Old Original Luba Thumb Piano Ex Moses Asch / Folkways

This is a very interesting old and original musical instrument from the Luba peoples of the Congo, Africa. A carved wooden Thumb Piano body ( The metal keys are all gone) that was decorated with sever

This lot contains two very old and well used kalimba thumb piano's with well handled and well used finger boards suggesting generations of field use. The largest measures 7 x 3.5 inches and is likely

A rare pair of old and authentic Eshu dance wands from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Traditional male and female pair with evidence of ritual use and obvious age and handling. The pair m

A very old and well used hand hammered iron bell or gong with carved wooden ancestor head and signs of use over many years. The Gong measures 23 inches tall and will include a simple wooden base. Bamu

Ca. late 19th/early 20thC. Fair with both top and bottom showing extensive eroded wood loss and old insect damage. Original patina is mostly intact. Ex-Nooter coll.

CONGO DRC LUBA THUMB PIANO ( SANZA ) Superb musical instrument from the Luba tribe Some flaws, (at the neck, in particular) but it's probably the most beautiful I've ever met. Real instrument, you can

A Carved wooden round mask with incised linear designs and accented with mineral pigments. Luba peoples, Kifwebe society, DRC / Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 15 x 12 inches ( 21 inches tall

A large heavy carved wooden Mankala Gameboard with cephalomorphic head and well handled surface, golden honey colored patina. Custom Mounted to professional display stand. The board on mount measures

2 Enfield, CT Shaker ladderback side chairs, original old surface, rush seats, 42"T x 19"W x 15"D. Ex. Late Morris Ferguson Collection

Queen Anne high chest with three over four graduated thumb molded drawers. Molded cornice and shaped skirt on cabriole legs with stocking drake feet. Philadelphia, c. 1780, original brasses, old repai

KÄTHE KRUSE doll No. I H, 42 cm, fabric head, 3 seams at the back of the head, broad hip, separate sewed on thumb, wig, doll was only produced to order , nice original condition, old clothes Germ

PILGRIM CENTURY PA DESK ON FRAME, VERY RARE FORM, POPLAR WOOD, OLD SURFACE, ALL ORIGINAL, PA CIRCA 1690-1730, 34 X 22 X 37 EX. H L CHALFANT ANTIQUES

MA. origin, ca 1800 with a rich figured mahogany single board thumb molded top, below are four cock beaded graduated drawers retaining old and likely original brass, on an applied bracket base, 33&#82

This is the famous Old Testament Scene of Moses and Aaron before the Pharoah, turning the Staff into a Serpent. This particular painting has no writing at the bottom of the scene. It bears a gallery l

Early 18th century New England pine open step back cupboard in old green paint over original red paint, sides and upper shelves are thumb molded, and the case is put together with T and rose head hand

Eurasia, ca. 100 million years old. A fine and large example of a Hadrosaur egg on matrix with much original shell surviving and fully-inflated. Ex: Rhode Island collection, most of which was collecte

PETROF BABY GRAND PLAYER PIANO- 58.75" W X 38" ? 63?-65? DPETROF, LACQUERED (LIKELY ORIGINAL) MAHOGANY, 3-PETAL;WITH QRS BY PIANO NATION; MARKED #527401 ANDMADE IN CZECH REPUBLIC; 20-25 YEARS OLD THIS

VERY RARE WILLIAM AND MARY BALL FOOT DESK, WALNUT WITH TIGER MAPLE SIDES, BOSTON, MA., CIRCA 1720, ORIGINAL BALL FEET AND MULTI STEPPED TIERED INTERIOR, OLD STAINED SURFACE, 34 X 19 X 40 EX. PETER EAT

CONGO DRC Beautiful LUBA Bowl Bearer Visibly old, this "mboko" is typical of the Eastern Luba The famous “Cup bearers” of the Luba are sacralized sculptures, representing a seated, kneeling (o

Watercolor on paper. Sunbathers. Signed lower right and dated 1945. Old original framing; 8.75in. x 11.5in.(image)

Pair of circa 1785-90 Mahogany Side Chairs, Portsmouth or North Shore, MA, with rush seats, great old original surface with no repair or restoration, 37 1/2" high, 20 1/2" x 18", 17" high seat. Surfac

A. J. Smith Mfg. American - Circa 1912 - 14 3/4" Diameter Great Old Original Weathered Surface As a caricature imbued with whimsical surrealism, the popularity of the "Man in the Moon" target has virt

Walnut 16 tin pie safe with drawer, old original grungy surface, pinwheel tins with commas, all wooden pinned and square nail construction, cornice is dentil molded, 4 horizontal board back that are r

RARE 18TH C BUTTERFLY TABLE, WALNUT AND CHERRY WOOD, OLD ORIGINAL FINISH, ONE DRAWER DOVETAILED FRONT AND BACK,, NICE BOLD TURNINGS, BOX STRETCHER, PEGGED CONSTRUCTION, ORIGINAL RED PAINT 35 X 26.5 X