All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1445281 (stock #1755)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,500.00
From our African Collection: Salampasu Ceremonial Mask with Rafia straw, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Circa 1950. '“The 60,000 Salampasu people live on the frontier between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Angola. They maintain strong commercial and cultural relations with their southern neighbours, the Tschokwe (Chokwe) and the Lunda, to whom they pay tribute...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1445274 (stock #1754)
From our African Collection: A Zande figure, circa 1960. From Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 16" h. Zande, also called Azande, also spelled Asande, a people of Central Africa who speak a language of the Adamawa-Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Extending across the Nile-Congo drainage divide, they live partly in South Sudan, partly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and partly in the Central African Republic...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1445272 (stock #1753)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
From our African Collection: African Teke Figure from the Republic of Congo. 18" h. “The Teke people settled in a territory lying across the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Gabon. During the 15th century, they were integrated into the Tio kingdom, but attained independence in the 17th century. Today, they live in villages led by a clan elder known as the Mfumu, who answers to a hereditary land-chief called Mfumu na tzee...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1445271 (stock #3220)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,500.00
African Drum Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24" long.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444971 (stock #1758)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,250.00
From our African Collection: A 3 Part Dogon Wooden Sculpture from Mali, circa 1960. 24" h. The Dogon are best known for their religious traditions, their mask dances, wooden sculpture, and their architecture...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444969 (stock #1757)
From our African Collection: African Baule Statue , circa 1960. Colon statues, a term derived from the French statues colon ("colon" is the French noun for a colonist), are a genre of wooden figurative sculpture within African art which originated during the colonial period. The statues commonly depict European colonial officials such as civil servants, doctors, soldiers or technicians or Europeanised middle-class Africans...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1970 item #1444968 (stock #1763)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,500.00
Danish maker MIK Pair of Carved figure all lamps 16 inches tall
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1920 item #1444963 (stock #1761)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
African Baule Figure, 3" x 12"h, circa 1900. The Baule create art in several media, including wooden sculpture, gold and brass casting similar to their Asante ancestors, and mask and figure carving, which have been greatly influenced by their Senufo and Guro neighbors. The Baule belong to the Akan peoples who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Three hundred years ago the Baule people migrated westward from Ghana when the Asante rose to power...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1444893 (stock #1767)
Nigerian Cone Figure with three horns, black and white detailing. circa 1950. 4 x 13" h.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1444892 (stock #1762)
African Ivory Coast Horned Mask, 8 x 16" h.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444889 (stock #1765)
From our African Collection: Gray Guro Mask 8 x 16"h. Between the Baule and the Yaure to the west, the Malinke to the north and the Bete and We to the south, the Guro people live surrounded by savannah and forest. They migrated from the north during the 16th century and number about 200,00. Guro villages have rounded houses in the northern area and rectangular houses in the southern region...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444884 (stock #1776)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
From our African Collection: A Luba Mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo, circa 1950. 12 x 16" h, 6.5" deep. The Luba people or Baluba are an ethno-linguistic group indigenous to the south-central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The majority of them live in this country, residing mainly in its Katanga, Kasai, and Maniema provinces. The Baluba consist of many sub-groups who speak various dialects of Luba (e.g...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444880 (stock #1769)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,250.00
From our African Collection: African Baule Colon Statue Pair, circa 1960. olon statues, a term derived from the French statues colon ("colon" is the French noun for a colonist), are a genre of wooden figurative sculpture within African art which originated during the colonial period. The statues commonly depict European colonial officials such as civil servants, doctors, soldiers or technicians or Europeanised middle-class Africans...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1970 item #1444878 (stock #1773)
From our African Collection: a Red Guro Mask from Guinea, circa 1970. This work measures 7 x 17' h, and is available for purchase. Between the Baule and the Yaure to the west, the Malinke to the north and the Bete and We to the south, the Guro people live surrounded by savannah and forest. They migrated from the north during the 16th century and number about 200,00. Guro villages have rounded houses in the northern area and rectangular houses in the southern region...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1970 item #1444877 (stock #1774)
From our African Collection: a Guro Mask from Guinea, circa 1970. This work measures 6 x 18" h, and is available for purchase. Between the Baule and the Yaure to the west, the Malinke to the north and the Bete and We to the south, the Guro people live surrounded by savannah and forest. They migrated from the north during the 16th century and number about 200,00. Guro villages have rounded houses in the northern area and rectangular houses in the southern region. Village life is regulated by a co...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1444875 (stock #1780)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
From our African Collection: A Lwena Ceremonial Mask from Zambia, circa 1950 9 x 16" h . The Lwena people, also spelled Lovale,Luvale, Balovale, Lubale, as well as Lwena or Luena in Angola, are a Bantu ethnic group found in northwestern Zambia and southeastern Angola. They are closely related to the Lunda and Ndembu to the northeast, but they also share cultural similarities to the Kaonde to the east, and to the Chokwe and Luchazi, important groups of eastern Angola. The Luvale are noted f...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1940 item #1444873 (stock #1779)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,250.00
From our African Collection: Ngere Mask (also called Guéré or Wè, and Kran in Liberia), from South West Ivory Coast, Liberia. 7" x 12" h.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1444866 (stock #1778)
From our African Collection: a Guro Mask from Guinea, circa 1960. This work measures 6.5 x 20" h, and is available for purchase. Between the Baule and the Yaure to the west, the Malinke to the north and the Bete and We to the south, the Guro people live surrounded by savannah and forest. They migrated from the north during the 16th century and number about 200,00. Guro villages have rounded houses in the northern area and rectangular houses in the southern region. Village life is regulated by...