20th C. PNG Wooden Ancestor Carving, ex-Arnovick

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. 1940 CE. A masterful figural group carved from wood and adorned with earth pigments, depicting a smiling male figure, sitting on a stool, with his elbows resting upo

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely and large carved wooden ancestor head which rests on an integral, heart-shaped base. A diamond-shaped neck pr

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure standing atop delineated legs and wearing a shin-length apron with an exposed

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Aibom Village, ca. early 20th century CE. A dramatic terracotta head effigy of a composite animal / human countenance, the face of a triangular form with horn-like exten

Papua New Guinea, Washkuk Region, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a handmade pottery head and elongated neck, with bulging, hollow eyes and mouth and a pronounced nose and wide, pierced ears. Papua

Papua New Guinea, early 20th century. There is a long tradition of mask-making from skulls, especially among the highland people of Papua New Guinea. This particular one uses an animal (possibly canid

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably New Ireland, ca. early 20th century CE. A large wooden carving of a large head above a smaller head, both with round, staring eyes. In

West Africa, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. What a sweet littly fishy! Hand carved from wood with lovely details - incised scales, an open, smiling mouth, round eyes, with attached fins and t

West Africa, probably Baoulé people of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a dark wood mask with a heavy, squared-off browline and long, also squared-off nose; t

West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, or Guinea, Dan peoples, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A dramatic and beautiful example of a "mask" (made to be worn atop the head rather than over the fac

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

Papua New Guinea, Abelam peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th centuries CE. This is a fine example of a small Abelam mask for a yam, woven, with a feather border and painted eyes. Yams are the focus o

Bamana people, Mali, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a large wooden mask with with round stone details for eyes that depicts a large foreheaded, small eared, big nosed, primate-like fi

ANCESTOR MASK African wooden mask, 20th century fine ancestor mask, nice carving The Igbo (Ibo) are living in a wide area in the southeast of Nigeria. They are mostly farmers. They created a great var

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall wooden figure, hand-carved, in the form of a long-limbed male with his arms held at his sides and a prominent, flaccid phallus.

Burkina Faso, Lobi, Africa/African circa late 19th to early 20th century 13.5" H (34.3 cm) 13.75" (35 cm) with metal stand A large wooden flute carved in a human shape that represents a particular cla

Small stone Buddha head fragment, circa late 19th - early 20th century. Nicely detailed stone carving. Seats on wooden base. Dimensions: 2" H (w/o base); Weight: 4 oz. Provenance: Ex private collectio

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous wood architectural panel featuring a high relief carving of an ancestor figure seated in

Papua New Guinea, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a carved wooden face, elongated, with a curved hole instead of a mouth/chin, and a long nose and deepset eyes below a large forehead. Ther

Ca. 19thC-20thC. Age appropriate wear throughout as shown. Kenya. Ex-Nooter col.The Giryama/Mijikenda people of the Kenyan coast are known for their long-standing tradition of carved wooden mortuary p

**Originally Listed At $300** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A heavy wooden figure of a crouching woman with long arms that she is using to leverage herself from the

African folk art wood carved colonial soldier in uniform, probably French, late 19th or early 20th century. Wooden carving later mounted as a lamp. Approximately 13.875 x 5.75 x 3.875 in.

Early 20th c wooden carving of a man reading signed F Kitak, good detail, length 8 1/2", ht 10 1/2"

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall standing ancestor figure from Timor, Indonesia, carved from a single piece of light-brown hardwood. The figure displays spread legs