No Reserve Ethnographic Art Auction on Sep 26, 2026 by TRIBAL GATHERINGS in PA
No Reserve Ethnographic Art Auction
A Rare Ejangham Janus Helmet Mask
Old Kikori Peoples Spirit or Gope Board
Antique Yoruba Olumeye Offering Bowl
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Quakertown, PA, United States
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No Reserve Ethnographic Art Auction

African & Ethnographic Art ~ From Vintage to Antique, Including masks and sculptures and utilitarian objects from around the world. All lots offered at low starting bids with no hidden reserves.

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A Rare Ejangham Janus Helmet Mask: A carved wooden helmet style mask with Janus mask faces and a well weathered and worn surface patina and a overall washed and weathered surface, clean to the bare wood. This is a very rare style of
Est.
$400
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$1,200
$200
A Rare Wurkun Kundul Ritual Healing Magic Idol: A Tall slender cylindrical carved wooden fetish with highly stylized features and well handled surface patina, on long iron spike. According to literature , among the Wurkun ( or Junkun) if a member
Est.
$400
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$1,200
$200
Antique Yoruba Olumeye Offering Bowl: A fine Yoruba olumeye, a traditional hand-carved wooden sculpture of a kneeling female devotee with an offering bowl. A very fine old example from Nigeria, the name Olumeye translates to "the one who
Est.
$400
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$1,200
$200
A Kwele / Fang Ceremonial mask: A carved wooden helmet style mask with Janus mask faces and a well weathered and worn surface patina. The mask appears to have been painted at one time with white kaolin however only small bits
Est.
$400
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$1,200
$200
A Rare Sulawesi Shrine Door with Buffalo Motif: A rare late 19th century ancestral shrine Door from the Tana Torajah peoples of Sulawesi island, Indonesia.Traditionally such doors were once used to protect large shrines or even tombs that were
Est.
$400
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$1,200
$200
Old Kikori Peoples Spirit or Gope Board: A Kikori area spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century) A tall carved wooden panel of typical form for the type, the board in a rust color with black and white designs
Est.
$400
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$600
$200
A Kerewa Skull Rack Collected prior to 1980: A Mid 20th century Skull Rack of the Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. A skull rack is known locally as a agiba, which is a flat board-like figure created for the
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
Antique African Bow Lute on Display Stand.: Carved wooden musical instrument with natural branches as the neck. This Lute likely dates to the early 20th century, perhaps older. Known as a pluriarc harp, it is also called a bow lute. A stringed
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Tiv Male Ancestor Shrine Sculpture: A finely carved old wooden male ancestor effigy with classic treatment to the face and form, and with a well handled and weathered surface, stylized rooster like coiffure and a wonderful detailed
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Makonde Ceremonial Mask, African Art: A carved wooden ceremonial mask with openwork eyes, attached animal hide eye brows and mustache, evidence it also once had a beard, and traditional reddish pigment. This is a very large mask that
Est.
$400
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$1,200
$200
Antique Yoruba House of the Head Shrine: A fine Yoruba House of the Head shrine ile ori. Made from leather, cowrie shells, mirrors, wood and fabric. Likely worn by an Oba (divination priest), the headdress represents the ori-inu - the inner
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
Old Idoma Ceremonial African mask: Expertly carved from wood, this thin walled mask was painted with kaolin clay pigments and adorned with human hair and painted designs. Idoma peoples, Cross River, Nigeria. The mask measures 8.5 x 10
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A We or Guere African mask: A carved wooden ceremonial mask with several arm like appendages, mineral pigments, cowrie shells, textiles, inset metal teeth and animal hide. We / Guere peoples, Ivory Coast / Liberia, , West
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Igbo Alusi Shrine Idol: A carved wooden effigy of a female that represents a minor deity or spirit in the Igbo traditional religion (Odinani) of Nigeria, Africa. This Alusi sculpture was carved to act as a guardian, an
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Bamana Monkey Mask: A carved wooden mask in the form of the monkey (Ngon) which probably originates from the Koulikoro region at the centre of the Bamana country in Mali, West Africa. The mask has a well weathered
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Dogon Post Sculpture: A rare type of post sculpture with openwork design and very well handled and worn surface, weathered bottom where it has been buried. Such posts were used to tie or secure a horse too, a hitching
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Bamana Chiwara Antelope Headdress: A highly stylized and well used carved wooden dance crest in the form of a antelope, with wonderful form and well weathered surface. The Headdress measures 23 inches tall. Bamana peoples, Mali, West
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Horizontal Bamana Chiwara Headdress: A Finely carved Chiwara antelope headdress in classic horizontal form with incised details and a feline / Leopard like form under the antelope. This is a traditional wooden sculpture that represents
Est.
$300
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$500
$150
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A Gope Board From the Papuan Gulf: A Kikori area spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century) A tall carved wooden panel of typical form for the type, the board in a rust color with black and white designs
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Asmat Female Ancestor Sculpture: A carved wooden female effigy shown holding a zoomorphic abstract figure, possibly reptile and avian heads, and painted white with kaolin clay pigments and orange or rust colored accents. Asmat
Est.
$400
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$800
$200
A Asmat Maternity Sculpture: Carved from a heavy dense wood ( iron wood?) in an openwork design of Ancestor holding a child, perhaps to symbolize family lineage. Asmat peoples, Mid 20th century. The sculpture measures 21.5
Est.
$400
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$800
$200