19th C. Yoruba Textile & Cowrie "Shrine of the Head"

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An interesting textile shell shrine container shaped like crown known as "ile ori," which translates to

A group of three ethnographic objects. 20th century. ++ Anthropomorphic wood form. 31" x 12" x 1 1/4". ++ Yoruba House of the Head shrine with cowrie shells. Nigeria. 16 1/2" x 9" x 31 3/4" Cir. ++ Ca

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating piece of Afo currency in the form of an iron shovel blade with a broad cutting edge, a low e

African Yoruba clay shrine bust, 19th Century, Bongo Sudan, executed in sun-dried clay with empowering metal, a stylized 'art brut' simplistic rustic form with a highly textured surface, made for use

A very fine and rare old Shango staff with cowrie shell adornment and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure has an old label on the side as well as an old Sotheby's Park Bern

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine collection of a brass currency rings threaded on a leather cord with cowrie shells attached to

French Renaissance Revival armchair, 19th c., richly carved walnut frame with open work top rail, supporting padded seat and back upholstered in a floral patterned textile fixed with nail head trim, s

Yoruba Funeral Mascarade Costume, 19th c. African Textile

Shrine Banner called Scezak Tibet, circa 19th century 72 in x 29 in Textile brocade used for decorating a beautiful Buddhist Shrine in a home or in a monastery.

A metal gong with textile wrapped handle and male head finial. Cameroon, Cameroon Grasslands. Late 19th to early 20th century. 17"h x 4"w x 3 1/2"d. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estat

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Late 19th C. Shrine cloth offered to the shrine of Salar Masud, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wagon drawn by ho

A Finely cast ancient Bronze bracelet with figures in relief , perhaps Bulls heads with horns and human figures with arms. dating from the 16th-19th century, see the MET Museum for a like example. Yor

Hand carved and painted wood zoomorphic mask of Ngulu or pig, with metal appliques to the snout and head - with a coin mounted directly in the middle of the forehead. Textile and rattan weaves act as

Yoruba Peoples, large Ogboni staff finial, 19th c. or earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, staff finial depicting a female head with jewelry and scarifications on forehead, a small iron protrusion on the

Horse-head trapping, Bakhtiyari, Iran, 19th Century. Tablet woven band with cowrie shells and buttons. Bought by John Wertime in Teheran in 1975. Published by Wertime in Lori and Bakhtiyari Flatweaves

Phulkari Wedding Shawl/Head Cloth, Swat Valley, India/Pakistan, 19th C. Silk embroidery on cotton ground, composed of three sections. Ref: Yet Another Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles, Carol Summers,

Phulkari Wedding Shawl/Head Cloth, India, 19th C. Silk embroidery on cotton ground, diamond motif, composed of three sections, cochineal dye. Ref: Yet Another Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles, Carol S

Phulkari Wedding Shawl/Head Cloth, Swat Valley, India/Pakistan, 19th C.. Silk embroidery on cotton. Ref: Another Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles, Carol Summers, 2006, Page 13. Size: 4'8'' x 7'10'' (1

Continental 19th C. Franciscan friar Santos sculpture on wooden stand, comprised of hand-carved wooded head and limbs, glass eyes, and a hemp body clothed in more recent textiles. 17.5" H x 7" W

A group of four African masks and headdresses. 20th century. ++ Kuba style head. D.R. Congo. 20" x 14" x 13". ++ Yoruba House of the Head with cowries. Nigeria. 18" x 9" x 10". ++ Kuba style helmet Mb

Group (8) old tribal metal figures and objects, 19th/20th c., various regions, incl. a Mumuye figure, Dogon figure, Yoruba lion figure, pouch, Dogon bracelet mounted on stand, (2) mask heads, and a po

Woman's ceremonial head cloth, silk ground with silver-wound thread songket, 19th/early 20th c, Palembang, Sumatra. Size: 83'' x 30'' (211 x 76 cm).

A group of four ethnographic personal objects. 20th century. ++ Yoruba House of the Head altarpiece with cowrie shells. Nigeria. 16" x 11" x 10 1/2". ++ Figurative wicker container. 17 3/8' x 8" x 8".

Artist Unknown (French, 19th Century) Head Of A Man. Oil on panel Panel: 16" x 12.75" Frame: 21.5" x 18"