A Fine Baule African Comb ex Dorothy Brill Robbins

A very finely carved wooden comb from the Baule featuring an elegant female with elaborate coiffure and shown wearing a low relief cross necklace. The comb has extensive incised designs. The comb meas

A very finely carved wooden comb from the Chokwe peoples of Angola, west Africa. Featuring an elegant ancestor wearing a tall conical hat. The comb has extensive incised designs. The comb measures 7.2

A very finely carved wooden comb from the Chokwe peoples of Angola, west Africa. Featuring an elegant ancestor face. The comb has extensive incised designs. The comb measures 5.5 inches tall ( 8.5 inc

A very rare old carved wooden mask decorated with incised linear designs, elongated form, raised stylized brow, carved coiffure and of course the swept back goat or ram horns. The Mask interior shows

This is a finely carved wooden door from the Baule peoples from The Ivory Coast of West Africa. Carved from a hard wood with highly stylized ancestor effigy and stylized leopard, along with goemetric

Elegant carved wooden comb with ancestor mask face on top. Signs and handling and wear. Baule or Akan peoples, Cote D'ivoire / Ghana , West Africa. The Comb measures 7.75 inches tall x 3 inches wide.

Elegant carved wooden mask with comb like structure , hook like appendages and geometric designs carved in relief. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 13.25 x 5.5 inches. A meta

A very finely carved wooden stool(?) with male and female supports and a well handled surface patina. The figures were carved in a colon style and have western style regalia. The Stool measures 20.5 i

A Elegant and finely carved old wooden comb with a dramatic ancestral face and a well worn surface patina. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Comb has been custom mounted. The comb measures

African Baule Comb, Ivory Coast. Carved wood. On stand. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased in 1972 from Rene Rasmussen, AAA, 38, rue de Seine, Paris, F

A exceedingly beautiful carved wooden couple with a well handled surface suggesting many years of traditional field use. The sculptures Measure 22 inches tall on their bases. Baule peoples, Ivory Coas

A carved wood and painted red dance mask with a highly stylized face and remains of wooden collar, now decayed and eroded away. The Long classic face accented with reddish organic / mineral pigments a

A Handsome and well carved male sculpture from a dark wood with well handled, well polished surface , finely crafted and twisted beard, red mineral accenting the coiffure with a traditional pose on sc

A carved wooden female idol with an unusual treatment to the face and head, finely carved coiffure, raised scar designs. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The sculpture measures 17.5 x 3.5 inch

A very finely carved wooden heddle weaving pulley with mask like face and incised linear designs, and a well handled surface. Baule / Akan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley has been custom

A carved wooden female effigy with finely incised coiffure, raised scar designs classic facial features and shown holding an offering bowl. The surface is well handled and worn smooth. Baule peoples,

A very finely carved old wooden shrine idol, perhaps a Male spirit effigy with ornate facial decorations and classic form, arms extended and raised scar designs throughout. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast,

A carved wood and painted red dance mask with a highly stylized face and remains of wooden collar, now decayed and eroded away. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast. The mask measures 14 x 6 inches. ( 36 inches

This is a very fine old and field used carved wooden mask with precise incised linear designs, raised facial scars and elaborate coiffure. Note the well handled surface patina and signs of wear and us

A carved wooden male effigy with a sweet and serene presence and a well handled surface patina. Such idols, known as Arei Usu , are considered Divination figures used by diviners as mediums to the spi

A Carved wooden effigy of a young female, perhaps used as a divination Oracle. The sculpture has two carved animal horn motifs at the center of the chest, as well as numerous incised designs and raise

A carved wooden maskette with highly stylized facial features and painted coiffure. The mask has a well handled surface suggesting age and handling. The maskette measures 6.75 x 4 ( 8 inches tall on s

A VERY SERENE OLD WOOD SCULPTURE FROM THE BAULE PEOPLES OF WEST AFRICA. MEASURES 14.25 INCHES ON PROFESSIONAL DISPLAY STAND. A WONDERFUL DEEP WELL HANDLED PATINA SUGGESTS YEARS OF TRADITIONAL RITUAL U

A very fine old and rare Diviners maskette , a carved wooden miniature mask with traditional face, linear designs accenting kaolin clay and a very well handled surface patina. Worn as a pectoral by a