Living Traditions Ethnographic Arts 2025-07-05 Auction - 112 Price Results - TRIBAL GATHERINGS in PA
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Living Traditions Ethnographic Arts

Living Traditions: Contemporary Ethnographic Arts. Tribal Gatherings offers a selection of Mid to Late 20th century masks and early 21st century sculptures, textiles and decorative arts. For the last 33 years Tribal Gatherings has worked with our friends abroad to bring their ethnographic arts to the U.S. market, with each sale directly benefiting the local indigenous artists and families in West and Central Africa, Indonesia, Peru & Amazonia. In this sale we will offer a few antiques, some vintage and many contemporary and new works of art at no reserve.
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Todd Zieseniss
Todd Zieseniss
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A Dogon Hunter Mask: A highly stylized carved wooden mask with weathered surface heavily patinated with inset wooden teeth. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, acting as an aggressive Hunter during dancers
0001: A Dogon Hunter MaskEst. $300-$600
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A Dogon Crocodile Mask: A Long carved wooden ceremonial mask known as “Waka Kakada” or Crocodile mask with raised eyes and snout , painted geometric designs, holes where wooden teeth were once inserted and remains
0002: A Dogon Crocodile MaskEst. $400-$800
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A Bamana Kono Shrine Mask: A carved wooden mask form with well worn and weathered surface and with evidence of shrine use, areas where rodents have chewed the wood likely after ritual offerings were poured onto the mask. The
0003: A Bamana Kono Shrine MaskEst. $300-$500Buy Now for $300.00
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A Bamana Chiwara Mother & Child Dance Crest: A highly stylized carved wooden dance crest of a female antelope and her child that at one time was mounted to a basketry cap and worn during agricultural festivals and ceremonies related to the
0004: A Bamana Chiwara Mother & Child Dance CrestEst. $300-$500
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A Dogon Nommo Sculpture: A sculpture of four male and female ancestors in a classic style that relates to the myth of Nommo, who according to Dogon beliefs, came down from the heavens in an Ark, and at some point divided
0005: A Dogon Nommo SculptureEst. $300-$600
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A Marka African Mask: A highly stylized carved wooden dance mask with hammered bras or bronze sheet embellishing the face as well as three long tassels and stylized antelope horns. Marka / Bamana peoples, Mali, West
0007: A Marka African MaskEst. $200-$300Buy Now for $200.00
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A Bamana Ntomo Mask with Ancestor finial: A highly stylized carved wooden dance mask with kneeling ancestor on top along with traditional comb form, elongated face with incised linear designs representing a Hyena.Bamana peoples, Mali, West
0008: A Bamana Ntomo Mask with Ancestor finialEst. $300-$500
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A Bamana Elephant mask: A long carved wooden mask with encrusted surface and classic form. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. Such ‘elephant masks’ play an important role in the initiation ceremony of the Bambara youth,
0009: A Bamana Elephant maskEst. $300-$500
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A Dogon Female Carrying a Burden Sculpture: A well weathered and worn sculpture of a female carrying a burden above her head, with very weathered and worn features, notably the arms , and even the bottom of one leg has a tribal repair with an
0010: A Dogon Female Carrying a Burden SculptureEst. $200-$300Buy Now for $200.00
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A Heavily Eroded Bamana mask: A highly stylized carved wooden dance mask with a heavily weathered and eroded surface, most likely created to look like an ancient mask.Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The sculpture measures 12
0011: A Heavily Eroded Bamana maskEst. $100-$150
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A Bamana African mask: A highly stylized carved wooden dance mask with a heavily weathered and eroded surfaceBamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The sculpture measures 12 x 7.5 inches. There is no display stand included.
0012: A Bamana African maskEst. $100-$150Buy Now for $100.00
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A Dogon Bede Fiber Headdress: A Long ceremonial headdress and costume known as BEDE , and often worn by dancers and stilt walkers to represent the women of the Fulbe ethnic group who were considered beautiful, but marriage was
0013: A Dogon Bede Fiber HeaddressEst. $500-$800
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A Pair of Ngbaka or Azande sculpture: A pair of carved wooden male and female sculptures with highly stylized forms and lovely polished patina. Ngbaka or Azande peoples, Ubangi region, Congo, Africa. The sculptures measure 18 and 16
0014: A Pair of Ngbaka or Azande sculptureEst. $300-$500
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A Dan Gagon Bird Mask: A highly stylized carved wooden mask with a wonderfully exaggerated bird beak, brass tack accents, some rattan on the upper edges of the mask and overall weathered surface. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast.
0015: A Dan Gagon Bird MaskEst. $500-$800
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A Dan Bassa African mask: A beautiful carved wooden mask with inset teeth and highly stylized coiffure and collar, all carved from a single piece of wood. The mask measures 16 x 9 inches. Dan Bassa Ethnic group, Liberia,
0016: A Dan Bassa African maskEst. $500-$800
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A Bete African Mask: A Carved wooden mask painted black with metal tacks and open work appendages. Bete peoples, Dan Complex of Tribes, Liberia, West Africa. The mask measures 9 x 6.5 inches. A metal display stand can
0017: A Bete African MaskEst. $300-$500
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A Bete Spider mask: A Carved wooden mask with metal tacks and long open work appendages that resemble a spiders legs. Bete peoples, Dan Complex of Tribes, Liberia, West Africa. The mask measures 13.5 x 9 inches. A
0018: A Bete Spider maskEst. $300-$500
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A Baule African mask with Swept Back Horns: A carved wooden mask with raised linear designs, an aggressive face and swept back animal like horns. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 19 inches tall. A metal display stand
0019: A Baule African mask with Swept Back HornsEst. $300-$500Buy Now for $300.00
A Ligbe African mask: A carved wooden dance mask with a wonderful elaborate carved coiffure, raised linear designs and kaolin clay pigments. Such a mask would have been used by the Do association of the West African Ligbi
0020: A Ligbe African maskEst. $300-$500Buy Now for $300.00