20th C. African DRC Wood Prestige Adze Handle

**Originally Listed At $1200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A handsome wooden adze handle, which once had a metal blade inserted into the openi

An African D.R.C. Congo Kusu club knife (early 20th Century) wood and iron, having a small carved wood stained handle and with long diamond shaped blade.

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

Ca. first half 20thC. Good with minor age cracks, light edge wood loss, and original patina. Caryatid seat; foreshortened legs. Ex-Nooter coll.

Ca. late 19th early 20thC. Chokwe/Tchokwe comb Democratic Republic of Congo or Angola. Very good, with age-appropriate wear. Purchased from Tad Dale 2006 (copy of original receipt can be included if r

Country of Origin: Presently Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); originates from the era of the Belgium Congo (1908-1960) Early 20th Century Konda knife. Hand-forged metal blade and wood handle wi

Ca. first half 20thC. Songye/Luba tribal African ceremonial axe and smaller axe, wood, metal; Democratic Republic of Congo. Good, with age-appropriate wear, and age-cracks. Ex-Nooter coll.

**Originally Listed At $250** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A forged-iron, double-edged prestige blade known as an ikula used

African Ceremonial Blade Assortment (4) early 20th century items including a Yoruba axe having a carved wood figural handle depicting a kneeling female; a Yakoma prestige blade; a Mgombe executioner k

**Originally Listed at $200** Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende culture, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a scepter, also known as a prestige axe, that is designed to be a more elabora

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye culture, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An attractive prestige axe with a broad, openwork copper blade be

**Originally Listed At $800** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kusu peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An impressive, hand-carved wood figure in the form of a standing male. T

West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large, dark, wooden ceremonial ladle (wakemia or wunkirmian, "spoon associated with feasts"), with a handle in the shape

Eastern Africa, Kenya or Tanzania, Maasai peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A throwing spear of a formidable length with a wooden central pole secured with dangerous weapons on either end. The bottom

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. 1961 CE. This is an ornately detailed example of a wooden Baule flywhisk, carved with an avian form and resem

**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

A wood prestige staff. DRC, Luba, 20th century. 61 1/2"h w/o stand. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

(3 of 3) African Lulua female handle wood mask, early 20th Century. Lulua is an umbrella term, which refers to a large number of heterogeneous peoples who populate the region near the Lulua River, bet

A group of Kuba style cup and Kuba Divination object. 20th century. ++Kuba style figurative wood cup, DRC, 7 1/2"h x 4 1/2"w x 3 1/2"d.. ++ Kuba style divination quadruped, DRC, 2 1/2"h x 9 1/2"w x 2"

Africa, Tanzania, 2nd half of 20th century CE. A finely executed fly whisk with a figural handle carved from hard wood, depicting a standing female with hands across her chest, her torso and mid-secti

A group of Two Congo style masks One Teke style figure. 20th century. ++Chokwe style wood pwo mask, DRC/Amgola, 9 1/2"h x 14"w x 4"d. ++ Teke style clay and wood figure, DRC, 5 3/4"h x 2"diam. ++ Song

Early 20th Century Hand Carved & Painted African Baule Wood Slingshot with Antelope Handle from Western Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule (Baoule) people | A remarkable wooden slingshot handle carved in the

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Ghana, Akan peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden slingshot with a forked sling attachment and a handle depicting a seated woma

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Ivory Coast, Dan, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely trio of carved wooden feast spoons. One spoon has an elongated oval-shaped form, and a short handle car