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What is African ivory?
African ivory is a hard, white substance derived from the tusks and teeth of elephants, hippopotami, walruses, warthogs, sperm whales, and narwhals, as well as now-extinct mammoths and mastodons. For millennia, ivory has been a status symbol — it is a rare and alluring material, a luxury product that is derived from elephants, a highly respected animal in Africa and elsewhere.
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African Ngere Monkey Mask, Carved Wood, Ivory Coast, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
African Ngere Ivory Coast Late 20th Century / Early 21st carved wood Ngere monkey mask in symmetric geometric form with incised overlapping brow, triangular eye holes, protruding nos...
Category

20th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ivory

African Ngere Monkey Mask, Carved Wood, Ivory Coast, 20th Century

African Ngere Monkey Mask, Carved Wood, Ivory Coast, 20th Century

$1,600
African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Diviner Seated Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African Ivory Coast 20th Century carved wood Baule seated male trance diviner figure with incised hair texture, grasping a dagger in his left hand, stroking his beard with his right.
Category

20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ivory

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Diviner Seated Figure

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Diviner Seated Figure

$5,000
African Senufo Stool, Carved Hardwood, Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century
By Senufo
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
African Senufo Stool, Carved Hardwood, Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century.
Category

Vintage 1950s African Primitive Stools

Materials

Hardwood

African Senufo Stool, Carved Hardwood, Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century

African Senufo Stool, Carved Hardwood, Ivory Coast, Mid-20th Century

$1,170
African Ivory Coast Early Carved Wooden Kafigueledio Senoufo Fetish Figure
Located in Queens, NY
African carved wooden Kafigueledio Senoufo fetish figure with face and body concealed with coarse cloth and raffia Good, showing patina including soiled cloth, scattered nicks, scra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

African Ivory Coast Early Carved Wooden Kafigueledio Senoufo Fetish Figure

African Ivory Coast Early Carved Wooden Kafigueledio Senoufo Fetish Figure

$1,000
African Ivory Coast 20th Century Hand Carved Dan Fertility Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Côte d\'Ivoire 20th c. fertility figure hand carved from a single piece of wood with carved details of typical jewelry worn by the Dan people
Category

20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Hand Carved Dan Fertility Figure

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Hand Carved Dan Fertility Figure

$2,400
African Stool - Carved Wooden Senufo Stool from the Ivory Coast of Africa
Located in Chicago, IL
Stool Senufo, Ivory Coast 20th century Wood This Senufo stool is carved from a single block of wood and composed of a gently concave seat supported by two massive, block-like legs.
Category

Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Decorative Bowls

Materials

Wood

African Stool - Carved Wooden Senufo Stool from the Ivory Coast of Africa

African Stool - Carved Wooden Senufo Stool from the Ivory Coast of Africa

$1,100
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