20th C. African Mumuye Iron Rain Wand

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Mumuye peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A beautiful forged-iron rain-making wand comprised of three layers of serpentine rods accentu

Ca. first half 20thC. Two Tajere currency forms, iron; Mumuye, Nigeria. Included measurements for larger piece. Ex-Nooter coll.

Late 19th early 20thC. African tribal fetish scepter wand, wood, hair, cowrie shell, iron, and woven burlap type fabric. Age-appropriate wear, with age-cracks, missing fabric, cowries, and hair. Stand

Lot of three (3) forged iron currency Tajere forms, one on stand, 19th or early 20th century, two (2) of which exhibited at "Africa's Iron and Copper Currencies", Institute of African Studies, Columbi

**First Time At Auction** Africa, East Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and West Africa, Cameroon, Kirdi people, both ca. early to mid 20th century CE. Two axes from the DRC, the longest with

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Early 20thC Iron WW1 Trench Art? May also be early 20th African Safari Souvenir as it was acquired with a group of 19th and early 20thC African iron and bronze items

**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

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. A forged iron staff topped with a ring of small peacock-like birds standing around a central bird on an iron ring. The birds are stylized b

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

Central Africa, Gabon, Kwele people, ca. early 20th century CE. An interesting pair of large iron currency pieces known as a mandjong, both in the shape of an anchor. Each are similar in profile; one

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, Kissi peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fantastic gathering of 51 iron 'pennies' formed with twisting bodies,

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with two groups of long bells spaced out along it. The staff is capped by a bird finial below an upside-down group of four

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, Nkutshu subgroup, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine dagger attached to a tapering wooden handle with a fla

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Nigeria, Mfunte peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large forged-iron currency piece of a sizable form resembling ei

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine spear featuring a slender wooden handle with 7 petite metal ringlets a

**Originally Listed at $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A ceremonial iron staff with a tripartite top portion consisting of three cylinders of iron twisted into a spi

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, northern Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine example of a forged-iron gong currency piece with a hollow, bell-shaped body, pinched peri

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**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, ca. 1940s to 1950s CE. A massive iron weapon of a symmetrical serrated leaf shape. Iron weapons like this piece were recognized and used as currency

4 Dogon and Bambara Metalware Artifacts. Mali, West Africa 20th C. 1) Dogon Iron Seated Figure. Size: 6"H x 1"W x 0.75"D (15.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm). 2) Bambara Twisted Torso, Iron. Size: 8.75"H x 3"W x 2"D (

Kuba Kingdom Prestige Blade (ikula). 19th/20th C. D.R.Congo. African iron and wood. Size: 14.25 x 4 in. Excellent condition and with encrusted, darkened, shiny, aged patina on handle. Provenance: Priv

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall iron staff with long bells on its lower part and capped by a bird finial atop a thin round disk. Below

**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Cameroon, Kirdi or Fali People, ca. mid 20th century CE. Rare and quite wonderful doll or fetish. Burlap textile body tightly filled with unknown material, small