Ian Wurawul, Food Gathering - Sacred Billabong

Acrylic on canvas; Provenance: Galerie Boomerang, Amsterdam; acquired in 1996; The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica

Redwing Nez (Navajo, b. 1960) Gathering of Sacred Yei Dancers acrylic on canvas signed Redwing Nez (lower right) 48 x 60 inches Property from a Corporate Art Collection

Brilliant blue & white German enameled card box with silver trim and intricately engraved accents. Top plaque is a painted scene of a family gathering food and opposing side features a large oval guil

Continental Currency May 9th, 1776 $5 Fr-CC35 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf++. The emblem showing the hand gathering food while bleeding from thorn pricks is vividly rendered. The motto is SUSTI

Large richly carved out sacred house food hook figure 160 cm - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 160 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult

A large hand carved Monkey mask with tall finial crown of standing monkeys holding a sacred or ceremonial vessel. All carved from a single piece of wood. Guere peoples, Liberia, Africa. The mask measu

A Tall carved wooden Dance mask representing the sacred Hornbill bird with female ancestor image on top and various painted designs, woven grass rope for attachment. Known locally as a (Dyodyomini),Do

A Carved wooden mask with kaolin clay pigments accenting facial features. The mask is well handled and was carved in the form of the Bush Cow, a sacred animal effigy among the Guro peoples, Cote d'ivo

A small slender wooden panel of ovoid form, incised on one side with concentric circular motifs, ochre pigment covering the surface throughout. The Churinga is considered a sacred object among the Abo

This is a wonderful large carved wooden headdress/ mask from the Bidjogo peoples of Guinea Bissau west Africa , who hold initiation rituals for young girls and boys, according to their age group. Thes

A large carved wooden helmet mask with painted designs and well handled edges and wear consistent with field use. Accoridng to the web site Imo dara this mask was considered the most sacred of masks,

A very interesting old Tibetan Buddhist Copper necklace pendant with embedded stones, perhaps Amber or carnelian and a central Green stone, and embellished with images of Buddha's and Dorje symbols. T

Rare Chucu Inca Ceremonial Panel Pre-Columbian Ceramic Plaque.Chuchu, Southern Peru, Inca region. Typically Found in Caves, Caches, Tombs, Sacred Places Circa AD1000—AD1500. Fired Clay with Painted

A carved wooden helmet mask with painted designs and well handled edges and wear consistent with field use. The Bo nun amuin mask was a very sacred mask to the Baule, the name meaning "gods of the bus

A fantastic cast bronze image of a Multi armed Maha Kali or Durga atop of Nandi the sacred Bull.This is a finely cast image with golden paint accent on the bronze.The Entire sculpture measures 16 inch

A large pair of very finely carved old wooden Busts of Jesus with the sacred heart and the Virgin Mary, likely 19th or early 20th century architectural elements from an Old Church, possibly Italian in

A large hand made terracotta vessel with lid and embellished with countless studded designs. Such pots were traditionally used a sacred storage vessels. The vessel measures 13.5 inches tall by approxi

A very finely carved wood female effigy designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) was carved from a single piece of

The Toraja people of central Sulawesi value as sacred the cloths called mawa, which are stored as family treasures and brought out when needed to sanctify important rituals. This is a rare 19th centur

A woven tunic with many Bundles of magic charms that often contain folded paper inscribed with passages from the Qur'an, Islam's sacred book, to invoke the power of the Word for protection that would

A carved wooden post like sculpture with a anthropomorphic effigy on top and signs that it was buried in the ground for some time. Such posts would be markers for sacred areas and used to protect cros

A carved wooden pull toy, hand carved and painted various colors and featuring the effigy of Nandi, the sacred Bull. India. The Toy measures 9 inches long. Provenance: Ex Robert Banks collection, MD,

Carved wood with a well handled and weathered surface embellished with metal work designs and an overall pleasing round form representing the Moon. This mask was considered sacred, bonu amuin, reserve

This is a wonderful large carved wooden headdress/ mask from the Bidjogo peoples of Guinea Bissau west Africa , who hold initiation rituals for young girls and boys, according to their age group. Thes