Mexican Folk Art Wooden Monkey
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Pre 1930 item# 1029557 (stock# #108010)
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You are looking at a great piece of Mexican Folk Art. This wonderful standing monkey in poised on one foot, standing on a wood base. At one time there was something in his right hand, a piece of pink fruit? The carving is very well executed and carved from one piece of wood. The arm at the elbow are attached with small nails. This wood monkey has a charming face painted white red and black. The overall body of the monkey has been painted black and because of the ware and age, paint has been chipped from the over all piece. A great and wonderful piece of Mexican Folk Art. Standing 23" high by 7" wide and 14" deep. The tail is from a twisted branch and well attached to the body. I believe this is from the 1940's. Wonderful piece of folk art for any one's collection.
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Dogon Bronze Stone Burial Figure Africa
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Pre 1900 item# 1028391 (stock# #087710F)
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$3800 US Dollars
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I came upon a collection of the most incredible items and some are being offered to the public for the first time. You are looking at a stone surrounded with bronze. What information I have been able to acquire is this: the stone comes from the grave site of an important persons burial site. The bronze is cast over the stone into the form of a man or woman. These pieces represent the deceased, who was considered a very important person to the village. General agreement among dealers and collectors is these figures date from the middle 1800's. They might be earlier but that I do not know. The fifth figure is the largest of the thirteen pieces I acquired. The male figure has his legs extending out in front of his body, legs are crossed at the ankles and hands are resting between his knees. The figure looks like it is sitting on a mat. A double zigzag design is on both sides of the chest and down the back of the figure. The head is wearing a hat and has a beard on his face. This is a strong and commanding piece of art. Sitting 6 3/4" high 1 1/4" wide and 3 3/4" deep. Again if anyone knows any information concerning these items, I would appreciate any help.
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Dogon Bronze Stone Burial Figure Africa
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Pre 1900 item# 1028390 (stock# #087710F)
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Frankly Scarlet...
505-550-3903 cell
$3500 US Dollars
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I came upon a collection of the most incredible items and some are being offered to the public for the first time. You are looking at a stone surrounded with bronze. What information I have been able to acquire is this: the stone comes from the grave site of an important persons burial site. The bronze is cast over the stone into the form of a man or woman. These pieces represent the deceased, who was considered a very important person to the village. General agreement among dealers and collectors is these figures date from the middle 1800's. They might be earlier but that I do not know. The fifth figure is the largest of the thirteen pieces I acquired. The male figure has his legs extending out in front of his body, legs are crossed and hands are on his knees. The figure looks like it is sitting on a mat. A double zigzag design is on both sides of the chest and down the back of the figure. The head is wearing a hat and has a beard on his face. This is a strong and commanding piece of art. Sitting 6 3/4" high 1 1/4" wide and 3 3/4" deep. Again if anyone knows any information concerning these items, I would appreciate any help.
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Dogon Stone Bronze Burial Africa
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Pre 1900 item# 1028385 (stock# #087710D)
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Frankly Scarlet...
505-550-3903 cell
$3500. US Dollars
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I came upon a collection of the most incredible items and some are being offered to the public for the first time. You are looking at a stone surrounded with bronze. What information I have been able to acquire is this: the stone comes from the grave site of an important persons burial site. The bronze is cast over the stone into the form of a man or woman. These pieces represent the deceased, who was considered a very important person to the village. General agreement among dealers and collectors is these figures date from the middle 1800's. They might be earlier but that I do not know. The fourth figure is a female sitting on her legs in a kneeling position. Bronze hair is braided in the back and the female has very protruding lips. Of all the stones, this one is the roughest in the collection. One area has a small old chip or flake. Again have not been able to find any written information on this item. Standing 6 1/4" high by 1 1/2" wide and 3" deep.
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Dogon Bronze Stone Burial Figure Africa
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Pre 1900 item# 1028281 (stock# #087710C)
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Frankly Scarlet...
505-550-3903 cell
$3000. US Dollars
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I came upon a collection of the most incredible items and some are being offered to the public for the first time. You are looking at a stone surrounded with bronze. What information I have been able to acquire is this: the stone comes from the grave site of an important persons burial site. The bronze is cast over the stone into the form of a man or woman. These pieces represent the deceased, who was considered a very important person to the village. General agreement among dealers and collectors is these figures date from the middle 1800's. They might be earlier but that I do not know. The third figure is a male sitting on his legs, which are twisted under his body.Knees are directly under his hands. The male figure has a typical beard, but is not wearing a hat. There is a bronze double zigzag design surrounding the torso on the front and back of the figure. Sitting 4 3/4" high by 1 1/8" wide by 2 1/2" deep. I have not been able to find any written information on this item and if you know anything about these pieces, I would appreciate any and all information.
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Dogon Stone Bronze Burial Figure, Africa
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Pre 1900 item# 1028266 (stock# #087710B)
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Frankly Scarlet...
505-550-3903 cell
$ 3000 US Dollars
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I came upon a collection of the most incredible items and some are being offered to the public for the first time. You are looking at a stone surrounded with bronze. What information I have been able to acquire is this: the stone comes from the grave site of an important persons burial site. The bronze is cast over the stone into the form of a man or woman. These pieces represent the deceased, who was considered a very important person to the village. General agreement among dealers and collectors is these figures date from the middle 1800's. They might be earlier but that I do not know. The second item is a woman figure sitting on her legs with her hands resting on her knees. The bronze surrounds both sides of the narrow chest, making this the part of the body form. The waving S design is the only decoration on this piece. Her hair has a slight design adn a grathing of hair at the nape of the neck. Sitting 4 3/4" high by 1 1/2" wide and 2 3/4" deep. If you have any information of this piece I would appreciate it. At this time I have not been able to find any written material concerning this piece of art.
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Dogon Africa Stone & Bronze Funeral Figure
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Pre 1900 item# 1028232 (stock# #087710A)
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Frankly Scarlet...
505-550-3903 cell
$3000. US Dollars
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I came upon a collection of the most incredible items and some are being offered to the public for the first time. You are looking at a stone surrounded with bronze. What information I have been able to acquire is this: the stone comes from the grave site of an important persons burial site. The bronze is cast over the stone into the form of a man or woman. These pieces represent the deceased, who was considered a very important person to the village. General agreement among dealers and collectors is these figures date from the middle 1800's. They might be earlier but that I do not know. The first figure is a male sitting on his legs with his knees directly under his hands. He is wearing a hat and a vestment looking item. The vestment has zigzag design on the front and back as well as the hat. The beard is very life like and follows the line of the hat. This figure is the only one in the collection that is made around a round stone, Sitting 5" high 2 1/4" wide and 2 1/4" deep. Please note that I have not been able to find any printed information of this item, if you have any information I would appreciate it.
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Philippine warrior arm band
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Pre 1900 item# 1024950 (stock# #0720010)
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$1800. US Dollars
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This arm band is a wonderful example of tribal art. From the private collection of Mr. Caesar Villanueva in the Philippines. He has been collecting all his life.
The arm band is made of boar tusk, wood and raffia. The four boar teeth are bound together with raffia and the wood figure sits on top of the teeth. Please note that one tooth has been chipped and repaired, but the repair was done before I purchased the item. At this time I do not have information on the Philippines or it's art work, so I can not give you very much information on this item. I do know it is from the mountain region om the Northern Philippines. Size is 6 1/2" high by 5 1/2" wide and 6" deep.The age of this arm band is pre. 1900's. A nice piece for any collection.
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Kalinga warrior's ornament Philippines
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Pre 1900 item# 1024944 (stock# #0235010)
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This beautiful adornment is from the private collection of Mr. Caesar Villanueva, Philippines. Mr. Villanueva is a major collector of art from the Philippines and has been collection all his life.
The Gold Lip Mother of Pearl shell is incised with the the most intricate design. The coconut shell medallion has a cut out design around the edge, looks like cog's on a wheel. The cotton cord on the back, looks as it has been replaces at one time.
The shell is 8" wide by 8 1/2" wide and on the stand is 12" total height.
Information on the piece is this. Worn by an Igorot male shows that the wearer has taken a head in battle and this shell represents his availability for marriage as an adult. Age of this piece is pre 1900's. If you have the book Spirals From the Sea, An Anthropological Look at Shells, you will find a similar shell of the front cover.
The Kalinga shell is from the Northern Mountain Region of the Philippines, LaZone area.
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Dogon, Mali African Bronze Figure
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Pre 1900 item# 1019325 (stock# #088010D)
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$2000 US Dollars
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I acquired a collection of bronzes and because I am not knowledgeable in this area I hired an expert to look at them,. This is what I found out. This piece is from the the Dogon region of Mali, Africa, age is middle 19th century. The male body has an elephant head, thus a spiritual animal. The sitting figure has large eyes and a trunk extending down his chest. There is a small knob of a tail. The patina from years of being buried is really thick and well entrenched. Sitting 3 3/8" high by 1 7/8" wide and 1 1/4" deep. A very nice piece.
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