Incredible Makonde Dense Heavy Wood Female Sculpture

Carved from an incredibly dense and heavy wood, this effigy of a female ancestor with incised tribal scars and with an overall highly stylized form and features. Makonde peoples, Mozambique / Tanzania

This is a very fine old carving from the Makonde peoples of Tanzania, central Africa. carved from a dense heavy wood with reddish tone and featuring a classic Makonde style face and exaggerated form.

Seated female figure in dense heavy ebony type wood. Separately carved head attached by mortise along with two nails (front and back). Good condition with signs of age; small chip loss at neck, nails

Carved from a heavy dense wood and featuring a highly stylized female ancestor looking upwards into the heavens with traditional facial features and lip plug. makonde peoples, Tanzania, East Africa. T

Carved from an incredibly heavy and dense wood ( like Iron wood) and highly stylized female form, with archaic female holding long breast, the sign of a elderly woman. This figure has old collection o

A large carved wooden effigy of two female figures with traditional style coiffure, carved beads, enlarged breast and with arms around one another. The figure was carved from a dense heavy wood. Naga

Carved from a dense heavy wood and showing obvious exposure to the elements. This Seated female features linear designs, large conical breast and holding what appears to be a bellows, perhaps suggesti

Tall carved wooden Female ancestor sculpture with exaggerated and elongated torso and stylized face and form. The Female sculpture is carved from a dense heavy wood and shows plenty of handling and we

A Finely carved contemporary Lulua female sculpture with a highly stylized ancestor shown seated with hands to face and elbows on the knees. The figure was carved from a heavy dense wood has been prof

A very nice older wood sculpture of a Female ancestor effigy , shown kneeling and with raised scars designs and a long coiffure down her back. The sculpture was carved from a heavy dense wood and meas

A Dark female ancestor figure carved from a heavy dense wood and adorned with textiles and glass beads. Sukuma peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The figure measures 21.5 inches tall

Large sculpture of a male and female pair of slaves or captives. carved from a single piece of dense and heavy wood with refined features and some evidence of shrine use, minor areas of wear.Lobi peop

Carved from a very heavy and dense wood with highly exaggerated features and form, note the head turned off axis and embellished with Magic fetish Horn, copper wire, raised scar designs and a polished

Carved from a single piece of incredibly heavy and dense wood, this is a very large and impressive sculpture of a female from the Senufo peoples, Cote D'Ivorie, West Africa. A tall statue with tribal

Carved from an incredibly heavy and dense wood with a high stylized form, and well handled surface patina. The figure has been custom mounted because of the loss to its legs long ago. Luguru or relate

Carved from a single piece of heavy dense wood, this is a vintage Baule wood sculpture of a female Spirit Wife , Or \"Blolo Bla\" from Cote De Ivorie, West Africa. This Vintage to antique idol has a v

Carved from an incredibly heavy and dense wood with almost cubistic features, traditional form and golden honey colored patina from handling. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa. The figure measures 37 inches

Carved from an incredibly dense and heavy piece of wood with well carved seated female nursing her infant child. Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. Likely a Vintage example made for the art

Carved from a dense heavy wood with elongated and stylized form, incised scar designs, ringed neck and zig zag tribal motifs. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The sculpture measures 33.5 inch

A very nice example of a female ancestor sculpture from the Senou region of Mali, and the Dogon peoples, West Africa. carved from a very heavy and dense piece of wood with classic Dogon style. Note th

A carved male effigy with classic facial scars and fine craftsmanship. The wood is incredibly heavy and dense ironwood. Makonde peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The sculpture measures 10.75 inches tall and

A tall highly stylized female ancestor sculpture or rhythm pounder (deble) from the Senufo people of the Ivory Coast. Carved from a very heavy and dense piece of wood, such figures were once a crucial

Carved from a very heavy and dense wood with a stylized female form and some organic painted or dyed areas accenting the sculptures features. The Pounder measures 40.5 inches tall. Senufo peoples, Ivo

Carved from a single piece of dense and heavy wood and featuring a highly stylized face and female form, adorned with grass skirt. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa. The shoulder mask / sculpture meas