20th C. Yoruba Wooden Shango w/ Blue Pigment

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A dark wood staff in the form of a human figure kneeling and holding up an elaborate bow-shaped headdress. The figure has classically Yor

Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. An unusual double, janus-headed wooden sceptor, finely carved with two sets of janus heads, the upper pair with and intricately carved double-pointe

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The woma

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A large ceremonial staff carved from wood with an upper portion shaped like a double-axe-blade, and the g

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A remarkable ceremonial staff carved from wood with a double-headed axe finial supported by two seated figures boasting a rich shade of c

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A ceremonial staff carved from wood with an axe blade-like upper portion and the body of a woman integrat

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, early 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a royal ancestor of the Yoruba who was t

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden divination board of a circular form and a peripheral border of incised linear, circular

Chinese ,20th C. hexagonal, blue pigmen porcelain hat stand, with quatrefoil windows and painted landscape with rockwork, trees and pavilions in blue on a white ground H: 10.7"(27.3cm) Condition: in g

Africa, Yoruba, southwest Nigeria, ca. 1st half of 20th century CE. Wooden Shango cult figure depicting the deity Orisha whose power is imaged by thunder and lightning. Squatting female holding her pe

Artist unknown (Tribal, possibly Yoruba, 20th c.) Tribal art mask in the form of a frog, decorated with black, white, red and blue pigment. Origin unknown, but possibly Yoruba people of Nigeria and Be

A Yoruba Style Shango Staff. Wood, pigment. 20th century. Nigeria. 18 1/8" x 6 5/8". Condition: Abrasions, cracks.

Blackware pottery sculpture, Seated Figure, attributed to Max Kerlow (Mexico, 20th c.), burnished finish with applied blue pigments, wearing wooden beaded necklace, hands raised to grasp mortar and pe

Item measures approx. 17"h x 42"w x 19"d. It has blue paint, is hard wood construction, has a drain port and stands on a country leg.

Argentinian, late 20th century. A vertical, quartz sculpture by Raúl Farco, b. 1953. Top half is attached to a rectangular wooden base. Finished with blue and red brushed pigment. Overall good cond

* A Yoruba Wood Figure nigeria, late 19th/early 20th century with traces of blue pigment throughout. Height 14 1/2 inches. Estimate $ 200-300 The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to Ben

Two Yoruba Carved and Painted Double Sided Wood Oshe Shango Staffs, Early 20th Century. Tallest dimensions: H: 10 3/4 x W: 3 1/2 in. According to Yoruba beliefs, Shango the god of lightning, enriches

**First Time At Auction** Australia, Aboriginal people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A pretty wooden ceremonial spear, decorated with cross-hatched white, red, and yellow ocher pigment. Size: 1.25" W x 26

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

A wooden Janus helmet mask Nigeria, Yoruba 20th century. 8"h x 10"w. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

A group of Eight West Africa style figures. 20th century. ++Seated Yoruba wood figure, Nigeria, 8 1/2"h x 3 1/2"w x 2"d. ++ Lobi style wooden female figure, Burkina Faso, 7"h x 2"w x 1 1/2"d. ++ Lobi

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A lovely example of a hand carved wooden Gelede mask that is painted with white, blue, black, red, an

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden figural bust of a face topped by a large, hooked coiffure or headdress shaped like an axe blade. A t

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall and finely-detailed carved wooden Gelede mask, hand-painted in red, white, and blue hues. The overall