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A Baule face mask Ivory Coast, the hollowed-out mask with coffee bean eyes, elongated nose and small, protruding mouth, pierced at the sides for a...

A Baule mask Pierced around the rim for attachments, the face framed by a short beard, the pierced mouth open with exposed teeth, the elongated no...

A Fanti figure The cylindrical female body with round neck, supporting a flat face with large eyes, nose and mount, with a very high flaring flat ...

An Ashanti linguist staff Ghana, gold-plated staff final, a tree with one figure helping another to climb it, mounted on wood base. ht. 16 in. ...

A Wurkun figure Bauchi Plateau, Nigeria, anthropomorphic form, the columnar figure with jutting navel, abstract curved arms, long round neck, and ...

A Kaka/Mambila fetish figure The eroded wood figure, with heavy bent legs, arms to the side and hands on the abdomen, the head with protruding rou...

An Igbo shrine figure Ikenga The seated figure with a head on one hand and a broken object in the right, the head with jutting jaw and high horn...

An Igbo female figure, alusi Nigeria, standing on heavy legs, with cutout arms with hands resting on the sides, the elongated torso with raised ...

An Igbo mask Nigeria, the hollowed out female mask with open mouth, teeth bared, cutout crescent eyes and black painted highlights, with a Janus h...

An Idoma headcrest, ungulali Nigeria, of large proportions, the thick, flared neck supporting a head with stylized features and wearing an elabo...

A Yoruba Shango staff finial and Yoruba rattle The finial depicting a female figure kneeling on a platform, holding her breasts, with encrusted pa...

A Yoruba beaded staff The short staff or baton, fully beaded and formed in the shape of a human figure about the handle and round pommel, with fiv...

A pair of Yoruba twin figures, Ere Ibeji Both males, standing on circular bases, with long arms at sizes, the elongated faces worn with metal ey...

A Yoruba beaded headdress The conical headdress constructed of a fiber-covered split cane base, completely covered on the exterior with multi-colo...

A Mumuye helmet or head crest mask The classical form of a 'grandmother' mask of the Mumuye, with dominant, large, round eyes, a hairstyle of groo...

A Cameroon royal ceremonial bronze pipe Bamun In the shape of a full featured human face with gaping mouth open and teeth bared, flaring nostril...

A Cameroon beaded figure The large standing male figure fully beaded in multicolored tubular glass beads, holding a horn in the right hand, with l...

A Punu mask, Okuyi Gabon, hollowed out, of oval form with lower projecting perimeter, the mouth with full lips, small nose, slit coffee bean eye...

A Fang pipe Gabon, the long, curving metal stem with two flaring metal bowls set into the double wood bowl, terminating in an upright carved wood ...

An Aduma Mask Gabon, the long, flat mask with pointed chin, triangular cutout mouth and slit eyes, with red and white pigments. ht. 19, wd. 7 3/...

A Bembe Janus helmet mask Democratic Republic of Congo, of typical form, the Janus helmet mask with large concave orbits retaining original pigmen...

A M'baka terracotta funerary figure The blackened terracotta rotund figure with one arm on the head and the other on the abdomen, the head with la...

A Pende or Biombo mask, Kindombolo The wide, triangular-shaped face with abbreviated mouth, naturalistic nose, and slit coffee bean eyes, with h...

A Yaka fetish figure The head with typical Yaka features and crested coiffure mounted on a column inserted into terracotta jar, with a raffia skir...

A Tembo wood stool Kivu, Eastern Congo, standing on a cone-shaped base, the round support with square-cut incised design, with a round seat, with ...

A Pere figure Lubero territory, Northern Kivu Province, Eastern Congo forest, standing on heavy feet with notched toes, the legs carved with stack...

A Luba caryatid stool The female figure kneeling on large simple legs, the torso heavily incised with scarification, the square shoulders supporti...

A Luba neckrest The cone base with a column support and gently curving pillow, with flat sides, decorated with brass tacks, with old paper label o...

A Yombe male figure Kneeling on a square base, with a long torso and arms bent and held to the front, the face with full lips, broad nose and pain...

A Kongo staff Mayumbe, Tshela territory, a chief staff or baton, the long shaft with a finial figure of a seated man with head turned sideways, re...

A Kongo seated figure The seated figure of a man holding a cup, the typical Kongo features, with large open mouth, wide nose and large eyes under ...

A Salampasu knife and sheath Luiza, The Congo, the board and heavy iron blade with spear-like point, the blade is V-shaped where it enters a short...

A Suku fetish figure The large, elongated human head atop a cylindrical body encased in cloth, with glass bead collar and traces of kaolin and red...

A Voania ceramic sculpture of a couple Voania de Muba Kongo/Wayo, c. first quarter 20th century, the two figures sitting on a settee, mounted on ...

A Chokwe chair, ngundja Angola, the seat covered in hide attached to the frame with brass task, the back rest with three standing figures, the l...

A Chokwe mask, Cihongo Angola, with elaborate chief's headdress comprising basketry bands with blue feather attachments, the wood mask with proj...

A Tschokwe ceremonial scepter The rounded shaft terminating into a square-cut, flat plaque with fine incised designs, below a Janus head with clas...

A contemporary South African colored wire plate The tightly woven colored wire tray worked in multicolored geometric patterns, with a wall mount a...

Three Zaramo wood dolls Tanzania, the three female dolls with abbreviated torsos, round necks with abstract heads with crest coiffures above, each...

A Sakalava female funerary figure Madagascar, standing on a short, square base, with straight legs, beneath an elongated torso wearing a garment, ...

A collection of Tribal Art Auction catalogues A large collection of Sotheby's, New York and London, and Christie's tribal auction catalogues. For ...

A Nepali tribal mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out hardwood with dark patina and pigments, (wood loss around the rim and cracks...

A West Nepali tribal mask Late 19th/early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with metal attachments, nails, and traces of fur moustache, enc...

A large Nepali mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with pigments, plant fiber, hair, and metal teeth. ht. 15 1/2, wd...

A Batak wood effigy stopper The carved wooden stopper for a container depicts a human figure mounted on a horse-like creature—the mythical singa ...

An Asmat Figure Probably Mimika River Region, Irian Jaya, standing on narrow arched legs, the front of the torso flat, the rear intricately carved...

A New Guinea lime spatula Massim people, Trobriand Islands, 19th century, the finial carved as seated figure, with typical Massim engraved scrollw...

A New Guinea lime spatula Massim people, Trobriand Islands, 19th century, the palmwood spatula with two seated figures at the handle finial, with ...

Two Abelam Yam Masks, baba mene Papua New Guinea, 20th century, each intricately woven and highlighted with white, yellow, dark-red and brown po...

A New Guinea Yam Mask Maprik, Papua New Guinea, the oval cane mask with large central ridged nose, protrusions and one ear at crown, with traces o...

A New Ireland Malagan attachment Northern New Ireland, late 19th/early 20th century, a carved wood bird attachment for a larger figure or mask, pa...

An Inupiaq net shuttle Constructed from caribou bone or antler, of traditional form with pairs of curved tines at either end, the grip pierced at ...

An Alutiiq wood effigy ladle 19th century, Kodiak Island, Alaska, the teardrop-shaped scoop with the head of a seal for the handle, with a smooth,...

An Inuit wood Janus head 19th century, the large head projecting from a short shaft, one face smiling, the other side with downturned mouth, each ...

An Inuit effigy carving Weathered, carved as a stylized male figure standing with legs slightly spread, with rectangular torso and curved shoulder...

Two Inuit wood heads 19th century, including a large wood head with small slit mouth, long squared nose, and heavy brow, pierced at the crown; tog...

An Inuit torso St Lawrence Island, Okvik period, made from walrus tusk, the torso with engraved designs on both sides, (missing the front of the h...

A Den'a (Athapascan) hide quiver The soft hide quiver decorated on one side with quillwork, with hide and twisted quill fringe from the central mo...

A Northwest Coast painted pictorial drum Possibly Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl), of stretched hide on a bent cedar frame, painted with an eagle win...

A Tlingit model totem pole Carved with stacked animal figures and raised on a carved fish-form base. ht. 19 3/4, d. 6 3/4 in. Footnotes: Insc...