African Art. Ex. Willie Foster Collection w/label

One with identifying label, a mask and a West African female figure. 17"L and 20"H. . ******This item from a local elder, up until now, a very active, eclectic and constant collector for them past 62

A Very fine Old and well used Dance crest with a proud ancestor head and stylized dread like coiffure. The headdress has an old rattan basketry weaving on the bottom with remnants of green paint. Idom

Carved wood , painted with kaolin clay pigments. Ewe shrine Figure, Ghana/ Togo, West Africa. Exhibited SMA Museum of African Art in 2012. Provenance: Ex Collection Dr Noble & Jean Endicott, NYC. The

Antique African Mossi Helmet Mask, Burkina Faso. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Peter-Michael Boyd Traditional African Art and Material Culture, Seattle; ex collection Drs. John & Nicole Dintenf

African Bakongo Equestrian Nail Fetish Figure, Cameroon. Published: Maine Antiques Digest, "African Art and the Serious Collector" (April, 2010). Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Ma

Teke knife, 19th Century, Democratic Republic of Congo, metal knife with brass spooling, wood base. Dimensions: 16-1/4" L Provenance: Ex collection, D. Schaffner, Germany

A Fang wood statue with four faces, and four legs in seating position. Metal eyes. 11" H Provenance: Ex collection Paris

A hand carved Senufo Medicine container statue. Great bird finial, wonderful carved neck, container with lid as base. Dimensions: 25" H; Weight: 1 lb. 12 oz. Provenance: Ex. Collection, Bidjian Guilli

A Makishi Dance mask, Wiko people, Barotseland, Zambia. Cloth, fiber, wood, mud. 12" L Provenance; Ex. Collection V. Gitywa, curator Malan Museum. Letter from 1967 addressed to Dr. Felmeth, NY., mask

A Burkina Faso Wan Nyaka wood mask. 20" L. Provenance: Ex collection, Columbia University Professor.

A wood miniature granary lock, with locking mechanism. 7-1/2" H Provenance: Ex collection, California

A large Bura terracotta, an expressive head with arms at a chest, a solid piece. 11" H Provenance: Ex collection, NYC

A wood water buffalo dance mask, display stand included. 29" L Provenance: Ex collection, New York, NY

A lovely gourd fetish, with beads, twine and handle. Cute face. 7-1/4" H Provenance: Ex collection, R & M Guzman, Germany.

A wood chicken helmet mask, great patina. 28" H. Provenance: Ex collection, Herbert Pardes, Dean of Columbia University School of Medicine

A large wood Ashanti wedding Comb with the couple at top. 27" x 10" Provenance: Ex. Collection, Washington, D.C.

A large water buffalo mask, with fiber collar, 25". Provenance: ex collection, New York, NY

A nice and old Makonde Comb, large with sitting female finial. 8-3/4" H Provenance: Ex collection, New Jersey.

A Fang covered container with figure on top, bark and wood. Metal Eyes. 12" H. Provenance: Ex collection, New York, NY

A wood comb, Kuba, Congo, display stand included. 7-3/4 " H Provenance: Ex collection, New Jersey

A wood spoon, nicely inscribed abstract design, Zulu people. 8-3/4" L. Provenance: Ex collection, New Jersey.

A four tellem figure carving, nice encrustation and old wood. 16" H x 8" W Provenance: Ex collection, Columbian University professor

A Mossi Bird mask with remains of kaolin, encrusted. 15" H Provenance: Ex collection, Columbia University professor

A Dan passport mask, wood, textile, hair. Display stand included. 5-/14" H (w/o stand). Provenance: Ex collection, NY, NY