Ethnographica & Tribal Art

An important seated royal Hemba Singiti Figure Muvula wood Carved from the sacred wood muvula (chlorophora excelsa), by an honoured master carver ...

A very important Baule Mbotumbo (cynocephalus) Wood Among the Baule of Côte d’Ivoire, divination practices rely heavily on sculptural assemblages ...

An important Baule "Asye Usu" diviniation figure Wood, sacrifical patina All human depictions with the Baule are called "Waka-Sona", it literally ...

AN IGALA HELMET MASK NIGERIA, CIRCA 1910 The incised face with pointed chin, overall scarifications, all covered with black and w...

An old Lobi figure Wood The-is monumental Bateba figure from the Lobi people is an impressive sculpture that exudes a sense of solemnity and impor...

A 19th century Bakota reliquary gaurdian, With old collection number, in the hand of Charles Ratton Wood, metal A Kota reliquary guardian figure, ...

BAMANA CHI-WARA ANTELOPE HEADPIECE Mali, carved wood, gold embellishments, hair, 1st half of 20th century.H: 106 cm (with hair ornament)The headpi...

λA SAILOR'S WHALEBONE WALKING STICK MID-19TH CENTURY with spiral, diaper and cluster column decoration, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, turtleshell ...

Property of a gentleman - a 19th century Fijian hardwood pineapple head war club, totokia, of good colour, 30.3ins. (77cms.) long.

Tribal Art - an African hardwood mask, probably Hemba, of slender oval form, narrow eyes, projecting features, 33cm high, on stand, Democratic Rep...

Toki ceremonial hoe with finely carved geometric shaft, Mangaia, Cook Islands, wood, stone and plant fibre, mounted on wooden base, height 65.5 cm...

Yoruba divination stick, Nigeria, early 20th century, finely crafted divination stick for moving divination utensils on the oracle board, ivory, h...

A late 19th century mocha ware chamber pot. With dendritic decoration in blue and black, on a buff ground, height 13cm, diameter 21cm.

Tribal Art - a Benin bronze, cast as the head of an Oba or figure of the court, 42cm high, Nigeria

Tribal Art - a Yoruba bronzed metal torque or manilla, Nigeria, 35.5cm wide, on stand

Tribal Art - a Benin bronze plaque, cast in bold relief with Oba, flanked by warriors and attendants, 45cm x 36cm

An African tribal mask. Songye. With carved and painted decoration. Height 31.5cm, width 30.5cm. Framed in perspex with a pale grey backboard by...

A 19th century Western Polynesian Bowai fighting club or stick, probably Fiji or Samoa, with zig zag carved grip, slightly tapering shaft, 104cm l...

Tribal Art - a Yoruba bronzed metal torque or manilla, Nigeria, 34.5cm wide, on stand

Tribal Art - a Yoruba bronzed metal torque or manilla, Nigeria, 35cm wide, on stand

A Fijian 'I ula tavatava' throwing war club, the heavy hardwood body with bulbous terminal, slightly shaped shaft, the handle with geometric carve...

Luba-Holoholo stick figure, western shore of Lake Tanganyika region (DR Congo), probably before 1916, wood, height 49 cm, base with former collect...

A BRONZE RAIN DRUM LAOS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY With overall geometric and floral decorations, four frogs and elephant diminutive figures 45...

A BAULE MASK IVORY COAST, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY The rounded face carved with a crenelated surrounding the pointed mouth set unde...

A FINE WUNDA SHIELD WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1900 Of oval shape, the surface incised with typical geometric lines filled with red...

A FINE BAGOBO SHIELD MINDANAO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES, CIRCA 1900 Of typical form, covered with red and black pigments, horse hair attac...

A Maori walking stick with a bone handle and abalone shell inlaid eyes 89cm high

Tribal Art - a Dogon Kanaga mask, typical two-tiered superstructure, angular features with central ridge crested with figures, painted in earth pi...

A group of four horn-handled pruning knives, each with folding curved blade (stamped 'Saynor', 'Goull', 'Turtle', and 'Comanche'), Dimensions:...

Small Bwa owl or butterfly mask, Burkina Faso, expressive representation with black and white painting and horn on the forehead, wood with kaolin ...

Carved Tuareg tent pole, light wood with strong profiling, height 99 cm, provenance: Galerie Simonis 2006, Hupertz Collection, Hamburg Geschnitzte...

Square Nupe stool with delicate engraving on four sturdy legs with opposing struts, Nigeria, approx. 21x32x33cm, beautiful patina from use Eckiger...

Tribal Art - an Ekoi/Ejagham headdress or crest mask, hide clad, with six scrolling horns, the two-faced mask with stylised features, rattan socle...

Tribal - a Baga A-Tshol shrine carving, of zoomorphic form, carved as a stylized bird with elongated beak, 51cm high on stand, 106cm long, Guinea

Tribal Art - a large African terracotta ovoid figural vessel and cover, the stylised mask with scarified features, conforming mask finial, 58cm hi...

20th century Balinese Barong carved and painted folk art figure of a boar's head with opening mouth mechanism, 27cm long

A KHAMSEH CARPET C.1930 the madder field of tribal and zoomorphic devices around three mid blue stepped medallions, enclosed by multiple na...

Exceptional Shango staff, Osé Ṣàngó, Yoruba, Ekiti, Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria, ritual dance staff of the thunder god Shango, who represents lightning, ...

Baga carving ‘Female figure with chameleon’, probably Guinea-Bissau, wood with sacrificial patina, height 31cm Baga Schnitzerei "Weibliche Figur m...

Kila club with a tapered shape, raised ridges on both sides and an arrow-shaped tip, Solomon Islands, Oceania, length 115 cm . Kila Keule in schli...

Property of a gentleman - a 19th century Fijian heavy hardwood war club of gunstock form, kiakavo, of good colour, 34.25ins. (87cms.) long.

Spotted hyena, Zimbabwe, full-body specimen, taxidermy, stuffed and mounted on plinth, 135 x 80 x 45 cm, signs of age, certificate from the Federa...

An Australian Aboriginal hardwood woomera 60cm an Aboriginal wunda shield 11cm x 75cm and a throwing stick 67cm in length (3) From a pri...

To be sold without reserve A collection of bronzes, predominantly Himalayan figures 20th century Comprising a large figure of Bairava wit...

Tribal Art - a Kuba figural palm-wine cup, of compressed form, carved with stylised scarified features, 19cm high, Central Africa; another, 24cm h...

A Maprik East Sepik mask decorated with ochre, terracotta and white paint work, the face of sunburst form, 51 cm x 14 cm together with a Sepik riv...

An African carved hardwood figure of a female, possibly Luba; together with two Songye type spears ; a knobkerrie , 87cms; and an obsidian tip...

Igbo Afikpo mask "mma ji" (yam knife), Nigeria, abstract crescent shape with three cones, carved wood, painted red, black and white, mounted on a ...

Aduma mask, Gabon, abstract form in a highly reduced design language with cylindrical nose and small mouth and eye slits, wood painted with kaolin...

Bakuba vessel, Congo (DRC) 1st half 20th century, wooden bowl with finely worked, typical decoration, wood, plant fiber, 12x12cm, intensive traces...

A FINE WUNDA SHIELD WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1900 Of oval shape, the surface incised with typical geometric lines filled with whi...

Tribal Art - a Fang reliquary figure, depicted crouched, brass eyes, Gabon/Cameroon, 64cm high including display plinth; another similar, 55cm hig...

Tribal Art - a Bamileke hardwood zoomorphic mask, carved as a stylised buffalo head, 93cm long, Cameroon

Tribal Art - a Luba helmet mask, carved angular nose, slit elliptical eyes, his chin with a projecting beard, curved horns, stylised bird to verso...

Tribal Art - a large African hardwood mask, probably Bamileke/Bamun, carved with multiple stylised masks and lizards, centred by larger mask with ...

NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS ALONG WITH A CARVED SOUTH SEAS CLUB POSSIBLY FIJIAN.

A KUBA CLOTH DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO cut raffia, with geometric designs, framed and glazed and a Mbuti pygmy barkcloth, decorated abstra...

Figurative Dogon grain store lock, horned female figure, mounted on metal base, height 54 cm, provenance: Hupertz Collection, Hamburg Figürliches ...

Ifugao spoon with figurative handle, Luzon, Philippines, wood, height 20.5 cm, provenance: Plaga Collection, inventory no. 7 Ifugao Löffel mit fig...

Important Ibibio Eket figure, Nigeria, wood, height 36 cm, arms and legs lost, published in: Neyt, L'Art Eket, Collection Azar, 1979 #9, provenanc...