Songye Figure
Statue Songye, Kneeling Male Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo
Located in Cotignac, FR
A Songye Male Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the male figure resting on one knee
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 18.9 in W 4.73 in D 7.88 in
Statue Songye, Republic of Congo, Misangu Glass Beads & Chiefly Raffia Skirt
Located in Cotignac, FR
A Songye Male Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the male figure with openwork arms
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 21.26 in W 4.34 in D 1.58 in
Songye Nkisi Power Figure
Located in London, GB
A rare and large hand carved horned Songye Nkisi power figure. A ‘Nkisi’ is a protective power
Category
20th Century Congolese Primitive Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Songye power figure Nkisi
Located in London, GB
Songye Power Figure
NKISI
Provenance:
- Private collection, London, United Kingdom
Songye
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Wood
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Located in London, GB
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Open aperture to the head and stomach
Fine overall patina, loss to
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A South Eastern Congo, Zaire Songye Protective Fetish Figure ‘Nkishi’
Located in London, GB
A South Eastern Congo, Zaire Songye Protective Fetish Figure ‘Nkishi’ of Geometric Form the arms
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Songye Female Wood Figure with horn and brass hair ex Sothebys
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood standing female figure with projecting stomach, attached horn on top of head, and hair
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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Blanc de Chine Seated Guanyin Sculpture, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
As the embodiment of compassion, Guanyin is the most beloved enlightened being in China. Known as the Goddess of Mercy, she is the female bodhisattva form taken by Avalokiteśvara in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Songye Basangwe Mask DRC Wall Hanging Mask Circa 1950s
Located in Torquay, GB
On offer is a Basangwe mask from the Songye people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, circa 1950s.
The mask has the typical facial shape of the Basangwe mask.
At the top, it has ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood, Paint
African Hand Carved Wood Head Bust Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
Nicely carved.
A good eye-catching accent piece.
Dimensions: 8.25" high, 5" wide, 7" deep.
Category
20th Century African Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costume from Yoruba, Nigeria. Pu...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Nigeria African Red Royal Beaded Headdress Crown on Lucite Stand
Located in North Hollywood, CA
West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria.
This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in ivory, red and black colors with faces bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Dish Solid Wood Contemporary Sculptural Carved Side Coffee Stool Table Natural
By Grain
Located in Bainbridge Island, WA
Taking inspiration from hand-carved African stools, a scooped out tabletop is created with a little help from technology. A CNC router is used to cut away the wood bowl leaving behin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Materials
Ash
H 16 in W 18 in D 18 in
19th Century Lifesize Bronze Bust of Othello after Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
By Gaston Vuevenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive French 19th century life-size bust depicting Othello, the North African Moor of Venice character in the 1603 play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), a...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Moorish Busts
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Beaded African Ceremony or Nobility Chair
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Mid 20th century vibrant red and white hand beaded African ceremony chair.
Originally crafted for Yoruba tribe kings and queens, these chairs boast a meticulous process involving th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Beads
Baule Female Carved Wood Figure, African Sculpture Sotheby's Provenance
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine Baule female figure. Provenance: The Alexander S. Honig collection of African Art, May 18, 1993, Lot: 78, Sotheby's New York.
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 19.25 in W 3.75 in D 4.5 in
Family Group
By George Morland
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Family Group
Drawing in Chinese white, sepia and bistre ink, c. 1790
Signed lower left: G. Morland (see photo)
The present work appears to be a preliminary study for two Morland pai...
Category
1790s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Baule Female Figure African Sculpture
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine old Baule carving, with a rich golden brown surface patina.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A large Dutch colonial ebony cabinet with brass mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch colonial ebony cabinet with brass mounts on contemporary black steel frame
Batavia (Jakarta), 2nd half 17th century
The cabinet has two massive ebony doors opening to revea...
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Old Yaka Slit Drum, Deep Patina, Original Striker Congo Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old early Yaka slit drum, deep patina wear and polish from years of use, with original striker Congo early 20th century, on custom base.
13 1/2 inches high. These were used by striki...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 13.5 in W 2.63 in D 2.75 in
Antique Italian Marble Profile Plaque of Roman Emperor Claudius, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Italian white Carrara marble profile bust of the Roman Emperor Claudius, dating from the mid-19th century.
The sensitively carved Grand Tour plaque depicts the...
Category
Antique 1850s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
H 10.24 in W 7.88 in D 1.58 in
Weathered Archaic Bambara Wood Mask Fragment, Mali, Africa, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Add a piece of African history to your home. This is large and evocative of ancient times and ceremonies. Weathered wood mask fragment, Bambara people, Mali, Africa, late 19th-early ...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Polychrome African Wood Carving from Igbo Nigeria
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Antique Polychrome Wood Carving Igbo Nigeria Africa, Staff decorated with two figures, mounted as a finial on the shaft terminating in a triangular-shaped polychrome element Nigeria,...
Category
1910s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
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African Songye Figure from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Located in Long Island City, NY
A good quality Songye Male Power Figure. The large angular head with a horn inset in the crown and
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Horn, Hide
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