A Yoruba carved wood maternity altarpiece

A Yoruba carved wood maternity altarpieceLate 19th/early 20th century; Nigeria, AfricaLabel affixed to the underside: Altar Piece (Yoruba) / Acquired 12.29.81The hand-carved statue of a woman and her

Group of three African Yoruba, Benin/Nigeria carved wood maternity figures; H: 19" (tallest, approx.)

Type: Carving / sculptureMaterials: WoodMarkings & Inscriptions: UnmarkedDate: Early 20th centuryMaker: African (Nigeria, Yoruba)Description: A carved wood maternity figure or fetish, depicting a fema

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

African Maternity Figure, 20th Century, Yoruba, carved wood, Provenance: Museum of African Art, 19" h

Traditional Nigerian carving, maternity statue, Mother and child. Box: H 26" x W 12" x D 12"

African Yoruba Maternity Shrine Figure. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased 1972 from Galerie Carrefour, 141, Boulevard Paspail

A carved wood standing Shango maternity figure. Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century. 29 1/2"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Collectors Lot of African Artifacts. Including: Yoruba offering bowl, maternity figure and pulley. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber. Size: 22'' x 6.5'' x 8.5'' (56 x 17 x 22 cm).

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

Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, bar

Four African Carved Wood Figures. Including a anthropomorphic cup, a Yoruba figure, Fanti style maternity figure and a white-painted male figure. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes

A rare old female sculpture with child, all carved from a single piece of wood. This figure of a nursing mother was most likely part of a community shrine that honored the founding ancestors. Housed i

Two African Figures, A bronze standing figure, with head in the style of a Mama Bushcow mask, hands at hips, on a wood base; and a Yoruba style west African maternity figure, intricately carved on an

Finely carved Mother and child image with their Pet Dog at her knees. This wood sculpture has elaborate design and was obviously created by a skilled craftsman, all carved from a single piece of wood.

BANGWA PEOPLE, CAMEROON, AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MATERNITY FIGURE H 28.75" W 9.5" D 9" Depicting a mother nursing her child. Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan

Ca. early 20thC. Very good with age-appropriate wear. Bamana or Malinke standing female, legs adjoining small three-legged stool; hands to abdomen. Delicately carved with attenuated features, incised

African carved wood figural group; depicting a mother with ornately coiffed hair; seated with a child on each knee, and a third child standing by her side; all with elegantly rendered oblong faces; pr

West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. These old and well-cared for examples of deceased male and female twin figures, known as Ibeji, most likely come from Osogbo or the Igbomina

West African Yoruba Carved Wood Figure Group Female with children on her back holding platform with male, children also standing in front of them | West African Bambara / Bamana Figurine, Carved wood

West African, Nigeria, 20th century. Yoruba carved circular wood Ifa divination board with low relief carving of Eshu and other symbols. Provenance: The Private Collection of Mr. Noel F. Parris, Fayet

African tribal figures, Nigeria. Comprising a Yoruba female Shango staff carving / dance wand, together with a carved female figure, kneeling and holding a vessel in offering. Both vividly pigmented a

A Pair of Yoruba Carved Wood Figures  20th Century depicting Ere Ibeji. Height 12 1/2 inches.  Property from the Estate of Billie Ross, Chicago, Illinois

African Yoruba tribal ethnographic carved wood divination tray, Nigeria, the antique round board with geometric border centering an image of the trickster diety Eshu. 12.75" diameter. The surface with