Sold2023A Yaka janus Form Magic fetish Ex Duponscheel, Ex HalletA Classic carved wooden janus form Magic fetish with traditional bundles adorned with feathers, woven textile and carved ceremonial cap atop a male and female idol. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central ASee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Yaka Phuungu Magic fetish Ex Jean Pierre HalletA fine Yaka figure on with magic bundles, known as Phuungu, such idols were considered "power" figures. Carved wood and embellished with fetish bundles. The idol measures 12.5 inches tall ( 14 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Nkanu Magic Fetish Ex Emerson WoelferA carved wooden Janus style Magic fetish object embellished with textile and shell bundle around the torso containing unknown magic elements. Nakanu peoples, DRC / Congo, central Africa. A Yaka relateSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Old Yaka magic fetish Ex Phillipe Budrose Coll.This is a very rare old magic fetish idol figure from the Yaka peoples,DRC/ CONGO, Africa. A Fine older Yaka fetish with magical lode still present in its chest. carved from a single heavy dense pieceSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Yaka Magic fetish Ex Simmons collectionA carved wooden shrine idol set into a round bark container with sewn sides, and packed with organic material, also a small panel of glass is set into the clay in front on the weathered and worn idol.See Sold Price
Sold2021A Rare Bembe Hunting Charm in Janus Form, Ex J. HalletA carved wooden Janus form idol known as "Kalunga" and was used as a Hunting Charm. bembe peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The sculpture with feather headdress measures 13.5 x 15.5 inches. ProvenaSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Yaka Magic Fetish Idol Ex Gilbert Jackson CollectionA Carved wooden magic fetish idol with encrusted central ball of magic material with inset glass in the abdomen. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The figure measures 11.5 inches tall on wooden base.See Sold Price
Sold2019A Very Rare Bakongo Magic fetish Ex Jean Pierre HalletA Very rare and interesting old Bakongo figure, a magic fetish idol from a shrine. Bakongo peoples, Congo, central Africa. A very Rare type ,well carved. - Ex. Jean Pierre Hallet, La Jolla, CA. The feSee Sold Price
Sold2024Songye N'kisi Magic fetish with Field Photo in Situ Ex Hallet CollectionA Songye N'kisi Magic fetish pictured in a 1960's Field Photograph from the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire ( Institute of the National Museum of Zaire ) of the very same actual fetish is useSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Hemba Kabeja Janus Magic Idol Ex SEGY, Ex Endicott collectionA Finely carved old wooden magic Idol in Janus form known as Kabeja from the hemba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The idol measures 9.75 inches on simple wooden base. Provenance: Ex Ladislas SegSee Sold Price
Sold2021Very fine Songye Miniature Magic Fetish Ex Levitt Coll.A carved wooden fetish idol "N'kishi" in traditional form, adorned with glass beads, animal horn and woven grass skirt. Such idols were commissioned by the village shaman or "Nganga" who assembled theSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fon Vodun Magic fetish Ex Simmons CollectionA heavily encrusted shrine fetish covered in sacrificial blood and organic matter. Stylized anthropomorphic form with ancestor spirit face, mask like forms with horns on the sides, shells and other obSee Sold Price
Sold2021Old Luba Kusu Magic fetish Ex. Jacques Hautelet CAA very old dark carved wooden magic fetish with a well handled surface and classic almost "cubistic" form and features. Luba or Kusu peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The sculpture has been customSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Songye Magic Fetish Figure Ex Leonard Kahan GalleryA Finely carved wooden magic idol with a wonderfully stylized form and well handled surface patina. Basongye peoples, Congo/ DRC, central Africa. The figure measures 7 inches tall. Provenance: Ex. McCSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Songye Magic fetish Idol, Ex Irwin Hersey CollectionA Carved wooden shrine idol with classic facial features and form, embellished with metal tacks and decorated with glass beads. Songye peoples, DRC / Congo, central Africa. The figure measures 8 incheSee Sold Price
Sold2021Songye N'kisi w/ Field Photograph Ex Jean Pierre HalletA very rare Old N'kisi Power or Magic fetish from the Songye peoples that was photographed in the field by C. Henaultin during a 1960's/1970's expedition. A scan of the exceedingly rare Field PhotograSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Luba Divination Implement Ex Carl Zabel New YorkA well handled and worn Janus form carved wooden fetish with a deep well handled surface patina suggesting years of field use. Divination and power figures like this were used as instruments used to bSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Hemba Kabeja Janus Idol Ex Banks CollectionA Finely carved old wooden magic Idol in Janus form known as Kabeja from the Hemba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. Typically such an idol would be a prized possession of the chief and kept away fSee 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
Sold2023A Yaka Janus Shrine Idol Ex Endicott CollectionA tall slender carved wood and painted male & female effigy in janus form with highly stylized facial features and overall form. The sculpture is adorned with a red textile wrap skirt and measures 22See Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Old Yaka fetish Ex Gallery De Roche 1998A Lovely diminutive fetish idol with a stylized ancestral head atop a simple cylindrical form. The idol has a nice well handled patina and measures 4 3/8 inches tall ( 5 inches on custom display standSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Janus Form Teke magic Fetish Sculpture, African ArtA carved wooden male Jauns form effigy with open compartment for magic substances, linear designs on the faces as well as tall conical headdress. The sculpture appears to have good age and handling. TSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Teke Butti Magic fetish Ex Kahan Gallery, Ex Levitt CollectionA carved wooden idol known as a "Butti" which was thought to have been used for healing and personal empowerment. Teke peoples, DRC / Congo, Africa. The idol measures 10.25 inches tall ( 11.5 in displSee Sold Price
Sold2023Exceedingly Rare Dan Magic Fetish Ex William Siegmann 1960sA very rare wooden vessel with spirit mask face above vessel adorned with textiles, cowrie shells and mirrors, likely some type of divination object, and included is a wooden carved pointer object. DaSee Sold Price
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc*Sale Highlight* 3 15/16" Fluted Clovis, Dickey COA, found in Saline Co Illinois, Nice Broad form,$1,175(6 bids)
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions IncSmashing 3 9/16" Paleo Fluted Clovis, Dickey COA, found in Tennessee, Ex Walt McIntire Collection.$210(5 bids)
May 15University ArchivesRonald Reagan White House Antique Japanese Lacquered Box Ex Christie's Estate Auction$900
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc5" Birdstone Pre-form, Bennett COA Copy, Found in the Midwest, Ex Frank Foremny Collection$14(3 bids)
10 hrs LeftAdam's AuctioneersEPISCOPIUS, Simon [1583-1643] (contributor Nicolaus Vedel 1596-1642) Vedelius Rhapsodus Sive€200
May 14Hermann Historica GmbHA German Janus face memento mori carving showing Christ and a skull, early 16th century€1,200