Early 20th C. African Lobi Wood Nude Figure

Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. Three fine standing male Bateba figures, hand-carved from hard wood, created to guard against sorcery, evil, and illness -

African, Tribal Lobi wood figure. Size 5 3/4 inches high + stand. Carved solid wood late 19th early 20th century. Provenance: From the Estate of Judith Fresco, inherited from Late Robert Fresco NYC 19

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large standing anthropomorphic bateba (literally "carved wooden figure"), hand-carved from a single piece of hard wood and

Originally offered at $500... Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early 20th century. A standing female Bateba figure, carved from wood with a gray-brown, encrusted, sacrificial patina. A particu

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden female figure with delineated legs, a cylindrical abdomen, pendulous breas

**Originally Listed At $225** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi tribe, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden dish of a shallow form resting atop a quartet of conical legs. Dense crossha

Africa, Mali, Dogon Peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. Large well carved wooden figure of a standing male, although genitalia appears to have been deliberately removed, possibly by a miss

**Originally Listed At $600** Western Africa, Mali, Dogon people, ca. early 20th century CE. A slender wooden figure standing on short legs, with an overhanging chest and shoulders, as well as a promi

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely elder female figure hand-carved from hard wood. The female pre

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lulua (also Luluwa) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved male power figure that stands on two thick legs wi

**Originally Listed At $750** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figurine used for ceremonial performances in order to teac

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An abstract iron creation, in the form of a standing, anthropomorphic figure. The figure has a long, rectangular torso, elongated li

**Previously Listed At $200** East Africa, probably Tanzania, ca. early 20th century CE. A standing colonial figure, carved of dark, hard wood. The figure has a large head with emphasized ears and del

**Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a monkey, shown standing on a large, thick, discoid pedestal

**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Sierra Leone, Temne people, ca. early 20th century CE. A figural carving of a human with a prominent phallus and a seemingly-pregnant stomach - perhaps representi

**Originally Listed At $275** West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. A hand-carved wooden twin Ibeji figure, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorubaland (spanning

**Originally Listed At $300** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male "ere ibeji" figure, most likely from Oshogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorub

**Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved abstract anthropomorphic wooden shrine figure known as an "ikenga." The ikenga is a

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 $300** Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba/Kusu, ca. early 20th century CE. A remarkable carved-wood sculpture of a seated ancestor figure painted black and embellished w

West Africa, Burkina Faso or Ivory Coast, Senufo, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fascinating and petite carved wooden female figure that most likely belonged to a male-female pair symbolizing the

**Originally Listed At $400** Southern Africa, Angola, Chokwe peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely depiction of an anthropomorphic standing female. This example sports a conical base wh

West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. These old and well-cared for examples of deceased male and female twin figures, known as Ibeji, most likely come from Osogbo or the Igbomina

A LARGE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD FERTILITY FIGURE modelled with attached feathers. 35 cm x 12 cm.