YORUBA FEMALE OFFERING BOWL "OLUMEYE"

Carved from a dense heavy wood, this elegant female figure is shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measures 18 inches tall.

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measu

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with painted designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches ta

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl and small child on her back, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peo

Elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with painted designs. Known as a "Olumeye". Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches ta

Two Hemba Stools. Hemba or Eastern Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Two carved wood stools. Together with a Yoruba figural offering bowl; Olumeye carved wooden bowl

A lovely and refined old wooden sculpture from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 14 7/8 inches tall x 6 inches front to back.Yoruba sculptors carved a variety of wooden containers t

West African carved wood "Olumeye" (offering bowl), Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, kneeling maternity figure with elaborate headdress, two small children at her arms, a third child surmounting the lid of an

Two African carved wood maternity figures; Yoruba, Nigeria olumeye (offering bowl figure); together with Chokwe, Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zambia seated with child in lap, wearin

A Finely carved wooden female with offering bodl effigy , featuring elaborate incised and raised design and traditional style. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure measures 14 inches tall x 10

This is a fantastic vintage sculpture from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden image of a kneeling female devotee with offering bowl and burden bowl on her head. The Yoruba celebrate th

early 20th century; the first a standing female figure with offering bowl (18 in.) (loss to base); and the second and third are finger drums supported by kneeling female figures holding offerings (20

A Carved wooden offering bowl with female effigy, painted with several layers of organic pigments. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Bowl Measures 17 x 9 inches. Provenance: A Private Oregon Collec

A monumental and ancient carved wooden Offering shrine or bowl featuring a female Figure, Yoruba peoples, Igbomina region, Nigeria, Late 19th to mid-20th century, Wood, paint.This is a bowl carrier or

Hand carved wooden shrine figure, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, depicting a seated female with scarification and earrings holding an offering bowl on her lap, being carried on a litter by attendants, 18.75

An unusual carved female double bowl bearer with pigment. The primary bowl is supported on the figure's head with four faces and the second bowl is held by the figure and supported by one of five chil

African tribal figures, Nigeria. Comprising a Yoruba female Shango staff carving / dance wand, together with a carved female figure, kneeling and holding a vessel in offering. Both vividly pigmented a

A finely carved female effigy with 3 children , elaborate raisd designs , heavy indigo and mineral pigments and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. This superb carved wooden figure of

A wonderful Yoruba carving of Olowe of Isa's famous offering bowl with 4 dancing girls on the lid and 3 figures and a head supporting the bowl, Nigeria: 14" W x 21" D x 41 1/2" H

Vintage carved from a heavy dense piece of wood and featuring the image of a Yoruba female offering a Ram. Accented with blue indigo pigment with some raised and incised linear designs. Yoruba peoples

3 African Yoruba Offering Bowls (Agere), Nigeria. Carved wood. Size: 1) 12'' x 6'' x 8'' (30 x 15 x 20 cm); 2) 8'' x 6'' x 6'' (20 x 15 x 15 cm); 3) 16'' x 5'' x 7'' (41 x 13 x 18 cm).

Collectors Lot of African Artifacts. Including: Yoruba offering bowl, maternity figure and pulley. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber. Size: 22'' x 6.5'' x 8.5'' (56 x 17 x 22 cm).