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Male and Female Ancestor Spirit Figures, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

1920's

"Yum Yum" by Japanese American artist Erika Sanada is a cold finish ceramic sculpture created in 2017. The artwork is stamped on the back by the artist. Born and raised in Tokyo, sh...

"Delicate Dependency: A Full Shift" by contemporary California artist Crystal Morey is a porcelain and clear glaze figurative sculpture that represents a seated nude female next to a...

"Sea Flight Dust III" by American artist Rosamond Berg (1931 - 2018) is an assemblage/mixed media/box construction from a series, consisting of horizonta...

"A Cup and It's Shadow" by Lithuanian-American sculptor and ceramist Rimas VisGirda is a whimsical take on a cup on a plate that blurs the line between pottery and sculpture. The sto...

"Murdered Rappers" by contemporary American artist Jason Clay Lewis is a table top conceptual sculpture consisting of 15 bullets, each inscribed with the name of a murdered rapper, m...

"Untitled" is an abstract steel sculpture on a wood base by New York based contemporary artist John-Paul Philippe. The artist was born in 1955 and began his career as a painter.Due t...

Early 20th century zoomorphic African puppet head sculpture from the Bozo tribe in Mali. This puppet head would have been used by the Bozo ethnic group during the Sogobo ceremony. This ancestral tradition continues in the region of Segou in Mali along the Niger river. It is an opportunity to regroup the different villages and give rise to musical and theatrical performances whose highlight is the puppet show...

"Senufo Mask of Ceremonies (from Republic Ivory Coast)" is an carved wood artifact from the Senufo people of Africa, in the northeastern cote d'Ivoire. The...

A large scale and beautifully carved wooden ceremonial mask from Cameroon. There are traces of colour and decoration to the surface and the mask has a magnificent patina giving it a wonderful presence as a sculptural object. The Batcham Mask or simply the Batcham originated in western Cameroon although its name refers to the place where it was first found: Batcham. This is a ceremonial mask from the Bamileke culture in the western Grasslands of Cameroon. This tall crest (76 cm in height) has clearly defined features, a powerful yet calm visage, sharply chiselled diamond and triangular furrows, and nearly perfect symmetry. Such painstaking craftsmanship underscores the sophistication and control of the sculptor in preparing this ceremonial piece. It shares the elements of Batcham masks including: The general morphology is built on two axes: a symmetrical vertical axis with chiseled furrows, stylized eyes, lips, nostrils, mouth and teeth; a horizontal axis presenting swollen cheeks, an ovular mouth showing multiple teeth, and triangular ears supported on a hollow cylindrical base. One interpretation is that the masks depict a hippopotamus emerging from watery depths, conveying nature’s power conferred to enthroned royalty. The Batcham mask represents the pi, or double animal of a great dignitary of the kingdom. It was used by a great dignitary of the Msop society who intervened only on rare occasions: during the funeral and enthronement of the king and the nine notables, and to perform the Royal Tso dance, elephant dance...

"Idgo Nigeria Female Standing" is a wooden statue with blue and white pigment created in Nigeria circa 1930. This figure stands up right with arms out slightly in front of her. A st...

Representing the forces of female fecundity, these statues were used in rituals to make these forces work. This type of figure was known under the tribal name of Alangua. Standing an...

"Nail Fetish Bacongo-Zaire" is a sculpture made of glass, wood, and metal created circa 1910. He has a top hat upon his head and face paint. Their right ha...