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| Standing Figure - Montol - Nigeria | Large door lock from Bambara tribes, Mali, Africa | Female Figure - Jompre - Nigeria |
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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1940
item #1445344
(stock #1742)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,500.00
$12,500.00
From our African Collection: A Igbo Pipe Smoker Figure from Southeastern Nigeria. Circa 1940. 9" x 30" h. Extremely rare and in great condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1960
item #1403716
(stock #JHsenufo)
June Hastings
$12,500.00
$12,500.00
A very impressive African tribal Senufo bird statue measuring 61.75 inches high with a 25" wingspan. The bird's wings are carved in relief with images of lizards, crocodiles, turtles and birds. The body beneath the beak has a carving of a large lizard. The rest of the bird features repeated geometric carvings on front and back. In very good condition with expected splits to wood and various minor conditions associated with age...
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€4,500.00
€4,500.00
Anthropomorphic Lega mask from the Kievu & Maniema region in Eastern Congo. H. 22 cm.
First half of the 20th century.
Provenance:
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium
Goldfield Auctions, Luxembourg, 27 June 2021, Lot 105.
Guy van Rijn archive: ao-0186890-001
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€2,750.00
€2,750.00
A late 19th to early 20th century Montol figure with a great provenance. This hardwood female figure stands 35,5 cm tall. A very strong figure with possible influence from the Goemai, Chamba or Mumuye.
Provenance:
Collected in 1967-68 by Daniel Mato, former curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, department of art history.
Amyas Naegele, New York, ca...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1930
item #305897
(stock #C-M0001)
CARLA SUE GATSKE
$2,250.00
$2,250.00
This 11" fetish is carved from a dark ebony colored work and has no paint work. The poultice sacks on the body are in excellent condition. Very beautiful, very desirable.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,950.00
€1,950.00
First half of the 20th century. H. 56 cm.
Ex Lucas Ratton, Paris.
Ex Jan Kusters, Eindhoven.
Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.
Custom made stand included.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,850.00
€1,850.00
This tall figure was made by the Jompre people of Nigeria, although this appears to be an offensive name, probably given by the neighbouring Chamba, and meaning ‘cannibals’. Alternative names for the Jompre include Kutep, Kuteb, Kutev, Mbarike and Zumper. They inhabit the Benue Valley, on the border of Nigeria and Cameroon, an area that is still relatively undocumented...
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,650.00
€1,650.00
Benue Plateau, mid 20th century. H. 40 cm.
Ex Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam.
Ex Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, March 2014.
The Djompre are a small ethnic group with their homeland in the Benue Plateau State in northern Nigeria. They call themselves Kutep or Kutev, the denomination Djombre - which means cannibals - has probably been given to them by the neighbouring Chamba.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,650.00
€1,650.00
Caryatid stool with a sitting female figure. Hardwood, h. 26 cm, diameter 23 cm. First half of the 20th century.
minor repair to one leg. The earrings have been replaced.
Provenance:
Donald Taitt, Paris,
Aponem Auction, 2019,
J.M. Desaive, Herve, Belgium
E & M Perez
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Exceptional pair of African wood carvings from the Nyamwezi tribes of Central Tanzania, the larger measuring 40 1/2" high, including stand, which is 6" x 6" square and about 1 1/2" high..
Both are carved of heavy dense wood, and the forms slightly vary due to the natural shape of the tree trunk or branch from which they were carved.
They have inset white bead eyes, which is typical, especially in early figures.
The elongated forms are striking, and they both have slightly bent knees, also typ...
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,450.00
€1,450.00
Impressive hardwood figure from the Benue region. H. 57 cm. Mid 20th century.
Ex coll. Dr. Harald Simon, Germany.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,350.00
€1,350.00
Anthropomorphic dance figure. Wood and pigments. It has moving arms that are tied to the head. Ca. Mid 20th century or earlier. H. 73 cm. The Eket are a sub group of the Ibibio. Their material is quite rare.
Provenance:
Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam,
Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.
Rare Colon figure with blue pigments and great patina. H. 57,5 cm. Ca. Mid 20th century.
Provenance: private collection The Netherlands. More pictures a available on request.
Visit us at the Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam. www.tribalartfair.nl .
Senatus Consulto
$1,295.00
$1,295.00
A carved and decorated Nigerian mother with child on her back, early 20th. century.
Artful style depicting a mother in a kneeling position, holding an offering bowl, with her child strapped on her back. The image, on a rounded base, is carved from a single piece of light wood. The figure has an oval head and bulging almond eyes with prominent, eyelids. The nose is flared and the lips full and sensual. Six vertical scarifications are on both cheeks...
Artful style depicting a mother in a kneeling position, holding an offering bowl, with her child strapped on her back. The image, on a rounded base, is carved from a single piece of light wood. The figure has an oval head and bulging almond eyes with prominent, eyelids. The nose is flared and the lips full and sensual. Six vertical scarifications are on both cheeks...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1960
item #1324555
(stock #0293)
Momoyama Gallery
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
High quality pair of proud standing male and female figures from the Igbo people in Nigeria, made of strong and heavy wood and mounted on custom stands. The figures were made around 1950. Former collection of Dr. Heinz Werner Schmitt, Hamburg, Germany. Good condition with blackened patina and some cracks, no repairs.
Size: 47 cm height x 10 cm width.
Shipping included
what pdx
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Antique African Copper Bronze seated King or Oba with Rifle attributed to the Kongo peoples, Yombe group . Very well done near portrait bronze figure of probably a king holding a flint lock rifle seated in a very well made egg shaped chair. Size h 5" d 3.75" d 3.5"
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€1,150.00
€1,150.00
Anthropomorpic female figure. Probably used as a headdress. H. 48 cm. Mid 20th century.
Provenance:
Kathy van der Pas en Steven van de Raadt, 1998,
Otto Schaap, Amsterdam,
De Zwaan, Amsterdam, 2020.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1970
item #1321437
(stock #1-0933)
AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
€950.00
€950.00
Feminine figure of the "ekwotame" type, of typical face, with a squarish neck, sitting on a circular stool, her hands on her knees. Scarifications alongside the abdomen. Wood, with black and white pigments. Africa, Nigeria, Benue river region, Idoma ethnic group. Height: 63 cm. Some erosion, small losses, otherwise very good condition. Shipping charges: 50 euros worldwide.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€950.00
€950.00
Two females from the Egba sub group of the Yoruba’s. H. 23 cm. First half of the 20th century. Ex French private collection. Condition: old insect damage and some old repairs to the ears of one of the figures.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1950
item #1420997
(stock #39B47-4255)
Antiques Collaborative, Inc.
$950.00
$950.00
An African helmet mask decorated with glass beadwork from Bamum/Yoruba tribe, Cameroon. With a bird effigy. Circa 1940.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€950.00
€950.00
Very large doll made by a known carver. H. 40,5 cm. Second quarter of the 20th century. Condition: both arms reattached. Lovely honey brown patina. The style of this Akuaba with its unusual coiffure is described in the book ‘Akua’ba Asante Wednesday Child’ by Ron van Doorn and Herbert M. Cole.
Provenance: Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam. (Vetter at Parcours des Mondes, Paris).
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€950.00
€950.00
Tugubele figures represent helpful bush spirits. The belong to the local ritual expert of the Senufo people, assisting them with their oracles and predictions.
This figure dates from the first half of the 20th century and shows good signs of use.
Provenance:
André Vanhecke, Belgium,
Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€850.00
€850.00
Ancestor figure. Ca. Mid 20th century. Strong posture and very good patina. The lower legs eaten by termites. H. 46 cm (51cm including the stand).
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€750.00
€750.00
Male and female figure, wood, textile and glass. H. 32,5 and 36 cm. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Madeleine and Jean-Jacques Keller (until 1980 Abidjan, afterrwards Rheinfelden, Switzerland).
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1970
item #1482054
(stock #08401)
t a t a m i
$700.00
$700.00
TORSO WITH PHALLUS
Primitive wood carving torso with phallus (like a body mask, though no displaying hole), originally flown out from a collector of African tribal art in Japan, though its details unknown and just told as it's from somewhere in West Africa, early-mid 20th century. approx. W 28 x H 57.5 x D 15 cm (11.02 x 22.63 x 5.90in). Not stand on its own...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1960
item #1492230
(stock #1-1438)
AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
€700.00
€700.00
Old mask of the "gunyeya" type, used for ritual running competitions, with eyebrows in slight relief, round eyes, protruding large nose and lips, small chin. Multiple perforations around the rim for attachment of hair and beard, both missing. Wood, with fine age patina. Ivory Coast/Liberia, Dan ethnic group, first half of 20th century. Height: 25.5 cm. Small accidents, otherwise good condition. Provenance: Paris auction sale 1971.
what pdx
$685.00
$685.00
Ife Benin Bronze Hip Plaque with Warriors and a leopard head. Size H 9" W 7" H 2"
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€675.00
€675.00
Hardwood, first half 20th century. H. 18 cm. Old insect damage. Ex private collection Belgium, collected in Abidjan in 1968.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€650.00
€650.00
Depicting a female spouse figure ‘Blolo Bla’. H. 13 cm.
first half of the 20th century. Great age wear and patina.
Ex coll. Maine Durieu, Paris.
The Baule believe a person is married to both an earthly and a spirit spouse. This sculpture honored its owner’s spirit partner to bring peace, luck, and money. Scarifications on her face and body individualized and enhanced her idealized beauty...
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€650.00
€650.00
Shrine object, Yoruba, Nigeria/Benin.
H. 74 cm, mid 20th century or older.
Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€650.00
€650.00
With a great offering patina. H. 16,5 cm. Mid 20th century or older.
Ex Galerie Maine Durieu, Paris
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€550.00
€550.00
Lovely small bird fetish from the early to mid 20th century.
H. 24 cm.
Ex Jean-Marc Desaive, Belgium,
Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands,
Ex Berry de Bruijn, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1960
item #1205831
(stock #1-0764)
AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
€500.00
€500.00
Finely carved dance crest representing a female bust with an elaborate coiffe. Wood, with glossy dark-brown patina. Africa, Nigeria, Idoma Peoples. Height: 11 1/8" (28,2 cm). The piece is nicely mounted on a custom bronze stand. Old insect infestation (no danger), otherwise very good condition. Ex. old French collection.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1960
item #1313305
(stock #0260)
Momoyama Gallery
$495.00
$495.00
Light-weighted wood, made around 1950, brown patina, slightly shining, wide face with elaborate headgear, the eyes inset with glass. This figure presumably was created not as a magical figure ("nkisi"), but as a memorial figure of a female ancestor, who was donated for being the female founder of the lineage. Such sculptures, called "ngudi" (mother of the lineage), used to be kept in a basket, together with further relics belonging to the kinship...
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€475.00
€475.00
Gelede mask - Yoruba - Ohori - Benin.
H. 25 cm. Mid 20th century.
Guy van Rijn archive ao-0110592-001.
Ex coll. Ursula Voorhuis (1932-2021).
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€475.00
€475.00
Baule maternity, Côte d’Ivoire.
Made for sale by a traditional Baule carver in the 1920’s-30’s.
According to Guy van Rijn there were two workshops in those days, where traditional Baule carvers produced objects for commercial purposes.
H. 44 cm. Left hand missing, right arm repaired.
Ex Dutch private collection, ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.
