A Bamun Fly Whisk Ex Celesten Collection

Rare style of Bamun royal Flywhisk, human hair, old beads, brass covered face, Bamun or Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. Provenance: Ex Celesten collection, New York.

A tall slender carved wooden handle featuring janus mask like faces , well handled surface and animal hide whisk. The Fly Whisk measures 24 inches long ( 26.5 inches tall on professional custom displa

A finely carved wooden handle featuring an Eshu image, embellished with rattan basketry grip, woven fiber handle and long animal hide strips as the whisk. The entire piece on stand measures 28 inches

A charming carved wooden Anthropomorphic handle with remains of reptile skin on the bottom where the whisk was once attached. Well worn showing obvious age and field use. Makonde peoples, Mozambique,

A rare antique carved wood and animal hide fly whisk adorned with old glass beads and featuring a carved wooden female effigy as a handle. Luguru or related ethnic group, Tanzania, Africa. The Fly Whi

Peru, 1780-1830 sheep’s head spout, articulated handle, 10.5”h; 12”w handle to spout; 61.5 troy oz.; with 15” turned and carved wooden whisk (molinillo) Ex. the collection of a Connecticut gen

A fine late 19th century short sword with carved wooden handle featuring the Spider motif often associated with the Royal family line. The Sword of forged iron and Copper wire wrapped handle and old b

A bold and dramatic Carved wooden mask with highly stylized cheeks and coiffure, large ears, pointed chin and remnants of organic pigments. Bamun peoples,Grasslands, Cameroon. The mask measures 14 x 1

A tall carved wooden female effigy shown carrying a vessel or burden on her head. A well handled primitive example with signs of age and field use/ handling. The figure measures 19.5 inches ( 21.5 in

Old and well used ceremonial iron bell with well worn wooden handle featuring an ancestor face. Bamun peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. The bell measures 16.5 inches tall. Provenance: Ex Marshall Mount

Collection of 8 African Bamileke Fly Whisks, Cameroon. Carved wood, beads, horse hair. Size: 20'' x 4'' x 2'' (51 x 10 x 5 cm).

Baule (Ivory Coast) Fly-Whisk, male holding child and female figures. With wood figural handle, copper wire wrap. Dimensions: 14.25". Provenance: The estate of Jean-Pierre Hallet.

Ca. 2nd half 20thC. Good with age-appropriate wear to the metal surface patina. Ex-Nooter coll.

Pair of Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain Figures with Fly Whisks Unmarked. 10 x 4 1/2 x 3 in. Applied label for Ralph Chait Gallery, NY. Chinese Export Porcelain from the Tibor Collection

A flywhisk with carved wood handle in the form of an equestrian figure with two attendants. Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. 26"l Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpso

A lot of four wooden Tribal Art sculptures from the Congo / DRC, Africa. Including a Teke Fly Whisk, a Kuba enema tube, and two Lega figurines - all ex Ken Adelman (Former US Assistant Ambassador to t

Kangxi Period (1662-1722), with green flywhisk, yellow skirt, green robe, and brown veil 7-1/4"h Provenance: Property from the Collection of Mimi Adler

SHAKER WHISK BROOMMaple handle, with twine for hanging on peg, 15" l, pictured on page 116 Hands to Work: Shaker Folk Art & Industries, by Marian Klamkin, (ex. Belfit collection).

African Bamun Water Buffalo Mask, Cameroon, 19th/20th C. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: ex-old Swiss Collection; Private Collection, NY. Size: 24'' x 6'' x 6.5'' (61 x 15 x 17 cm). Height on Sta

Archaic African Bamun Prestige Stool w/ 3 figures, 19th C. Cameroon. Provenance: Lisadell House Collection Ireland, Ex. Rev. William Gore Booth. Size: 12.25'' x 10'' x 10'' (31 x 25 x 25 cm). Height o

Framed Fan Nasca, South Peru, Ex Greg Perdun Collection, South of El Dorado Pg 81 Shaman's Fan Gave Symbolic Ability to Fly, very Rare.

2 Chinese Blue & White Jarlets, 19th Century or Earlier. Lively phoenix fly among the clouds in these similar vessels. Ex Bob Egan Collection, Purchased 1968-1980. Dimension: Both are 5" high x 4 1/4"

Old Terracotta Pipe bowl and wooden stem, well handled and worn showing field use. Bamun or Bamileke peoples, Cameroon Grasslands, West Africa. Provenance: Ex Evan Mauer collection, CA. The Pipe measu

Rare Antique Ceremonial Shield, Lake Murray, Upper Fly River, PNG, Early 20th C. Carved wood, pigment. Size: 48.5'' x 14.5'' x 1.75'' (123 x 37 x 4 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma,