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A fine Dogon Tomo-ka female figure with bowl on head
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Pre 1940 item# 1102851 (stock# D61224)
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This female figure shows a mix of both Dogon and Bamana styles. This subtype, known as 'Tomo-ka,' is found in villages on the large plain located west of the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali, West Africa. The forms are stylized and abstracted, yet believable and exciting to look at in the round. Dogon figures are used to appease supernatural forces and can be found in a variety of symbolic themes, in this case, female beauty associated with fertility. Early 20th century. Showing a fine, med ...click for details
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Rare Luba figurative royal spear fragment
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Pre 1930 item# 1102120 (stock# L88297)
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An exquisite kneeling, nude female figure has been incorporated onto the shaft of this now fragmentary spear, possibly once owned by a sacred Luba king or chief. Metal attachments of aluminum wrapping and brass tacks added potency and prestige to the normally concealed spear - an object of power and of mythical memory to the Luba people, and it played an important role in legitimizing the chief or king during rituals. The iron tip is well preserved and straight, the figure is perfectly intact a ...click for details
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A fine Sepik figurative lime container
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Pre 1940 item# 1095454 (stock# AC09.1.12)
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Purportedly from Palembei village area, Papua New Guinea, this delicate bamboo container with carved and painted wood top shows a bird (horn bill) perched atop a mythical crocodile with dramatic and fantastic effect. Inset cowrie shells for the bird's eyes, organic paints, and fiber attachments further enlivened the sculpture and gave the owner added prestige. Early-mid 20th century.
33" in length, in excellent condition, but with expected losses, flaking, and fraying commensurate with ...click for details
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A fine Yanzi or Teke fetish figure
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Pre 1920 item# 1093773 (stock# T59567)
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A medium hard wood figure representing a male ancestor, showing a classic, static posture, hair topknot, and prominent beard. Such cubist-looking sculptures come from the Teke and Yanzi people who were once part of the Tio Kingdom in western D.R. Congo. This type of figure (butti) has a hollow in the torso region to allow for the placement of various magical 'bilongo' materials believed to give the figure its potency. 14.25"H, in very fine condition with a varied, deep brown, shiny, ...click for details
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A Wongo cephalomorphic palm wine cup
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Pre 1940 item# 1092966 (stock# W109327)
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An excellent example of the Wongo style showing angularity and intensity in the carving.
Smooth and well-used surface with a rich, deep brown, glowing patina. Old loss to the rim area
showing re-use over the break. 6.75" in height. From the east-central area of D.R.Congo, early 20th century. Provenance: Old Florida private collection, ca. 1970's.
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A Maya earthenware dwarf whistle figure
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1068289 (stock# M719163)
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This achondroplastic male figure is shown with a regal, up-swept coiffure replete with jewelry and two wing-like elements on each side of his head. His short limbs and well-fed body have been accurately molded to reflect his medical condition, but his head and face are that of a normal, elite Maya individual. Deformities, especially those resulting from intermarriage of the ruling class, were often regarded as special attributes associated with lineage and dynasty, as evidenced in the well-known ...click for details
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A fine Verre bronze hoe effigy
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Pre 1920 item# 1061247 (stock# v277910B)
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A lovely lost wax bronze representation of a traditional hoe used in agricultural cultivation. This skeuomorphic effigy was never actually put to use in the field, however, but was more likely once part of a dowry or a prestigious, ritual cache of metalwork. From the Verre or related peoples of Northeastern Nigeria, West Africa. Late 19th/ early 20th century. In mint condition with a fine, aged patina, overall. 11.25"L x 6.75"H. Provenance: Collected in Nigeria in the 1960's by Mr. ...click for details
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A superb Veracruz earthenware female figure
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1047051 (stock# Vc2543321)
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This proud, Nopiloa style woman wears an elaborately patterned dress and a large, braided head wrap, quite similar to the special attire still worn today by Cuicatec women in rural parts of northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Prominent ear spools and a jade bead necklace further accessorize her ritual outfit. Her front teeth are shown filed to a fashionable t-shape, typical of the Gulf Coast area during pre-contact times. The strap lace 'huaraches,' or sandals, on her feet offer a rare glimpse at p ...click for details
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Two Papua New Guinea clam shell currency rings
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Pre 1920 item# 1041377 (stock# AC09.1.3 -4)
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The larger example is of Abelam or Boiken origin and has been incised along the edge of the central opening with simple lines which possibly symbolize a hornbill crane. Patina is polished smooth and silky from decades of handling and use. 7.50" Diameter. Late 19th century / early 20th century. Intact and perfect. The smaller, thicker ring is from Nissan Island, located off the coast of Papua New Guinea. It, too, is made from clam shell and has a creamy, smooth surface, but is not as highly ...click for details
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A superb Murik Lakes or Ramu River region mask
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Pre 1940 item# 1040959 (stock# AC09.1.65mc)
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This ancestral mask comes from the Murik Lakes / Ramu River region of Papua New Guinea, at the mouth of the Sepik River where it meets the Bismarck sea. It is made from a tight-grained hardwood with encrusted red, black and white trade paint, and has a fine, aged patina. Small holes have been cut through along the sides and larger holes are located at the top and bottom of the mask for attachment to a fiber costume. The pierced ears indicate it is an example from the early 20th century. 16" ...click for details
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