A Yoruba Beaded Priests or Diviners Bag Ex Marshall Mount

A Large beaded bag with strap and the faces of Eshu which indicates use by a Diviner. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The main body of the bag when closed measures 13 x 12 inches, not counting the st

A Yoruba beaded Diviner's bag, Yoruba; NigeriaThe bag of classical form, the interior worn and with old leather pocket, the beaded panel with blue field and border of red and green triangles, typical

A wonderful old beaded diviners pouch showing handling and field use over many years. Diviners carry the tools they need for an ifa divination ceremony in a beaded bag. The bag measures 9 x 8 inches.

African Nigerian Yoruba Beaded Diviner's Bag (20th Century) trade beads, leather, cloth, cowrie shell, having beaded strap and square pouch with decorated front and hanging tassels.

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and large leather and burlap bag decorated with hundreds of glass seed beads. The bag was intended for a priest or

Six African Yoruba Beaded Belts, Diviner Bags, Nigeria, All pieces 20th century with beads, cotton, cowrie shells and thread: (1) Large Yoruba beaded belt with dog and bird motifs, measures: 55"L x 10

Hand made turtle form portfolio style flat bag with heishi bead strap (29" approx.). Front panel with hand stitched glass beads on cloth; back panel covered in hand stitched fabric. Inside flat pocket

A wonderfully exaggerated old carved wooden festival dance mask with a classic face and a unusual headdress finial, that appears to be a large Book like form atop a central post. The mask shows cler f

A carved wooden Twin idol with incised coiffure and facial scars, raised emblem design, inset metal eye ( one missing) and a well handled and worn surface. The Idol measures 10 inches tall, and will a

A carved wooden helmet style mask featuring a well carved coiffure, raised jagged crest and large eyes painted with white kaolin clay pigments and red mineral paints. An older field used example. Yoru

Rare Museum Quality Antique Elaborate Beaded Yoruba Shango Priest / Diviner Ceremonial Vest / Tunic - Yoruba, Nigeria. A remarkable piece of art that was hand-made / hand-stitched, with elaborate dens

Rare Original Antique Beaded Yoruba Diviner / Priest Vest / Tunic - Shango Diviner (IFA) Priest's Vest | Decorated with Glass and stone beads | Approx. Size: 28" H x 27.5" W (Folded).

A wonderful and interesting woven fiber hat embellished with various seeds and shells and was likely worn by a village priest or shaman. The hat measures 9 x 5 inches , 7.5 inches tall on professional

Pair of African Yoruba Ibeji Cowrie Shell Jackets, Nigeria. Ex collection Professor Marshall Mount, Jersey City, NJ. Size: Each 7.5'' x 11'' x 1'' (19 x 28 x 3 cm).

A Yoruba "Apa Ifa" diviner's beaded leather and cloth bagEarly/mid-20th Century, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, AfricaThe shadowbox-framed bag with three beaded mask motifs, two red and one yellow

Diviner / Priests Apron with fully beaded doll like figure holding a gourd vessel covered in textiles and numerous magic pouches and fetish material attached , large snail shells and goat horns, bones

Ca. first half 20thC. Good, with age-appropriate wear, with missing fringes bottom left, missing beads on top right side large beaded fringe, missing beads/fringes throughout, main panel has very few

A carved wooden mask with encrusted surface heavily patinated with organic substances. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, acting as an aggressive "Hunter" during dancers who would stalk th

A very nice old Bamileke Sword in sheath, forged steel blade, well worn wooden handle, wooden sheath embellished with animal hid and textile attachment belt. Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. T

animal skin, cardboard, fabric, miniature glass beads, base This bag is lavishly decorated with hundreds of tiny glass beads in beautifully coordinated warm colours. The central motif is a mask face,

This is an exceptional quilled and beaded buffalo hide tipi possibles bag from the Sioux dating to circa 1870-1880?s from the ex-collection of B.B. Museum. There are two tags attached hand written ?Cu

Late 1800s, Rare narrower design two-sided sinew sewn and lazy stitch beaded pipe bag done on ochred antelope hide and with quilled slats and long fringe. Very good condition. Ex. Doug Allard Collecti

A Sioux Pictorial Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag c. 1895 hide, metal and glass seed beads, natural and dyed porcupine quills, sinew, thread Provenance: Ex-Ken Canfield Collection, Santa Fe, NM Exhibited: Nor

Sale Highlite!!! Crow Beaded Elk Hide Pipe Bag with attached stem case, circa 1900 or earlier, Ex. Lammers Trading Post Coll., Hardin, Mt. Fine Condition