African Yoruba Figural Bronze Votive, early 20th C.

African Yoruba Figural Bronze Votive, early 20th century. Provenance: Eric Robertson Gallery, NYC.Size: 8'' x 6'' x 1.5'' (20 x 15 x 4 cm). Height on stand: 9.5" (24 cm).

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Nigeria, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A squat cast-bronze seated figure with an integral circular base. Its legs are wrapped around the bottom of

DESCRIPTION: Two bronze pipes from the Benin Empire, each featuring a foot fashioned as a man's face and a bowl distinguishes by long, protruding studs. CIRCA: 19th to early 20th Century ORIGIN: Niger

**Originally Listed At $350** West African, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. This is a bronze figure with a clay core, created by the Yoruba people. Created for the Ogboni, a men's soci

Early to mid 20th century. One tall rain barrel which makes a wonderful side table along with a figural chicken sculpture. H18 1/2" H23"

Figural Bronze Lamp Base, Lion and Lioness, early 20thc. Out of Africa, cast with a seated bronze male lion and a fiercely roaring lioness before a tree. With two light sockets and pull chains. Dimens

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall, wooden, phallic-shaped shrine or divination figure, in the form of a long, cylindrical body with a fla

Bronze bell, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century. Approximate size, 5"H x 3.5"W x 3.75"D. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New York

Bronze bell, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century. Approximate size, 6"H x 3.5"W x 3.5"D. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New York

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a

West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes connected with a brass chain

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes con

2 Lobi Figural Bronze Sculptures. Lobi People, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Early 20th C. Bronze. 1) Maternity Figure With Mate. Size: 4.25"H x 2"W x 0.5"D (11 x 5 x 1.5 cm). 2) Standing Figure, knees a

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden figural bust of a face topped by a large, hooked coiffure or headdress shaped like an axe blade. A t

**Originally Listed At $400** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A finely executed fly whisk with a figural handle carved from hard wood, depicting a standing female with

African Ceremonial Blade Assortment (4) early 20th century items including a Yoruba axe having a carved wood figural handle depicting a kneeling female; a Yakoma prestige blade; a Mgombe executioner k

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, early 20th century CE. A carved wooden figural finial for a ceremonial staff honoring Shango (also known as Jakuta), a royal ancestor of the Yoruba who was t

Nigeria, c. late 19th-early 20th century; A beautiful and very early example of a Yoruba drum, rarely found in this condition. Complete with fur and leather straps and covered with small bronze bells.

Early 20th c. Replica of the "Olokun" Head, one of several copper alloy heads excavated in 1910 at Ife, Nigeria that were originally crafted by Yoruba artists in the 14th-16th c., with holes around th

A finely detailed African bronze horse sculpture. Early 20th century. Dimensions: 12" X 13" X 7 1/2" _x000D_

Africa, Nigeria or Benin, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A skillfully carved and meticulously painted Gelede helmet mask composed of two parts - the expressive mask, here an abstract male face wit

**Originally listed at 250** West Africa, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden female "ere ibeji" figure, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorubaland (spanning Nige

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A female "ere ibeji" figure standing with both arms and exceptionally large hands at her sides upon an integral base. She

Firmin Bate, Paris, Art Nouveau Figural Bronze Lampearly 20th centurysigned "Firmin Bate"16 x 5 x 6 inchesOther Notes: Fontaine's Auction Gallery can arrange shipping for this item (USA only