Sold2018TALL IGBO IKENGA SHRINE IDOL WITH HORNSA carved wooden shrine sculpture featuring tall horns. The sculpture was carved from a single piece of wood and has been painted with various colored kaolin clay pigments. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, AfricSee Sold Price
Sold202118th Century Tibetan Ritual Painted Tantric Wool18th Century Tibetan Ritual Painted Tantric Wool wall hanging, decorated with pictures of human skull around the wool for tantric meditation room or the shrine for the monastery. Length: 65" Width: 31See Sold Price
Sold2023(on 4) TIBETAN BUDDHIST RITUAL OBJECTSshell horn with leather handle (silver tip and mouthpiece missing), 8" a brass shrine with copper aurora, 7"h a small brass covered cup in stand, 4"See Sold Price
Sold2021A Mambila Nsua Ndua Ritual MaskA Carved wooden helmet mask with unusual ancestor face and swept back horns, painted black with red and white accents. A unusual style , a similar mask can be seen in the Yale University Museum collecSee Sold Price
Sold2018Antique Wooden Tibetan Travel ShrineAntique Wooden Tibetan Travel Shrine. Portable shrine decorated with scenes from the Hindu epics. The epics Mahabharata and Ramayana serve as both religious scriptures and a rich source of philosophySee Sold Price
Sold2018RITUAL CROWNpapermaché painted, Tibet, 18th century, H: 18 cm / W: 10,5 cm A Sino-Tibetan painted ritual crown (ringga), with the Five buddhas, each depicted seated in dhayasana.See Sold Price
Sold2024Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Ritual CabinetAntique Tibetan Hand Painted Ritual Cabinet.Measures 44 inches x 48 inches x 16 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2022A Rare Mbole Sculptur Ex- Aaron Henry BastenA Tall carved wooden shrine figure with mineral pigment painted face and well handled surface suggesting good age. This sculpture is known as an "Okifa" which represents a convicted criminal and whomSee Sold Price
Sold2015A wooden shrine statue of Guanyin.A wooden shrine statue of Guanyin. Possibly Japanese. Black and red painted and gilded wood. A peaceful looking Guanyin standing on lotus throne. Metal head decorations. Halo around her/his head. WithSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tibetan Ritual and Metal AssortmentTibetan Ritual and Metal Assortment (19) items including cloth covered amulets, spinners, resin skull caps, horns, ladle, tea pots, trinket boxes; most decorated, some having stones Provenance: The EsSee Sold Price
Sold2024Published: Fon Bocio Voodoo Fetish encased in Locks Ex Simmons collectionA carved wooden shrine idol enveloped in Locks,with smaller spirit idols on each side. The Locks are a symbol and ritual of binding a spirit into service. Such idols are used in local Vodun or VoodooSee Sold Price
Sold201719th C. Beautiful Wood Burmese Buddhist Shrine / AltarSoutheast Asia, Burma, ca. 19th century CE. A huge wooden shrine / altar meant to hold a statue of the Buddha. The altar, which is painted a deep red, stands on four lion-paw like feet atop a three-tiSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Rare Wurkun Kundul Staff IdolA tall slender carved wooden shrine idol embellished with red pigment, encrusted patina, signs of ritual use."Kundul" figures are typically mounted on iron spikes, enabling the sculpture to be stuck iSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare 18 C Carved Gilded Tibetan Wooden Manuscript ChestRare 18 C Carved Gilded Tibetan Wooden Manuscript Chest from a temple or a shrine. Carved from hardwood and bares age consisted with circa 1700s. Has a measurement of 32 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 22".See Sold Price
Sold2022Tibetan Red and Gilt CabinetTibetan wooden six panel cabinet. Four panels open to reveal storage. Painted red with gilt decoration depicting encircled dragons and scrollwork.Provenance: From the Estate of Horst Rechelbacher, OscSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Rare Old Baule Monkey Figure: PublishedThis is a very rare and powerful old carved wooden effigy of a Monkey, created for use on a ritual shrine by the Mbra Cult of the Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The figure has an encrusted sSee Sold Price
Sold2015Antique Sino-Tibetan Painted Thangka: BodhisattvaAntique Sino-Tibetan Painted Thangka: BodhisattvaAntique Sino-Tibetan painted thangka; depicting a white skinned bodhisattva seated in position of "Royal Ease" playing a horn in a green landscape withSee Sold Price
Sold2020Antique Mexican Shrine Idol with Candle in its headA rare and haunting carved wooden idol from a Brujos shrine, with a small old candle embedded into its head. Such idols are known to have been used by sorcerers in witchcraft and ritual. This idol meaSee Sold Price
Sold2017A Thang-ka on LeatherSino/Tibetan; early 20th century Large, well painted Thangka on leather, depicting numerous deities and shrines. Unusual. Dimensions 57 1/2" by 25 1/4" (146 cm by 65 cm) Provenance Boston, MA CollectSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Sweating Toma Female Shrine Idol Ex Allan StoneA carved wooden female effigy with thick encrusted sacrificial surface patina that sweats in the sunlight, suggesting years of ritual applications or offerings. Such images of female ancestral spiritsSee Sold Price
Sold2021RELIGIOUS FIGURE WITH SHRINEcarved and painted wood, the figure with a cast metal halo, standing on an arched base mounted on a wooden plinth together with a carved wood arched niche Condition: the figure missing a hand and withSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Sweating Toma Shrine Idol EX Allan Stone CollectionA carved wooden female effigy with thick encrusted sacrificial surface patina that sweats in the sunlight, suggesting years of ritual applications or offerings. Such images of female ancestral spiritsSee Sold Price
Sold2023Published: Monumental Fon Vodoun Shrine Fetish Ex SimmonsA large and heavily embellished wooden female effigy with a large medicine bottle adhered to the front and two crocodile carvings attached to her form with red cloth, animal horns filled with magic inSee Sold Price
Sold2024Black Forest Trumpeter Table ClockA large 20th century Black Forest table Cuckoo clock. 8-day time and strike, 2-horn "Trumpeter" movement with Brass cut-out plates and wooden dial with applied Brass Roman numerals and painted metal hSee Sold Price
Oct 05North American Artifact Auctions19th Century or Older Tibetan Sterling Silver Ritual Conch Shell Sankha - 8 1/2"$10(1 bid)
Oct 05North American Artifact Auctions10 3/8" Tibetan Silver Ritual Conch Shell Sankha Hand Carved$35(4 bids)
21 hrs LeftFrost & NicklausOld Fisherman, 1960s Hand Carved & Painted Wooden Figure, Folk Art$50(1 bid)