A Fine Old Yoruba Drum with 8 Ancestor faces

A carved wooden cylindrical wooden drum with stretched Goat hide skin membrane and wooden pages driven into the side to hold the drum head. The Drum Body is decorated with ornate linear designs and 8

A very fine older carved wooden slit drum percussion instrument with an ornate and highly stylized ancestor face and painted with earthen pigments. Yaka peoples, Congo, Africa. The drum measures 27.5

A Very finely carved and heavy old wooden drum with four ancestor faces and obvious use and handling over many many years. What remains is stable, though the drum has lost most of its tuning pegs. Yor

A carved wooden musical instrument / drum with female effigy as the central support, polychromed paints and signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The drum measures 24 inches ta

A Finely carved tall wooden drum with animal skin drum head and wooden spikes inserted around the drum head perimeter. The mask is highly decorated with faces and geometric designs, and overall shows

A long carved wooden ladle or spoon with stylized ancestor face on the handle, ringed neck suggesting prestige and wealth and a well handled surface patina. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, west Africa. Acco

A carved wooden pipe bowl with metal (aluminum) lined bowl and a traditional Ancestor face adorned with linear designs and cross hatching. The Pipe Bowl measures 3.5 x 3 inches ( 4.5 inches tall on cu

A very nice old forged iron staff featuring 8 avian images around a central avian image. Known locally as a Opa Osanyin staff, it is used by herbalists to enlist the aid of the god of divination, Osan

A finely carved wooden staff featuring two ancestor faces and incised designs on a criss cross shaped handle. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 10.5 inches tall on simple metal display stand.C

A carved wooden cap crest with a wonderful stylized ancestor face, raised linear designs and painted with kaolin clay pigments, inset mirror eyes and a deep well handled surface indicating good age an

A Tall carved wooden helmet with elaborate coiffure as well as a tall post finial with ribbed neck and ancestor face atop with carved eyes accented with stone or mineral pigment. The mask has an unden

This is a very old and well used Yoruba Egungun mask with tall "rabbit" like ears and traditional style face. The mask has a painted kaolin clay surface and is Very well weathered suggesting great age

A carved wooden tray with raised face of Eshu and zoomorphic figures, linear designs with symbolic meaning. Such a tray is used by the babalawo (diviner) when seeking advice or faced with an illness.

A finely carved openwork walking staff or prestige staff with ancestor face and wonderful well used patina. Pende peoples, Congo, Africa. - Provenance: Ex Old Belgian collection to Charles Fox, CA, pu

Carved wooden figural Door Lock featuring a Horned ancestor with zigzag legs and "cubistic" ancestor face.Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa.Measures 27 inches tall on custom wooden base.

A Carved wooden dance crest featuring a handsome Yoruba ancestral face with ceremonial cap and traditional treatment to the eyes, face and ears. A well worn older example. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Afr

A Fine Old carved wooden adze or axe handle with lovely female ancestor face on the handle, and long steel blade inserted. Note the incised village images along the handle edges, along with a deep wel

This is a very fine old wood sculpture of a female ancestor with stylized face and form, carved coiffure, protruding navel and well handled and worn surface. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, West Africa. The s

A Carved wooden stool with classic form and elegant ancestor style face on top. Possibly carved by the famous Lobi carver Sikire Kamabire of Gaoua, Burkina Faso 1896-1963. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso,

A fine and old beaded Yoruba coronet, Ekiti Yoruba; NigeriaA fine and old Orikogbofo coronet, predominantly white with alternating classical faces in blue and faceted brown beads, a band with floral m

This is a very fine and vintage Senufo ancestor sculpture, Mali, Africa. Carved from a single piece of wood with a well handled and Oily patina, note the wonderful stylized face and form, a Gorgeous e

A Very finely carved wooden slit drum, percussion instrument with a classic ancestral face, with stylized nose and well handled surface, and decorated with a charming monkey on top. Yaka peoples, Cong

This is a very fine old carving from the Makonde peoples of Tanzania, central Africa. carved from a dense heavy wood with reddish tone and featuring a classic Makonde style face and exaggerated form.

A fine and rare old Yoruba Ogboni bronze Staff finial, a 19th Century example that was field collected by Louise Clark, a Peace Corp worker in Nigeria in 1965. The staff finial measures 4 3/8 inches t