Mid-20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Shango Dance Wand

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful, hand-carved wooden Yoruba Ose Sango (also known as a Shango Staff or dance wand) of a traditional fo

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A dark wood staff in the form of a human figure kneeling and holding up an elaborate bow-shaped headdress. The figure has classically Yor

West Africa, Nigeria, probably Yoruba peoples, mid to late 20th century CE. A large and colorful hand-carved wood mask designed to be worn atop the head and project high above it - this type of mask i

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The woma

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large ceremonial staff carved from wood with an upper portion shaped like a double-axe-blade, and the g

Fine 19th C. African Yoruba Shango Wand, Nigeria. Carved wood. On stand. Among the objects used to honor the Yoruba god of thunder, Shango, is the oshe Shango, or dance wand. It is carried by Shango p

**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 $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An expressive, hand-carved wooden dance mask depicting an attractive face with exaggerated features and

Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved wooden ceremonial staff depicting a pair of heads with almond eyes, prominent noses, full lips, scarification mark

Africa, Yoruba, southwest Nigeria, ca. 1st half of 20th century CE. Wooden Shango cult figure depicting the deity Orisha whose power is imaged by thunder and lightning. Squatting female holding her pe

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An expressive, hand-carved wooden dance mask depicting an attractive face with exaggerated features and

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden female figure standing atop an integral circular base with delineated legs. A

Western Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful Baule dance mask representing a female, perhaps an ancestor, hand-carved from a lustrous brown wood

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks: a helmet Gelede mask, made to be

African Yoruba Eshu/Elegba Dance Wand, Nigeria, 20th C. Carved wood. On Included stand. Size: 14'' x 3'' x 1.5'' (36 x 8 x 4 cm) Height on stand: 16" (41 cm).

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, early 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a royal ancestor of the Yoruba who was t

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

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ritual sculpture depicting a figural head with wonderful detailing, including an expressive visage comp

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure, known as an Ibeji, representative of a twin, standing on an integral pedestal, with a skirt around the waist

Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba Culture, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress skillfully carved to depict a beautiful bird in the round with incised plumage an

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A monochromatic example of a wooden Gelede mask. The face is exquisitely carved with repeated triangular pa

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden divination board of a rectangular form that has slightly concave peripheries,

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden dance mask from the Afikpo peoples, a larger subgroup of people within the larger Igbo n