Early 20th C. African Tsonga Wooden Headrest

**Originally Listed At $200** Southern Africa, Mozambique, Tsonga peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A simple and utilitarian headrest comprised of a bifurcated base, a pair of support columns

Africa, Sudan, Dinka Peoples, ca. 1st half of 20th century CE. Lovely carved wooden headrest in abstract animal form - actually reptilian. Long thin medium-colored wood with distinct "saddle" head sup

**Originally Listed At $600** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hemba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden headrest with an intriguing Janiform head. Below the p

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Ethiopia, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden headrest used by its owner to preserve his/her coiffure while asleep. Carved from a single piece of wood, th

**Originally Listed At $100** East Africa, Ethiopia, probably Oromia region, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved wooden headrest with delicate, elaborate incised decoration on its expos

**Originally Listed At $300** Western Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask in a characteristic style with slender, sunken eyes an

Africa, central region, ca. 1900 CE. It's nice to find African wood with real/true patina from use! This exquisite stool is not large but shows great character with the seat showing years and years of

West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni, early to mid 20th century CE. A small but very strong goat face mask (karikpo) traditionally used early in the agricultural season as a figure in ceremonies that honor the

Western Africa, inland Nigeria, Jukun peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An entrancing anthropomorphic ancestral figure, hand-carved from hard wood, with simple yet enigmatic features. The figure sta

**Originally Listed At $2500** West Africa, Mali, Dogon, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An enormous ladder carved by hand from the trunk of a hard wood tree. The ladder has a slender base, six

Oceania, Fiji Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful headrest with a planar base, an openwork ring-shaped support, and an elongated rectangular resting platform which is gently grooved toward

**Originally Listed At $1800** Western Africa, inland Nigeria, Jukun peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An entrancing anthropomorphic ancestral figure, hand-carved from hard wood, with simple yet eni

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing ceremonial staff known as an ose Shango depicting a stylized woman kneeling atop an integral rectangular plinth. The woma

Western Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful Baule dance mask representing a female, perhaps an ancestor, hand-carved from a lustrous brown wood

**Originally Listed At $800** Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved tall, dark, wood mask with a large figural crest. The mask has an abstract, dramatic appearan

Southern Africa, possibly Zulu people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine hand-carved example of a knobkierie, a club with a large knob at one end, made to be thrown at animals while hunting. With a lo

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba (Bushoong) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful statue of an "ndop" (literally meaning "statue"), hand-carved from a single piece of h

**Originally Listed At $800** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A set of hand-carved wooden Ere Ibeji figures depicting a matched pair of female twins. The figures have

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY CARVED AFRICAN HEAD REST in the form of an animal upon all fours. 1Ft 4.5ins wide.

Africa, Guinea/Sierra Leone, Bassa Loma peoples, ca. 1900 CE. A hand-carved wood drum with five high relief abstract visages featured around the body, stylized raised arms or sceptors between these fa

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask with abstract, stylized features and covered

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure standing atop delineated legs and wearing a shin-length apron with an exposed

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Mali, Bamana peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely flute, hand-carved from hard wood, with a rectangular body and a tapering, conical handle with a sm

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga," hand-carved from lightweight wood. The ik