All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre AD 1000 item #1484519
Quite detailed and with a nice patina.

Size: 32 mm. tall.

Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1837 VR item #1315305
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$125.00
SLAVE TRADE BRACELET C.1700s-1800s Bronze, 3 1/4" width. Used for the purchase of slaves in West Africa. Value one slave Shipwreck recovery with expected green encrustation. Malter Gallery
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1837 VR item #1182143 (stock #Af134)
Strand of Tuareg seed pod prayer beads from the region of Timbuktu, Mali. A talisman is added on with handmade cord and decorated with elephant hairs (from tail) and cowrie shells. The original cord was broken long ago and a few seed pods are missing. The original cord has been left in place and I have added a second strand to keep the strand together.
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 : Pre 1920 item #1471031 (stock #T74)
Large Antique African Tribal round bowl, hand carved from one piece of wood, with integral suspension loop and decorated with geometric design.

CONDITION: Signs of usage and wear, the wood with fine old natural dark patina, old cracks and chips, part of the side broken off, small white points and blotches from the wall paint.

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:

Diameter: 42.5 cm (16.73 inches). Height: 8 cm (3.15 inches).

PROVENANCE: Old collection of tribal art Canada.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1490775
A pair of unresearched very early african ceramic sculptural art, probably Akan and Nigeria, pre 18th. century and one is probably ancient!

Sold as one lot.

Size: The head is 16,5 cm. incl. the nice base, the other is c. 14,5 cm. tall.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Weapons : Pre 1920 item #1373118 (stock #AF131)
This antique traditional tribal dagger was made and used by the Manding people who are indigenous to the Western Sudan region of Africa. The dagger is 10 inches long and has a leather covered pommel. The blade is dulled and rusted with a small bend at the tip. The original matching scabbard has traditionally woven worked leather decoration with belt loop and tassel.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1460197
Senatus Consulto
$175.00
Reduced was $275
African ibeji carved wooden figure, Yoruba people, Nigeria. With striated upswept coiffure and tatoo on the belly. Male figure with superb rich patina.


The Yoruba figures on the market are oftentimes not old. This is a very old figure, likely from the early 20th. century.

Size: c. 26 cm.- 10,2 inches.

Ex. Lau Sunde.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1920 item #1405989 (stock #Af140)
This Antique leather Tuareg belt is from the African region of Timbuktu, Mali. The total length of the belt including the fringe is roughly 46 inches. The 2 leather talisman or amulets are flat and they loosely loop around the belt so their position can be re arranged. They were sewn shut, protecting the contents. Because of their inaccessibility...it is not possible to know if the contents are amulets or talisman. They measure roughly 3 inches x 2.5.....
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre AD 1000 item #1486350
A very unusual large and very early version of the currency bracelet, used also by slave traders in the in West Africa - these served as exchange currency.

A very ornate bracelet with miniature decoration around the three hemispheric profiles.

Size: 109 mm. wide and 59 mm. high. Weigh: 367 grams.

Condition: Good Very fine, small bumps, but intact with a lovely warm green, brownish red patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Colection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1900 item #1479103 (stock #CH35)
This is an authentic 19th-century Ethiopian Abyssinian Coptic Orthodox brass blessing cross comprised of three intricately cast and attached elements.

The cross is decorated with intricate geometric patterns arranged in a lattice design, resulting in a stunning visual effect...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1470858 (stock #IS402)
Antique, 19th century North African, Morocco-Algeria, Islamic Maghrib, Kabyle, Kabylie, enamel silver, jeweled turban pin brooch, Sarpech -Aigrette (feather support for turban).

Details: This impressive Sarpech is of classical form, composed of several well-made separate elements of solid silver, soldered together, including a long stem with a flower head end...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1930 item #1490781
Ogboni, Brass, Yoruba, Nigeria. H. 18 cm. 19th/early 20th century. The iron pins are missing. Ex coll. Ursula Voorhuis (1932 - 2021).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1233362 (stock #SK662)
Galerie Hafner
$280.00
shipping included
Nine small brass weights originating from the African Gold Coast. The top decorated with different geometric ornaments as spirals, waves, swastika etc. Used for weighing gold dust which for centuries was the currency of the region. Largest weight adjusted to standard with lead. Condition: fine. Dimension: largest: 3.2 cm x 3.4 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Weapons : Pre 1920 item #1301372
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$285.00
Antique African Wrist Knife with protective leather sheath. When the sheath is removed from the metal disc, a decorative piece worn on the wrist is turned into a lethal weapon. The Turkana are a pastoralist people of northern Kenya. Knowing no boundaries such knives can also be found in southern Ethiopia. Size 4.5" by 4.5"over 2.25" interior diameter very very sharp. Sorry no stand with this piece.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1900 item #1467112
Lovely intact ceramic bust, likely a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan nobleman from the part of Africa which is today southern Ghana and southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. This is a very early type and quite attractive with it's diminutive arms.

Size: c. 10,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Intact with minor corrosion and patina.

Ex. Danish private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1920 item #1191962
DAY FINE ARTS
$300.00
Old Ethiopian scroll painted and written on animal skin. Approx 200 x 9.5cm, in 2 part leather container. Evidence of damage on right side throughout. Undeciphered. Date estimated to be early 20th century or earlier.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1233363 (stock #SK663)
Galerie Hafner
$320.00
shipping included
Nine small brass weights originating from the African Gold Coast. The top decorated with different geometric ornaments as spirals, waves, swastika - one in the shape of a pyramid. Used for weighing gold dust which for centuries was the currency of the region. Condition: fine. Dimension: pyramid: 2.7 cm x 2.8 cm x 2 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1356319
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$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 1920 item #1139639 (stock #T28)
Antique early 20th century wooden African mask from Mali painted with black, beige, and brown pigment.
Condition: nice old patina, some visible tiny cracks in wood on the front of the mask and minor loses of polychrome.
Measurements: 9 ½ (24cm) inches tall.

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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 : Artifacts : Pre 1837 VR item #1405990 (stock #Af139)
This is a traditional Antique Coptic Christian scroll from the Oromo people of Ethiopia. Painted on Vellum (processed animal skin) and using a special black and red ink, the text is in the now extinct language of Ge'ez, which was originally used for religious purposes. Kitabe scrolls were often placed in a leather case and were carried as amulet...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1313758 (stock #1102)
Intandane ltd
£375.00
A figure of a soldier or guardian figure finely cast in bronze (using the lost wax method) and made in Benin, Nigeria, during the 19th or early 20th Century. Provenance: from an early to mid 20th Century North West of England collection. Condition: there is a production crack running down his back from the left ear to the top of the left leg and part of the item he is holding in his right hand may be missing. 18cm (7 inches) high. Weight 695 grams) (1lb 8.5 ounces)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1800 item #1460255
A fine set of the earliest types of bronze Manillas socalled Slavetrader bracelets, Africa, Nigeria, 16th.-18th. cent. AD.

These were made and used as currency well up in the 19th. century, but our selection are very old! These come with exceptionally fine jade like patinas and were wrongly sold as European bronzeage bracelets.

Size: Up to 8,2 cm. in diameter. Weight: 720 grams.

Ex. Old private collection, 1974-2015
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1455761
Senatus Consulto
$395.00
Reduced, was 495.00
A fine and very varied selection of 11 currency cobber, bronze and brass currency (money) bracelets of larger sizes, West to North Africa, ca. 17th-19th. century.

The collection consists of a huge Nigerian or Niger brownish patinated bronze or cobber bracelet, weighing ca. 840 grams! More West African pieces and some Northern African bracelets among which a particular nice brass armring with the decorated large finials of the Tuaregs, weighing ca. 475 grams...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1317170
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$395.00
Large and early terracotta pipe bowl, BAMILEKE or TIKAR, Cameroon Africa. Gritty terracotta clay with losses as seen. Size 7.75" by 4"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1317708 (stock #0273)

This extraordinary statue comes from the Kuyu people who live between the Sangha and upper Ogowe Rivers, D.R.Congo.

Very large and heavy terracotta statue, covered with shiny and vivid colors, made around the early 20th century - in our family collection since 1950.

This wonderful figure will hold a prominent place in any Tribal Art collection.

We also have 2 more Kuyu terracotta statues from the same period...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1471002 (stock #T76)
A spectacular authentic, circa 1900 A.D. to mid-20th century, or older, African maiden spirit helmet mask "agbogho mmwo" from the Igbo people of Nigeria, used by the male Mmwo secret society. Agbogho mmwo helmet masks (also called agbogho monnwu, or ikorodo, meaning ‘maiden spirit mask’)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1920 item #1333726 (stock #0319)

Large NGONTANG helmet mask (all seeing mask) from the Fang people in Gabon, very well used and worn and in great condition - pre 1920 and definitely rare.

Size: 41 cm - 2 kg

Known as Ngontang (or Ngontanga), this mask variety appeared among the Fang people of southern Cameroon and Gabon shortly before 1920. It represents a spirit of the dead visiting as a young white woman from the world beyond...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1920 item #1213617 (stock #947)
Intandane ltd
£475.00
A late 19th or early 20th Century, possibly Ekoi, carved wood stool made in Cameroon, West Africa. Condition: good - minor losses and wear and an age related crack to the top but no repairs or restoration. 42cm (16.25inches) high; 30cm (11.75inches) diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1800 item #1378029 (stock #AF243)
It is made of genuine golden yellow Baltic amber that is opaque yet glowing and slightly translucent in bright light. It shows signs of old wear and has been repaired with silver/white metal staples and a band of braided wire around the circumference. These beads were always valued very highly, and sometimes the repaired examples are even more highly prized. Diameter, 36 mm; weight, 18.9 g...
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1900 item #1243797
DAY FINE ARTS
$500.00
Ethiopian 'magic' scroll, inks/paints on parchment. Undated, estimated to be 19th century or earlier. 180 x 10.5cm. Complete, good condition for age.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1920 item #1336980
DAY FINE ARTS
£500.00
collection of 4 west African 'Gris gris' leather bound talismans containing protective amulets largest 13cm excluding neck cord. undated, estimated to be early to mid 20th cent. can be viewed in central London.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1920 item #1094073 (stock #3119)
Galerie Hafner
$550.00
shipping included
A very elaborate tobacco pipe bowl of the Ashanti people (present Ghana), knowing tobacco and the habit of smoking since the 17th century. A feline predator is standing on a rectangular base plate. Provenance: old collection from Berne, Switzerland. Condition: few traces of usage. Dimension: 8 cm x 8.5 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1920 item #1287689 (stock #T62)

Original 19th–20th century African Kurumba headdress adoné design in the graceful form of an antelope head with long neck and slender horns, decorated with horizontal stripes, rising from the top of the head, and echoed by the long forward-curved ears.

The neck and the snout decorated with carved extensive geometric patterns, polychrome with ocher brown, black, beige and kaolin pigments resting on the  helmet shaped cap of hemispherical form, adorned with shells and bordered with i...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1800 item #1477827 (stock #CH30)
An exceptional example of the antique Ethiopian Coptic Christian processional cross of unusual form 17th -18th century Ethiopia, Solomonic Dynasty.

The cross is made of cast copper alloy (white bronze) and has been pierced and engraved in openwork with an intricate pattern of interwoven lines, topped with small crosses. Two circular decorations flank the bottom of the cross; this motif refers to the divine halo of Christ. The cross is mounted on a tapering conical socket decorated with a...

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.

This jar belongs to any category of power figures (nkisi) serving for individual protection and well-bei...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1470986 (stock #ES942)
A very unusual antique 19th-20th century African ceremonial dagger with a carved and dyed bone grip in the form of a human figure, has a hand forged flat, double-edged shaped rusted iron blade with a elaborate leaf shape scabbard made of two pieces of stiffened hide sown together with twisted twine and adorned on the center with carved and dyed bone tribal ancestor mask within an intricate pattern made of dyed Cowrie Shells stitched to the rawhide.

CONDITION: Age and usage is showing, hilt ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1139653 (stock #T38)
Authentic antique African (most likely Mbembe) carved wood standing female figure of elongated form with angular arms and hands resting beneath the breasts.
The Sculpture is with a fine old natural patina.
Height: 35cm (13 3/4inches).

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1900 item #1312116 (stock #0257)

A Benin mask of a human face, dating back to the 19th. century. Strongly cast, and modelled in high relief, the face encircled by a beard composed of numerous fine details, the face with full protruding lips, a wide nose and prominent expressive eyes.

Impressing headdress with 7 horns. Fine varied aged patina.

Size: 35 cm height - weight 3,3 kg. Stand not included.

Shipping included

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1900 item #1139259 (stock #T59)
Extremely fine Antique 19th century African wooden mask Chokwe peoples, Lunda Sul province, Angola, Angola. Condition: A nice old natural patina, broken at the top. Measurements: 24 cm x 16 cm (9 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in). REFERENSES: “Tribal Art” The Essential World Guide by Judith Miller, Page75, Value US$2,500-4,500

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1489806
An adorable and substantial Kissi-Noboli figure, Sierra Leone / Liberia, early excarvated type, pre 19th. century AD.

The greyish brown steatite figure is depicting a squating older man holding his hands in front of his knees. Groteque facial features. '

Nomoli figurines are among the earliest works of art from Sierra Leone.[3] The figurines and similar stone sculptures are the only known remains of an empire that existed hundreds of years ago in what is now Sierra Leone an...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1490565
Fine early pair of wooden twins, male and female, Yoruba People, Oyo Region, 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, dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century.

The lovely set with large headdresses, and exceptional facial features and both richly adorned with jewelry. This pair of ibeji figures (ibeji means ‘born...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1470990 (stock #T86)
A rare antique, late 19th-early 20th century, African Tribal Ceremonial Axe-Hatchet used by shaman as the accessory for the Bwami secret society divination practices. The brown dyed bone shaft is finely carved with three tribal figures. The top figure depicts an African woman with large breast wearing the conical hat wrapped in twisted copper wire. The bottom figure depicting an African man with the Erect Phallus formed from the rear spike of the iron axe blade and wrapped in twisted copper wire...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1900 item #1309184 (stock #T71)
Antique 19th century African, Lega Congo War Trumpet with shiny honey brown patina, cracks through age, and slight traces of abrasion.

MEASUREMENTS: The overall length: 43 cm (17 in).


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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1491621
An unusual pair of large wooden male twins, Nigeria, Yoruba, 19th. cent.

The fine twins are wearing round helmet-like headdresses and exceptional facial features including large teeth! Both adorned with jewelry. Note the preserved body pigments, that is often washed off on older figures!

An early pair with an exceptional patina.

Size: 30,5-31 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine with mahogany patina and smooth wear from worship and use,

Pr...
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. This pair of ibeji figures (ibeji means ‘born two’) stands with the...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1455746
A pair lovely unmounted figural staves, unusually large and detailed for the type, comes with a deep natural patina from old age.

These two figures known as edan have been cast in brass over iron rods. Each is a seated figure of the opposite sex. They are linked by a chain attached to loops to the tops of their heads. The figures resemble Onile, the owner of the earth, in both male and female forms.

Size: 27,5 cm. long and weighing around 925 grams

Condition: C...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1491165
Probably one of the earliest pairs (man and woman) in the collection, dating to the Yoruba People, Nigeria, 'Oshogbo' - deep in the 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 helmets are both richly adorned with bead bracelets. This pair of ibeji figur...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1489981
Another lovely pair of wooden twins, Nigeria, Yoruba, c. 19th. cent.

The fine set of male and female with large headdresses, and exceptional facial features. Both adorned with jewelry.

A very early pair with an exceptional patina. This pair was part of Lau Sundes personal collection, see below.

Size: 27,5-28 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine with a fine patina and smooth wear from extensive worship and use, tiny chips and surface cracks, consiste...
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. This pair of ibeji figures (ibeji mean...
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 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 1930 item #1477687
Amazing Ibeji from Abeokuta with a deep glossy patina, dating from the early 20th century. H. 23 cm. Ex Ruth van Caelenbergh, Brussels, ex Sylvain Pette, France, ex Ian Shaw, UK, ex Mason Huynh, USA. Polished surface, restored at the base.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Artifacts : Pre 1920 item #1287685 (stock #T61)

Authentic antique late 19th – early 20th century African ancestral bronze mask with pierced eyes and mouth, decorated with incised pattern and pierced with a hole on each side and another hole on the forehead for suspension.

The interior hand painted near the edge with the museum or collection accession number.

CONDITION: Showing the age and usage with old dark natural patina inside and out.

DIMENSIONS:  Approximately 20.5 x 11.8 cm (8 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches).

...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1491159
An early large 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 bead bracelets. This pair of ibeji figures (ibeji means ‘born two’) stands with their hands on the...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre 1920 item #1291835 (stock #21681)
Extremely rare funerary spool-shaped terracotta vessel created by the Akan people of Ghana, 19th-20th century, with incised simple geometric decoration. A very large example of this rare pottery form (15" in diameter, 7" high) believed to have been created to honor the dead in "places of pots" or asensie.
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. This pair of ibeji figures (ibeji means ‘born two’) stands with their hands...
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