A Yoruba Ceremonial Bowl with Female Effigy

A Carved wooden offering bowl with female effigy, painted with several layers of organic pigments. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Bowl Measures 17 x 9 inches. Provenance: A Private Oregon Collec

African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Large Covered Ceremonial Bowl w/5 Female Figures, Early/Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, paint. 37.5H x 16W x 16.5D (inches). Private Collection, Massachusett

A very finely crafted maternity bowl with a finely carved female as the central image, surrounded by children, all with the traditional Yoruba coiffure and style. The Bowl was carved from a single pie

A carved wooden musical instrument / drum with female effigy as the central support, polychromed paints and signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The drum measures 24 inches ta

A finely carved female effigy with 3 children , elaborate raisd designs , heavy indigo and mineral pigments and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. This superb carved wooden figure of

A Finely carved wooden female with offering bodl effigy , featuring elaborate incised and raised design and traditional style. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure measures 14 inches tall x 10

A tall carved wooden female effigy with a tall conical ceremonial cap and with a vessel in a offering posture. The figure has erosion and weathering suggesting age and field use. Yoruba peoples, Niger

This is a very fine old Yoruba Maternity staff of the Oshe Shango cult. The staff is quite lovely, with a well carved female effigy of a Mother with her child, shown holding a ceremonial sash on her s

A Carved wooden female effigy of a devotee with musical shakers in her hands as well as a ceremonial pouch around her neck. The figure has erosion on one side suggesting it layed on the ground or on a

Carved wooden effigy of a kneeling devotee with leopard skin skirt. The figure has a large bowl on top, most likely used as a divination vessel. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure measures 9.

A group of 4 figural objects including Yoruba wooden breasts, beaded Yoruba style figures, a Yoruba bowl with seated female figure, & a Yoruba style equestrian figure. Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. P

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden helmet style mask with a female sculpture on top with arms above head carrying a burden (vessel). T

Pre-Columbian Jalisco Potery Female Effigy with Bowl and Turtle Base: the El Arenal brown are heavier and more human in appearance and from Jalisco in present day West Mexico. From approximately 200 B

A Charming carved wooden female effigy with bowl / burden considered a stylized ancestor sculpture , Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast. The sculpture measures 12.75 inches tall. provenance: Dr Brian healy e

Carved from a dense heavy wood, this elegant female figure is shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

A very finely carved olden wooden shrine idol with a honey colored surface patina and obvious handling and most likely ceremonial use over generations. The female effigy measures 11 inches tall on its

A Lovely old carved wooden effigy of a Yoruba female with tall elaborate coiffure stained with indigo pigment. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 7.5 inches tall.

African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Shrine figure of a woman holding a bowl, 19th/20th Century. Carved wood, dark patina with incised decoration detailed with blue and reddish/brown pigment. P

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with painted designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches ta

A group of two carved figures. ++ A seated female figure holding a bowl, Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. ++ A equestrian figure with attendants, Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. Provenance: The Inventory

YORUBA, NIGERIA, AFRICAN CARVED WOOD AND METAL, CEREMONIAL BOWL H 17.25" W 12" Estate of Jack Faxon, Birmingham, MI. Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Council for the Arts.

Reserve Reduced! Title: Yoruba Female Maker: carver Origin/Tribe: Oyo, Nigeria Date/Period: 1970 Materials: wood Size: 27" Yoruba Female with Senufo Bowl – Oyo Region, Nigeria Circa 1970, is 27 inch

A Very finely carved female effigy with classic treatment to the face and coiffure, well patinated dark surface. This figure was once atop a wooden staff , known locally as a tefalipitya staff. Local

A very finely carved wood female effigy designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) was carved from a single piece of