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African Fertility Figure

Ashanti Akua’ba Fertility Doll Ghana African Tribal Art Ethnographic Sculpture
Ashanti Akua’ba Fertility Doll Ghana African Tribal Art Ethnographic Sculpture

Ashanti Akua’ba Fertility Doll Ghana African Tribal Art Ethnographic Sculpture

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

This traditional African fertility figure exemplifies the artistry and heritage of the Akan people and remains one of the most iconic forms of tribal art from West Africa.

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20th Century Ghanaian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

African Art Statue "Fertility Figure"
African Art Statue "Fertility Figure"

African Art Statue "Fertility Figure"

Located in Norton, MA

A precious African Art Statue with oven balls for hair, basket weave texture on the face, and wearing a loin cloth. The brass panels are applied on the entire head and face and some ...

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Early 20th Century African Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Namji Fertility Figure
African Namji Fertility Figure

African Namji Fertility Figure

Located in Chicago, IL

Doted on like an actual child, this carved doll was once owned by a young girl among the Namji people of northwest Cameroon. Carted around by its owner wherever she went and lovingly...

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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

African Nigeria 20th Century Hand Crafted Yoruba Fertility Figure
African Nigeria 20th Century Hand Crafted Yoruba Fertility Figure

African Nigeria 20th Century Hand Crafted Yoruba Fertility Figure

Located in Queens, NY

Nigerian 20th c. female fertility figure hand crafted by the Yoruba people out of carved wood, raffia palm for the grass skirt and copper for the neck collar and other adornments

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20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Copper

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Hand Carved Dan Fertility Figure
African Ivory Coast 20th Century Hand Carved Dan Fertility Figure

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

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20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

African Mali Mid 20th Century Luba Female Standing Fertility Figure
African Mali Mid 20th Century Luba Female Standing Fertility Figure

African Mali Mid 20th Century Luba Female Standing Fertility Figure

Located in Queens, NY

African Mali mid 20th-Century hand carved wooden standing Luba female feritility figure Good, surface patina, drill holes on top of head and center chest, light hairlines

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20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

African Ivory Coast Late 20th Century Baule Seated Female Fertility Figure
African Ivory Coast Late 20th Century Baule Seated Female Fertility Figure

African Ivory Coast Late 20th Century Baule Seated Female Fertility Figure

Located in Queens, NY

African Ivory Coast Late 20th Century carved wood Baule female fertility figure with incised hair, symmetric face, scarification marks, her hands holding her swollen abdomen, sitting...

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20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ivory

African Nigeria Mid-Century Carved Wood Yoruba Seated Female Fertility Figure
African Nigeria Mid-Century Carved Wood Yoruba Seated Female Fertility Figure

African Nigeria Mid-Century Carved Wood Yoruba Seated Female Fertility Figure

Located in Queens, NY

African Nigeria Mid-Century carved wood Yoruba female figure seated on a post with incised coiffed hair, smiling expression and a playful child stradling her back. Wear to finish, s...

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Mid-20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

African D.R. Congo 20th Century Carved Wooden Luba Female Fertility Figure
African D.R. Congo 20th Century Carved Wooden Luba Female Fertility Figure

African D.R. Congo 20th Century Carved Wooden Luba Female Fertility Figure

Located in Queens, NY

African D.R Congo 20th-Century carved wooden Luba female fertility figure with beaded black, blue, white and red earrings Fair, nice authentic patina, vertical expansion cracks thro...

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20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

African Carved Wood Male Sculpture
African Carved Wood Male Sculpture

African Carved Wood Male Sculpture

Located in San Francisco, CA

The symmetry, slightly bent knees, and hands placed intentionally on the torso or abdomen are classic traits of Central and West African figural carvings, symbolizing fertility, intr...

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20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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Carved Wood West African Fertility Figure
Carved Wood West African Fertility Figure

Carved Wood West African Fertility Figure

Located in Wilton, CT

Vintage West African carved wood fertility figure with mask. Well carved with a serene dignity.

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Vintage 1960s Central African Tribal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Vintage African Zulu People Female Fertility Figure Carved Teakwood Sculpture
Vintage African Zulu People Female Fertility Figure Carved Teakwood Sculpture

Vintage African Zulu People Female Fertility Figure Carved Teakwood Sculpture

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

A monumental African female fertility standing sculpture associated with the Zulu people in South Africa. The female form is exquisitely carved in the teakwood. A unique collector’s ...

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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Teak

Tribal West African Asante Carved Wood Aku'aba Fertility Doll Figure
Tribal West African Asante Carved Wood Aku'aba Fertility Doll Figure

Tribal West African Asante Carved Wood Aku'aba Fertility Doll Figure

Located in London, GB

An Asante wooden aku’aba fertility doll, published as part of the Ladislas Segy collection and dating to the early 20th century. The aku’aba of stylized form, a cylindrical torso ...

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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art

African Wood Carved Dogon Fertility Figure Sculpture Statue with Custom Stand
African Wood Carved Dogon Fertility Figure Sculpture Statue with Custom Stand

African Wood Carved Dogon Fertility Figure Sculpture Statue with Custom Stand

Located in Studio City, CA

A very engaging and beautifully weathered fertility sculpture/ statue by the Dogon people of inland West Africa who today reside primarily in Mali.

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Antique 19th Century Malian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Late 19th / Early 20th Century African Fertility Figure
Late 19th / Early 20th Century African Fertility Figure

Late 19th / Early 20th Century African Fertility Figure

Located in San Francisco, CA

A Finely carved Akuba made by the Ashanti People of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. It was worn by an expectant mother to protect her child.

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20th Century Unknown Folk Art Sculptures

African Tribal Fanti Fertility Figure Ghana
African Tribal Fanti Fertility Figure Ghana

African Tribal Fanti Fertility Figure Ghana

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H 7.09 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in

African Tribal Fanti Fertility Figure Ghana

Located in London, GB

African tribal, A Fanti fertility figure,  The female fertility doll with typical ribbed neck and elongated head, honey colored patina with beads and metal earrings, The Fanti peop...

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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

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Senufo Female Fertility Statue in Carved Wood, Late 19th Century
Senufo Female Fertility Statue in Carved Wood, Late 19th Century

Senufo Female Fertility Statue in Carved Wood, Late 19th Century

$810Sale Price|83% Off

H 22.5 in W 5.5 in D 5 in

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 Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ebony

MUMUYE FIGURE
MUMUYE FIGURE

MUMUYE FIGURE, circa mid 20th century

$760Sale Price|36% Off

H 22 in W 5 in D 5 in

MUMUYE FIGURE

Located in Three Oaks, MI

Within Nigeria's Benue River Valley region, such representations have been associated with a range of functions, including reinforcement of the status of male elders and used by heal...

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Early 20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century

African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Early Yoruba offering bowl in the from of a male figure with a beard riding on horse back surrounded by four small attendants, finely carved with nice patina from native use. Probabl...

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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Male Baule Figure, Ivory Coast, Africa
Early 20th Century Male Baule Figure, Ivory Coast, Africa

Early 20th Century Male Baule Figure, Ivory Coast, Africa

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Early 20th century male baule figure, ivory coast, Africa A stylistically pleasing sculpture of a spiritual spouse (blolo bian) from the Baule culture. This excellent example is p...

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Early 20th Century Ivorian Other Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

SENUFO Woman
SENUFO Woman

SENUFO Woman, mid 20th century

$1,100

H 21 in W 7 in D 7 in

SENUFO Woman

Located in Three Oaks, MI

“Scattered across the Ivory Coast, Mali and Burkina Faso, the million and a half Senufo tribespeople live principally off the fruits of agriculture and occasionally hunting. They in...

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Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Ashanti Akan ‘Ghana’ Tribal Standing Female Figure Arm Out Africa
Ashanti Akan ‘Ghana’ Tribal Standing Female Figure Arm Out Africa

Ashanti Akan ‘Ghana’ Tribal Standing Female Figure Arm Out Africa

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Standing Akan Ghana female figure, early 20th century, Africa. Intense expression with large eyes. Female figure with one hand on her breast, representing presenting nourishment from...

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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Kota Reliquary Figure Gabon, Christies Provenance
Kota Reliquary Figure Gabon, Christies Provenance

Kota Reliquary Figure Gabon, Christies Provenance

Located in Sharon, CT

Kota Reliquary of classic form. Brass and iron over wood. On an old base, with an old number label. Ex Estate of Willliam Kohler, Christies NY 'Important Tribal Art' Nov 20 1997.

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Antique 1890s Gabonese Tribal Art

Materials

Brass, Copper, Iron

Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask
Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask

Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask

$56,250

H 97.5 in W 15.5 in D 12 in

Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask

Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon

Very important “Nwantamtay” dance African mask, consisting of three sections: The upper in plain rectangular shape surmounted by a crescent shape moon, the middle with beautiful geom...

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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Masks

Materials

Wood

Senufo Figure African Sculpture
Senufo Figure African Sculpture

Senufo Figure African Sculpture

$12,000

H 14 in W 3.5 in D 3.75 in

Senufo Figure African Sculpture

By Senufo

Located in Sharon, CT

Authentic tribal piece, early 20th century.

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Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

"Jokwe Maternity, Angola, " Carved Wood created in Africa circa 1910
"Jokwe Maternity, Angola, " Carved Wood created in Africa circa 1910

"Jokwe Maternity, Angola, " Carved Wood created in Africa circa 1910

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Jokwe Maternity, Angola" is a wood sculpture from Africa created circa 1910. The figure kneels on the ground holding a baby in her arms. Her eyes are closed and she is wearing a com...

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1910s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure
Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure

Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure

$2,000Sale Price|33% Off

H 22 in W 6 in D 6 in

Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure

Located in Atlanta, GA

On offer is an Ashanti female fertility figure from Ghana, West Africa, circa Mid-20th century. Carved from a single block of wood, the statue depicts a female with typical coiffure ...

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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Wood

A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure

A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure

$16,500

H 9 in W 5 in D 5 in

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 feet Democratic Republic of Congo 19th Century Size: 23cm high - 9 ins high The ...

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Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Female Kifwebe Mask with old collection label, Luba-Songye People, DR Congo
Female Kifwebe Mask with old collection label, Luba-Songye People, DR Congo

Female Kifwebe Mask with old collection label, Luba-Songye People, DR Congo

Located in Leuven , BE

Traditionally, Kifwebe masks were created and worn by members of the secret masking society, Bwadi Bwa Kifwebe, of the Luba and the Songye People living in the central part of the Co...

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20th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ngbaka Congolese Tribal Mask for Initiation Rituals, Early 20th Century
Ngbaka Congolese Tribal Mask for Initiation Rituals, Early 20th Century

Ngbaka Congolese Tribal Mask for Initiation Rituals, Early 20th Century

Located in CA, CA

With a beautiful dark patina, this early 20th century wooden mask shows a naturalistic human face, flattened, with the forehead, open mouth and stylised teeth in light relief; the ri...

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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top
Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top

Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Early Danced Black Wood Mask From the Guro Peoples Ivory Coast Bird on top. Finely carved mask with carved open eyes, and pointed nose and slightly smiling mouth. It is in good co...

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Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925
Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925

Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925

$25,664

H 16.54 in W 5.91 in D 3.15 in

Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925

Located in Paris, FR

This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe, which lives along the Ogooué River in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group located in the northeastern r...

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Vintage 1920s Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Brass

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African Fertility Figure For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic African fertility figure available at 1stDibs. An African fertility figure — often made from wood — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer African fertility figure, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right African fertility figure, those designed in Folk Art styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is an African Fertility Figure?

Prices for an African fertility figure start at $195 and top out at $16,500 with the average selling for $1,997.