recycled aluminum anklet with stylized bird finial and wonderful oval form. Such ceremonial dance anklets were reportedly made from the metals of crashed WWII planes and other
0053: A Bwa Aluminum Anklet with Avian DesignEst. $100-$300
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A Fali Beaded Doll: A carved wooden anthropomorphic image with stylized form and embellished with many old glass beads. In Cameroon , west Africa, when a young Fali man becomes betrothed, he makes a doll (ham pilu) from
0055: A Fali Beaded DollEst. $200-$300
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Ethiopian Silver Processional Cross Ex Museum: A very fine hand made Ethiopian Silver processional cross, hand cut from a nickel like silver into an ornate example of the Coptic faith. The cross measures 11.25 x 5.25 inches and hung as part of a
0059: Ethiopian Silver Processional Cross Ex MuseumEst. $100-$300
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A Baule Male Effigy Ex Banks Collection: A carved wooden male shrine or divination idol with well weathered surface and classic facial features and form. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The sculpture measures 15.5 inches tall on
0061: A Baule Male Effigy Ex Banks CollectionEst. $300-$500
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A Baga Stool: Carved from a very heavy dense wood and featuring 4 stylized Nimba sculptures as the central support, incised linear designs. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa. The Stool measures 15.5 inches tall x
0062: A Baga StoolEst. $200-$300
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A Bamana Pottery Vessel Ex Museum: A unusual terracotta vessel embellished with twisted rope like designs. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The vessel measures 9 inches tall x 4.75 inches wide and deep. Provenance: Ex SMA Museum of
0063: A Bamana Pottery Vessel Ex MuseumEst. $100-$300
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A Kissi Piomdo Shrine Sculpture: A Carved wooden effigy traditionally used to house mysterious stone relics found in Sierra Leone and Liberia. These small stone figures known as "Pomdo" have been discovered buried in the ground by
0064: A Kissi Piomdo Shrine SculptureEst. $500-$1,000
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A Fon Vodun Magic fetish Ex Simmons Collection: A heavily encrusted shrine fetish covered in sacrificial blood and organic matter. Stylized anthropomorphic form with ancestor spirit face, mask like forms with horns on the sides, shells and other
0065: A Fon Vodun Magic fetish Ex Simmons CollectionEst. $800-$1,500
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Antique Marapachi Bommai Wood Doll from India: A finely carved wooden Marapachi Bommai or doll from Southern India. Marapachi are traditionally passed on from one generation to another in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
0067: Antique Marapachi Bommai Wood Doll from IndiaEst. $100-$300
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A Kirdi Beaded Skirt Ex Banks collection: This is an antique womans cache skirt intricately woven into a geometric pattern with glass beads. Traditionally, among some Cameroonian groups, women wore only these modest aprons. In 1961, the
0068: A Kirdi Beaded Skirt Ex Banks collectionEst. $100-$300
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A Dan Weaving Pulley: A very uncommon example of a Heddle weaving pulley from the Ivory Coast. With a stylized mask like face and deep well handled surface patina. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley
0069: A Dan Weaving PulleyEst. $300-$500
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A Fine Old Nupe Pipe Ex Dr Endicott Collection: A well used old wood, clay and leather tobacco pipe with obvious signs of field use. The Pipe was wrapped in animal hide, leather and has some simple incised designs on the clay bowl. Nupe peoples,
0070: A Fine Old Nupe Pipe Ex Dr Endicott CollectionEst. $100-$300
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Antique Mafa Iron Throwing Knife: Old and original iron throwing knife from the Mafa ethnic group, Cameroon Grasslands, west Africa. Early to Mid 20th century. The weapon measures 21.5 inches tall.ConditionGood, well weathered and
0071: Antique Mafa Iron Throwing KnifeEst. $200-$400
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Parrot Mask from Panama: A hand made avian mask from the Wounaan-Embera Indians of the Darian rain forest between Panama and Columbia. The mask was made from hand woven palm fronds using the coil methods, much like a basket.
0072: Parrot Mask from PanamaEst. $100-$300