20TH C. CARVED BLACK WOODEN FIGURES, INLAID

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one w

Chinese Biscuit Glazed Porcelain Cylindrical Brushpot, 20th c., on carved wooden stand, with black & white decoration depicting a landscape with figure riding a water buffalo, with Chinese character v

Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, 19th/20th century, comprising: two carved and stained wooden figures, one male and one female, painted in black, blue, and red pigment, metal appliques to foreheads, both w

Early 20th century, carved wood and paint; the black-painted standing figure with gold waist wrap and headdress (figure 14-1/8 in.) mounted as a lamp with a matching black painted wooden base with win

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A pair of hand-carved wooden crocodile figures, each with a horned nose and deeply inlaid cowrie shell eyes. The bodies

West Africa, Ghana, Asante (also Ashanti, Achanti) people, ca. 1980s CE. An impressive, hand-carved wooden figure known as an Akua'ba (also Akuaba) on an integral plinth, painted in a rich, black pigm

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Chamba peoples, early 20th century CE. A simple, stylized human female figure, carved from a single piece of wood and smoothed. Small black and red

Native American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden kachina doll depicting a large, bird-faced figure. Painted in yellow, red, white, and black pi

Inuit Carved Stone Figure of a Man, early 20th c., on a black marble base atop a wooden plinth, H.- 12 in., W.- 6 1/2 in., D.- 7 in. Provenance: from a collection of an antiquarian, Amite, Louisiana.

GERMAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODEN NOAHíS ARKFirst Half of the 20th CenturyBrown and black painted ark with 56 carved and painted animals and figures.Ark length 32î. Animal heights from 1.5î to

Well carved bears atop logs on either end of a sliding book stand, the figures with hinges fold from ether end, each bear is set with inlaid glass or black tack eyes. Measures 7 x 17 x 6.75 inches. We

North America, USA, ca. 1920. An adorable hand-carved hollow wooden duck with a long body that tapers towards its tail and a large head embellished with black paint, brown and black plastic inlaid eye

Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1930s CE. A carved patu (war club), made of dark wood, with inlaid haliotis (abalone) shell forming the eyes of an acrobatic anthropomorphc figure that is on one side. The ha

Congo Republic, early 20th century. Carved wooden figure with white and red pigment, cloth, nails and rope. Wear, some loss, repaired feet. 48"h. not including base and plinth (16"h. 15.5" x 15.5").

Congo Republic, early 20th century. Carved wooden figure with traces of pigment, embedded nails, glass eyes and applied iron scraps. Once held spear. 50"h.

Africa, Mali, late 19th to early 20th century. Fabulous carved wooden figure of a female sitting upon a stool. Depicting the "ideal" female form with liberally decorated torso and large conical/perky

A carved figure of Mary Magdalene, Mexico mid 20th century, the carved wooden figure with detachable hands, shown standing upon a silvered rocky mount, her robes richly decorated with gilt & silvered

Vintage African Tribal Art Collector's Lot, Mid/Late 20th C. Five Carved Wooden Figures. Size: Ranging from: 24'' x 8'' x 7'' (61 x 20 x 18 cm) to 37'' x 6'' x 6'' (94 x 15 x 15 cm).

Early 20th century. Carved wooden axe with inlaid initials "IORN" and applied carved wooden eagles "TOTE" (the order of the eagle). Two silver plate axe head plaques "Remembrances of Joseph Ryan P.G.S

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Teke / Yaka, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figure surrounded by fetish materials encased in painted cloth with a serene visage comprised o

late 19th/ early 20th Century, containing a carved wooden figure of Buddha holding a peach, with glass (?) eyes, h. 8 in., and a later shrine, h. 23 in., Provenance: The Estate of the late Milton Gelf

West 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 and

Six Syrian chairs, late 19th/ 20th C., intricately carved reticulated wooden frame inlaid with mother of pearl geometric design, striped silk upholstered seats in cream and yellow, wear consistent wit

Africa, Guinea, Baga, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A tall standing female figure, carved from a beige-hued lightweight wood, likely representative of an ancestor. She has broad feet and attenuate