20th C. African Yoruba Wood Staff w/ Painted Figures

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A remarkable ceremonial staff carved from wood with a double-headed axe finial supported by two seated figures boasting a rich shade of c

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A dark wood staff in the form of a human figure kneeling and holding up an elaborate bow-shaped headdress. The figure has classically Yor

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A ceremonial staff carved from wood with an axe blade-like upper portion and the body of a woman integrat

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. The Yoruba use wood to carve figures of people they see in their everyday lives. After the arrival of the

West Africa, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A male "ere ibeji" figure standing with both arms at his sides, carved with an integral base and beautifully adorned with many strands of colorful beads

Africa, Yoruba, mid to late 20th century CE. An articulated, painted, carved wood doll depicting a topless female with a classic Yoruba face with wide-open large eyes, scarification marks on the cheek

African, Yoruba, Carved Wood And Leather Drum, Mid 20th C., H 30" Dia. 12" | Depicting a standing figure wearing a cap and holding a staff. Provenance: Property from a Bloomfield Township, MI private

A group of Eight West Africa style figures. 20th century. ++Seated Yoruba wood figure, Nigeria, 8 1/2"h x 3 1/2"w x 2"d. ++ Lobi style wooden female figure, Burkina Faso, 7"h x 2"w x 1 1/2"d. ++ Lobi

An African Yoruba Carved and Painted Wood Seated Mother Nursing Her Child, 20th Century. H: 18 W: 9 D: 12 in. Collection of Al Bright. Alfred L. Bright, (American, 1940 -2019), aka Al Bright, was a we

African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Gelede mask featuring a female figure seated atop the coiffure of a large female head. Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, pigments and paint. The mask comes wit

A group of 3 West African objects. 20th century.++ Nigeria desiccated head fragment. Possible Bembe. Late 19th-20th century. ++ Yoruba Eshu staff with kneeling figure. Nigeria. ++ Oron wood post. Nige

African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Large Covered Ceremonial Bowl w/5 Female Figures, Early/Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, paint. 37.5H x 16W x 16.5D (inches). Private Collection, Massachusett

An African Carved and Painted Wood Baule Tribe Figure with Spear and Ostrich Egg, 20th Century. H: 26 W: 6 1/2 D: 6 1/2 in. From the collection of Melvin Drimmer (1935 - 1992), Professor of African St

Fertility Figure Staff, Namchi, Cameroon, West Africa, 20th C. Carved Wood with Beads & Shell. Based. Size: 44"H x 6"W (112 x 15 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview a

A Yoruba figural post.. The figure is holding a Shango staff. Nigeria, West Africa. 20th century. Wood. 51 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 2 1/2".

2 African Carved and Painted Wood Figures: 1) Baule Spirit Spouse-Blolo Bla, Baule People (Ivory Coast), 20th C. Size: 18"H x 5"W x 5"D (45.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm); 2) Seated Figure Depicting A Hunter, Ak

A group of Six West African style figures. 20th century. ++Janus Luba style implement, DRC, 14 1/2"h x 2 1/2"w. ++ African style staff , 11"h x 2 1/2"w. ++ Baule style standing wood figure, Ivory Coas

Two Yoruba Carved and Painted Double Sided Wood Oshe Shango Staffs, Early 20th Century. Tallest dimensions: H: 10 3/4 x W: 3 1/2 in. According to Yoruba beliefs, Shango the god of lightning, enriches

African Carved and Polychromed Wood Totem Mask Figure, 20th c., the circular face with a single protruding horn nose, over a geometric painted body on curved legs, H.- 79 in., W.- 17 in., D.- 12 in.

African, Nigeria, Polychrome Wood Mask, Ca. Mid 20th C., H 15" W 10.5" L 15" | Possibly Yoruba; face features scarification on forehead and cheeks. Yellow painted face with red ears and black hair. Do

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with two groups of long bells spaced out along it. The staff is capped by a bird finial below an upside-down group of four

**Originally Listed At $275** West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. A hand-carved wooden twin Ibeji figure, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorubaland (spanning

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A lovely example of a hand carved wooden Gelede mask that is painted with white, blue, black, red, an

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, probably Dan peoples, ca. mid-20th century. A tall - taller than me! - wooden staff capped with two faces, one oriented upward, t