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Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Located in Chicago, IL
This graceful sculpture of a long-necked bird is a headdress known as "a-Bamp," worn during ritual
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Mid-20th Century Guinean Tribal Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
H 43.25 in W 11.75 in D 18 in
Anok Bird Sculture Mask African Art Baga People
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An antique Baga anok or elek carved wood mask sculpture, with bird and human face form elements
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Early 20th Century Guinean Sculptures

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Wood

"French Guinea Baga Machole Bird, " Carved and Painted Wood created circa 1980
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This bird sculpture was created by an unknown Baga artist in French Guinea. The bird's head is
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1980s Folk Art Sculptures

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Paint, Wood

Baga Mandor Shrine a-Tshol
Located in Chicago, IL
When this powerful figure is engaged at Baga ceremonies, it directs the movements of the dancer
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Early 20th Century Guinean Tribal Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Baga Mandor Shrine a-Tshol
Baga Mandor Shrine a-Tshol
H 22.75 in W 6.75 in D 44 in
African Tribal Dogon Peoples (Mali) Pigment, Fiber, Hardwood Walu Antelope Mask
Located in Nottingham, GB
may not resemble those seen in locations only several miles distant. The masks also appear during baga
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Early 20th Century Tribal Art

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Natural Fiber, Hardwood

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Pair of Reclaimed Bronze Pelican Statues
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of tall verdigris bronze pelican bird statues made in the late 20th century. Finely detailed with intricate feathering, long beaks and webbed feet, each pelican has its own ch...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Statues

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Metal, Bronze

Pair of Reclaimed Bronze Pelican Statues
Pair of Reclaimed Bronze Pelican Statues
H 22.45 in W 25.99 in D 7.88 in
Art Deco Pair of Pelican Figure Bookends in Hand Carved Woods, circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a good pair of Art Deco period, Book ends of two Pelicans hand carved in wood. Each stylised pelican has been well hand carved in a dark hardwood and stands on a base f...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Bookends

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Hardwood

Senufo Female Fertility Statue in Carved Wood, Late 19th Century
By Senufo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A female fertility statue of West African Senufo (Mali, or Ivory Coast) origin in solid wood. Hand-carved from a single piece of Mango wood, this expressive figurine features notch c...
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Antique Late 19th Century Malian Primitive Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ebony

West African Drum, Decorative Sculpture
Located in Clermont, FL
A vintage sculpture drum with connected to the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. Measure: 10 inch tall.
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20th Century Nigerian Tribal Vases

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Animal Skin, Wood

Tribal Bronze Purse, Bag, Sculpture, West Africa
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Tribal Bronze Purse, Bag West Africa early-mid 20th century. leather and shell details.
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Vintage 1950s Beninese Tribal Tribal Art

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Bronze

African Bambara Wood Statue
Located in Pasadena, CA
The arrangement of the conical forms of this effigy of African art Bambara constitutes a remarkable formal balance. Its meditative appearance reminds us that it is the receptacle of ...
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Late 20th Century Malian Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

African Bambara Wood Statue
African Bambara Wood Statue
H 45 in W 7 in D 6 in
West African Lobi People "Bateba Ti Bala" Fertility Figure in Carved Wood
Located in Miami, FL
From the West African country of Bukina Faso this Lobi People "Bateba Ti Bala" fertility Figure in carved wood would typically be placed in the ‘thilda’, a shrine or small room withi...
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Princess Yenenga Of Ouagadougou On Horseback - Cast Bronze West African Figure
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Princess Yenenga, founder of the Mossi Empire, from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, bronze West African sculpture from the late 20th century This is a contemporary piece, not historical ...
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Late 20th Century Beninese Tribal Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

West African Organic Wooden Carved Sculpture/Drum, 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
An organic wooden hand carved sculpture / drum in solid wood from West Africa in the 1950-1960s. A nice wabi sabi piece in good vintage condition with some signs from age and use. T...
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20th Century African Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cowhide, Wood, Teak

Original Chuck Dodson Erotic Figurative Sculpture circa 1975, "Penetration"
By Chuck Dodson
Located in Miami, FL
Original Chuck Dodson Erotic Figurative Sculpture circa 1975 Offered for sale is an erotic figurative sculpture titled "Penetration" by Florida architect turned sculptor Chuck Dods...
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Late 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures

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Composition

Chuck Dodson Florida Artist Seated Nude Sculpture circa 1975
By Chuck Dodson
Located in Miami, FL
Chuck Dodson Florida Artist Seated Nude Sculpture circa 1975 Offered for sale is a circa 1975 seated nude figurative composition sculpture by the renowned Florida artist Chuck Dods...
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Late 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures

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Composition

Fine Tribal Bambara Cubist Figurative Wood Door Lock Early 20th c Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Tribal Bambara cubist figurative wood door lock, early 20th century Mali, Africa great abstract figure with strong cubist stylized elegant face. The Bambara of Mali use decorat...
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Cortendorf West German Mid-Century Pottery Seated African Man
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German figure of a seated African man by Cortendorf. The pottery figure sits on a rounded base with a flat back edge and portrays a seated man resting on h...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Pottery

Cortendorf West German Mid-Century Pottery Seated African Man
Cortendorf West German Mid-Century Pottery Seated African Man
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H 6.4 in W 3.94 in D 3.55 in
Senufo figure
Located in London, GB
Senufo figure Ivory Coast 27cm wood on a metal stand
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Art

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Wood

Senufo figure
Senufo figure
H 10.63 in W 2.76 in D 3.15 in
Max LE VERRIER French Art Deco Marabou Wall Sconce, 1920s
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco marabou wall sconce by MAX LE VERRIER, France, 1920s. MLV spelter and frosted glass. Lattice wall light with frosted glass. It is framed by 2 marabous in flight, thei...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Spelter

Yam Ancestor Figure TOTEM Pole Papua New Guinea with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A yam ancestor TOTEM pole from the mid-Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. Carved out of a solid wood by the Abelam people, who cultivated yams as their main crop, the pole featu...
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Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

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Huge Ethnographic Wood Carved Pair Bird Sculptures- Tycoon Provenance
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Impressive scale pair of 32 “ high. exotic large African wood baga bird ethnographic carved
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Mid-20th Century African Folk Art Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Baga Bird Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Baga believed birds to be powerful protectors of the harvest and wards against witchcraft
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Early 20th Century Guinea-Bissauan Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Early 20th Century Baga Bird Sculpture
Early 20th Century Baga Bird Sculpture
H 40.25 in W 9.25 in D 10.5 in
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