A YAKA WOOD FETISH FIGURE

A YAKA WOOD FETISH FIGURE The squat figure, with short legs, a globular body and a stylised face, with scarification marks on the cheeks, the body is wrapped in many layers of cloth and rope with shel

* A Group of Wood Figural Articles 19th/20th century comprising a Teke wood fetish figure, a Dogon wood torso, a Bijogo wood torso, a Bijogo wood spirit figure and a Yaka wood fetish figure, together

Title: Fetish figure – Wood – Buti – Yaka / Suku – Congo DRC Description: Powerfull Suku fetish figure from DR Congo. The majority of Yaka figures were associated with Mbwoolo

Yaka, Zaire (DR Congo), carved wood Protective Fetish figure with burlap skirt and braided natural fiber necklace, darkened patina and red pigment, 18.5"h x 5.5"w PROVENANCE:From the estate of Profess

Yaka Fetish Figure Made From Wood And Cloth, Congo. Provenance: Ethnographic Tribal Museum Collection (See Auction Catalog Description). Some Lots Have Been On Exhibition And Have A Custom Made Metal

African Yaka Fetish Figure, DRC. Carved wood with fiber, cloth and metal. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 14.75'' x 7.5'' x 4'' (37 x 19 x 10 cm); Height

Yaka Fetish Figure. Gabon. Carved wood. Size: 13.25'' x 2.75'' x 3.25'' (34 x 7 x 8 cm); Height on stand: 15.25" (39 cm).

Yaka Peoples Nkishi Power Figure, Wood and fiber, 10.25 x 4 x 3 inches, Provenance: Boca Raton Museum of Art

A carved wooden magic idol embellished with various magic regalia such as shells,claws and beads. The wood sculpture has a deep well handled surface patina. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. T

A 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 inches

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakongo peoples, ca. 19th century CE. This hand-carved wood power figure, called a nkisi nkondi, is carved in the likeness of a human being which symbolizes i

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

Ca. first half 20thC. Good with patina wear, insect wood holes seen from the bottom, age cracks (see photos). Truncated ritual figure with head cavity. Ex-Nooter coll.

* Two Teke Wood Fetish Figures 19th/20th century each having hallowed abdomens. Height of tallest 14 3/4 inches. Estimate $ 100-200 The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to Benefit the A

This mid to late 20th-century, 19" carved wood fetish figure is from the Kongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The torso is embedded with fetish bundles and impaled with nails.

Metal Wire Painted horse, tin mask, iron bell, stone ram head and wood man. Tallest: (wood fetish figure)12"H. (Estate of Jeff Hunter)

19th Century or earlier, three finely patinated wood fetish figures, including a temple dancer. 8 1/4" to 10".

African Yaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Angola carved polychrome wood figure; seated on a slit drum; with smaller figure seated below; H: 18" (approx.)

Antique African DRC Carved Wood Fetish Teke Figure. Early 20th C Wood and Bronze Fetish Figure from the Democratic Republic of Congo. From a Montreal private collection inherited by familial descent t

**Originally Listed At $125** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine seated figural statue, hand-carved from hard wood, depicting a fetish

Group of five African Yaka, Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood figures; H: 13 3/4" (tallest, approx.); one with stand

Group of five African Yaka, Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood figures; H: 13 3/4" (tallest, approx.); one with stand

A group of five African objects. 20th century. ++ Congo style power object. 8" x 3" x 2 1/2". ++ West African style wood power/fetish figure. 14" x 6" x 4". ++ Secret Society shirt. West African. 38"

A rare carved wooden Yaka peoples fetish figure known as "Phuungu" with layered and encrusted surface patina suggesting genuine age and ritual use. Such figures served as containers for protective mag