A Yoruba Bowl Bearer Sculpture

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

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

A finely carved wooden female "Mboko" or Bowl bearer sculpture of kneeling female. Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 8.75 inches

Carved Luba Mboko Bowl Bearer Sculpture, from the Luba territory depicting bowl bearer known as mboko named for the sacred vessel held by figure; used condition wear/worn, nicks, chips, surface distre

A Very finely carved wooden female Bowl bearer sculpture with elaborate headdress and well polished patina. Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. The figure measures 9 x 4.5 inches. ( 10.5 inches on custom bas

A Carved wooden female Designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 1

Carved wooden female shown with bowl atop her head and with highly stylized face and form. Mboko are traditionally used as divination tools and mediums to the spirit world.Luba peoples, Congo, Africa.

A very finely carved Ifa Divination Vessel featuring a mother and child caryatid (Agere Ifa). Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 9.5 inches tall ( 10.5 inches tall on custom display stand)CONDI

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

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 15" Width: 22" Depth: 21" Weight: 22 lbs A gorgeous, large divination bowl with lid.

This is a exceedingly rare and very finely carved wood sculpture of a Mboko or bowl bearer from the Luba or Zela peoples of Congo, central Africa.This magic sculpture was designed to forecast future e

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

This is a very fine and vintage Diviner's sculpture from the Luba peoples of the Congo, Africa. Carved from a single piece of very heavy and dense wood with a well handled and weathered surface patina

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

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

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

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 carved wooden image of young male with floppy ceremonial cap, tribal scars and shown holding an offering bowl. genuinely old and weathered sculpture, likely dating the the early 20th century and per

This is a fantastic vintage sculpture from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden image of a kneeling female devotee with offering bowl and burden bowl on her head. The Yoruba celebrate th

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 24" Width: 12" Depth: 13.5" Weight: 5.5 lbs An attractive divination container with one large figure holding the bowl with an infant on its back and

Carved wooden Mother and child sculpture from the Yoruba of Nigeria, West Africa. Finely carved example with seated mother and offering bowl, with tall elaborate coiffure and her child clinging to her

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