Bamana Bust With Long Ear Ancestor Shrine object

This is a very rare and unusual carved wooden image of a Zoomorphic ancestor head or bust from the Bamana peoples of Mali, West Africa. The sculpture is quite exaggerated and the form is very interest

Carved Wood Buddha Head Bust with long ears. Measures 9" H x 5-1/4" W Condition: Good Condition, paint loss. Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00 Domestic Shipping: $72.00

A carved wooden shrine object with six ancestor faces decorated with circular designs and inset red glass. Lega peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa.A very unusual example, the sculpture measures 26 x 14 inche

Mounted Buddha Bust, likely made of bronze, no apparent inscriptions or mark to piece, subject a bust of a human like head with long ear lobes, golden toned head dress, and bindi, measures 10 1/4 x 5

A carved wooden shrine object with tall slender ringed neck, carved face and top hat, embellished with animal hide beard, red textile and encrusted surface. To the Bidjogo peoples, the spirits of the

This is a very well weathered and worn shrine carving with ancestor head atop an unusual hour-glass shaped form with geometric designs. The sculpture is carved wood and shows much wear and exposure to

A beautiful terracotta female bust from the Indus Valley, c. 200 BC - 200 AD, perhaps depicting a fertility goddess. She is adorned with a large disk in her hair, long ear ornaments and a ribbed neckl

A Carved wooden shrine sculpture with archaic features and well weathered surface. Likely a personal shrine object. The figure measures 5.75 inches tall. From Sumba island, Indonesia.

A carved wooden ancestor shrine idol known as a "Bateba Phuwe". Lobi peoples, Burkina Fso, West Africa.

This is a very rare and unusual PUNU shrine object from Gabon, Africa. Featuring 3 ancestral faces with tall coiffures and painted bust like forms, all carved from a single piece of wood, showing much

A fine and rare old wooden sculpture of a female ancestor with incised linear scar designs, stylized coiffure and a deep well handled surface suggesting many years of field use as a shrine object. Min

A Carved wooden shrine idol featuring a highly stylized ancestor with long twisted beard and raised tribal scarification, and shown holding two staffs. Oron ethnic group, Ibibio peoples, Nigeria, Afri

20th Century West African Cameroon Bamana Bamiliki wooden carved mask in the form of an antelope. Crafted smooth surfaced wood featuring two carved out eyes, an open formed mouth, ears and long horns.

A carved wooden zoomorphic mask with tall ears and long snout of the Hyena and some incised tribal designs. To become an adult in Bamana society, males must be initiated into the Kore society. Initiat

Unusual old Senufo peoples mask from mali, West Africa. carved dense hard wood featuring a long avian bird beak and two stylized animal ears, and a Ancestor face as a central finial. The mask has some

244-249 AD. Mesembria. Obv: AVT M IOYL FILIPPOC M WTAKIL CEYHRA CEB legend with confronted draped busts. Rev: MECAMBRIANWN legend with Demeter standing left, holding corn-ears and long torch. Varbanov

A Indo Thai style bronze Buddha bust statue. A temple relic depicting Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, with prominent Ushnisha to crown, and long dangling open work ear lobes, in a rustic verdigris gre

Wood Bust of female figure Bamana of the People of Mali. Carved with conical breasts and a prominent forehead, pointed chin, and a angular nose. Supported by a long neck, her large head has hooded eye

Objects of this type are very rare. They seem to have been used in shrines to venerate ancestors or cultural heroes. The use of Fern Tree figures in west New Guinea is not well documented and only a f

An undated archaistic bronze Sanxingdui head in Bronze Age, 1700-1150 BC style, with large elongated eyes, prominent rectangular ears, wide flat nose, long mouth with flat straight edged chin below; t

A Tall carved wooden mask with dark wood, animal snout, ears and horns with a central ancestor finial. The mask measures 25 inches tall, a metal display stand can also be included for an additional $4

PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY WALKING STICK HAVING A HANDLE IN THE FORM OF A BUST OF MCKINLEY. DENT & HOLE ABOVE HIS RIGHT EAR. 34 1/2 INCHES LONG.

(lot of 2) Southeast Asian objects consisting of a bronze bust depicted with traditional facial characteristics, pierced ears, and jewelry, 8.5"h; together with a carved wood boat decorated with anima

Petite portrait bust of an Art Nouveau woman with long flowing hair and flowers worn over each ear. Unmarked, 6" high.