20th C. Lobi Wooden Male Figure - Bateba Phuwe

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine hand-carved wooden male figure with delineated legs, a distended abdomen, and slender a

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure with delineated legs, a distended abdomen, slender arms h

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden female figure with delineated legs, a cylindrical abdomen, pendulous breas

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing standing anthropomorphic bateba (literally "carved wooden figure"), hand-carved from

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large standing anthropomorphic bateba (literally "carved wooden figure"), hand-carved from a single piece of hard wood and

Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. Three fine standing male Bateba figures, hand-carved from hard wood, created to guard against sorcery, evil, and illness -

**Originally Listed At $350** Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi-Mossi, Bobo or Bwa peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A pair of hand-carved wooden figures - a male and a female - created in Burkina Faso, rega

A group of four figures. ++ A minimal wooden figure with human head, DRC, Luba style. 20th century,. ++ A wooden male figure, Nigeria. 20th century,. ++ A standing maternity figure, DRC, Kuba style. 2

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century. A hand-carved wood figure, known as an Ibeji, representing a deceased male twin. The figure has a tall, bee-hive like

Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Bamana/Turka peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely anthropomorphic representation of a standing male, hand-carved from a single piece of dark-brown wood. Th

Southeast Asia, Philippines, Ifugao, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden male figure with folded arms resting upon upraised knees. A fine example with rich patina. Bululs are abst

Southeast Asia, Philippines, Ifugao, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden male figure with folded arms resting upon upraised knees. Bululs are abstract representations ancestors th

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure known as an "ibeji" standing with attenuated legs atop an integra

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure standing with wide-spread legs and delinea

**Originally Listed At $350** West Africa, Benin, Fon peoples, early 20th century CE. A hand carved, wooden male figure with a tenon, made to be held by hand during a ritual dance. The Fon people (Fon

Southeast Asia, Philippines, Luzon island, Ifugao culture, ca. early 20th century. A fantastic hand-carved wooden male deity figure known as bulul (also bul-ul or tinagtaggu). He squats on an integral

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Ngaju peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden miniature male figure crouching atop an integral ovoid platform. The figure presen

West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. A finely carved wooden deceased male twin figure, known as an Ibeji, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region of Yoruba land. The Yoru

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden male ancestral figure known as "Adu Zatua." Exhibiting a rigid form, the in

A seated wooden male figure. Mali, Dogon, 20th century. 45"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

**Originally Listed At $300** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male "ere ibeji" figure, most likely from Oshogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorub

IVORY COAST BAULE DIVINATION MALE FIGURE, Early-to-mid 20th century. Patinated hand carved wooden Baule People divination male figure. Divination figures such as the one we are offering serve as a lin

A standing wooden male figure with upraised arm. West Africa, 20th century. 45"h w/o stand. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Carved seated wooden figure with brass studded plates decorating shoulders and forehead and brass, twine, and beaded adornment. Possibly West African. 20th Century, 30" x 7.5" x 7.5"