Sold201820th C. African Yoruba Wood Headdress - BirdAfrica, Nigeria, Yoruba Culture, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress skillfully carved to depict a beautiful bird in the round with incised plumage anSee Sold Price
Sold201620th C. Yoruba Gelede Painted Wood HeaddressAfrica, Yoruba Culture, Nigeria, western Africa, ca. 1940 to 1950. Wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress! Carved in 2 pieces with almost life-sized head of a male, hair pulled to one sideSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Yoruba Gelede Painted Wood Headdress**Originally Listed At $350** Africa, Yoruba Culture, Nigeria, western Africa, ca. 1940 to 1950. Wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress! Carved in 2 pieces with almost life-sized head of aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Baule Wood Mask with Birds**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden mask wearing an avian headdress. Boasting a lovely hue of choSee Sold Price
Sold2023AFRICAN YORUBA BEADED CROWN HEADDRESS.Nigeria, 1st half 20th century. Conical with polychrome beaded faces on white with bird finial and remnants of fringe. Lined with cloth. Some wear, finial loose. 16"h.See Sold Price
Sold2023AFRICAN YORUBA BEADED CROWN HEADDRESS.Nigeria, 1st half 20th century. Conical with white beads and cloth and beaded birds. Fringed and lined with cloth. Some wear. 21.5"h. not including stand.See Sold Price
Sold2020Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress, Guinea, 20th c.A Baga a-Bamp bird headdress. Guinea, West Africa. 20th century. Figure and bird finials are detachable. Wood and pigment. 29 1/2" x 19" x 20 1/2". Includes stand. Insect damage to base. Small repairSee Sold Price
Sold2021Ivory Coast Carved African Bird Ceremonial HeaddressLarge detailed carved wood bird with woven base for head dress or displaying on the decorative side. Note crack in tail as shown, see photos. Mid 20th c. Western Africa. Measuring approx 35" long x 17See Sold Price
Sold2022Early 20th C. Nigerian Yoruba Wood Bust w/ EgungunWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden figural bust of a face topped by a large, hooked coiffure or headdress shaped like an axe blade. A tSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid 20th C. African Yoruban Wood Egungun Mask**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and painted Egungun headdress depicting a bearded visage with very high pointed rabbit-like ears. EgungunSee Sold Price
Sold2019Mid 20th C. African Yoruban Wood Egungun Mask**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and painted Egungun headdress depicting a bearded visage with very high pointed rabbit-like ears. EgungunSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Yoruba Wooden Shango w/ Blue PigmentWest 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 YorSee Sold Price
Sold2016Group of 4 West African objects.Group of 4 West African objects. ++ A lidded bowl in the form of a bird, Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. 4 1/2"h x 6 1/2" x 4 1/4", ++ A open round wood bowl with carved knot and geometric forms. 20thSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. African Yoruba Wood Maternity Shrine FigureWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, barSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Gelede MaskWest Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina - one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, made to be worn bySee Sold Price
Sold202220th C. African Yoruba Wood, Bead, & Textile Figure**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An impressive and intricate ceremonial reliquary figure carved from wood and ornamented in glass beSee Sold Price
Sold202320th C. African Yoruba Wood Ibeji Twin FigureWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure, known as an Ibeji, representative of a twin, standing on an integral pedestal, with a skirt around the waistSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. African Yoruba Wood Shango Cult Figure - OrishaAfrica, Yoruba, southwest Nigeria, ca. 1st half of 20th century CE. Wooden Shango cult figure depicting the deity Orisha whose power is imaged by thunder and lightning. Squatting female holding her peSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Yoruba Wood Divination Board**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden divination board of a rectangular form that has slightly concave peripheries,See Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Ose Shango Dance Wand**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Egungun Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wooden helmet mask with an abstract zoomorphic face over a round base drilled through toSee Sold Price
2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Ibeji Twins (pr)**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th c. CE. A matching pair of deceased female twin figures, known as Ibeji, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina regionSee Sold Price
Sold202220th C. African Yoruba Wood Divination Board - ex Quinn** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this artwork will be donated to the Anthony Quinn Foundation, whose mission is to advocate for the important role arts education plays in personal developSee Sold Price
Sold2024Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Ibeji Figure**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 (spanningSee Sold Price
May 22PiasaFon Nago Yoruba Benin fetish Wood, metal, animal skull and fabric Early 20th century H : 34 cm€700
May 22PiasaSmall mirror box decorated with a head surmounted by a bird West Africa Wood, pearls and mirror€300
May 22PiasaPair of very large Ibedji, Yoruba, Nigeria / Benin Wood H : 29 and 30 cm Early 20th century€800