Rare 19th C. African Tanzanian Medicinal Fetish

19th century Songye N'kisi Magic sculpture. A very fine and very rare old wooden magic fetish sculpture from the Songye peoples, DRC / Congo, Africa.A well weathered/ well handled surface patina with

West Africa, Kingdom of Benin, 19th century CE. This is a cast bronze figure in the shape of two people, one at the top and one at the bottom, with highly stylized arms bent at the elbows. The faces o

A very rare mid 19th century carved wooden royal staff with image of the Oba, the traditional ruler of the Benin with ornate scalloped and linear designs, encrusted surface. Benin peoples, Benin, Afri

Rare 19th Century Baule Mouse Oracle Vessel w/ Primitive Accents from the Ivory Coast in West Africa. This is a very old piece. The patination on its surface shows that clearly. 1800's or older. Hand

A RARE 19TH CENTURY AFRICAN TRIBAL BRONZE BENIN SPOTTED LEOPARD modelled with a loop handle. 13 cm x 9 cm.

**Originally Listed At $600** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbagani (Babindji) culture, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large wood ceremonial mask with characteristic large discoida

West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, or Guinea, Dan peoples, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A dramatic and beautiful example of a "mask" (made to be worn atop the head rather than over the fac

**Originally Listed At $500** South Africa, Tanzania or Mozambique, Makua peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful ceremonial mask hand-carved from wood with simple and naturalistic fea

Rare 19th century african-American bronze inkwell depicting a scene from uncle Tom’s cabinA rare figure from the abolitionist era. 1860’s-80’s

A VERY RARE 19TH CENTURY SOUTH AFRICAN CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN ZULU KNOBKERRIE probably from a black rhinoceros of the Kenyan Amboseli National park in Kenya, the species now extinct and known for long

1889 HUNTING 1ed East African BIG GAME Willoughby Hippos Elephants Rhinos MAP John C Willoughbys “East African and its Big Game” is a rare, 19th-century history of hunting in Africa. First

This is a rare 19th Century Ovimbundu Axe, from Angola, Africa. the Axe features a durable solid balde with incised designs and stylized form, along with a well worn wooden handle. The Axe measures 18

North Africa Wooden Fetish - 19th Century Aboriginal Indigenous Art- - Once ritualware for the Indiginous people of North Africa, Africa. The carved wooden figures of human beings and animals which ar

Fon Fetish figure, Likely 19th c., Benin, carved wood, wrapped cloth, the surface encrusted with ceremonial projections, on lacquered wood pedestal, 18"h x 8"w x 5"d (fetish), 20"h (total) Provenance:

Exceptional 19th century painted, cut paper profile silhouette of what we believe to be an African American gentleman. Sensitively painted with great attention to the black on black details of his fro

1871 AFRICA Gorilla Country Du Chaillu Witchcraft Slavery Cannibals A scarce printing of the fascinating 19th-century African explorational narrative, Stories of the Gorilla Country. Written by the Fr

1882 Black Jacob Monument of Grace SLAVERY American Racism Lynching Eddy Jacob Hodges, also known as Black Jacob, was a 19th-century African American man who was involved in a murder conspiracy and co

West Africa, Nigeria, left bank of the Benue River, Tiv peoples, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful standing female ancestral figure known as an "ihambe," hand-carved from hard wood, standin

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba Tribe, 19th century CE or earlier. Rare Opa Osanyin herbalist's staff. Made of hand-forged iron with staff in a long spear shaped support to which a ring of applied birds

1887 AFRICA Life on the Congo River Bentley Missionaries Magic Charms Cannibals Holman Bentley’s ‘Life on the Congo’ is a rare 19th-century account on the history of the Congo in Central Africa.

This is a Very fine and rare Lugbara basketry baby cover in original condition. Likely late 19th to early 20th century, Uganda, Africa. The basketry cover measures 19 x 10.25 inches. Provenance: Ex. J

1848 Houze ATLAS Geography 101 MAPS Europe Africa America Hand-Colored England A rare 19th-century atlas filled with over 100 full-page maps hand-traced in color. These maps by Antoine Philippe Houze

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, Bwami society, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare and remarkable hand-carved wood figure known as an iginga - a generic Lega

**Originally Listed At $350** Africa, Nigeria, Igbo, Afikpo, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. An unusual initiation mask of the Afikpo, quite rare because the vast majority of Afikpo masks were