Nigeria Yoruba Hide Fan

Title:Africa, Nigeria, Hide ceremonial fan Date: 19th. c. Dimensions: 22 1/2” high Additional Info: Hide with wood, felt Reserve: $500.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $45.00 to anywhere within

Bata drum, Yoruba Nigeria. Hide, brass bells and textile on strap. 28 ½ inches. Provenance: Professor Sanford and Barbara Dornbusch.

Copper alloy fan, possibly Yoruba, Nigeria, West Africa. Approximate size, 9.75" long, 5.75" diameter, PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

YORUBA, NIGERIA, AFRICAN CARVED WOOD, ANIMAL HIDE, PIGMENT AND ROBE DRUM H 33.75" W 22" D 21" Estate of Jack Faxon, Birmingham, MI. Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Council for the Arts.

A hide fan with carved figurative handle. Nigeria. 20th century. 16"l x 6"w. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: Simpson inventory #9022, purchase

YORUBA, NIGERIA, AFRICAN, CARVED WOOD, PIGMENT AND HIDE DRUM H 41" W 19.25" DIA 18.75" Estate of Jack Faxon, Birmingham, MI. Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Council for the Arts.

Fächer Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Leder, Kaurischnecken. H 25 cm. Ø 14,5 cm. Provenienz: Walter Häusler, Thurgau. 1960er Jahre in Nigeria erworben. CHF 50 / 100 EUR 43 / 86

A carved wood and painted avian image with remains of woven ropes around the mask perimeter that once held up a costume, which would likely hide the dancer. Yoruba or related ethnic group, Nigeria, Af

Yoruba Peoples, brass ceremonial fans, Nigeria, (4) fans with embossed and incised decoration, 17.5"h x 12.75"w (largest), 12"h x 6.75"w (smallest) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip

Yoruba Bronze Ceremonial Fan of the King, incised with birds, lizards and a snake, Nigeria, 17 7/8" x 12 1/8". Age and use patina. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine

Yoruba Eshu charm figure, ex. J.J. Klejman, 20th c., Yoruba Egba Peoples, Nigeria, carved wood, cowrie shells strung on hide cord, remnants of blue paint, on custom wood and metal stand, see #2 on att

wood, heavily sweating sacrificial patina in places, handwritten inventory no. "H.1797", old label with heavily faded writing: "This idol represents "Shango", God of Thunder. Ogun, God of War. Lent by

wood, fabric, cord, polychrome miniature glass beads (predominantly in pink), thread on strings and sewn on fabric, forming ornaments, separately worked bird attached, mounted on wooden board with its

wood, greyish brown patina, camwood powder "osun", indigo blue/black paint at the coiffure, male/female, both likewise abundantly adorned with metal ring, numerous necklaces with coconut discs and min

wood, pigments, metal, glass beads, coconut discs, cowrie shells, H: 31,3 cm, H: 12,3 inch Provenance: Christa's Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21 March 2015, Lot 318 Karl-L

wood, pigments, metal, H: 31 cm, H: 12,2 inch Provenance: Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Lit.: Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Y

wood, thick layer of shiny black patina, glass beads, "Eshu", the Yoruba "trickster god", is a contradictory character, able to be good and bad, trustful and mischievous. He can bestow prosperity but

terracotta, lovely facial features with a smiling mouth, plaited hairdo, prominent back of the head, slightly dam., minor missing parts, metal base H: 14 cm, H: 5,5 inch Provenance: Josef Herman, Suff

bronze, wood, metal, L: 137,5 cm, L: 54,1 inchProvenance:Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany

wood, pigments, cowries, glass beads, coconut discs, Both figures are hung with cowrie strings as an expression of special esteem and to demonstrate the family's wealth. H: 25 cm & 26 cm, H: 9,8 inch

steel / iron, brass, L: 51 cm, L: 20,1 inchProvenance:Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany

wood, matt brown patina, small remains of indigo blue pigment, fine work of carving, incised scarification marks on the face, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), abrasion of paint, slightly stained p

brass, cast around iron staff, crowned by a bearded face, "ogboni" sign in shape of two opposed crescents on the forehead, incised scarification marks, small bird sculpture, patina, base; the "oshugbo

wood, colour pigments, rest. These bowls were used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts "ikin", which were used by the priests "babalawo" in the "ifa" divination ritual to consult Orunmila, the god o