Early 20th C. African Yaka Wooden Shrine Figure

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yaka peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine and hand-carved wooden shrine figure from the Yaka people of central Afr

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga," hand-carved from lightweight wood. The ik

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga." The figure has a pair of bro

**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

West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic wooden shrine figure known as an "ikenga." In Igbo society, the Ikenga is a ritual obje

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic wooden personal shrine figure known as an "Ikenga." The I

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Teke / Yaka, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figure surrounded by fetish materials encased in painted cloth with a serene visage comprised o

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall wooden shrine statue (or ikenga) depicting a helmeted male figure standing atop an included circular iron base. In Igbo society

**Originally Listed At $175** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved anthropomorphic wooden horned shrine figure known as an Ikenga. The Ikenga is a ritual

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall, wooden, phallic-shaped shrine or divination figure, in the form of a long, cylindrical body with a fla

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure standing atop delineated legs and wearing a shin-length apron with an exposed

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Ghana, Adan people, ca. 20th century CE. A hand-carved abstract wooden figure, depicting what looks like a human carrying a basket on her or his head. Painted ha

Western Africa, inland Nigeria, Jukun peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An entrancing anthropomorphic ancestral figure, hand-carved from hard wood, with simple yet enigmatic features. The figure sta

**Originally Listed At $1800** Western Africa, inland Nigeria, Jukun peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An entrancing anthropomorphic ancestral figure, hand-carved from hard wood, with simple yet eni

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba (Bushoong) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful statue of an "ndop" (literally meaning "statue"), hand-carved from a single piece of h

**Originally Listed At $250** Africa, Nigeria, Benue River area, ca. early 20th century CE. A well-worn Wurkun 'wundul' figure carved from a single piece of wood, the anthropomorphic form with an abst

West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Ikenga fetish figure of an intriguing form with a flared base, 3 V-shaped 'arms' extending from the narrow mi

Africa, Republic of Benin, Fon/ Dahomey, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a female, standing with hands placed just above her ample hips and below her breasts, her visa

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

Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Bamana/Turka peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely anthropomorphic representation of a standing male, hand-carved from a single piece of dark-brown wood. Th

**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

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 $600** Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo people, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall staff made of a thin blade of iron and capped with a wooden figure of a woman. Wrapped around the wo