Post Carving, West African, Fon People

Lot 110 Post Carving, West African, Fon People modeled as an elongated standing figure with base: 56 x 5 x 4 inches Provenance: Estate of Howard A. Smith

West African figural fetish post from a shrine, probably of the Fon people, Benin/Togo, whose religion is Voudun, the origin of voodoo, anthropomorphic, the face and chest extremely smooth and patinat

**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

West African Legba Phallus, Fon Peoples, 19th/Early 20th C. Carved wood on metal stand. Size: 12.75'' x 2.25'' x 2.75'' (32 x 6 x 7 cm). Height on stand: 14' , 36 cm.

Fon people, Togo/Benin, West Africa, the ultimate fertility fetish, phallus-shaped wood, the lower part showing evidence of partial burial in an earthen shrine, the original source of the religion Vou

West African decorative carving, post-colonial style, the red painted Janus head depicted with styled hair above the naturalistic smiling face, 14"h

A Bocio double image set into a Asen ritual staff, Fon peoples, Togo / Dahomey, West Africa. featuring a pair of carved spirit idols set into a ritual Asen staff, which were created to honor ancestor

A Carved wooden Vodun effigy with various magic regalia attached and bound to a shrine fetish with encrusted surface and signs of ritual use. Fon peoples, Togo/Dahomey, West Africa. The sculpture meas

A Highly stylized ceremonial parade axe from the Fon peoples of Dahomey, West Africa. Carved wooden handle with inset iron blades, one in the form of a snake with incised designs. Ex Karl Zabel collec

West African Peoples, Liberian, Bassa Wood Carving, Wood, 9 1/4 x 4 inches, Provenance: De-accession from The Boca Raton Museum of Art.

A older carved wooden male shrine idol shown playing a flute and holding an exaggerated erect phallus hidden under a textile loin cloth. Fon peoples, Togo or Dahomey, West Africa. The figure measures

Copper alloy ritual bell, Fon peoples, Republic of Benin, West Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 11.25" length x 2.25" diameter PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

This is a contemporary carved wooden post from the Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. Traditionally such posts were part of the men's meeting house and were considered sacred images. Despite the well h

Fon peoples style carved wood staff, Republic of Benin, West Africa, length 20"

A tall heavy carved wooden post featuring stylized mask faces and ritual horns all incised with geometric designs. Toma peoples, Guinea, West Africa. Custom Mounted. The post measures 35 inches tall.

African Yoruba Hand Carved & Painted Figural Ritual / Totem Post. From the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 60 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches

Tall carved wooden maternity image from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. This wood carving features a wonderfully exaggerated mothers face and large conical breast ,holding an infant. The statu

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba peoples; West Africa, Ghana, Asante (also Ashanti) peoples; ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine gathering

West Africa, Guinea, Baga Peoples, large long nose Nimba wood shoulder mask depicting a woman's with brass tacks applied all over for decoration around carving. Size 27" H x 19" WCollected in 1981. Fa

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wood carving of a standing woman with an enormous rectangular crest on top of her head. A staff like this is called an Os

A carved wooden Female bateba thil spirit idol from a local shrine, with bold form and strong carving style. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Idol measures 15 inches tall on professional c

Antique wood sculpture of a leopard with its young cub, painted and carved designs. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. A very old carving, likely early 20th century. Provenance: Ex Dr Brian Heal

**Originally Listed At $800** West Africa, Central Mali, Dogon peoples, ca. 1950s CE. An impressive carved-wood figure shown crouching on an integral plinth. Coated in brown clay, the stylized figure

This is a very unusual carving from the Fang peoples of Gabon, West Africa. A carved wooden German Army helmet with a Fang sculpture as top finial. The Helmet has a old aluminum plaque on one side tha