A Yoruba-Anago Bowl Bearer, "olumeye"

Schalenträgerin, "olumeye" Yoruba-Anago, Benin Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 34 cm. L 17,5 cm. Provenienz: W. Häusler, Thurgau, 1960er Jahre in Nigeria erworben. Schalentragende Frauenfigur, di

Schalenträgerin, "olumeye" Yoruba, Nigeria, Bundesstaat Ekiti, Gegend von Efon-Alaye Werkstatt von Agbonbiofe Adeshina († 1945) Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Glasperlen, Kaurischnecken.

Schalenträgerin, "olumeye" Yoruba, Nigeria Holz. H 35,5 cm. Provenienz: deutsche Sammlung Schalentragende Frauenfigur. Der traditionelle, wie ein Vogel geformte Kolanussbehälter dieser Region wird v

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with painted designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches ta

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl and small child on her back, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peo

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

Carved from a dense heavy wood, this elegant female figure is shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measu

Two Hemba Stools. Hemba or Eastern Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Two carved wood stools. Together with a Yoruba figural offering bowl; Olumeye carved wooden bowl

Miniatur einer "agere ifa" Schalenträgerin Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 22 cm. Provenienz: Sammlung Fröhlich, Italien. Miniatur einer agere-ifa genannten Schale, die als Altarf

West African carved wood "Olumeye" (offering bowl), Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, kneeling maternity figure with elaborate headdress, two small children at her arms, a third child surmounting the lid of an

A finely carved female effigy with 3 children , elaborate raisd designs , heavy indigo and mineral pigments and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. This superb carved wooden figure of

A lovely and refined old wooden sculpture from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 14 7/8 inches tall x 6 inches front to back.Yoruba sculptors carved a variety of wooden containers t

Two African carved wood maternity figures; Yoruba, Nigeria olumeye (offering bowl figure); together with Chokwe, Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zambia seated with child in lap, wearin

An unusual carved female double bowl bearer with pigment. The primary bowl is supported on the figure's head with four faces and the second bowl is held by the figure and supported by one of five chil

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with painted designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches ta

wood, matt shiny blackish brown patina, carrying a child on the back, beautiful modelled body with round forms, raised trefoil neck pendant, the bowl carved as a standing fowl (cover missing), slightl

CONGO DRC Beautiful LUBA Bowl Bearer Visibly old, this "mboko" is typical of the Eastern Luba The famous “Cup bearers” of the Luba are sacralized sculptures, representing a seated, kneeling (o

A carved wood bowl with figures. Nigeria, Yoruba, Pre-1950. 23"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Deckelschale, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 36,5 cm. Provenienz: - Nachlass Ernesto Schmidt, Basel. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich. agere-ifa genannte Schalen wer

Schalenträgerin, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 18 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Jean David, Basel (Feb. 2000). Ausgestellt: Museum der Völke

A Tall carved wooden male effigy shown with offering bowl and heavily encrusted surface suggesting ritual use over many years. The figure measures 46 inches tall on its custom display stand. Igala peo

wood, middle brown patina, accentuated breasts and navel, min. dam., cracks, (base, left side of the neck) H: 29 cm, H: 11,4 inch Provenance: Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium (ca. 1950/60) Hans Reinmöll