African Cowrie Shell Woven Rattan Basket

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.

(lot of 2) African woven items, including: (1) rattan basket, accented throughout with cowrie shells, bundled sticks, carved heads, single woven carrying strap, approx 15.75"h, 14.5"w, 2.5"d, (1) wove

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

3 Sumatran Beaded Woven Wedding Baskets, Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung Bay area, circa 1930-1960. Fully beaded split rattan baskets with cowrie shell edging, The baskets are used mainly for the presenta

Three baskets, two Yoruba Money Baskets, largest measures ht 11.5 inches, top app 11.5 by 8.5 inches, one cowrie shell, Nigeria, Africa, ethnographic, hard woven natural fiber, hand woven basketry, ba

African Bakongo carved wood fetish mask with attached woven interior basket and headdress, decorated with cowrie shells. Early 20th century. Dimension: Mask: 15.75 in. hgt. x 12 in. wd. x 8 in. dp; Wo

African Ivory Coast woven currency trade storage basket with with cowry shells, coins, and leather trim. 10 1/4"H x 9"diam.

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

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

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

Vintage African Ethiopian food basket made of woven rattan and lined with leather on underside and rims to basket and edges to top and straps. Multiple straps used to hold top secure, approx 11 inches

A wonderful Vintage woven rattan basket with carved wooden stopper lid in the form of an ancestral face, with incised facial designs. Mumuye peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The basket with lid measures 27 i

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

Angoram peoples woven basket mask. Features a facial form crafted from woven natural materials. Embellished with polychrome decoration, grass fringe and cowrie shell border. Measures 14" x 14". Good o

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"

Title: Rattan Mask Date/Period: Mid/late 20th century Dimension: 19" x 11" Materials: woven bush ropes Provenance: A woven rattan mask painted with natural pigments with cowrie shell eyes and forehead

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, probably Nigeria, Hausa people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A woven reed/rattan basket with a lid, both the bottom of the basket and the lid formed with four po

20th century, Bushoong Kuba culture, carved wood and embossed leather helmets with seed pods, beads and cowrie shells on woven cloth. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) D

Group African tribal jewelry and shell accessories, Includes necklaces of clay or metal beads, pendants, a beaded belt decorated with cowry shells, a woven hat, and textiles covered in cowry shell bea

Late 19th early 20thC. African tribal fetish scepter wand, wood, hair, cowrie shell, iron, and woven burlap type fabric. Age-appropriate wear, with age-cracks, missing fabric, cowries, and hair. Stand

Group of three African Dan, Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia carved wood masks; each of various form; two exhibiting metal, cowrie shell and woven raffia embellishments (stands not included); L

A Very finely carved and painted Kuba peoples mask with elaborate woven grass headdress accented with cowrie shells. Kuba peoples, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 14 x 7.5 inches. The mask has a 5.5

African tribal headdress, 20th c., natural braided hair, cowrie shells, beads, and woven fibers, 15"h x 12"w

African beaded and cowrie shell-decorated items, group of three, comprising a small woven sisal bag with beads, cowrie shells, and button-decorated strap, red and blue mulit-strand bead collar, and a