A Songye Ritual Idol

A tall slender carved wooden shrine idol embellished with copper sheets and metal tacks, animal hides as well as woven grass rope and a deep well handled surface patina. Songye peoples, DRC/ Congo, ce

Carved wooden male idol with small antelope horn atop of traditional ancestor idol. Such objects were used during magic ritual as a medium to the spirit world. Adorned with glass beads and animal hide

Title: Bactrian White Marble Ritual Idol, c. 2000 B.C. Date & Origin: Bactrian, c. 2000 B.C. Description: Of white marble, flaring out at top and base with a longitudinal groove carved across the top

large old wooden sculpture from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. A highly stylized ancestral effigy featuring a tall male ancestor with elongated and exaggerated arms and hands in stylized pose

a very rare and fascinating ritual idol from the Ashanti or Baule / Akan peoples of Ghana. A very scarce image of a Mmoatia (singular, aboatia) which are forest dwellers known to the Akan or Ashanti p

Ancient Central Asia, modern day Pakistan / Afghanistan, Bactria, late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A beautiful idol or ritual object of a sizable form, hand-carved from mottled beige-hued stone w

A carved wooden male effigy with energetic facial features and form, most likely from the eastern Songye peoples. Such sculptures were considered mediums to the spirit world. The figure measures 18 in

A rare carved wooden Songye fetish figure known as "katatora" or "Kakishi" and features a classic Songye face with tall antelope horn, as well as a ring shaped form and accented with metal tacks. Trad

A rare and haunting carved wooden idol from a Brujos shrine, with a small old candle embedded into its head. Such idols are known to have been used by sorcerers in witchcraft and ritual. This idol mea

A rare and haunting carved wooden idol from a Brujos shrine, with an unusual headdress. Such idols are known to have been used by sorcerers in witchcraft and ritual. This idol measures 10 inches tall

A carved wooden shrine idol with implanted animal horn and classic facial treatment and overall style of the Songye magic idols. The Village Shaman/Priest or nganga assembled the bishimba, powerful ma

A Carved steatite stone image of a chief with traditional ceremonial cap, hands shown in a flared outward position and the figure is shown kneeling likely performing a ritual. Ntadi Idols (commemorati

A find old carved wooden magic power fetish idol known as Nkishi , a wooden idol that was created by a village witch doctor and embellished with magic ingredients and adorned with beads , animal hides

This is an old and very fascinating Twin fetish from the Songye / Kusu Border region, Congo, Africa. The sculpture of twins is not at all common among the Songye, and this example has a painted surfac

A carved wooden shrine idol with classic facial features, central animal horn and adorned with glass beads and animal hide. Such idols are commissioned by the village shaman priest or the nganga, who

A carved wooden diviners tool used in ceremonial divination practices as a sort of "friction" fetish. Songye peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The figure measures 8.5 x 4 inches. Provenance: Ex McC

A Carved wooden shrine idol with classic facial features and form, embellished with metal tacks and decorated with glass beads. Songye peoples, DRC / Congo, central Africa. The figure measures 8 inche

Bold and powerful carved wooden "Nkisi" magic idol from the Songye peoples, Congo, Africa. Carved from a single piece of heavy dense wood, this older example features a wonderfully stylized face and f

Carved wooden "Nkisi" or magic fetish carving from the Songye peoples of the DRC / Congo, central AFRICA. Such idols were considered powerful magic by the tribe, and this one in particular is interest

Near East, likely Turkey, Anatolia, Bronze Age, ca. 4000 to 3000 BCE. A very unusual idol or ritual blade, carved from a thin piece of lustrous black stone with light grey and white inclusions. The cu

A well handled and worn carved wooden female effigy with obvious handling and wear, note the well rubbed and worn surface suggesting ritual Use. This Idol was collected in India in 1970 by the Museum

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Central Asia, modern day Pakistan / Afghanistan, Bactria, late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A beautiful idol or ritual object of a sizable form, hand-carved f

A classic carved wooden bateba thil or spirit idol with colonial style cap on top, hands to chin in a prayer like pose and encrusted surface suggesting ritual use. The idol measures 8 5/8 inches tall,

A heavily eroded and weathered shrine idol in classic form hands in prayer like pose and signs of ritual offerings. The idol has been professionally custom mounted and measures 14 inches tall on stand