AFRICAN ANCESTRAL CARVING, KULANGO

Kulango Maternity Figure, Ivory Coast. In Africa, the most important role of women is to bear children. Mother and child images denote a state of natural purity. This statue refers to human fertility

Antique ancestral carvings with cowrie shells embellish this Kora instrument of Africa. The musical instrument Kora is believed to be a means to communicate with the human and the divine "voodoo". Woo

Type: Carving / sculptureMaterials: Wood, feathersMarkings & Inscriptions: UnmarkedDate: Early to mid 20th centuryMaker: African (Mali, Congo)Description: To wood carvings, include a Dogon ancestral c

This is a very nice Old and authentic example of the Pende carving tradition. This wood sculpture represents a Female Ancestral Spirit, with a classic Pende "heavy lidded" eyes and pouty expression to

Baule People, Ivory Coast, Heddle Pulley with Ancestral Portrait Handle, male head with delicately carved elaborate coiffure, beard, scarification, loop at top. On custom stand. 7 1/2" tall, 2 3/4" wi

A carved wooden effigy of a Rooster, with elaborate design and carving style. A very elegant old example. In the Benin / Edo culture roosters are placed on ancestral altars commemorating the queen mot

Mumuye Standing Ancestral Shrine Figure (to watch over the family after a death), with elevated hair form, diagonal profile carving, North Nigeria-Sudan, 21" x 4 1/2". Wear from age and use. Provenanc

(5) West African carved wood masks & figures, 20th c., incl. a Baule figural mask, a fertility carving, a polychrome decorated British police figure from Sierra Leone, an ancestral seated figure (prob

Type: Carvings, basketMaterials: Wood, grass, leather, cowrie shellsMarkings & Inscriptions: UnmarkedDate: 20th centuryMaker: AfricanDescription: A Kuba Ndop figure, a carved figure with four faces, l

Lot Of 2 African Ancestral Carved Sculpture Large One 19th Century. Measure 4 3/4" To 13" Tall. This, and many lots forthcoming were found at the massive central Florida estate of a true antiquarian w

Measures 31"

Single Yoruba Ibeji Male Figure from a pair of twins, with beads encircling the waist, hair combed high, 19th c., 12" tall, excluding base. Provenance: From the Estate of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine and

Baga Elek, an anthropomorphic wood carving that combines elements and characteristics of a bird, a crocodile and a human; linear incisions and spattering of paint are meant to suggest stone, displayed

African carved vessel. 13 1/2" Ht..

Mumuye Wood Male Figure with wide thighs and dagger slung on hip, on black wood base, Nigeria, 16 3/4" tall figure only. Age and use patina. Provenance: From the Estate of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine an

Rare Montol Stacked Figural Wood Carving of a Ju-Ju, circa 1900, Nigeria, 21 1/2" tall. Age and use patina. Provenance: From the Estate of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine and Florida.

Senufo wood carving of a Hornbill figure (Porpianong), Ivory Coast, in dark finish, 20" tall.

Ikena Igbo Cult of the Hand Memorial, with antelope and human head abstracted in the complex center of the composition, Nigeria, 11 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 4". Encrusted. Museum number inked on underside. Pro

Antique African Wooden Carving. Missing arm otherwise good conditon. Measures 17 3/4 inches high x 4 inches wide.

Very Rare Zande Anthropomorphic Wood Figure Representing Yanda (the protecting spirit of the Mani Initiatory Sect, sympathetic to social change), early 20th c., Northeast Zaire, 10" x 5" x 4 1/2". Pat

From the Estate of Michael Lang - Co-creator of the Woodstock Music Festival. The Hornbill is 14"h x 7 1/2"w x 4 1/4"d. Condition, scratches, scuffs, loss of paint

Carved wood panel (door or window) with custom metal stand, panel 25 x 20 x 2” plus pegs, overall 28 x 22 x 8”, weight 26 lbs.

Antique hand carved wood panel of an Ancestral Papua New Guinea figure. 37" in height , 10.5" in width, 1.5" in depth, made of light tropical wood.

Large African Carving, Circa 1950, Main African Woman Surrounded By Male and Female Carved Figures, Totem Style, Figures Holding Bowls on Their Heads, Woman Has Child On Her Back All Atop Male African