A Baule drum beater lg. 9 1/4 in.
A Baule drum beater The twisted handle with a face on one side of the finial and tied fabric on the other, mounted on metal stand. lg. 9 1/4 in....
A Baule drum beater The twisted handle with a face on one side of the finial and tied fabric on the other, mounted on metal stand. lg. 9 1/4 in....
Two Fanti dolls The tall cylindrical female torsos, with long necks, the flat abstracted heads with high headdresses. ht. 11 and 10 1/2 in. F...
An Ibo bronze anklet Nigeria, the heavy bronze anklet hinged in two places, with seven ribs between the top and bottom rims, mounted on a wood sta...
Two Yoruba Ibeji figures Yoruba, Nigeria, a male and female, each standing on a circular base, with raised feet, legs set apart with the arms deta...
A Yoruba Gelede helmet mask The hollowed-out mask typical Yoruba features, with drilled eyes, and scarification on the cheeks, the incised coiffur...
A Yoruba Shango maternity figure The kneeling female figure holding a sash around her neck, with a baby wrapped to her back, with handle below and...
A Yoruba beaded bag The cloth bag with front and flap bead decorated with the face of Eshu, with raised eyes and nose, mounted on a Plexi base. ...
A pair of Yoruba Ibeji dolls A pair of female dolls, with short legs, long cutout arms, rounded, elongated heads, with beaded waist ornaments and ...
A female Yoruba Ibeji doll with cowrie shells The female figure wearing a wide cloth garment covered with cowrie shells, with bead necklace. ht....
A Bamileke buffalo mask, Cameroon The large mask hollowed out on the interior, the large open mouth with teeth bared, with open, flaring nostrils ...
A Mbanji mask The elongated face with pointed chin, rectangular jutting mouth, large concave pierced eyes, and bulbous forehead, with a band of hi...
An Ituri Wood Mask Ndaaka or Bodo style, hollowed out wood mask, pierced once on each side, with crescent cutout mouth, slanted cutout eyes and pi...
A Pende maternity figure Standing on a fragmentary base, the legs slightly bent and supporting a torso with broad, squared shoulders leading to ar...
A figural Congo staff Democratic Republic of the Congo, the figure seated on a standing animal, the hands placed on the chest, holding a power cha...
A Luba female figure Southeastern Congo, standing on massive, slightly bent legs and large feet on a square plinth, the large hands each hold an a...
A Luba/Hemba mask The hollowed out mask, with a long curved beak for a mouth, below a triangular nose, cutout coffee bean eyes and raised brows, p...
A Hemba male figure Luba-Shankadi people, Saba, Southeastern Congo, standing on a circular platform, with grooved flattened feet and short bent le...
A Zela stool, kipona From the Mitwaba and Pweto areas of Southeastern Congo, caryatid stool, the female full figurine supporting the circular se...
Salampasu Knife and sheath and a Shi sword Luiza, The Congo, the board and heavy iron blade with spear-like point, the blade is V-shaped where it ...
Two Kuba ceremonial knives Democratic Republic of the Congo, each with a forged iron blade, with incised linear accents and geometric designs, the...
Four Kuba cups Democratic Republic of the Congo, including: two figural head cups, with handle and arms below the ears; a tall cup with interlocki...
A Suku figure Feshi territory, Southwestern Congo, a figure representing an asexual person with bent knees with a characteristic pose of hands to ...
A pair of Metoko or Lengola columns Democratic Republic of the Congo, the pair finely carved, with original pigment largely intact, with elegant, ...
A large Songye Kifwebe mask An old male kifwebe mask, with high crest, large protruding eyes and mouth with pierced center, the whole carved in ba...
Three Songye axes The longest with wood haft, and iron blade with cutout elements and pecked designs; the second an axe wrapped in copper with hea...
A Songye Kifwebe mask Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed out, the rim pierced with a fiber attachment, the tapering facial plane with prot...
André Hallet (Belgian, 1890-1959) 'Danseurs, Watusi, Ruanda,' oil on board, signed lower left, titled verso, framed. painting size 13 x 16, fram...
Bela Sara (Congo, c. 1920-1968) Untitled, oil on board, signed lower right 'Bela,' two fishermen spearing two large fish, framed. painting size ...
A Chokwe figure Angola, standing female figure, with cutout legs and arms, the hands clasped in front, the angular head with slit mouth and eyes, ...
Ian Garrett South African, (b. 1971), a blackware pottery jar designed with long-stemmed flowers on a carved ground, signed along the base. ht....
A collection of books on African art Including a collection of maps of the Belgian Congo. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams...
A Batak kulcapi harp Sumatra, Indonesia, the instrument decorated with carved figural elements at both ends, the top with a figure riding a sin...
A New Guinea Spirit Board kwoi Purari Delta Peoples, Papua New Guinea, decorated with chevron devices around the perimeter, with a central ances...
An Inupiaq bowguard Finely carved from caribou bone or antler, one end bisecting into curved terminals. length 2 3/4in, width 1 3/8in Footnotes...
Two Thule harpoon heads One a monumental whale hunting example, with whalebone shaft and fragmentary slate point; the smaller variant similarly wi...
Three Thule or Inupiaq dart points or harpoon heads The two larger examples fashioned from walrus tusk, the smallest from caribou bone or antler. ...
An Inuit effigy net float Alaska, 19th century, the round wood float in the form of a human head, with raised features and round shell-inlaid eyes...
An Inuit amulet In the form of a reclining sea otter, with finely carved tail and backfins, with three incised holes on the abdomen, and with engr...
An Inuit caribou teeth woman's belt Circa second half 19th century, designed with two rows of caribou incisor teeth attached to a thick leather be...
An Inuit doll with a stone head Canada, with carved stone head on a cloth body, dressed in a fabric parka and boots. ht. 15 in. For further in...
An Inuit torso Pre-contact period, carved from walrus tusk, the flat figure with large, pointed head, with simple cuts for eyes and mount, pierced...
An Inuit cribbage board St. Michael, Alaska, early 20th century, made from a walrus tusk, decorated on all four sides with black pigmented scrimsh...
Two Inuit baleen baskets and a carved figure Including: a finely woven circular baleen basket with walrus-head finial, signed on the interior base...
A Contemporary Northwest Coast silver and argillite pendant A double-sided inlaid argillite pendant, each side with the head and wing of a bird on...
A Tlingit model totem Carved and polychrome painted with stacked animals, raised on a rectangular wood base. ht. 16, wd. 3 1/2 in. For further i...
A Northwest Coast bentwood box Constructed from cedar, of rectangular form, the lid with a carved lip verso, the lid and face partially painted wi...
A Northwest Coast mask Likely Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), or carved and partially painted cedar, with a prominent brow above circular black eyes, ...
A Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah wolf headdress Constructed from cedar panels and partially painted in blue, black and red, with additional wire...
Tresham Gregg Anglo, Haines, AK, (20th/21st century), a carved and partially-painted totem of widening triangular form, with stacked animals and...
Forty prehistoric stone arrow points Of various sizes and stone, four marked, 'Georgia,' 'Ohio,' 'Greene Co. Ill.' and 'Cole Co. Mo.' lg. from 4...
Forty prehistoric stone arrow points Of various stones and sizes, some marked, 'New York,' 'Georgia,' 'Perry Co Ma,' 'Mamouth cave,' Flint Ridge O...
Forty prehistoric stone arrow points Of various types, stone and sizes, one marked 'Ohio.' lg. from 2 3/4 to 1 1/8 in. For further information...
Forty prehistoric stone arrow points Of various types and sizes, including obsidian, some marked 'Georgia.' lg. from 4 to 1 1/4 in. For furthe...
A Northeast polychrome stamp-decorated wood splint basket The rectangular basket decorated on the sides in repeating floral devices, the lid inter...
Four Plains catlinite pipe bowls One with lead/pewter inlay, the largest with raised crest with serrated top, (two broken and repairs, one missing...
A Plains beaded hide doll The soft hide dress on a cloth body, with wool hair, wooden bead necklaces, and embroidered cloth details, with hide bel...
A Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) pipe bag 20th century, of hide construction, beaded about the rolled opening and one side of the neck, the lower q...
A Modoc painted bow Late 19th/early 20th century, painted on either side of the waisted grip with mirror-image registers of complex sawtooth trian...
A large collection of photographs of Native Americans 19th and early 20th century examples. For further information on this lot please visit Bonha...
Three Hopi redware jars Each decorated with abstract avian devices on a red ground, (minor paint loss). ht. 7, wd. 9, ht. 5, wd. 9, and ht. 3, w...