AFRICAN ART 2025-12-13 Auction - 104 Price Results - TRIBAL GATHERINGS in PA - Page 4
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Quakertown, PA, United States
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AFRICAN ART

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A selection of African Masks & sculptures offered at low starting bids with no reserves, many with important provenance. This auction will also feature a nice selection of Yoruba arts and other works from Nigeria, with a wonderful collection of Ibeji twin sculptures.
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A Kuba Ngongo Ceremonial Mask: A very old and well worn carved wooden Bongo helmet mask with painted designs and signs of field use. The mask has tribal stitched repairs with rattan along a stress fracture. There is an old
0073: A Kuba Ngongo Ceremonial MaskEst. $500-$1,000
A Pende Muyombo Mask: A carved wooden elongated mask with reddish mineral pigments and black & white kaolin clay, embellished with a raffia grass cap for the dancer. Kiwoyo-Muyombo masks are said to have been used in
0074: A Pende Muyombo MaskEst. $500-$800Lot Passed
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A Pende Mbangu Illness Mask: A carved wood ceremonial mask, painted in contrasting black and white pigments and adorned with a raffia grass and wood headdress. The mask has some decay and the mouth was broken a bit with handling
0075: A Pende Mbangu Illness MaskEst. $300-$500
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A Salampasu Mask: This is a early to mid 20th century MULANDWA mask, embellished with red abrus seeds, contrasting black and white paints and adorned with a raffia and rattan headdress, as well as mineral pigments.
0076: A Salampasu MaskEst. $800-$1,200
A Rare Lumbo Mask Ex Joseph Gerena: A carved wooden dance mask with alternate layers of kaolin pigment in red, white and black. The masks of the Lumbo and their neighbors in Gabon are used by dancers in performances during burial
0077: A Rare Lumbo Mask Ex Joseph GerenaEst. $800-$1,500Lot Passed
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A Fang Reliquary Head: A very rare Old carved wooden reliquary head from the Byeri Cult of the Fang peoples, Gabon, Africa. Among the fang peoples figurative sculptures were produced for the ancestor cult, or "Byeri,"
0078: A Fang Reliquary HeadEst. $3,000-$5,000
A Luena Mask Ex Wyman Collection: A hardwood carved wooden dance mask with reddish orange mineral pigments and incised tribal design, traditional coiffure and embellished with glass bead earrings. Lwena / Luena peoples, Angola,
0079: A Luena Mask Ex Wyman CollectionEst. $600-$900Lot Passed
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A Yaka Initiation Mask with Drummer on top: A Carved wood and painted textile Ndeemba Mask for N-khanda Initiation, embellished with a raffia grass collar and featuring a textile and wooden drummer on top. The mask measures 31 inches tall. A
0080: A Yaka Initiation Mask with Drummer on topEst. $300-$500
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A Yaka Magic fetish: A carved wooden magic fetish figure known as "Phuungu" with multiple layers of textiles and small pad locks which are used to bind a spirit into service. The wood that is exsposed has a weathered
0081: A Yaka Magic fetishEst. $500-$800
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A Fon Magic fetish with Animal Skulls: A carved wooden Vodoun shrine idol, embellished with animal skulls and jaw bones, teeth, magic bundles, pad locks, textiles and chains, all meant to attract and then bind into service a spirit. The
0082: A Fon Magic fetish with Animal SkullsEst. $600-$900
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A Dan Shrine fetish: A carved wooden shrine effigy with animal horns atop an anthropomorphic head and a dome like structure embellished with cowrie shells, magic bundles, mirrors and textiles. Dan peoples, Liberia, West
0083: A Dan Shrine fetishEst. $500-$800
A Fon Maternity Shrine Idol: A Carved wooden shrine idol with two small children, bones and a heavily encrusted surface of ritual offerings, the figure is bound with rope to bind a spirit into service. Fon peoples, Vodun
0084: A Fon Maternity Shrine IdolEst. $400-$600Lot Passed
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Ewe Sculpture of Mami Wata: A carved representation Mami Wata, a water spirit, as it is understood and depicted within the traditional Ewe religion (Vodou) of West Africa. Shown with three heads looking in all directions, it
0085: Ewe Sculpture of Mami WataEst. $200-$400
A Songye Stool Field Collected: A boldly carved wooden stool with ancestor figure as the central support, embellished with some old glass beads and an animal hide skirt attached, now weathered away. The stool itself measures 13.25
0086: A Songye Stool Field CollectedEst. $600-$900Lot Passed
A Songye Stool with Female Ancestor support: A carved wooden stool with classic female ancestor figure as the central support, the top with old tribal repairs, the base weathered and showing some erosion.The stool itself measures 18 inches tall
0087: A Songye Stool with Female Ancestor supportEst. $600-$900Lot Passed
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A Rare Dinka Metal Shield from Sudan: A field used old metal / iron shield with hammered dimple like design and tear drop form, overall well handled and worn but in good condition. Dinka peoples, Sudan, Africa. This is a large shield
0088: A Rare Dinka Metal Shield from SudanEst. $1,000-$2,000
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Antique Masaii Lion Hunting Spear: This is an early, possibly late 19th or early 20th century example in fine condition. The Spear is hammered steel with wood center, the Spear has a sharp pointed end to brace into the ground for the
0089: Antique Masaii Lion Hunting SpearEst. $200-$400
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Old Lozi Stool, Field Collected: A finely carved old wooden stool with fascinating openwork design on the central support and handles, all carved from a single piece of wood, showing wear and field use. The stool measures 9.5
0090: Old Lozi Stool, Field CollectedEst. $200-$400
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Antique Zulu Spear with Wire Wrap: This is an early, possibly late 19th or early 20th century example Zulu Iklwa or stabbing Spear in fine condition. The Spear is hammered steel with wood center and finely wrapped wire design, the
0091: Antique Zulu Spear with Wire WrapEst. $200-$400
Field used old Luba Drum, Field Collected: A large old and well played drum with deep bass like tone. Provenance: field collected 1974-1990 by David Brunell , Aid worker who lived in the region for 17 years. This has been in his collection
0092: Field used old Luba Drum, Field CollectedEst. $600-$900Lot Passed
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A Fine Antique Lion Hunting Spear from the Turkana: This is an early 20th century example in fine condition. The Spear is hammered steel with wood center, the Spear has a sharp pointed end to brace into the ground for the lions attack. A formidable
0093: A Fine Antique Lion Hunting Spear from the TurkanaEst. $200-$400
A Lozi Duck Shaped Container Field Collected: A very well handled and worn zoomorphic (Duck) older carved wooden vessel with fitted lid, a remarkable feat of carving, the vessel is hollowed out by hand and is near perfect.This is a large vessel
0094: A Lozi Duck Shaped Container Field CollectedEst. $200-$400Lot Passed
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Old Maasai Lion Hunting Spear: This is an early, possibly late 19th or early 20th century example in fine condition. The Spear is hammered steel with wood center, the Spear has a sharp pointed end to brace into the ground for the
0095: Old Maasai Lion Hunting SpearEst. $200-$400
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A Lion Hunting Spear from the Maasai Peoples: This is an early, possibly late 19th or early 20th century example in fine condition. The Spear is hammered steel with wood center, the Spear has a sharp pointed end to brace into the ground for the
0096: A Lion Hunting Spear from the Maasai PeoplesEst. $200-$400

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TRIBAL GATHERINGS

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