West African Kora Lute Instrument, Cowrie-Mounted

West African tribal musical instrument, kora lute with six strings and cowrie shell decoration. 28" L. Occasional wear, lacking one shell.

West African Kora Musical Instrument, made of a leather covered gourd, with 8 strings and cowrie shell decoration, H.- 30 1/2 in., W.- 12 in., D.- 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Palmira, the Estate of Sarkis K

West African Kora Mandika Stringed Instrument. A wonderful Kora instrument, a bridge-harp, by the Mande people in West Africa. Nails, arranged in an ornamental pattern, stretches the cow or antelope h

Handmade African String Instrument KORA , West Africa 27 inches length. size: 5 in. x 27.5 in. x 7.5 in.

VTG AFRICAN KORA / GOURD HARP MUSIC INSTRUMENT DETAILED WITH WHITE COWRIE SHELLS AND NATURAL HIDE HEAD-24" X 11" X 6"-VERY GOOD CONDITION

Antique ancestral carvings with cowrie shells embellish this Kora instrument of Africa. The musical instrument Kora is believed to be a means to communicate with the human and the divine "voodoo". Woo

African Primitive Tribal Music Instruments including Kora Lute and some kind of Bamboo Quiver. 29"x12"x7" & 30"x12"

20th c. Kamel Ngoni, part of the family of hunters lute-harps of the Mande people in Mali, similar to the Kora with a calabash gourd body, hand posts, and neck. 47 1/2" long with a 12" x 8" gourd. Goo

Carved wood ceremonial shield / sculpture West Africa, highly embellished with cowrie shells, trade beads, ammonite fossils, bordered by multicolored feathers, topped by figural carving accented by wo

Vintage African Kora instrument. Measures 48" long.

A tall heavy carved wooden post featuring stylized mask faces and ritual horns all incised with geometric designs. Toma peoples, Guinea, West Africa. Custom Mounted. The post measures 35 inches tall.

A well weathered and worn carved wooden shrine idol with cubistic features. Such idols are often linked to healing rituals. Chamba or Mumuye ethnic group, Nigeria, West Africa. Custom mounted. measure

A finely carved small Ijo Water Spirit Mask from the Cross river region of Nigeira, West Africa. Custom mounted to professional display stand. The mask measures 12.5 x 5 inches ( 16.5 inches on displa

A finely carved small Ijo Water Spirit Mask from the Cross river region of Nigeira, West Africa. Custom mounted to professional display stand. The mask measures 15 x 5 inches ( 18.5 inches on display

Two polychrome carved Ewe dolls, West Africa, each mounted on stand, includes gallery tag for Latino, USA, greatest 10.75"h

(lot of 2) West African face masks, both likely Dan, Liberia, including: (1) having braided hair, eye slits with applied metal, and carved nose and mouth, over cowrie shell accents, approx 11"h, 7"w;

An Eshu figure with cowries. Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. 27" x 9 1/2". Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.

A group of four African objects. 20th century. ++ String instrument. West African. 25" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/2". ++ Headdress. West African. 9" x 9" x 1". ++ Congo figure on a gourd. 20" x 7" x 7". ++ Africa

Beaded panel and beaded cache-sex, Cameroon, West Africa, latter with cowries, 15" x 5" (cache-sex, excluding cowrie adornments and ties) and 8" x 9" (beaded panel)

A carved wooden shrine idol on stake, with a python skin covering the entire sculpture. Fang peoples, Gabon, West Africa. Professionally Custom Mounted to display stand. The statue and stand measures

Hand crafted West African Musical Percussion instrument. Wooden xylophone wrapped with string and thin strings on animal hide. Sound effects comes the scoops African gourds , this known as a balafon.

Group (5) West African style objects, Cowry shell embellished, including a Dan mask, a Mali lidded jug, a Sao figure, (2) Lele beaded masks, 19"h (largest) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professo

A VINTAGE AFRICAN COWRIE SHELL AND SEED MOUNTED WOOD ALLIGATOR HEAD HEADDRESS, hewn and hollowed from one block of wood into a stylized alligator head form with one side centering a large open eye slo

A Dan Deangle Mask. Dan people, Liberia West Africa. Together with a cowrie shell belt and a cowrie shell basket Mask: 12.5" x 10" x 3"