Sold201620th C. African Mossi Wood Biiga (Child) Fertility DollWest Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi, ca. early 20th century CE. A fertility doll with a lovely honey brown patina carved from one piece of wood by an artisan of the Mossi peoples. As is characteristic ofSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Mossi Leather & Wood Janiform DollWest Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi Tribe, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A carved wooden doll known as a biiga (literally "child") covered in tanned antelope hide and used for play by Mossi girls, asSee Sold Price
Sold2023Burkina Faso African Carved Wood Mossi Biiga African Fertility Doll Tribal StatueCa. mid 20thC. Very good with age appropriate patina surface wear and with tiny spots of wood loss. Mossi figure with a large narrow crested head; long neck; no arms. Bamana or Malinke . Ex-Nooter colSee Sold Price
Sold2024Burkina Faso African Carved Wood Mossi Biiga African Fertility Doll Tribal StatueCa. second half 20thC. Very good with age appropriate patina surface wear and with spots of wood loss. Glass trade beads. Mossi figure with a large narrow crested head; long neck; no arms. Bamana or MSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Mossi "Biiga" wood and leather fertility dollA Mossi "Biiga" wood and leather fertility dollMid-20th century; Mossi Peoples, Burkina Faso, West AfricaAppears unmarkedThe carved wood stylized female figure accented with leather wrappingSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Bobo Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $800** Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved tall, dark, wood mask with a large figural crest. The mask has an abstract, dramatic appearanSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tall Early 20th C. African Mossi Wood Karanga Mask**Originally Listed At $650** West Africa, Burkina Faso, northern Yatenga region, Mossi peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Karanga mask of a tall form with a projecting toSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Bwa Polychrome Wood Hawk MaskWest Africa, Burkina Faso, Bwa peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable wooden mask depicting a nature spirit in the form of a stylized hawk or vulture, known as a duho. EmbeSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Lobi Carved Wooden Bateba FigureWest 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 andSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Mossi Wood Carved Stool**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi people, ca. early 20th century CE. A charming, hand-carved wooden stool of abstract anthropomorphic form. The "back" of the figure is theSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of 3 Early 20th C. African Lobi Wood Bateba FiguresWestern 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 -See Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Bamana Turka Wooden Male FigureWestern 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. ThSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. West African Lobi Wood HeadWest Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A head on a thick, conical neck, with an elongated, rounded skull, large ears, and a sensitive face with a raised chinstrap beard. TSee Sold Price
Sold2016Early 20th C. Burkina Faso Wood Statue of WomanWest Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi people, early 20th century CE. A tall statue with a dark, smooth wooden surface. The statue is of a woman with some facial carvings that look like tattoos or scarificaSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. African Lobi Wood Footed Dish**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 crosshaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Early 20th C. African Wood Female Bateba Phuwe Figure**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 breasSee Sold Price
Sold2022Early 20th C. African Wood Bateba Figure (for Altar)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 particuSee Sold Price
Sold2024Early 20th C. Burkina Faso Wood Zoomorphic Stool**Originally Listed At $700** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early 20th century. Skillfully carved from a single piece of hard wood with a deep, lustrous dark brown patina, a zoomorphicSee Sold Price
Sold2021African Lobi Ritual Staff, Burkina Faso, Early 20th C.African Lobi Ritual Staff, Burkina Faso, Early 20th C. Carved wood. On stand. Size: 14'' x 10.25'' x 1.5'' (36 x 26 x 4 cm); Height on Stand: 17" (43 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, SonomaSee Sold Price
20243 Horned Tribal Mossi African Mask from Burkina Faso, Africa - Late 19th to Early 20th Century3 Horned Mossi African Mask from Burkina Faso, Africa - Late 19th to Early 20th Century. Original paint and in excellent condition with no to little cracking in the wood. This piece appears to be madeSee Sold Price
Sold20163 Mossi Biiga Fertility Dolls3 Mossi Biiga Fertility Dolls, carved wood, Mossi People, Burkina Faso, Carved Wood, 20th C. Sizes: 1)10.5"H x 2.5"W x 2.5"D (26.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm); 2) 9"H x 1.5"W x 1.5"D (23 x 4 x 4 cm); 3) 11.8"H xSee Sold Price
Sold20163 Mossi Biiga Fertility Dolls3 Mossi Biiga Fertility Dolls, Mossi People (Burkina Faso), 20th C. Carved wood, leather, beads. Sizes: 1) 12.7"H x 3"W x 3"D (32.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm); 2) 10.25"H x 3"W x 3"D (26 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm; 3) 11.75See Sold Price
Sold2024Early 20thC Burkina Faso Bobo Fetish African Tribal Power StatueCa. first quarter to first half 20th, This scarce wood, metal and string Ko-Diougou figurine remains in apparently complete condition having all metal blades intact, along with the complete protectiveSee Sold Price
Sold2021African Lobi Stool, Burkina Faso, Early/Mid 20th C.African Lobi Stool, Burkina Faso, Early/Mid 20th C. Carved wood. Size: 8.5'' x 8'' x 15.5'' (22 x 20 x 39 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.See Sold Price
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