Old Chokwe Stool with central Ancestor support

A very finely carved wooden stool featuring a classic ancestor figure shown holding up the seat as the central support. remains of red organic pigments can be seen on a few areas, but otherwise it has

A small finely crafted wooden stool with a charming male ancestor as the central support and decorated with incised designs. Chokwe peoples, Angola, Africa. Provenance: The Dr Brian Healy estate, New

A carved wooden anthropomorphic stool with highly stylized ancestor as the central support. Please note the wonderful incised designs that cover the stool, on the seat there are many stars, fish, a ho

A very fine small wooden stool with serene ancestor figure carved as the central support. Chokwe peoples, Angola, Africa. The stool is rather small and measures 8.5 inches tall x 5.25 inches across.

Carved wooden head rest or miniature stool with a finely crafted female ancestor as the central support. Yaka peoples, DRC / Congo, central Africa. The headrest measures 6.75 x 3.75 inches. Provenance

A well worn old carved wooden stool with 3 highly stylized leopards as the central support, large round seat and a well handled and worn golden patina. Bamileke or Bamun peoples, Cameroon, West Africa

A very finely carved wooden stool featuring a proud Dengese ancestor figure as the central support, decorated with incised linear designs. The entire stool is very well handled and worn. Dengese (Kuba

A very large and heavy carved wooden stool featuring 4 carved anthropomorphic ancestors acting as the central support of the seat, perhaps indicating family lineage. The Caryatid stool was carved from

A very fine and elegant carved wooden stool featuring a lovely ancestor figure with hands on the knees and wearing a wrap skirt is used as the central support, as well as two carved support poles embe

A carved wooden female effigy of a ancestor with incised tribal designs, stylized coiffure and exaggerated feet. Chokwe peoples, Angola, Africa. The figure measures 16.5 inches tall on wooden base. Th

This is a very fine old wood sculpture of the Hero Chief, or primary ancestor Chibinda Ilunga of the Chokwe peoples. A highly stylized example with excellent openwork design and signs of age and handl

A very finely carved wooden stool with female ancestor support. The female caryatid figure standing on a circular base and supporting a circular stool of equal size on her head and hands, the figure s

This is a very old and eroded wooden stool featuring ancestor figures and an obviously eroded base. Bamileke peoples, Bafut chiefdom, Cameroon, Africa. The stool measures 11 x 9.75 inches. The stool h

This is a very rare and impressive old carved wooden stool , with tall carved ancestor sculpture back rest, incised designs and open work legs. This stool collected in Tanzania by Professor Charles Bo

Carved wooden fragment of a stool featuring two ancestors as the main supports as well as a nicely carved seat. The Stool has lost its base some time ago and has been professionally custom mounted to

Carved wooden fragment of a stool featuring two ancestors as the main supports as well as a nicely carved seat. The Stool has lost its base some time agi and has been professionally custom mounted to

A very fine Old carved wooden bench seat / stool with elaborate central post design, flared seat and overall well handled golden honey colored patina and old remains of kaolin clay pigment, suggesting

A large carved wooden stool with a stylized Hyena as the central support and double Gong or Gogo bell designs on the outer edges, linear designs throughout. Bamileke peoples, Cameroon Grasslands, West

Vintage carved wooden stool with 2 Nimba figures as the central Support. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa.

Carved from a very heavy dense wood and featuring 4 stylized Nimba sculptures as the central support, incised linear designs. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa. The Stool measures 15.5 inches tall x 1

A Carved wooden stool (do-tshom) with finely carved and painted female effigy as the central Support. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa. The stool measures 16.75 x 15.75 inches.

A carved wooden musical instrument / drum with female effigy as the central support, polychromed paints and signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The drum measures 24 inches ta

A Very finely carved wooden headrest with a beautiful female image as the central support. The female has classic "coffee bean" shaped eyes with raised scarification on the abdomen as she is seated on

A well weathered and eroded ancient wooden stool in Janus form featuring two anthropomorphic figures with arms raised as central support for the wooden set. The stool overall shows extensive age, use