African Yoruba Ogboni Society Sword with Figural Handle, Nigeria

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. The brass handle with a seated woman or impaled holding her breasts and with a coni

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. Blade in very bulbous extremely wide form with several pierced holes and a wide wav

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with heavy decorated brass handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. Heavy iron blade with a square section that transitions to a single edged sword

African Nigeria Ogboni Yoruba Style brass knife dagger with sheath (20th Century) having female figural handle with large high crest headdress and crude blade with leather and wood sheath.

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongated

A group of 2 metal swords with figural handles. Nigeria, Benin style. 20th century. 27"l x 5 1/2"w.

A group of 4 West African objects. 20th century. ++ Songe adze. Congo, DRC, Songe. ++ Cameroon style sword with two heads. ++ Ogboni sword. Nigeria, Ogboni, Yoruba. ++ Cameroon Kirdi axe. Provenance:

Yoruba peoples probably Ogboni society of Nigeria, West Africa, 19th century. Brass and iron mace with heavy geometric head with disc decoration in brass throughout connected to an iron shaft. The mid

Decorated and ornate brass mace or scepter of the 19th century or earlier used by the Ogboni society and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. The head with a pattern of four circular spun brass lea

Heavy brass mace or scepter 19th century or earlier used by the Ogboni society and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Fine large rectangular head with overlapping bands of brass and an iron core,

Large brass mace or scepter of the 19th century or earlier used by the Ogboni society and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. The mace head of a square form in brass with a series of ribbed design

Large brass mace or scepter of the 19th century or earlier used by the Ogboni society and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. The mace head of a stylized head in bulbous form constructed of brass

This is a very rare old and fascinating bronze vessel from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Cast bronze with a highly stylized face and some hanging accouterments, the vessel has a well worn and w

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. second half of the 20th century CE. A hand-built pottery bowl with a domed lid bearing a figural handle. The black and red vessel ha

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

**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

Possibly Yoruba, Nigeria, forged iron ceremonial sword with brass handle, 26.5"h PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Possibly Yoruba, Nigeria, forged iron ceremonial sword with wooden handle, 20.5"h PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

20th Century; Yoruba people, Nigeria Each with figural metal handles, 2 pieces Each: 19.5" H approximately

the first a Benin bronze female face with open back (10 in.) (some casting flaws); the second a Nigerian Ogboni Society mask (8.25 in.); the third a likely Yoruba figural baton (10.75 in.).

African Yoruba Four Eshu Figural Group, Nigeria. Carved wood with long cowrie shell strands. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 30.75'' x 8'' x 3'' (78 x 20

Antique African Yoruba Beaded Sword and Hilt Covers, Nigeria. European trade beads, cotton, early 20th C. Provenance: James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Size: 35'' x 9.5'', 89 x 24 cm (object);

TWO AFRICAN YORUBA PEOPLE BRASS MALE/FEMALE EDAN OGBONI SOCIETY STAFF FINIALS, NIGERIAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the seated pair chained to each other and cast on tapering wrought iron spikes, t