Bozo Marionette sculpture, African Art

A colorful and charming marionette style headdress, actually worn in parade festivals and village celebrations, typically attached to a superstructure worn on the head. The sculpture measures 29.5 inc

A wonderfully abstract female sculpture that may have been a marionette type puppet or doll. Note the highly stylized face and incised designs, with a well handled surface. Bamana peoples, Mali, Afric

A carved wooden effigy of a Mother and her children with highly stylized facial treatment and form. Carved from a dark dense wood, the sculpture measures 25 inches tall and is an uncommon find from th

A Vintage to antique carved wooden articulated puppet of a female with elaborate coiffure and movable arms. Old textile dress with breasts exposed. Bambara / Bozo peoples, Mali, Africa. Measures 27 in

A very fine Old Bozo marionette head in the form of a Young Antelope, with wonderful painted designs. Obvious age and handling. measures 17.5 x 7 inches. The display stand shown was for photography pu

African Art Bozo Bird Sculpture from Mali. The dimension is 11.5 inches high x 7 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $30.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US including handling,

Title: Mali Bozo puppet fish mask - Mali - African Art Tribal Art Description: Polychromy of African bozo art sculptures in Mali. Aquatic inspiration for the sculptures of African Bozo art Polychromy

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African Art Bamana Marionette Head Sculpture from Mali. The dimension 21.75 inches high x 8 inches wide. The packing and shipping cost with insurance for domestic is $45.00 flat rate shipping within t

A tall carved wooden torso carried in yearly festivals and parades for various ceremonies including Harvest festivals. Bozo peoples, Mali, Africa. The sculpture is quite large and measures 22 inches t

A carved wooden head and torso of a marionette sculpture with applied metal work and classic facial features. Bamana or Bozo peoples, Mali, West Africa. The sculpture is well weathered and worn and me

A very large carved wooden fish with silver painted scales and black painted fins. Bozo peoples, Mali, Africa. A failry large example, this Fish sculpture measures 48 inches long. ** A metal display s

Stabmarionette Bamana / Bozo, Mali Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 72 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Noir d’Ivoire, Paris. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Solothurn (2001 erworben). Publiziert: Marionette aus

This is an enormous carved wooden snake sculpture or headdress from the Baga peoples of Guinea, West Africa. The snake, known locally as Kalimbe, or Bansonyi, refers to a protective spirit manifested

A rare carved wooden male ancestor sculpture accented with various colored organic pigments, from the Kuyu ethnic group, DRC/ Congo, Africa. Related figures were used in initiation ceremonies that imp

A find old stylized ancestral sculpture with classical facial features and post like form. The figure has been mounted to a marble base and appears to have great age. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast / Mal

A tall elaborate wood sculpture featuring a highly stylized dancer in costume and wearing an elongated mask with tall seme spherical headdress. The artist has achieved a remarkable example of the styl

This is a tall Mangbetu male sculpture from the Congo, Africa. Carved from a single piece of wood with a well handled and Oily patina, note the wonderful stylized face and form of the head which is pa

This is a very large and impressive wood sculpture from the Bamana (Bambara) peoples of Mali, West Africa. Carved from a single piece of dense and heavy wood with highly stylized features and style. F

A Rare Kissi Piomdo Shrine Sculpture.This finely crafted wooden effigy was used to house mysterious stone relics found in Sierra Leone and Liberia.These small stone figures known as "Pomdo" have been

A Tall carved wooden sculpture standing on a circular base, the elongated cylindrical body with arms held out to the sides beneath the head with heart shaped facial plane and coffee bean eyes, the who

Benin bronze king with two warrior attendants and lions in the foreground. Height: 22 1/2 inches. Property of a Long Island Estate

This is a very finely carved wooden Mother and children sculpture from the Afo peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Such sculptures not only honor the Mother and maternity, they also relate to the origina

A lovely carved wooden male effigy with excellent facial features and overall form, well handled surface patina. The figure measures 25 inches tall x 5.25 inches wide. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, Afri