Ethnographica & Tribal Art for sale

D. R. Congo, Ituri, face mask, with pierced eyes and mouth, showing carved teeth, the face showing a dotted pattern in white and black. h. 23 cm. ...

Ivory Coast, Senufo, three copper alloy amulets, a iron armlet with a pair of figures in copper alloy. Herewith probably Burkina Faso, rare pendan...

Bali, a bronze ritual water container in the form of a stylized bird, ca. 1900. Herewith Java, a carved wooden figure of a standing Ganesha. H. 13...

Yemen-Oman, two pair of silver alloy armbands and two single silver alloy armbands. one as a larger double conical armband in two parts. diam. 8, ...

Samoa, two various clubs, one with a notched lime-filled pattern, the other head with projections, shortened. L. 76 and 98,5 cm. Provenance: Fred ...

D.R. Congo, Tabwa, a wooden staff and two West African staffs and a Mongo club; one surmounted by a colon figure, one with two faces. L. 81 - 55 ...

Samoa, club, with a design of triangles filled with lime; herewith a small club. L. 80,5 and 38 cm. [2]

D.R. Congo, Kuba, cosmetics lidded box, the lid ornamented with a spider L. 24,5 cm. [1]

Nigeria, Bini, face mask. with black and blue accents on a white ground. L. 28 cm. [1]

Sumatra, Batak, lute, hasapi, with a curled finial, one side with a flowering pot. H. 70 cm., on custom made stand. [1]

Admiralty Islands, a spear and three arrows [4]

Ivory Coast, Baule, standing male figure h. 30,5 cm. Provenance: collection theHavenon, Chicago/NY. [1]

P.N. Guinea, two hook figures; one Papua Golf, hook with red and white pigments. L. 57 and 45 cm. [2]

P.N. Guinea, Chambri Lakes, Aibom, vessel, decorated with an anthropomorphic face on two sides. H. 26,5 cm. [1]

Eastern Congo or Tanzania, a flywhisk, the handle shapes with an expressive anthropomorphic head and with animal hair. L. 13,5 (handle) [1]

Solomon Islands, a paddle with a decoration in relief. L. 168,5 cm. [1]

D.R. Congo, Mongo, Ekonda, hat, botolo, The lower painted section with an attached brass disk. H. 43 cm., mounted [1]

P.N. Guinea, Lower Sepik, mask with inlaid shell eyes and red, white and black pigments. With plant fiber. (break below mouth) L. 39 cm. [1]

D.R. Congo, Mongo, two swords the hilts decorated with nails. h. 49 and 47 cm. Provenance: Old Belgium private collection. [2]

Bali, standing deity, elaborately carved with traces of polychrome pigments. H. 76 cm. [1]

Papua, a collection of four stone axe blades h. 14,5 - 25,5 cm. on custom made stands [4]

Burkina Faso, Gurunsi, face mask. traditional red and black pigments, with white paint. L. 56,5 cm. [1]

Mali, Bamana, zoo-anthropomorphic face mask with one horn and two raised ears. h. 55 cm. [1]

Nigeria, Oja, a woven cotton baby carrier. L. 188 cm., without fringes 1

Nigeria, Ibo, ceremonial spoon; wood and copper alloy h. 42,5 cm. [1]

D. R. Congo, Songye-Luba, plank mask, with a kifwebe mask in high relief on a shield like plank. details in black on a white ground. h. 36 cm. [1]

Nigeira, Ekoi, mask, wooden mask covered with animal skin, pierced mouth and eyes. H. 42 cm. [1]

Java, various wayang kelitik and wayang golek. [box]

D.R. Congo, Songye, two axes L. 39 and 45 cm. [2]

P.N. Guinea, Abelam, one polychrome wooden, coiled rattan and a combined wood and rattan yam mask. H. 34,5; 25 and 36 cm. [3]

P.N. Guinea, Kwoma, yena head, elongated head in black, red and white pigments. L. 116 cm. Provenance: Fred Smit, Haarlem. [1]

D.R. Congo, Yaka, two initiation masks; one shaped with zoomorphic head, the other with human head. h. 63 and 56 cm. [2]

Papua, three stone axe blades h. 13,5 - 21,5 cm. on custom made stands

Philippines, Igorot, ceremonial headdress, consisting of a hornbill beak and casket mounted. W. 71 cm. [1]

D.R. Congo, Nkbaka, an iron currency and West Africa, an iron currency. h. 33,5 and 51 cm. [2]

Papua, Asmat, bamboo horn, with two legs as extension. H. 61 cm. [1]

D.R. Congo, Kuba, a knife, herewith a Mossi flute and an African pipe with terracotta bowl.. h. 38,5 / 30 and 27 cm. [3]

D.R. Congo, Luba, axe, the blade issues from the squatting female's mouth. H. 44,5 cm. [1]

Yemen, large silver alloy necklace with amulet holders, two alloy ear hangers and three various alloy necklaces; One from India. L. 38 - 20 cm.

Java, wayang topeng mask, the teeth set with cut glass. H. 15 cm., on custom made stand. [1]

Philippines copper and silver betel box; an Ivory Coast, wooden rattle implement and an African walking stick. L. 12,5; 36,7 and 81,5 cm. [3]

Nomoi (Mortlock) Islands, mask, the face in modern paint, the black details and white decorations in traditional pigments. H. 30 cm. [1]

D. R. Congo, a colon group of musicians. h. 44 cm. Provenance: Private Dutch collection, collected in the 1970's. [1]

P.N. Guinea, Sepik, a deep oval bowl with ancestor figures to the extremities. L. 82,5 cm. [1]

P. N. Guinea, Boiken, bride currency, talipun, the coiled plant fibre mask showing traces of polychromy. H. 23,5 cm. [1]

D.R. Congo, Pende, sickness mask. L. 23 cm. [1]

Mali, Bamana, staff finial, in the shape of a standing female figure, free carved arms, aluminium inset eyes and earrings. H. 25,2 cm. [1]

East Africa, Somali, hide shield D. 34,5 cm. [1]

Kuba, a crescent shaped wooden cosmetic lidded box L. 26,5 cm. [1]

New Caledonia, Kanak, two clubs, one with a bird's head, the other conically shaped. L. 74 and 81 cm. Provenance: Fred Smit, Haarlem [2]

Tanzania, Luguru, chordophone, the slightly constricted soundbox surmounted by a half-figure with red inset eyes. L. 61 cm. [1]

P.N. Guinea, Lower Sepik, two objects, consisting of a pigment dish on open worked foot and an anthropomorphic amulet figure. H. 17 and 21,2 cm. [...

P.N. Guinea, Middle-Sepik, Mai mask, polychrome face. L. 118 cm. [1]

Australia, two Aboriginal boomerangs, both with a notched pattern. L. 55,5 and 76,5 cm. [2]

Ivory Coast, copper alloy face mask. h. 25 cm. [1]

Moluccas, Tanimbar, drum, hide tympanum, secured by rattan strips. H. 49,5 cm. [1]

Nigeria, Ibo, copper currency, of extended manilla shape and octagonal; bearing an inv. nr. in white 1603. W. 18,5 cm., mounted [1]

India, a dagger and an African brass axe. L. 52 and 39,5 cm. [2]

P.N. Guinea, Sepik, suspension hook, surmounted by an anthropomorphic face L. 58,5 cm. Provenance: Fred Smit, Haarlem [1]

Ivory Coast, two heddle pulleys, a Baule with an anthropomorphic face, the other probably a Nafana. h. 13 and 13,5 cm. mounted [2]