A Senufo Diviners Magic Fetish Couple

A carved wooden male and female idols with heavily encrusted surfaces and traditional facial features and overall form, showing weathering and wear, eroded bases. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Afr

A very old and very well worn magic idol, likely from a diviners kit, and exceedingly well handled and worn with a deep patina suggesting generations of field use as a medium to the spirit world. The

A bold and dramatic example of the Vodun shrine art, a pair of Bocio or spirit figures Bound together with various magic implements and offerings. Ewe or related ethnic group, Benin, West Africa. The

Archaic Senufo Shrine fetish, carved wood heavily encrusted, weathered and repaired base. Such a figure would have likely served as a medium to the spirit world and received offerings and libations on

A Carved wooden magic fetish style sculpture with 5 separate heads, and adorned with various regalia including a fetish horn and beads. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The figure measures 12 inch

A very uncommon pair of Male & female magic fetish from the Fon (or related ethnic group) Togo, Africa. A Striking set of carved wooden idols with a remarkable "upward gaze" giving the pair a wonderfu

A weathered old carved wooden fetish sculpture featuring a conjoined couple, Male and female with a powerful primitive and archaic presence. Tiv peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure measures 25.5 x 9

A carved wooden shrine idol or magic fetish used by a diviner as a talisman to ward off witchcraft and malevolent spirits. The sculpture is carved wood with a well weathered surface and most unusual t

A Tall carved wooden idol with fetish bundles, shells and red cloth attached. Such works, known as bocio, are prescribed by Fon priests and diviners for such purposes as influencing the weather, detec

Diviner / Priests Apron with fully beaded doll like figure holding a gourd vessel covered in textiles and numerous magic pouches and fetish material attached , large snail shells and goat horns, bones

Kongo "N'kisi" Magic Fetish, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Carved wooden female effigy shown with snake to breast, raised scarrification, inset glass eyes (female and snake). Well handled pati

Senufo Couple, Côte d'Ivoire Wood with encrusted dark brown patina Heights 7 1/2 (18.5cm) and 8in (20.3cm) Provenance Alex Arthur, Brussels New York Private Collection Dynamically angular through

A very rare wooden vessel with spirit mask face above vessel adorned with textiles, cowrie shells and mirrors, likely some type of divination object, and included is a wooden carved pointer object. Da

A carved wooden dance mask adorned with many Goat horns creating a powerful and bold aesthetic. Guere / We or Wobe peoples, Liberia, Africa. The mask measures 18 x 11 inches. A metal display stand can

The Songye people called upon supernatural forces which they believed could be contacted and manipulated in their favor through power sculptures known as "Nkisi". The Songye regarded the wood figure a

A uncommon and dramatic magic idol believed to be used in the hunting of witches and to ward off witchcraft. The figure is carved wood and embellished with silver foil and a textile wrap. Bobo peoples

A carved wooden shrine idol embellished with seeds and shells, bells and iron spikes in the ears,mouth and top of the head. Fon or related ethnic group, Togo or Dahomey, West Africa. The Idol measures

Carved wooden male idol with small antelope horn atop of traditional ancestor idol. Such objects were used during magic ritual as a medium to the spirit world. Adorned with glass beads and animal hide

A carved wooden idol with brass inset eyes and small animal horn on top to act as a "magic" charge to empower the idol. Such figures were considered mediums to the spirit world. The figure measures 14

Carved from a very heavy dense wood, a stylized anthropomorphic form adorned with various fetish material including two textile wrapped fetish bundles. The wooden face that is exposed has a deep well

This is a wild and fantastic Gere Wobe peoples mask from the Ivory Coast, West Africa. Carved heavy dense wood with a heavy encrusted patina and a crown of wild goat horns, all set into a bold pattern

This is a very fine Old Teke Buti idol. Buti are named after and identified as specific male ancestors and located in a shrine to one’s deceased family members. Individual male devotees use buti fig

A carved wooden fetish idol "N'kishi" in traditional form, adorned with glass beads, animal horn and woven grass skirt. Such idols were commissioned by the village shaman or "Nganga" who assembled the

A Songye N'kisi Magic fetish pictured in a 1960's Field Photograph from the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire ( Institute of the National Museum of Zaire ) of the very same actual fetish is use