Sold2021Baule Fly Whisk, ex-HalletBaule (Ivory Coast) Fly-Whisk, male holding child and female figures. With wood figural handle, copper wire wrap. Dimensions: 14.25". Provenance: The estate of Jean-Pierre Hallet.See Sold Price
Sold2022A Janus Bamun Fly Whisk Ex Noble EndicottA tall slender carved wooden handle featuring janus mask like faces , well handled surface and animal hide whisk. The Fly Whisk measures 24 inches long ( 26.5 inches tall on professional custom displaSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Yoruba Fly Whisk Ex Endicott CollectionA finely carved wooden handle featuring an Eshu image, embellished with rattan basketry grip, woven fiber handle and long animal hide strips as the whisk. The entire piece on stand measures 28 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Bamun Fly Whisk Ex Celesten CollectionRare style of Bamun royal Flywhisk, human hair, old beads, brass covered face, Bamun or Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. Provenance: Ex Celesten collection, New York.See Sold Price
Sold2019A VERY FINE BAULE FLY WHISK WITH ANCESTOR FACESA Lovely carved wooden handle featuring three ancestor faces and some fine incised designs. The Fly whisk also has what appears to be a horse tail "whisk" attached to the handle and secured with red tSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Luguru Fly Whisk Ex ZabelA rare antique carved wood and animal hide fly whisk adorned with old glass beads and featuring a carved wooden female effigy as a handle. Luguru or related ethnic group, Tanzania, Africa. The Fly WhiSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Baule Fly whisk Handle / Prestige StaffA very finely carved faceted cylindrical shaft with opposed faces beneath in classical form. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. This staff likely served as a fly whisk handle or possibly a prestSee Sold Price
Sold202220th C. Ivory Coast Baule Wood Flywhisk Handle w/ Bird**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. 1961 CE. This is an ornately detailed example of a wooden Baule flywhisk, carved with an avian form and resemSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Makonde Flywhisk Handle Ex Banks CollectionA charming carved wooden Anthropomorphic handle with remains of reptile skin on the bottom where the whisk was once attached. Well worn showing obvious age and field use. Makonde peoples, Mozambique,See Sold Price
Sold20214 Baule Style Fly Whisks, Ivory Coast.A group of Four Baule Style Fly Whisks. Wood, pigment, textile, and faux hair. Ivory Coast. Smallest: 19 1/2". Largest: 28". Shipping: Shipping for our Collector's Series Ethnographic Auction will beSee Sold Price
Sold2017Lot of 9 Vintage & Antique African Wooden StaffsThey range from 34.75 inches to 4.75 inches. Yoruba Shango staff, Baule dignitary's flywhisk?See Sold Price
Sold2022Baule Peoples, (2) carved fly whisk handlesBaule Peoples, (2) carved fly whisk handles, Ivory Coast, one carved with seated bird finial, the other with three faces on a central band, the surface of each decorated with fine incising of geometriSee Sold Price
Sold2023Baule Chieftains Gold Leaf Flywhisk, 20th c.West Africa, Ivory Coast / Cote D'Ivoire, Baule peoples 20th century, royal chieftains flywhisk of the Baule peoples a subgroup of the Akan people from Ghana in West Africa. Carved wood with horse haiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ivory Coast Baule Gold Foil Horsehair Whisk w/ BirdWest Africa, Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An ornate fly whisk made from wood and horsehair, the handle covered with red cloth and gold leaf to convey tSee Sold Price
Sold2023Matakam African Fly Whisk Metal Handle Palm Fiber CameroonCa. 2nd half 20thC. Good with age-appropriate wear to the metal surface patina. Ex-Nooter coll.See Sold Price
Sold2019Lot of 4 Congo Region Wood sculptures, African ArtA lot of four wooden Tribal Art sculptures from the Congo / DRC, Africa. Including a Teke Fly Whisk, a Kuba enema tube, and two Lega figurines - all ex Ken Adelman (Former US Assistant Ambassador to tSee Sold Price
Sold2016Jade and Horsehair Fly WhiskJade and horsehair fly whisk with cylinder-form jade handle, in silk-covered fitted presentation case. [Handle: 3" L x 1/2" Dia.; Overall: 14"].See Sold Price
Sold2020A Baule WhiskWedel Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Echthaar, Textil. H 77 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1999). Zeremonialwedel und königliches Würdezeichen aus dem aja genanntenSee Sold Price
Sold2024Songye N'kisi Magic fetish with Field Photo in Situ Ex Hallet CollectionA Songye N'kisi Magic fetish pictured in a 1960's Field Photograph from the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire ( Institute of the National Museum of Zaire ) of the very same actual fetish is useSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Yaka janus Form Magic fetish Ex Duponscheel, Ex HalletA Classic carved wooden janus form Magic fetish with traditional bundles adorned with feathers, woven textile and carved ceremonial cap atop a male and female idol. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central ASee Sold Price
Sold202219th Century Kuba Dengese Fly Whisk HandleThe handle with deep blackened patina, with areas of wear from use exposing red to yellowish wood. The handle decorated with a stylized human face, with raised eyes small nose and jutting lips. Old exSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Rare Old Chokwe Chibinda Ilunga Ancestor, Ex HalletThis is a very fine old wood sculpture of the Hero Chief, or primary ancestor Chibinda Ilunga of the Chokwe peoples. A highly stylized example with excellent openwork design and signs of age and handlSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Fly Whisk w/ Feathers**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early 20th century CE. A hand-made wood and feather whisk with an intricately carved handle and a generous array of cassowaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Yoruba Peoples, beaded fly whisk and bagYoruba Peoples, beaded fly whisk and bag, Niger Region, beaded cloth with horsehair whisk, together with a beaded bag, 19"l (larger) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip Gould, NYC NotSee Sold Price
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc13 1/4" G10 Mace / Scepter, 2x COA Dickey / Davis, found North of Athens Georgia, EX Richard French$170(7 bids)
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions IncOutstanding Zaleski Chert Fluted Clovis, Motley COA, found in Kentucky, Ex Walt McIntire, Steve Lee,$1,250(4 bids)
May 11Hess Fine AuctionsRARE 1893 Ulysses S Grant Reunion Inner Book with Important Struck Medal Republican Convention EX Li$225(4 bids)
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc13 1/4" Bowie Knife, Manhattan Cutlery Co, Sheffield, Ex Floyd Ritter Collection$200(5 bids)
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions IncSmashing 3 9/16" Paleo Fluted Clovis, Dickey COA, found in Tennessee, Ex Walt McIntire Collection.$210(5 bids)
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc5 7/8" Bi-Point Blade, Davis COA, found fall of 2014 in the Tennessee River, Basin Bay, Ex Frank$130(5 bids)