Fon Tribe Bocio Sculpture with a Pleasant Demeanor

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Sculpture Pre 1950: item #699015
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A Fon Tribe Bocio Sculpture with a Pleasant Demeanor. 10.5 inches, 27 cm.

Large, Fine Tiv Tribe Sculpture from Northern Nigeria

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Sculpture Pre 1940: item #699010
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Large, Fine Tiv Tribe Sculpture from Northern Nigeria. cf. Objetas y Esculturas de Arte Tiv by Cristobal Benitez Madrid, figure 29. 16 inches (41cm) tall.

Rare Lobi Forked Staff, Carved from a Single Branch

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Sculpture Pre 1940: item #699004
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A Rare Lobi Forked Staff with a Dark Patina and Sacrificial Material. Carved from a Single Forked Branch. Custom Based. 18.5 inches, 47 cm.

19thC South African 'Cape Malay' Painted Ostrich Egg

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African Pre 1900: item #696366
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A rare and unusual South African painted Ostrich egg depicting 'Cape Malay' people in early Victorian (mid 19th Century) costume. There is wear and losses to the painting. Height 6.5 inches(16.5cm)

East African Carved Shetani (Spirit Figure) - Mid 20thC

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African Pre 1970: item #696362
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A good carved Shetani (spirit figure) from either Kenya or Tanzania and dating to the 1950s/1960s (or earlier). There are typical age related cracks and there is an old, crude, glue repair to the base (please see pictures). Height 12.5 inches(32cm).

Rare Terracotta Early 20thC African Pipe Head Cameroon

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African Pre 1930: item #695989
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A well carved, painted, terracotta pipe made by skilled potters of either the Bamessing or the Babungo on the Cameroon Grasfields. Originally, only Kings, chiefs and court officials would have smoked prestige pipes of this kind but the potters were quick to create these pipes for sale to Europeans even before the colonial period. This pipe portrays a dignatory with his elaborate hat (possibly beaded). There are pipe heads of this type on display in the Liverpool World Museum. This item was probab... Click for details

Bambara Antelope Headress from Mali - 20th Century

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African Pre 1980: item #695940
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A beautifully proportioned Bambara antelope head dress with shell and applied metal decoration - from Mali. This item was made during the second half of the 20th Century. Condition good - please see pictures. 29.5 inches(75cm) High.

An African Mask – Dan Tribe – Western Guinea Coast

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African Pre 1960: item #693045
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A standing wooden mask with tubular eyes from the Dan tribe. This style of mask was worn on top of the dancer’s head whose head and body would be covered with a long tailed cape of raffia. Additional height and impact would have been achieved when the dancer wore stilts. The mask measures 15” tall by 9” wide and 6 ¾” deep. The head has five raffia balls at the neck with embedded cowry shells. There are two drop earrings of beads on the ears. The mask is probably early to mid 20th century and sho... Click for details

A Set of Four Tribal Spoons, Possibly African

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African Pre 1970: item #692173

A Set of Four Tribal Spoons, Possibly African

These unique spoons are chased with primitive designs. Three spoons seem to be designed with a Hut and the fourth has a shapely element almost like a stylized windmill.

Condition: Very Good to Excellent, slight discoloration, have not tried to clean them ... Click for details

Tanzanian Zigua Tribe Gourd Stopper

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Sculpture Pre 1950: item #690185
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Tanzanian Zigua Tribe Gourd Stopper, 8 inches, 20.5 cm.