AFRICAN CARVED DOOR, NUPE PEOPLE, NIGERIA, MID-20TH C.

West Africa, Mali, Malinke/Bamana peoples, ca. early-mid 20th century CE. A handsome, hand-carved door lock. It was originally a two-piece slide lock, now missing its slide bar. The main body is in th

Unusual Nupe Rectangular Stool, Nupe People, Nigeria, West Africa, 20th C. Carved Wood. Size: 15.75"H x 22"W x 17"D (40 x 56 x 43 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview

Nupe peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, cotton, vertical loom woven, with supplementary weft, geometric patterning, mid-20th century, 84" x 26" PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New York

Nupe peoples, finely carved door, 20th c., Nigeria, finely carved wood in high relief, with traditional motifs incl. animals, weapons and tools, and with Islamic influenced geometric designs, 70"h x 3

African Tribal Art: Epa Helmet Mask with Animals, Yoruba People, Nigeria. Carved and polychromed wood, mid 20th Century. The mask comes with a custom-made steel display stand. Epa masks feature a larg

Dogon People, wood granary door, early to mid 20th century, Mali, West Africa, intricately carved in two panels with repeating figural motifs raised in relief. 30.75" H x 16.5" W x 1" D.

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Mali, Bamana / Malinke peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A minimalist yet elegant hand-carved door lock depicting a stylized anthropomorphic figure in the tradit

West Africa, Mali, Bamana / Malinke peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved door lock depicting a stylized anthropomorphic figure in the traditional Bamana style, which includes the horizontal

**Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples; Togo, Ewe peoples; Ghana, Mina (or Elmina) peoples; ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine gathering of three hand-carved wooden figures

West Africa, Mali, Bamana / Dogon peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved door lock depicting a stylized figure riding a horse atop a broad panel incised with linear patterns and an o

Originally offered at $500... West Africa, Mali, Bamana/Malinke peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved door lock depicting a stylized anthropomorphic figure in the traditional Baman

Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, bar

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Southeastern Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask depicting a highly stylized female countenance. The face presents wit

**Originally Listed At $300** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden spoon with a finely-detailed face on the handle, perhaps representative of an

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask of a simple face with round eyes and mouth and scarification marks at the temples a

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A remarkable ceremonial staff carved from wood with a double-headed axe finial supported by two seated figures boasting a rich shade of c

**Originally Listed At $275** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, mid to late 20th century CE. An interesting and well-carved light wood colonial figure of a woman, topless, with prominent breasts,

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden divination board of a circular form and a peripheral border of incised linear, circular

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An impressive and intricate ceremonial reliquary figure carved from wood and ornamented in glass be

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A handsome antelope karikpo mask, hand-carved from a single piece of wood with beautiful spiraling h

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga," hand-carved from lightweight wood. The ik

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden seated Ikenga Alusi (deity) - an anthropomorphic figure with large, dramatically curled horns, holding a h

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure known as an "ibeji" standing with attenuated legs atop an integra

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful divination vessel (agere ifa), hand-carved from a hard wood, used to store the sixt