Early African Lega Bone Carving Nude Man (Bwami)

Antique African Lega Bwami Society Hat, DRC. Early/Mid 20th C. Woven plant fiber, buttons, beads and pair of claws. Provenance: Mythic Arts Africa, New York, 1991. Size Without Strap: 10.5'' x 7'' x 5

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, Bwami society, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare and remarkable hand-carved wood figure known as an iginga - a generic Lega

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A carved ebony wood statue of a man riding a bicycle, dressed in Western / European style clothing, and the hardwood is highly p

An African DRC Congo Lega Bwami Idimu initiation mask carved wood painted depicting a man's face having smooth forehead, cheeks, simple mouth and eye openings, small nose, with painted repeating dot p

An African DRC Congo Lega Bwami Idimu initiation mask, stained carved wood, natural pigment red ochres and kaolin depicting a man's face having smooth forehead, cheeks, simple mouth and concave eye su

An African DRC Congo Lega Bwami Idimu initiation mask carved wood, stained red, natural pigment depicting a man's face having smooth forehead, cheeks, simple mouth and concave eye surrounds and almond

An African DRC Congo Lega Bwami Idimu initiation mask carved wood depicting a man's face having smooth forehead, cheeks, simple mouth and concave eye surrounds and almond shaped eye slit openings, sma

Title: Lega mask - DRC ex Zaire - African Art Tribal Art Description: Within the Léga, the Bwami society, open to men and women, organized social and political life. There were up to seven levels of

CONGO DRC RARE LEGA MASK Powerful mask probably representing an old man or a sick person. This type of mask was used in the cult of the Bwami, a "semi-secret" association that organized the social str

American, late 19th-early 20th century. Bust of an African American man. Heavily weathered, 7"h. And a rough carving of a hand on a hollowed base. Traces of black paint. 7.5"l.

CONGO DRC Kasungalala. The Judge Lega people Bwami figure (Iginga). This Iginga named Kasungalala has always raised arm(s). This carving ilustrate the kindi's privilege of serving as arbiter in quarre

CONGO DRC Kasungalala. The Judge Lega people Bwami figure (Iginga). This Iginga named Kasungalala has always raised arm(s). This carving ilustrate the kindi's privilege of serving as arbiter in quarre

CONGO DRC Kasungalala. The Judge Lega people Bwami figure (Iginga). This Iginga named Kasungalala has always raised arm. This carving ilustrate the kindi's privilege of serving as arbiter in quarrels

Lot of three, all early 20th century, including a very cute, painted squirrel and bird on branch, 2 1/4 x 3 x 7" high; plus man with hat and bow legs, signed Drex Bickel, 7" high; and African American

Lega, Bwami Culture, Congo, having cast bronze plaque appliques of spider at top and two-headed snake at bottom, bronze nose bridge and cowrie shell trim, set by tar, roughly 30" x 24" x 6". Good cond

Bradford Perin, 20th C Portrait of African-American, "Willy", O/C. Striking portrait of Willy, an African-American young man, painted early 20th C., signed B.P. lower left. Male figure with folded arm

SEATED GENTLEMAN CARVING MARKED "JOE FREEMAN - NEWARK 1936" ON BOTTOM - AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK ART CARVING Dimensions:23"X9"

African Kuba Cloth Man's Ceremonial Skirt. Raffia, intricate applique with arrow patterns, Zaire, early 20th c. Size: 210'' x 34'' (533 x 86 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

Guatemala Pre-Classic or Early Classic 1000 BCE-100 CE very rare pre-Columbian mushroom stone with figural carving of frog man with skull head and large girth mushroom growing from his spine. Most mus

Powerful folk art carving of a bound man or slave. Subject appears to be an African American man in his 20s or 30s, bound with rope, hands tied behind his back. Untitled Dated 1934 Measures 31" x 9" x

Benin Indigo-Dyed Hunter's Tunic, Early-Mid 20th C. Smock-like robe worn by hunters and other senior men in the forested central and northern regions of the Benin Republic. Hand-tailored from indigo h

The Kota used reliquary guardian figures to protect and identify the revered bones of family ancestors. The Kota believed that the relics of important men and women retain power after death, providing

Ancient Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man ca. early 3rd Century AD. The middle-aged man with closely-cropped hair, eyes sunken under a heavy brow with pupils deeply drilled, the cheek bones high and

Early Kuba Prayer Rug 131 x 110 cm (4' 4" x 3' 7") Caucasus, dated 1258 (1840) Condition: very good according to age, scattered low pile, both lower corners slightly restored, lower end slightly damag