SoldAncient Lobi Stool Ex William Wright GalleryA very old field used stool 18/19th century? The wood has been worn and weathered over generations. The stool measures 18.5 x 5 x 2.5 inches tall. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Provenance:See Sold Price
SoldA Very Old Lobi Stool Ex William Wright GalleryA very old field used stool 19th century? The wood has been worn and weathered over generations. The stool measures 17 x 5.5 x 3.5 inches tall. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Provenance: TheSee Sold Price
SoldRare Janus Form Lobi Shrine Idol Ex William Wright GalleryA very rare and fascinating wooden shrine sculpture of a male and female spirit figure, note how the heads are looking and the legs moving in opposite directions, a wonderful work of Lobi spiritualitySee Sold Price
SoldLarge Lobi Spirit Idol Ex William Wright Gallery 1980sA Tall carved wooden shrine idol known as a Bateba Thil, or Spirit. Carved from a dense heavy wood with a mellow golden honey colored surface and signs of field use and wear. Lobi peoples, Burkina FasSee Sold Price
SoldA Lobi Spirit Idol Ex William Wright GalleryA carved wooden spirit figure known as a Bateba Thil Phuwe. This female idol was considered a medium to the spirit world, with classic facial features, pursed lips, hands to the abdomen and a well hanSee Sold Price
SoldA Lobi Bateba Fertility Idol Ex William Wright GalleryCarved from an incredibly heavy dense wood with encrusted surface suggesting years of sacrificial offerings as a bateba Thil or Spirit effigy on a fertility shrine. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, West AfSee Sold Price
SoldA Very Old Bobo African Mask Ex William Wright GalleryFine and very Old Bobo helmet mask, carved wood with painted designs, overall fantastic style, tribal repairs and obvious signs of field use and wear. Bobo peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The maskSee Sold Price
SoldIbo headdress with Pipe Ex William Wright GalleryCarved wooden headdress of a smoking male with colorful painted areas and a well handled surface. Attached to woven textile support and strap for wearing. The mask / dance crest measures 17.5 x 10 incSee Sold Price
SoldA Bwa Monkey Mask Ex William Wright Gallery 1984A carved wooden ceremonial mask with incised linear designs accented with black, white and red kaolin clay pigments. This Zoomorphic mask represents a stylized monkey. Bwa peoples, Burkina faso, WestSee Sold Price
SoldA Bwa Mask Ex William Wright GalleryA carved wooden ceremonial mask with incised linear designs accented with black, white and red kaolin clay pigments. This Zoomorphic mask represents a stylized monkey. Bwa peoples, Burkina faso, WestSee Sold Price
SoldRare Ibibio Family Shrine Sculpture Ex William Wright GalleryA very rare and important large scale shrine sculpture of a Mother and her children, shown seated with infant feeding on her lap as well as two other figures on either side of the mother figure. The sSee Sold Price
SoldA Very Fine Old Bobo Mask Ex William Wright GalleryA very rare carved wooden 3/4 helmet mask with incised linear designs, open work eyes, and contrasting red and white kaolin clay pigments decorating the mask. This genre of helmet mask, known as boloSee Sold Price
SoldA Mossi Bigga Doll Ex William Wright GalleryA very nice old carved wooden doll in classic form with a well handled surface, incised linear designs and coiffure, custom mounted to a display stand. The Doll measures 12 inches tall. Such dolls werSee Sold Price
A Rare Bobo Helmet Mask Ex William Wright GalleryA very rare carved wooden 3/4 helmet mask with incised linear designs, open work eyes, and contrasting red and white kaolin clay pigments decorating the mask. This genre of helmet mask, known as boloSee Sold Price
SoldA Fine Idoma Dance Crest Ex William Wright GalleryA very energetically carved wooden crest with two faces, accented with kaolin clay pigments, raised linear designs, stylized coiffure. Traditionally this female dance crest was danced opposite of aggrSee Sold Price
SoldA Charming Ibibio Dance Crest Ex William Wright Gallery 1980sA finely carved wooden dance crest in the form on an ancestor wearing a tall conical ceremonial cap with red, blue and black painted designs and white painted face. The Crest measures 22.25 inches talSee Sold Price
SoldA Igbo Maiden mask Ex William Wright Gallery 1980sA carved wooden helmet mask with elaborate coiffure and finial with two leopards, spiral designs and classic painted white face with raised scars. Maiden masks are representations of adolescent femaleSee Sold Price
SoldA Nuna Duck Mask Ex William Wright GalleryA Carved wooden helmet style mask with bold painted and incised designs and featuring a stylized Duck or avian form. Nuna or related ethnic group, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The mask measures 16 x 7 iSee Sold Price
SoldAn Afo Dance Crest Ex William Wright GalleryA finely carved wooden headdress with zoomorphic forms entwined with a openwork form, on conical base to be worn as a headdress. The headdress has been painted with kaolin clay and laundry blue pigmenSee Sold Price
SoldA Mossi Ceremonial Dance Crest Ex William Wright GalleryA carved wooden ceremonial dance crest with painted and incised designs, stylized ancestor face and well handled surface. Mossi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Dance cap or crest measures 8.25See Sold Price
A Rare Eastern Mossi Female Effigy Ex William WrightA carved wooden female effigy in abstract style with a highly stylized face and overall form. Mossi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Provenance: Ex William Wright Gallery, New York, 1980s, also EugSee Sold Price
SoldAncient Dogon Sculpture Ex William WrightExceedingly rare and unusual archaic Dogon sculpture, possibly a Dyongou Serou sculpture, what appears to be a bow quiver on the back. The sculpture is elongated and has an incredible deeply weatheredSee Sold Price
A Lobi Bataba Thil Shrine Idol Ex William Wright NYA Lovely carved wooden shrine idol known as a Bateba Thil of Spirit figure often associated with protective talisman used by the Lobi peoples of Burkina Faso, West Africa. This sculpture has been custSee Sold Price
SoldA Fine Lobi Stool by the Master of Gaoua Ex Bill WrightA Very Fine and Rare Lobi stool by Sakire Kanbire of Gaoua known as the Master of Gaoua. An elegant carved wooden stool with janus Male and female faces and a well worn and well handled surface. The FSee Sold Price