AFRICAN COWRY SHELL BEADED ROYAL ANCESTRAL FIGURES

African Cowrie Shell Female Figure, 27 x 8 inches, Provenance Boca Raton Museum of Art prior to 1994

Predominantly Nigerian region, Yoruba style including a pair of female Ibeji twin figures with beaded and cowrie shell decorative details. Various wood figures with carved geometric motifs and scarifi

Group (5) West African style objects, Cowry shell embellished, including a Dan mask, a Mali lidded jug, a Sao figure, (2) Lele beaded masks, 19"h (largest) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professo

African Yoruba Power Figure. Male figure carrying a yoke suspending multiple cowrie shell strands, beaded panels and three smaller fetish figures. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size

Group of three African, Tanzania carved wood figures; each standing and of female form, including: one tall Nyamwezi figure with glass beaded and cowrie shell "hair"; H: 26" (tallest,

(3) West African beaded figures, ex Wright, Includes Kirdi fertility figure, Cameroon, beads, cowry shells, leather thongs, on wood, with metal stand, 8"h (fig., not incl. fringe or stand), 11.25"h x

ALL OVER BEAD WORK WITH COWRIE SHELLS - 50" H PROVENANCE: UPDATED 2023 TERMS FOR PURCHASING AND SHIPPING OF AUCTION ITEMS. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING. ALL PAYMENTS FOR PURCHASES WILL BE MADE

Two African Power Figures. Including: a Songye Power Figure. Carved wood, with cowrie shell, metal,leather, and beaded decoration. Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 7, 1967, lot 229;

AFRICAN CARVED WOOD IBEJI FIGURES, TWO PIECES, H 11" AND 10 1/2" One male figure having blue pigment in his hair and cowry shells attached to his arm. One female figure having beaded strands around he

Group of Three Large Carved Wood African Figures, 20th c., consisting of two female fertility figures, one with beaded jewelry; and an antelope with cowrie shell decoration, Fertility- H.- 32 in., W.-

Pair of African Yoruba Ibeji (Twins) Figures, Nigeria. Carved and paint decorated wood with beaded jewelry and cowrie shell strands. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis,

Beaded Painted w/Cowrie Shells Approx 22"Tx20"Wx23"D

possibly Mursi tribe, depicting a pregnant woman wearing a beaded necklace and cowrie shell belt. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 40 x 11 in. From the Complete and Imp

Elaborate African Yoruba, Benin/Nigeria beaded crown; showing large central figure flanked by two smaller, gathered around a tall staff; with cowrie shell embellishments throughout; H: 35 1/2" &#4

Elaborate African Yoruba, Benin/Nigeria beaded crown; showing large central figure flanked by two smaller, gathered around a tall staff; with cowrie shell embellishments throughout; H: 35 1/2" &#4

(lot of 2) West African Cameroon beaded figural sculptures, one depicting a female figure having a cowrie shell headress, the other a male figure, executed in green, red, blue and yellow, largest: 29"

AFRICAN TRIBAL BEADED WALL HANGINGS, LOT OF TWO, each shaped like lizards, one with cowrie shell decoration, and each with raised figures including elephants, and faces. 20th century. One 55" LOA. Pro

Sash measures 51x7 inches, showing 3 pairs of figures and lizards, cowrie shell accents..shield shaped bag with raised birds and face, fabric lining..both pieces need cleaning

20th century, carved wooden figures with leather, bead, and cowrie shell decoration. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 24 in. (each approximately) From the Complete and

A Finely carved wooden helmet mask embellished with cowrie shells, beads, seed pods, copper sheeting, goatskin, and hair, bwoom is one of three types of royal Kuba masks, all of which are treated as e

African Cowrie Shell Embellished Beaded Necklace or Collar , probably Maasai, dia. 11 1/2 in., custom stand, h. (as shown) 15 in Provenance: Collection of Noted Preservationist and Aesthete Dorian M.

Two Central African cowrie & beaded wooden figures. 20th century. Central African Cameroon Grasslands. Larger: 20".

various ethnic purses & pouches; Central & South American, African w/ cowrie shells; beaded pictorial banner (possibly Greek), fair - excellent

A Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik River Mindimbit ancestral male figure sculpture carved wood, natural fiber, red ochres pigment, and cowrie shells depicting a male ancestral figure on a small round pli