Luba Hemba Fly Whisk 20th Century

Luba Hemba Fly Whisk, 20th Century, Carved wood, beads, fiber, nails, and horsehair, 26 inches tall, Provenance Boca Raton Museum of Art prior to 2007

West Africa, Ivory Coast / Cote D'Ivoire, Baule peoples 20th century, royal chieftains flywhisk of the Baule peoples a subgroup of the Akan people from Ghana in West Africa. Carved wood with horse hai

A group of five Luba/Hemba style objects. Central Africa. Wood, gourd. 20th century. Largest: 16" x 4 1/2" x 4 3/4". Smallest: 7" x 4" x 3 3/4". Condition: Accretions and wear throughout.

A group of 3 African objects. A: Ivory Coast, Senufo B: DRC, Luba C: DRC, Hemba. 20th century. A: 21"h B: 22"h C 19 1/2"h.Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX. In most cases the da

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba or Hemba (Bahemba) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden fetish figure with a classic Luba/Hemba (the two groups live near eac

A seated female figure with metal collar around the base. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba / Hemba. Late 19th/early 20th century. object: 4 3/4"h x 3 1/4" dia, with stand: 5 3/4"h x 3 1/4" dia.

A choice Nyamwezi fly whisk from Tanzania, early 20th century. The overall length of this beautiful example is 32 in and it has a nicely sculpted head, inlaid with shell eyes, topping the handle. Woul

Africa, Tanzania, 2nd half of 20th century CE. A finely executed fly whisk with a figural handle carved from hard wood, depicting a standing female with hands across her chest, her torso and mid-secti

Three African Half-Figures Democratic Republic of Congo/Gabon, early 20th century One Luba/Hemba diviner's kabeja Janus figure, One Fang cylindrical female with bead eyes. O

West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An ornate fly whisk made from wood and horsehair, the handle covered with red cloth and gold leaf to convey t

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba or Hemba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A prestige axe known as a kibiki or a kasolwa, with a forged-iron blade fitted into a thin s

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early 20th century CE. A hand-made wood and feather whisk with an intricately carved handle and a generous array of cassowa

A group of five ethnographic objects. 20th century. ++ Animal skull. 4" x 3" x 4". ++ Iron bar. West Africa. 22" x 1 1/2" x 2". ++ Flywhisk. West Africa. 25" x 3" x 2 1/2". ++ Iron object. West Africa

**Originally Listed At $400** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A finely executed fly whisk with a figural handle carved from hard wood, depicting a standing female with

A group of five African figures and bowls. 20th century. ++ Igbo divination bowl. Nigeria. 8" x 15" x 16". ++ Bamana wooden bovine mask. Mali. 29" x 14" x 7". ++ Flywhisk. West Africa. 13" x 2" x 9".

Africa, Tanzania, 2nd half of 20th century CE. A finely executed fly whisk with a figural handle carved from hard wood, depicting a standing female with hands across her chest, her torso and mid-secti

A 20TH CENTURY CHINESE TURQUOISE-STYLE MODEL OF A SEATED FEMALE IMMORTAL, together with a fitted wood stand, the deity bearing a fly whisk, 3.75in high overall, the model itself 2.8in high.

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. 1961 CE. This is an ornately detailed example of a wooden Baule flywhisk, carved with an avian form and resem

East Africa, possibly Kenya, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a pair of authentic fly whisks with woven handles and long horsehair tips. Fly whisks are often part of the official royal rega

A flywhisk with carved wood handle in the form of an equestrian figure with two attendants. Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. 26"l Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpso

A Chinese Rose Quartz Figure of Guanyin 20TH CENTURY the deity depicted seated, dressed in draped robes and holding a fly whisk, raised on a fitted hardwood stand. Height 5 in., 12.7 cm.

A YELLOW AND GREEN OVERLAY BLUE QIANLONG MARK SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, early to mid-20th century, glass. A bat over beribboned auspicious objects including vases, scrolls, fly whisks, books, and more, ter

Hemba or Luba style figure, D.R. Congo, 20th century, depicted standing with hands on hips, 24.5"h

Hemba Male Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo  Probably early 2