Collection of Adelma Grenier Simmons (Caprilands) &

Collection of Adelma Grenier Simmons (Caprilands) & Tasha Tudor books together w a large lot of books on herbal gardening & cooking

Estate / Collection: Property from a Gold Coast Long Island Private Collection SIMMONS, LAURIE (b. 1949) Untitled. Dummy/Beach 1, 1990. Chromogenic print, 24 x 30 inches (600 x 750 mm), signed, number

A carved wooden female effigy with stylized coiffure of a snake, and shown wrapped over the shoulder by another serpent. In southeast Nigeria among the Anang Ibibio, figures of Mami Wata blend with id

A tall carved wooden shrine idol embellished with many vodun implements, including the iron axe of Hevioso, The God of thunder and lightning, as well as several wooden spirit figures, iron chains, ank

A carved wooden tray with elaborate incised and raised designs , well handled surface and the face of Eshu, the Yoruba trickster deity. The Tray measures 8.5 x 13 inches ( On custom display stand it m

A bold and dramatic weathered and worn old carved anthropomorphic shrine idol bound in red textiles and adorned with horn, seeds and natural fibers as well as vines. Fon peoples, Togo or Dahomey, West

A carved wooden helmet mask featuring a highly stylized face embellished with a red mineral pigment. makonde peoples, Mozambique, Africa. The mask itself measures 10 x 7.5 inches. A metal display stan

A ritual implement made from an animal horn and embellished with a carved wooden spirit idol bound to the horn with textiles and natural fibers, beads, bones and organic material , covered in blood sa

A fine pair of carved wooden twin idols , male and female known as Ibeji, with well handled surface patina as well as indigo dyed coiffure and a stunning beaded coat which was made for the twin pair.

A heavily encrusted shrine fetish covered in sacrificial blood and organic matter. Stylized anthropomorphic form with ancestor spirit face, mask like forms with horns on the sides, shells and other ob

A carved wood and painted zoomorphic mask with long nose and flat snout and long carved wood fangs , perhaps representing a wild boar. The mask is heavy weathered and eroded, held together with tribal

A bold and dramatic example of the Vodun shrine art, a pair of Bocio or spirit figures Bound together with various magic implements and offerings. Ewe or related ethnic group, Benin, West Africa. The

A unusual carved wooden magic power idol embedded into a Gourd and embellished with beads, seeds, goat horns, bells and various woven fibers. Kusu peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The gourd fetish

A highly stylized carved wooden magic fetish from a Vodun shrine. The idol features an anthropomorphic figure surrounded by animal horns, shells, metal implements and other regalia, esoteric objects f

A large hand made terracotta vessel with finely incised geometric patterns. This type of pot is known as ukhamba and is used as a communal drinking vessel. The pots are constructed with terracotta coi

A carved wooden shrine idol set into a round bark container with sewn sides, and packed with organic material, also a small panel of glass is set into the clay in front on the weathered and worn idol.

A unusual Vodoun shrine object, a twin fetish in terracotta bowl with two idols bound by many locks and applications of organic matter and blood sacrifice. Ewe or relayted ethnic group, Togo / Dahomey

A bundle of carved wood spirit idols, all bound together around a textile covered wooden cup and bundle that contains esoteric magic ingredients related to Vodun. Fon peoples, Togo or Dahomey, West Af

A Large and rare carved wooden Slit drum or Nedundu drum with flared form, well handled and worn edges, metal accents , tribal repairs with metal staples and sheets of metal over some areas, carved in

A charming carved wooden spirit idol with attached plastic medicine bottles, shells and organic matter. Ewe peoples, Ghana, West Africa. The idol measures 6.5 inches tall on a 4 x 4 inch lucite base.

Justine Simmons Collection Ring and Necklace

A Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Polec. 1910 cedar wood, paint Provena

An Apache Coiled Bowl c. 1900 willow devil's clawProvenance:T

Thirteen Pre-Columbian Items including twelve ceramics from Central and South America and one Chimu cut sheet silver bird Provenance: The Larry Simmons Collection, Great Falls, VA Diameters: ranging f