All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1491158
An early pair of wooden twins, both males, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 19th. century.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, most dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century (c. 1880-1930)

The lovely set with large headdresses are both adorned with silver bracelets and pearls...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1491620
A high quality and rare pair of male and female wooden twins, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 19th.-early 20th. century.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, most dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century (c. 1880-1930)

The lovely set with very pecular 'punk' hairdresses and they are both adorned with bead bracelets...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1298473 (stock #1085)
Intandane ltd
£375.00
A rare carved ivory figure of a man, wearing a (beaded?) belt with traditional leather apron, made in Sub-Saharan (possibly southern) Africa for sale to European traders or colonists during the late 19th or early 20th Century...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1489977
An exceptional pair of wooden twins, Nigeria, Yoruba, c. later 19th. cent - very early 20th. cent.

A lovely set with blue pigments on their large head dresses, eyes with inlaid metal, tribal tatoos and richly addorned with kauri shells, and jewelry. An early pair with a rich patina and remnants of pigments on both headdresses and body.

Size: c. 27,5 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1910 item #1491162
Senatus Consulto
$1,450.00
A very rare pair of male and female wooden twins wearing sandals, Yoruba People, Nigeria, probably 19th. or early 20th. century.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, most dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century (c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1910 item #1491164
An early pair of wooden twins, both females, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 19th. to early 20th. century.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, most dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century (c. 1880-1930)

The lovely set with large headdresses, and both richly adorned with metal and bead bracelets. Interesting depiction of the facial features on this pair...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1910 item #1490601
A very early pair of wooden twins, both males, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 19th. century.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, most dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century (c. 1880-1930)

The lovely set with large headdresses are both richly adorned with jewelry and kauri shells...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1910 item #1315593 (stock #0268)

We like to offer you a very unique and rare Bakongo statue with 4 faces built as a jar.

It is made of high quality wood around 1900. It is part of the van Norten Tribal Art Collection and has been collected by the founder of the Momoyama Gallery in the 1950ies.

The protrusion in the belly is said to contain magical elements, giving the sculpture its power...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1910 item #1490602
Fine large and early pair of wooden twins, both females, Yoruba People, Oyo Region, Nigeria, late 19th./ early 20th. century. Mosho on an old note below the base, which is possible referring to the town of Moshi.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century.

The lovely set with large headdresses, blue pigment, and ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1490369
Senatus Consulto
$1,850.00
An important high quality early wooden figure, Ivory Coast, Baulé, provenanced and from the 19th. century

The sculpture representing a seated woman, hands on her knees, seated on a chair, carved with incredible realism and details in the nude. Wood with fading colours and much brown-black patina. The sculpture presents the traditional baule keloids scars and a braided hairstyle, finely chiseled. The details are stunning on this lady, her painted eyes, her jewelry and her scarificati...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1420996 (stock #39B47-1514)
A vintage carved wood ceremonial 'Crocodile' mask used by the Mano tribe in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Africa. 19th/20th Century. Size" 30 inches ht x 10 inches x 13 inches. Carved wood, adorned with hide, red fabric and cowrie shells.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1397313 (stock #BNJakanBirdW)
June Hastings
$150.00
An Akan gilt metal gold weight cast as a bird on round tapering base. The Akan gold weights are quite unique in the world for their forms. Their weights are so distinguished by their shape that they are now considered decorative art forms only few inches in size. Historically, they were used for measuring gold dust, which was circulating as currency in Ghana and Ivory Coast among the Akans from the 15th until the end of the 19th century. Measures 2.75 inches high and dates late 1800s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1491618
A rare and impressive Nigerian hardwood feritility figure of a naked female, Igala, very early carving from the 19th. century.

A very artful style, caught with her arms at the side and fists clenching, decorated with a twin hairstyle and tribal tattoes incl a phallic design on the arms and a lizzard on the back.

Size: 40 cm. tall incl. the low wooden base, 37,5 cm. alone.

Condition: Nice Very fine and with an amazing dark brown and black patina from old age and r...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1356319
what pdx
$345.00
Early Dogon Bronze Horse and Rider with a Spear from an old French collection. Unique elongated style . Great condition some burial deposits. size L 5" H 5.25"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1356323
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$895.00
Antique Benin cast Bronze Royal Couple Sculpture, good condition other than heavy natural looking bronze rot from what appears to burial causing the surface metal to chip away easily . Size H 6" W 3.5" Old French collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1420999 (stock #39B47-1522)
African Makonde tribe ceremonial carved wood mask of a human head with real human hair. 19th century. An early and rare ceremonial mask that was actually for tribal use, utilizing genuine human hair.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1471071 (stock #T72)
A Fine antique African Diviner Janus Slit Gong Drum (Mukoku- Ngoombu), Yaka, D.R. Congo/Angola late 19th or first half of the 20th century. Finely carved drum forming a hollowed cylindrical body with a slit at the front side, surmounted by a Janus head on a short neck with large, pointed nose, protruding oval eye. Two brass bels attached to the neck on the twisted fibre cord.

The wood with fine old natural glossy patina. Mounted on the custom-made square iron base.

High including base...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1079359
Pair of African carved figures depicting a family with the woman carrying a jar on her head and holding it with the left hand and with the right hand carrying another vessel. The man holding a cane by left hand and his child by his right side. The man figure has a height if 11 inches and woman is 10.25 inches tall standing on a .75 inch wooden base. Both item bear very nice dark patina, in good condition with losses to woman's necklace and left earring.