Vintage African Cowrie Shell Covered Basket

Vintage African Cowrie Shell Covered Storage Basket. Size: 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.#3383

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century. A Yoruba king's belt wall hanging covered with colorful glass trade beads intricately sewn to depict stylized human faces/

A West African cloth woven vessel with animal hide base, surrounded entirely by cowrie shells. With handled knop form lid. H. 25.5 cm (10 in) Dia. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in) Bidders living outside of Canada a

Yoruba West African Tribal Babalawo Beaded Covered basket. Features multi colored geometric design with inset cowrie shells and fabric handle. Good condition with normal age wear. Retains original Joy

Group of mostly African covered baskets, an ostrich egg, beaded rings and gourd decorated with cowry shells, the largest 11"d

A VINTAGE AFRICAN COWRIE SHELL AND SEED MOUNTED WOOD ALLIGATOR HEAD HEADDRESS, hewn and hollowed from one block of wood into a stylized alligator head form with one side centering a large open eye slo

For your consideration is this pair of Nigerian African cowrie shell basket bowls. The bowls show layers of white cowrie shells and brown and speckled cowrie shells that are interwoven with fishing li

Two French Shell-Encrusted Lidded Boxes and a Pair of Cowry Shell Covered Baskets  20TH CENTURY Larger box, height 5 x 10 1/2 inches x 7 inches; Basket, height 9 1/2 x diameter 13 inches. Boxes, Anti

DESCRIPTION: An african woven rattan basket. Woven in an intricate pattern embellished with strung cowrie shells along the tim. Finished with a wooden lid with a rotund finial handle. CIRCA: 20th Ct.

Vintage African Maasai Kenya cowrie shells glass wired beads leather belt. It measures 29 & 1/2 inches long and leather strap 8 inches long. For measures please refer to the picture taken with a measu

Vintage African Leather Beaded Sash With Cowry Shells. Estimated more than 75 yrs old. African art is a term typically used for the art of Sub-Saharan Africa. A few of the most popular traditional Afr

YORUBA, NIGERIA. AFRICAN, LINEN, BEADING, EMBROIDERY AND COWRIE SHELLS CEREMONIAL HANDLED BASKET H 21" DIA 10" Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Birmingham, MI. Michigan Senator and creator of the Mic

Bamileke bronze mask from Cameroon, lost wax cast bronze with raffia and cowrie shell, basket base, roughly 16" x 13" x 9". Good condition.

(6) Vintage African cache-sexe, beaded loincloths, Kirdi Peoples, Cameroon, woven beads with cowry shell fringe, various designs, 15"l x 6"w (smallest), 28.5"l x 7.5"w (largest) Provenance: Estate of

(6) Vintage African cache-sexe, beaded loincloths, Kirdi Peoples, Cameroon, woven beads with cowry shell fringe, various designs, 19.5"l x 5"w (smallest), 23"l x 6.5"w (largest) Provenance: Estate of

Vintage African Beaded Tapestry, Kirdi, Cameroon. Glass Beads, Fibers and Cowrie Shells. It measures 59 1/2 X 40 inches fringe included. This is a NO RESERVE AUCTION: there are no hidden or confidenti

(6) Vintage African cache-sexe, beaded loincloths, Kirdi Peoples, Cameroon, woven beads with cowry shell fringe, various designs, approx. 21"l x 6"h (excluding fringe) Provenance: Estate of Distinguis

(6) Vintage African cache-sexe, beaded loincloths, Kirdi Peoples, Cameroon, woven beads with cowry shell fringe, various designs, approx. 21"l x 6"h (excluding fringe) Provenance: Estate of Distinguis

Vintage Huge African Beaded Tapestry, Kirdi, Cameroon. Glass Beads, Fibers and Cowrie Shells. It measures 59 1/2 X 37 inches fringe included. This is a NO RESERVE AUCTION: there are no hidden or confi

Hide, bead, metal and cowrie shells, neck piece w/dangling points 9.5" W x 17" L, earring w/matching dangling points approx.7.5" L.

Beautiful long piece of chocolate brown African DRC, repeating hand embroidery design with cowry shells and small sections of open work handmade and dyed. Mid 20th. C . Condition very good with a coup

A Dan Deangle Mask. Dan people, Liberia West Africa. Together with a cowrie shell belt and a cowrie shell basket Mask: 12.5" x 10" x 3"

Ethnographic Collector's Lot. Including and a Mossi square-bottom round-top leather & cowrie shell trim straw basket, vintage Japanese Ikebana basket, and more. Sizes Ranging From: 2.5'' x 8'' x 8'' (

Vintage Mangbetu whisk with Ancestor head on handle and accented with cowrie shells , from the Congo, Africa. This Vintage whisk has a very well worn and well handled surface patina, note the well wor