A Fine Old Yaka Slit Drum with Monkey On Top

A Very finely carved wooden slit drum, percussion instrument with a classic ancestral face, with stylized nose and well handled surface, and decorated with a charming monkey on top. Yaka peoples, Cong

A very fine older carved wooden slit drum percussion instrument with an ornate and highly stylized ancestor face and painted with earthen pigments. Yaka peoples, Congo, Africa. The drum measures 27.5

A tall carved wooden "slit" drum used by village diviner to play repetitive drum beats to enter a trance like state and perform divination rituals. This drum has an undeniable well handled surface pat

A very finely carved wooden slit gong or "Nkoko" with anthropomorphic face and a zoomorphic finial, signs of handling and wear. A excellent Yaka Nkoko divination drum from the Kasango Lunda Region, DR

Primitive Carved Yaka Slit Drum, Wooden Folk Art. A head with man's face is carved at the top of this hollowed ritual instrument with a rectangular cut opening on the front. Dimensions are 22.75 in h

carved wooden mask with classic "cubist style face and a Monkey on top shown with hands to face, which could be a "Dyougou Serou" figure, or possibly a Funeral mask, with hands to face to cover the sa

An African D.R.C. Congo Yaka or Bayaka carved wood slit drum having a carved cylindrical base with long carved out slits that resonate the sound when struck and a carved top with two figural heads and

A carved wooden slit drum with finely rendered ancestor face on top and a well handled surface. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The drum measures 17 x 3 inches. Provenance: Ex Robert Banks c

This is a very fine and rare carved wooden slit gong or drum with traditional barrel form of a hollowed out log with large slit on top with areas carved thinner for the tone of the drum. The Drum feat

A fine and rare Mimika (Kamoro) drum. Mikika (Kamoro) people, West Papua (Formerly Irian Jaya).Of simple form, the old drum of waisted hourglass shape with the top quarter carved in typical Mimika pat

Tall slender carved wooden slit style drum with a wonderfully stylized ancestor style head on top, the drum shows plenty of handling and wear suggesting good age and field use. The Drum measures 13 in

wood, base L: 50,5 cm (incl. handles), L: 19,9 inch Provenance: Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany

A rare carved wooden Yaka peoples fetish figure known as "Phuungu" with layered and encrusted surface patina suggesting genuine age and ritual use. Such figures served as containers for protective mag

A very fine old carved wooden Topeng mask from Java with a highly stylized zoomorphic face and several layers of red pigments suggesting years of ceremonial use. The mask measures 7x 6 inches , 11 inc

A Lovely diminutive fetish idol with a stylized ancestral head atop a simple cylindrical form. The idol has a nice well handled patina and measures 4 3/8 inches tall ( 5 inches on custom display stand

Carved from a dense heavy wood and featuring a the large upturned nose in classic form , hands to chest and a ceremonial cap. The sculpture is adorned with a grass skirt and has a well handled surface

3 African Carved Wood Tribal Objects. 1) Dan "Wunkirle" Spoon. 2) Yaka Slit Drum. 3) Bateke Power Figure Container. Ranging in size from: 16.25'' x 4.5'' x 4.75'' (41 x 11 x 12 cm) to 12'' x 8.5'' x 6

A carved wooden cylindrical wooden drum with stretched Goat hide skin membrane and wooden pages driven into the side to hold the drum head. The Drum Body is decorated with ornate linear designs and 8

A Fine Kerewa Drum; Kerewa people, Gulf province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the long drum of narrow tapering form, the lower third of the body deeply incised with curvilinear designs and pig

A carved wooden Musical instrument with incised linear designs, a carved wooden Hand on the handle and goat skin drum head pegged onto the drum to act as the membrane. A well used instrument, the head

20th century, carved wood, cylindrical, slit drum with figural divination figure; comes with beating stick. This lot to be sold on day 3, Friday, October 5 (Lots 2021-2601) 22 in. From the Complete a

2 Yaka Suku Slit Drums. Congo. Carved wood. Largest Size: 22" x 4" x 4.5" (56 x 10 x 11 cm).

20th century, African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, two carved wood drums with cylindrical, slotted bases and figural divination heads; both with beating sticks. This lot to be sold on day 3, Fr

This is a rather large and charming old wood sculpture from the Congo, Africa. The sculpture created from a single piece of dense heavy wood features two monkeys, one large and one small in a palm tre