The Tribal Auction - The Private Collection of a Belgian Gentleman

A carved female figure, Probably Fang, Gabon, with kaolin white, red and purple colouring, wearing loin cloth and cloth necklace with shell mounts...

Fang pestle, Gabon, with reliquary type figure to finial, on tapering pestle, 79cms high, 8cms at widest.

Bakota (Kota) reliquary, Gabon, the stylized head with zig-zag headdress, ribbon mounted neck, the carved wooden body of Fang type, hands clasped ...

Kota reliquary, Gabon, with zig-zag design around ribbon decorated face, wire bound neck, mounted to a later base, 106cms high, 36cms wide.

Kota reliquary, Gabon, the oval face within typical headdress, clad in brass and copper, 60cms high, 31cms high.

Kota gong, cloche or bells Gabon the brass smiling face above fetish abdonin with micha covers above clasped hands, the bells carved with lizards,...

Kota gong, cloche or bells, Gabon, the brass clad janus head with bark bound shoulders and mounted with iron bells, cord beater stick attached, 74...

Kota funerary drum, Gabon, the drum decorated with triangular shapes and kota reliquaries, holding a hide top by cord mounts, carved as one on the...

Kota staff, Gabon, the janus head with copper ribbon design, above wire bindings, 116cms long, 12cms wide.

Kota gong, cloche or bells, Gabon, the janus head half clad in brass and copper surmounted by a stylized bird, the bells carved with lizard design...

Kota janus reliquary, Gabon, the heads with copper mounts, zig-zag design and falice finial, cloth covered neck and small arms, 119cms high, 40cms...

Hemba stool Eastern Luba, Congo, the female figure with raised hands and flower around navel, 41cms high, 24cms wide, 21cms deep.

Hemba stool, Eastern Luba, Congo, the kneeling female figure with stylized headdress, 27cms high, 20cms wide, 19.5cms deep. ...[more]

Punu figure, Gabon, with typical headdress, covered in white kaolin with red diamond motifs and lips, 68cms high, 19cms wide, 16cms deep.

Luba figure, Democratic Republic of Congo, with carved diamond motifs to hair and body, raised on pierced base, 64cms high, 20cms diameter. ...[m...

Two African brushes, Democratic Republic of the Congo, both with figural head finials, 73cms high.

Dan mask, Ivory Coast, the naturalistic features with cloth mounts to hair and eyes, 36cms high, 20cns wide, 9cms deep.

Mask, probably Cameroon, with cone shaped head, with thin facial features and triangular motifs to stylized beard, 24cms high, 24cms wide, 14cms d...

Kamba stool, Ethiopia, with dished seat raised on turned legs with flared feet, 20cms high, 32cms diameter.

Helmet mask, Cameroon, part white kaolin covered face with exposed hair above markings, 30cms high, 26cms wide, 25cms deep.

Luba figural stool, Congo, the figure in stylized chimpanzee form, 39cms high, 39cms wide, 35cms deep.

Male and female figures, Kwele, Gabon, both in standing pose with red and white kaolin colouring, she with rush skirt he 66cms high, she 68cms hig...

Three headed male figure Ngbaka, Congo in seated position with brass work to hair, eyes, necklace, shoulders belly button and anklets, 61cms high,...

Dan Yakuba mask, Liberia, with wide protruding eyes, 24cms high, 16cms wide, 8cms deep. Note: These type of Dan masks were for running across the ...

Punu mask Gabon With fluted hair, white kaolin face, diamond motif features 35cms high, 30cms wide and 23cms deep.

Bamileke stool, Cameroon, carved and pierced with figural design, 35cms high, 37cms diameter.

Carving of a Christian Missionary, Western Africa, with headdress and hands clasped in prayer, 79cms high.

Bamileke stool, Cameroon, carved and pierced with repeated lizard design, plaited decoration to base, 37cms high, 36cms diameter.

Male and female gourd figures, Fula people, Western Africa, each carved from a gourd with stem arms and carved wooden heads and legs, adorned by b...

Hemba stool, Luba, Congo, the kneeling female figure with painted and brass stud eyes, blue painted stylized headdress, brass stud to navel, 48.5c...

Luba male figure, Democratic Republic of Congo, carved with bared teeth, seated cross legged, his hand clasped as if to hold ritual items, 59cms h...

Mumuye figure, Nigeria, with mohican type hair above wicker bound arms and abdomen, 93cms high, 15cms wide. ...[more]

Dan Yakuba mask, Liberia, with typical large eye holes, 21cms high, 13cms wide, 7cms deep. Note: These type of Dan masks were for running across t...

Female figure Ngbaka, Congo with brass necklace and anklets, mirrored brass eyes and rope tied loincloth, 63cms high, 18cms wide, 15cms deep.

Makonde helmet mask, Mozambique, the scalp with triangular shapes above a scrolling designed band, expressive facial features and ears with pierci...

Janus helmet mask, Makonde, Mozambique the two heads sharing a human hair scalp, clad in hide, one face with three human teeth, the other full woo...

Baoule mask, Akan people, Ivory Coast, stylized facial features with markings below protruding hair piece, 34cms high, 20cms wide, 10cms deep. Not...

Chimpanzee mother and child Hemba tribe, Congo - south eastern chimpanzee mother holding child with mouse motif to back, some colouring to eyes an...