Yoruba People, large bronze Ife head of an Oni

This is a lovely well executed old bronze head with decorative elements and a incredible facial expression. A highly decorated bronze and evidence of a skilled bronze smith or artist. The head represe

Bronze African sculpture, head of an Oni, Ife, Yoruba people, wearing decorative crown, later painted wood stand, head only: approx 12"h, 7"w, 8.5"d, overall: approx 13.75"h, 11lbs total Start Price:

This is a lovely well executed bronze head with decorative elements and incredible facial scars or tattoos. A highly decorated bronze and evidence of a skilled bronze smith or artist. The head represe

According to the Yoruba, The original Ife head is thought to be a portrait of a ruler known as an Ooni or Oni. It was likely made under the patronage of King Obalufon II whose famous naturalistic life

An 18" cast bronze head representing Ife royal king Olokun of the Yoruba people.

This is a rare and interesting old Bronze bust from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. Cast bronze head of an Oba with very ornate designs featuring 4 large birds as a crown, each bird stands o

African Bronze Assortment (3) items including a Benin style oba head, an Ife style head on an acrylic display stand and a Yoruba waist belt string of beads having a large center bead; together with a

Yoruba Peoples, Ife clay head, ex-Wunderman Coll., Nigeria, dark terracotta, the male bust with beard and scarification to cheeks, raised modeled features, old accession sticker to underside with type

African Yoruba Ife Style Bronze Head. Size: 20'' x 6'' x 8 '' (51 x 15 x 20 cm). Ex. Collection William and Diane Bousquette, Purchase, New York.

African Yoruba Ife Style Bronze Head, Nigeria/Benin. Size: 13'' x 7.5'' x 8.5'' (33 x 19 x 22 cm). Ex. Collection William and Diane Bousquette, Purchase, New York.

Heavy brass mace or scepter 19th century or earlier used by the Ogboni society and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Fine large rectangular head with overlapping bands of brass and an iron core,

A Very finely cast Bronze Bust or head of a royal personage , in the style of the famed Ife Busts that date to the 14th century, Nigeria. I do not believe this Bust is quite that old, and was likely m

Yoruba Peoples, large Ogboni staff finial, 19th c. or earlier, Nigeria, brass and iron, staff finial depicting a female head with jewelry and scarifications on forehead, a small iron protrusion on the

Yoruba bronze head with Olokun Crown of Queen Mother, Bronze Bini Edo Benin City, Bronze Oni life, Nigeria Commemorative African Art. Excellent condition. Please see photos for additional details. Dim

A wonderful highly stylized bronze memorial head, cast using the lost wax method and with traditional features of the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The head measures 11.5 inches tall.

Gan Peoples, (4) large bronze pendants, Burkina Faso, patinated cast bronze, (2) depicting stylized bovine heads with bird effigies on the crown, together with ritual serpent eternity pendant and rect

African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Gelede mask featuring a female figure seated atop the coiffure of a large female head. Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, pigments and paint. The mask comes wit

A Very finely cast Bronze Bust or head of a royal personage , in the style of the famed Ife Busts, Nigeria. The Bronze measures 13 inches tall. Provenance: A Private Oregon collection.

A very old field used cast bronze bell with ancestral face and areas of designs on the sides of the bell and on the face. Such bells were worn by chiefs in the Ijebu region of the Yoruba people in Nig

A very large cast bronze sculpture of a Yoruba shaman holding a snake and a medicine horn. The Bronze measures 24 x 13 15 inches and is very heavy. Yoruba /Benin peoples, Nigeria, Africa.

20th century, Nigeria, Yoruba, both Ife "Kings" heads. This lot to be sold on day 2, Thursday, October 4 (Lots 949-2020) 23 in. (tallest) From the Complete and Important Collection of NOA Living, Ral

Stylized pair of wooden Yoruba twin figures with tapering heads, high forehead, large diamond-shaped eyes and broad smiles displaying traditionally filed incisors. The features are recognizable as the

West Africa, Nigeria, probably Yoruba peoples, mid to late 20th century CE. A large and colorful hand-carved wood mask designed to be worn atop the head and project high above it - this type of mask i

Large brass mace or scepter of the 19th century or earlier used by the Ogboni society and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. The mace head of a square form in brass with a series of ribbed design