Standing male ancestor figure - Indonesia - Nias

Monumental PNG Standing Male Ancestor Figure. Carved wood with paint decoration, cowrie shells, mud, and hair. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. With metal base. Size: 86'' x 15'' x 10'

A standing male ancestor figure, Nigeria, Urhobo style. 20th century. Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. "The Urhobo have two distinct sculptural traditions

Indonesian Toraja Tau-Tau Standing Male Ancestor Figure, Sulawesi, early/mid 20th century, jackfruit wood. Size: 53'' x 11'' x 16'' (135 x 28 x 41 cm). Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserv

A group of two standing figures. ++ A standing male ancestor figure, Niheria, Urhobo. 20th century. 56" x 13" x 17". ++ A Colonial wooden figure, Nigeria. 20th century. 70" x 12 1/2" x 8". Provenance:

wood, brown patina, a) very rudely carved figure with block-like body and arms in "W" configuration, facial features marked by notches, unusual high towering openwork headdress, remains of painting, w

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall standing ancestor figure from Timor, Indonesia, carved from a single piece of light-brown hardwood. The figure displays spread legs

Standing male figure, likely the ancestor figure of the ideal chief, Chibinda Ilunga, here shown in chief's headdress, flanked by two smaller, similar figures. Old loss to one forearm. Approx. 18 1/2"

Nias Island Ancestor Figure, Indonesia. From an old French Oceanic collection. Size: 21'' x 6.25'' x 5.5'' (53 x 16 x 14 cm).

Massive Papua New Guinean carved and polychromed wood figure; of a male ancestor, standing atop a conical base; H: 6' (approx.); wood base

wood, dark brown patina, prominent genitals, missing parts, fine cracks, base; probably an ancestor's figure representing a local chief or a royal lineage. H: 39 cm, H: 15,4 inch Provenance: collected

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bassikassingo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved standing male ancestral figure known as a "misi." The figure has a stocky, lightly-rou

African Lobi Wood Ancestor Figure Burkina Faso or Mali. A hard wood carved stylized standing male figure with bulging eye lids, jutting jaw, hands to sides and angular breasts. A good old piece. Size

A group of three East African figures. 20th century. ++ Sukuma style wood male ancestor figure. 69" x 12" x 8". ++ Sukuma style wood female ancestor figure. 70" x 10" x 10". ++ Makonde style standing

**First Time At Auction** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A standing male figure, carved from a brown lightweight wood, with an integral rectangular pl

DIMENSIONS: cm 77 x 16 INCHES: 31" - WEIGHT: 5,5 kg ca. ORIGIN: Timor, Indonesia On offer is an old and very big figure depicting male ancestor. Very expressive and refined face, with sunken eyes, pro

An African D.R.C. Congo Hemba Wooden Ancestor Figure sculpture (19th Century) carved wood depicting male figure standing on a circular base having short legs, elongated torso, and hands resting on the

Fertility male figure - Atoni - West Timor, Indonesia DIMENSIONS: cm 26 (inches: 8") Weight: 200 g DESCRIPTION: Figure of male ancestor in squatting position, with enhanced sex organs, symbol of stren

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous wood architectural panel featuring a high relief carving of an ancestor figure seated in

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden male ancestral figure known as "Adu Zatua." Exhibiting a rigid form, the in

20th century, including a male and female figure, both standing, high quality casting. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 16.5 in. From the Complete and Important Collect

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved rectangular wood architectural panel with a central standing male figure wearing a

Carved wooden commemorative sculpture of a "D'mba" or Nimba standing male figure with classic treatment to the face and form.Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa.The D'mba, which was long interpreted as

Indonesia, Sulawesi, ca. 1920 CE. A carved wooden male and female couple, both depicted as standing figures with their arms rigidly positioned at their sides, both wearing red jackets over black vestm

wood, blackish brown shiny patina, encrusted in some areas, characterized by a strong body with big head and bulky coiffure, nevertheless fine worked, regarding even facial features, well-formed body