WEST AFRICAN LOBI CARVED MALE FIGURE

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine hand-carved wooden male figure with delineated legs, a distended abdomen, and slender a

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure with delineated legs, a distended abdomen, slender arms h

Carved wooden male effigy of a Thil, or spirit figure known as a "Bateba Ti Puo" and was considered a powerful form of medium to the spirit world. Lobi peoples, Burkina faso, West Africa. The sculptur

This is a vintage sculpture from the Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Carved wooden image of a strong male known locally as Bateba Thil or Spirit figure. The sculpture measures 13 inches tall

A carved wooden couple that appears to have been shrine figures that are uniquely bound together as captives or slaves. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Idol measures 18 x 7 inches.

Carved from a very heavy dense piece of wood, this male effigy from the Lobi peoples of Burkina faso, West Africa. Known as a Bateba Thil or Spirit figure, this idol was placed on local shrines to act

(lot of 3) West African carved figures including a Dogon style, Mali male figure of a stylzied form; together with Liberia and Ivory Coast style figures, each surmounted with a head-dress and naturali

Monumental West African Igbo Shrine Figure. Nigeria.Male figure, carved and paint decorated wood.Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 64'' x 11.5'' x 8'' (163

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure known as an "ibeji" standing with attenuated legs atop an integra

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi Culture, 20th century Female wood carved Bateba figure standing pose with slightly bent knees and hands at the side of her belly. 12 1/2" H including custom standCollec

**Originally Listed At $350** West Africa, Benin, Fon peoples, early 20th century CE. A hand carved, wooden male figure with a tenon, made to be held by hand during a ritual dance. The Fon people (Fon

African Burkina Faso Lobi Shrine Figures, carved wood depicting three male shrine figures showing nice patina.

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large standing anthropomorphic bateba (literally "carved wooden figure"), hand-carved from a single piece of hard wood and

African Lobi Wood Ancestor Figure Burkina Faso or Mali. A hard wood carved stylized standing male figure with bulging eye lids, jutting jaw, hands to sides and angular breasts. A good old piece. Size

This is a finely carved old wood sculpture of a male effigy with strong facial features from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. Carved from a single piece of dense and heavy wood with classic fac

West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. These old and well-cared for examples of deceased male and female twin figures, known as Ibeji, most likely come from Osogbo or the Igbomina

West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. A finely carved wooden deceased male twin figure, known as an Ibeji, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region of Yoruba land. The Yoru

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved male Ere Ibeji twin figure with large feet and parted legs, delineated genitalia, protrudin

A hard wood carved effigy of a male figure, likely a chief with his staff. Reddish mineral colored patina. Measures 19 inches tall. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

(lot of 4) Lobi, West African carved figural groups depicting twins; together with a Guro, Ivory Coast, red painted standing female figure with styled hair and naturalistic features, and rising on a c

A PAIR OF NIGERIAN YORUBA 'ERE IBEJI' TWIN MALE CARVED WOODEN FIGURES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the West African figures each carved on a circular base, the faces with linear scarification marks, the coiff

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden female figure with delineated legs, a cylindrical abdomen, pendulous breas

(lot of 3) West African Decorative Wood Figures, including Standing Figures, a male-female pair or couple, Lobi, Burkina Faso, West Africa, late 20th century and appear made decoratively to sell to We

A VINTAGE AFRICAN FIGURE, SEATED MALE, SENUFO, WEST AFRICAN, MID 20TH CENTURY, carved and ebonized wood, a single crest tops the male ancestor with "whisker" scars, the figure seated on a circular sto