African & Ethnographic Arts 2025-03-15 Auction - 101 Price Results - TRIBAL GATHERINGS in PA
A Rare Metoko Initiation Post Ex Jean Pierre HalletEra Gope Board Ex George CraigA Luena Initiation Post Field Collected
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Quakertown, PA, United States
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African & Ethnographic Arts

A selection of ethnographic masks, sculptures and utilitarian objects from around the world, offered at only $50.00 starting bid and with no reserve.
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Old Senufo Elder Sculpture African Art: A carved wooden effigy of an elder, bent over and shown working what appears to be a mortar and pestle. The figures is a visual representation of a village elder or even medicine man. The bottom of
0001: Old Senufo Elder Sculpture African ArtEst. $500-$800
Old Senufo Bronze Boat Shaped Anklet: Antique bronze ceremonial anklet in boat shape with one area of raised designs and undeniable well handled surface patina. Such objects are often considered units of currency and were worn as well as
0002: Old Senufo Bronze Boat Shaped AnkletEst. $100-$300Lot Passed
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A Fine Dan Feast Ladle: Elegant carved wooden feast ladle or spoon with incised linear designs and a anthropomorphic form. Known locally as wakemia or wunkirmian literally it translates as a spoon associated with feasts.
0003: A Fine Dan Feast LadleEst. $500-$800
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A Bamana Ntomo African Mask: A carved wooden dance mask with classic comb like structure above a flattened face with linear designs and simple eye holes. The mask shows well worn attachment holes and layered surface suggesting
0004: A Bamana Ntomo African MaskEst. $500-$800
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Era Gope Board Ex George Craig: A Era or Purari region spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).The boards were believed to be the abode of an Imunu, or spirit entity that is represented on the front,
0005: Era Gope Board Ex George CraigEst. $800-$1,500
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A Tall Dogon Walu Antelope Mask Ex Banks Collection: A tall classic carved wooden ceremonial mask of Walu, the antelope. With various painted areas in bright colors, tall swept back horns and large open work square eyes. Dogon peoples, Mali, West
0006: A Tall Dogon Walu Antelope Mask Ex Banks CollectionEst. $500-$1,500
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A Luena Initiation Post Field Collected: A tall Y shaped post with unusual split fork like top and two mask faces with small step like ridges suggesting a ladder like form and most likely connected to initiation ceremonies, the post would
0007: A Luena Initiation Post Field CollectedEst. $800-$1,500
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A Kerewa Spirit Board Ex George Craig: A Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. Early 20th Century. Spirit boards of the Papuan Gulf were traditionally made in the Central and
0008: A Kerewa Spirit Board Ex George CraigEst. $500-$800
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A Bakongo African Mask Ex McNemar Collection: A Carved wooden mask with inset metal tacks, painted with kaolin clay pigments. Bakongo peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 12 inches tall, 17.5 inches tall on its display stand. A high
0009: A Bakongo African Mask Ex McNemar CollectionEst. $800-$1,500
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A Fine Old Chokwe Leopard Stool: A carved wooden zoomorphic stool with central feline support and overall a well handled and worn surface. The stool measures 11 x 10.5 inches. Chokwe or Lunda peoples, Angola, central Africa.
0010: A Fine Old Chokwe Leopard StoolEst. $500-$800
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A Ngbaka African mask Ex McNemar Collection: A rare carved wooden ceremonial mask with incised linear designs , oval form , wide facial plane painted with mineral pigments. Ngbaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 18
0011: A Ngbaka African mask Ex McNemar CollectionEst. $800-$1,500
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A Songye Kifwebe Female Dance Mask: A carved wooden dance mask traditionally danced at ceremonies of the Kifwebe Secret Society. The mask has wonderfully exaggerated form and precise incised linear designs. The mask measures 14 x 8
0012: A Songye Kifwebe Female Dance MaskEst. $500-$1,000
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A Kerewa Spirit Board: A unusual Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Gulf province Papua New Guinea. Spirit boards of the Papuan Gulf were traditionally made in the Central and Eastern areas. They were
0013: A Kerewa Spirit BoardEst. $300-$500
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A Luba Zela Caryatid Prestige Stool: A carved wooden anthropomorphic stool with central female support and overall a well handled and worn surface. Despite their functional form, royal stools are never used for sitting but, rather, are
0014: A Luba Zela Caryatid Prestige StoolEst. $500-$800
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A Bamana Zig Zag Headdress: A Carved wooden abstract sculpture that was perhaps part of a superstructure that was once attached to a basketry cap as a headdress. The Sculpture features two chiwara antelope set on tall zig zag
0015: A Bamana Zig Zag HeaddressEst. $500-$800
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Old Dayak Wooden Rice Pot Lid: A carved wooden lid with incised demon like face and small wooden handle with carved face and form, like a small charm. The Lid , likely to a rice pot ,shows extensive weathering and age and
0016: Old Dayak Wooden Rice Pot LidEst. $300-$500
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A Makonde Lipico Initiation Mask: A finely carved old wooden ceremonial helmet mask with classic facial features, heavy lidded male, inset wooden teeth, inserted human hair with blue painted surface and signs of field use over many
0017: A Makonde Lipico Initiation MaskEst. $300-$500
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A Rare Marind Anim Kundu Drum: A rare Marind-Anim drum. Marind-Anim people, West Papua (Formerly Irian Jaya). Of hourglass form with square handle, the lower section with typical spiral designs and red, yellow and white
0018: A Rare Marind Anim Kundu DrumEst. $500-$800
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A Rare Metoko Initiation Post Ex Jean Pierre Hallet: A carved wooden post with concave angular forms and two ancestor faces. Ceremonial posts such as this would be presented during important events such as funerals, initiations of youths, and
0019: A Rare Metoko Initiation Post Ex Jean Pierre HalletEst. $800-$1,500
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A Guardian Figure from Nepal: A carved wooden shrine idol or guardian sculpture shown with hands to the chest over the heart and the other to the abdomen. The figure is heavily weathered and worn and likely served as a shrine
0020: A Guardian Figure from NepalEst. $300-$500
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A Lozi Rabbit Container Field Collected: A finely carved old wooden container in the form of a rabbit, with well handled and worn edges. Lozi peoples, Zambia, Africa. The Container measures 21 inches long x 9.5 inches wide x 9 inches tall.
0021: A Lozi Rabbit Container Field CollectedEst. $300-$500
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A Luba Kifwebe Mask: A carved wooden ceremonial mask with incised linear designs and black & white kaolin clay pigments. The mask is very well handled and worn and measures 17 x 10.5 inches. A metal display stand can
0022: A Luba Kifwebe MaskEst. $300-$500
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Abelam Yam Harvest Mask Ex Don Nice collection: A Colorful basketry mask decorated with ochre pigments and a wonderful woven design. According to the Met Museum : among the Abelam people of northeast New Guinea is the competitive growth and
0023: Abelam Yam Harvest Mask Ex Don Nice collectionEst. $300-$500
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A Gope Board with Imunu Spirit Entity: A unusual Kerewa spirit board with well handled and weathered surface and two small holes on the bottom where perhaps some objects, or even trophies from successful headhunting raids may have been
0024: A Gope Board with Imunu Spirit EntityEst. $300-$500