Yoruba divination tapper, 19th / 20th c.

An ivory tapper with a kneeling female figure at center and incised linear motifs. Nigeria, Yoruba. Late 19th to early 20th century. object: 13 1/2"h x 1 1/2"diam, with stand: 15 1/4"h x 3"w x 3 1/4"d

A group of Yoruba divination objects including a tray and figural tapper-bell. 20th century. Yoruba style. Nigeria. Tray: 15" d. Figural tapper-bell: 11."Provenance: Exhibited, published: 1975, #12, B

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fantastic, hand-carved, round tray, with a flat center and a ring of raised iconography around the u

A group of 2 Yoruba divination objects. c.20th century. ++ Yoruba divination board plus one small staff Nigeria / Benin Yoruba. A) 1 1/4"h x 11 3/4"diam B) 10"l ++ Kneeling Yoruba divination bowl iker

A divination cup with kneeling mother and child. Nigeria, Yoruba. 1st half 20th century. 9"h x 7 1/2"dia. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: The

A divination bowl with carved mudfish. Nigeria, Yoruba. 1st half 20th century. 4 3/4"h x 5 1/2"dia. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Simpson inventory #4445.

A group of 3 West African objects. 20th century.++ Nigeria desiccated head fragment. Possible Bembe. Late 19th-20th century. ++ Yoruba Eshu staff with kneeling figure. Nigeria. ++ Oron wood post. Nige

Three Indonesian alim bark “Datu’s†magic, medicine and divination books, possibly late 19th/20th century the largest 13cm high, 15cm wide

A group of three Nigerian objects. Wood. 20th century. ++ Yoruba divination board. ++ Igbo lidded container. 6 1/2" x 14" x 4". ++ Yoruba Shango staff. 21" x 5" x 1 1/2".

Yoruba Divination Bowl, Nigeria, mid 20th c., in carved wood, featuring high relief figures of a couple, a rabbit, a turtle, a sleeping cat and a fortune hex, having a partitioned interior, roughly 10

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful divination vessel (agere ifa), hand-carved from a hard wood, used to store the sixt

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A tall wooden statue in the style of the palace of Ikere, where all sculptures were made by Olowe of Ise in the first few decade

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful example of a four-sided iron bell, richly decorated with auspicious motifs - an anthro

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An interesting textile shell shrine container shaped like crown known as "ile ori," which translates to

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and large leather and burlap bag decorated with hundreds of glass seed beads. The bag was intended for a priest or

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. An iron ceremonial diviner's staff with a bird finial. Birds have a special significance to the Yoruba, representing the triumph of

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, possibly Igbo or Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating hand-carved wooden figure of a rooster, depicted here with an elongat

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a fine collection of brass beads and rings strung on a cotton cord to store currency pieces and wear as a belt or necklace

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine collection of a brass currency rings threaded on a leather cord with cowrie shells attached to

West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes connected with a brass chain

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes con

A group of 12 strands of African glass trade beads. 19th / 20th century. Including Yoruba, powder glass, old world glass, and more. Various colors, sizes, shapes, and patterns. Condition: Please note:

Yoruba Wood Divination/Magic TapperNigeria, early 20th Century Well carved in relief with a kneeling female figure, with her hands to herbreasts. 12-1/2 inches Height + custom mount. Splits and nicks