Old Gurunsi Flute Ex James Ludwig / Ex de Young Museum

A very fine old carved wooden flute with a highly stylized form. Such flutes were carved by the Mossi and Gurunsi as traditional musical instruments. The examples shows much handling and wear. The flu

A very fine old carved wooden flute with a highly stylized form. Such flutes were carved by the Mossi and Gurunsi as traditional musical instruments. The examples shows much handling and wear. The flu

A carved wooden trumpet with stylized animal face and tribal motifs covering the instrument and signs of handling and field use over many years. The Trumpet measures 16.75 inches long. The consignor r

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1069 BCE. A stunning and skillfully-carved upper section of a coffin lid depicting an anthropoid face in relief, hand-carved from finely-g

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

STILL LIFE, oil painting on Masonite, signed lower right, 17 x 20 ¼", framed. Provenance: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, lender James Vigeveno Galleries.

Fine and Monumental French Sterling Silver 1858 Agricultural Figural Presentation Piece. Concours Regional De Blois Prime, D'Honneur Agricole. 306 ozt. Ht. 17" Dia. 14 1/2". Ex. James & Margaret Hubba

Bulul, also known as bul-ul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestor

Framed cache of limonite plummets found in Fayette Co., Kentucky, largest 3”, framed, ex-Kema Indian Museum

Juan De'Prey (Puerto Rican, 1904-1962), oil on canvas board depicting a young man playing the flute, a woman standing behind him, holding his arm, signed u.l., 6" x 4" board, 13" x 10" framed.

9.1/8" Nordic Neolithic Dagger, Ex Mitch Lewis, found in Denmark in the 1800's, Surfaced in an old museum in Maryland, Superior Flaking and super material. 4 sided stitched handle to a wonderful blade

Harry Thrasher (Am. 1883-1918), circa 1914, stamped American Art Foundry NY. 10 7/8" high, 8 3/4" wide, 5 3/4" deep. Provenance: Conner-Rosenkranz, NYC; Ex collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

oil and sand on canvas, 100x132cm, signed lower right, Label on the reverse of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, featuring the known futurist collector Julius Spencer, Pasadena as the

Rudolph Von Ripper (1905 - 1960) original mixed media art [New York World's Fair]. Includes the original M.H. de Young Memorial Museum label on verso. Title: New York World's Fair (Wash Drawing). Meas

Pre-Columbian Nazca Tunic (200 BC - 600 AD). Size: 87'' x 54.5'' (221 x 138 cm). Provenance: Ex James Reid; Andres Moraga; private Philadelphia collection.

Kashmir, ca. 6th-7th century. A beautiful and sensitively-sculpted terracotta head of a Bodhisattva. Custom base. Ex: James & Marilyn Alsdorf Collection. Exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and

Pre-Columbian, southeastern Mexico, Chontal, ca. 800 to 300 BCE. Huge greenstone standing "blind" figure showing very strong Olmec chacteristics, but clearly Chontal from the Guerrero region. He stand

Chinese School, ancestral portrait, ex Museum, Ming Dynasty (17th c.), Official's Wife, colors on silk mounted to paper, depicted in robes decorated with leaf design, and elaborately embellished sash,

A haunting Vintage Shrunken Head. South American, early twentieth century. Displayed at the Metamora Museum Of Oddities as an authentic shrunken head, but is more likely an excellent vintage facsimile

African Tribal, equestrian figure, ex-museum, 20th c., probably Dogon or Senufo, dark patina carved wood, depicting Mandeo or Tugu spirit rider on steed, 16"h x 8"l x 4"w Provenance: Deaccessioned wor

(10) Ancient Roman bronze tools, ex-museum, Possibly 200-300 CE, Incl. (9) compass dividers and (1) weight, 7.75"l (largest), 4.25"l (smallest) Provenance: Deaccessioned works benefiting the Newark Mu

Idoma Peoples, carved mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Nigeria, dark patina wood, carved with attenuated features, mounted to custom display board, museum accession number on rim, 12"l x 9"w (mask), 14.5"h x

Dan Peoples, tribal mask, ex-museum, 19th/20th c., Ivory Coast, carved and stained wood, museum accession number and German inventory label and numbers to interior, 9"l x 5.5"w x 2.5"d Provenance: Dea

A Very fine old carved wooden mask in the form of a Rabbit with tall ears and painted designs of traditional stylized mask with large open geometric eyes and organic pigments. Dogon peoples, Mali, Afr