Mbangu distorted figure – Plant fibre, Wood

Title: Mbangu distorted figure – Plant fibre, Wood – 90 cm – Pende – DR Congo Description: Large and rare Mbangu disorted figure from the Pende people of DR Congo. Distorted fa

Title: Matomba Figure – Plant fibre, Wood – Teke – DR Congo Description: Powerful Matomba figure from the Teke tribe of DR Congo. The figures carved by Teke are characterized by slig

wood, metal, plant fibre, animal fur and horn, breakage (right arm), base Particularly remarkable about this figure are the magical paraphernalia, which are apparently still completely preserved. They

wood, hide, animal hair, feathers, plant fibre, reptile skin, base Acting as intercessors between ancestral spirits and the living, such larger "minkisi" were intended to benefit the entire community.

wood, pigments, glass beads, cowrie shell, plant fibre, H: 27,5 cm, H: 10,8 inch Provenance: German Collection Continent: Africa

wood ("Alstonia scholaris"), shell inlay ("Turbo Phetolatus opercula"), lime, red ochre, black pigment, hairdo from short cut brush-like plantfibre tufts, which were pressed in blackish mass, thin ver

Very beautiful Ngaady A Waash Bushoong mask from the KUBA people of DR Congo. The mask has a headdress which is very complete. The mask represents the first KUBA wife of the king. It represents the id

Title: Lele Mask - Beads, Cauris, Plant fibre, Wood - KUBA - Congo Additional Information: Beautiful KUBA LELE mask from DR Congo. The 20,000 Lele people occupy the western region of the KUBA kingdom

Very beautiful Ngaady A Waash Bushoong mask from the KUBA people of DR Congo. The mask has a headdress which is very complete. The mask represents the first KUBA wife of the king. It represents the id

Title: Kakunga Mask – Plant fibre, Wood – Nkanu – DR Congo Additional Information: Great Kakunga helmet mask of the NKANU tribe, Africa, CONGO. Large piece with an unmatched appearan

Title: Mask – Beads, Cauris, Plant fibre, Wood – Ngaady A Waash Bushoong – KUBA – DR Congo Provenance/Additional Info: Very beautiful Ngaady A Waash Bushoong mask from the KUBA people of DR Co

Title: Initiation mask – Plant fibre, Wood – Yaka – Congo Additional Information: Great hand mask of the YAKA tribe, Africa, CONGO. Piece with an unmatched appearance! In good condit

Interesting Mukyeem mask from DR Congo. The NGEENDE occupy the oriental marches of the Kuba kingdom. They have created a mask influenced by the Bushong, the mukyeem. It has a stylised elephant trunk o

Title: Kakunga Mask – Plant fibre, Raphia, Wood – Yaka – DR Congo Provenance/Additional Info: Kakunga helmet mask of the NKANU / YAKA tribe, Africa, Congo. Piece with an unmatched appearance! In

Title: Mbangu distorted mask – Wood, Textile – Pende – Congo Additional Information: Distorted faces are rarely depicted in African art. For the Pende, they represent the effect of a

wood, metal, plant fibre, The mask is a symbol for youth, health and vitality. The young men sing the praises of the mask, comparing it to gold and silver. Gold is as precious as youth, and life turns

African Equestrian Figure. Carved wood, plant fiber. On stand. Size: 13'' x 11'' x 5.5'' (33 x 28 x 14 cm). Provenance: Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Carved wood with plant figures and shapes, polychromed.It has detachments.113 x 174 cm.

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

wood, animal skin, plant fibres,Single-skin cylinder drum with wedge ring tension. The corpus carved in low relief with two faces that are reminiscent of the ancestral spirit masks from the Ogoou&#233

lidded round basket, Pende, natural and coloured fibres, h: 9,5 cm, D: 17,5 cm; round basket with lid, Kuba, made from light wood, rattan and plant fibres, h: 19 cm; d: 22,5 cm Continent: Africa

Collector's Lot of African Carvings. Antelope figures, headrest and equestrian figure. Carved wood, metal, plant fiber. Size: Ranging from: 13.5'' x 5.5'' x 2.5'' (34 x 14 x 6 cm) to 30'' x 3'' x 11''

Europe,18th Century Horn snuff box decorated with figures holding guns and plants with carved wood botanical lid. Exceptional carving throughout. Horn From the collection of a Newport, Rhode Island es

Sepik Latmul Men's House Gable Figure, PNG. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber and shells. Size: 52'' x 43'' x 22'' (132 x 109 x 56 cm). Private estate collection, Napa, CA.