Nigerian Bowl
Woman Sacrificing Holding Offering Bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, 1940s
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Carved wooden sculpture depicting a woman sacrificing holding an offering bowl, Yoruba People
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa weathered
Located in Point Richmond, CA
offering bowl in the form of a chicken with a removable top. Great Yoruba mother's face with scarifications
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 17.75 in W 13 in D 13 in
Opon Igede Ifa - Divination Bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, Early 20th Century
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hand-carved Opon Igede Ifa or divination bowl, Yoruba People, Nigeria, early 20th Century.
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Tribal Early to Mid-20th C. Offering Bowl Lid in the Shape of a Bird, Yoruba
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Tribal Offering bowl lid in the form of a bird, Yoruba people
This wonderful
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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Yoruba Maternity Offering Bowl Figure with Chicken, Africa, Nigeria
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Yoruba maternity offering bowl with a chicken as the lid, Nigeria, Africa, early 20th century. A
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Offering Bowl with Horse and Rider Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Finely carved wood offering bowl in form of horse and rider with four smaller figures at each
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 10.5 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Nigerian Fulani Incised Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This carefully incised wooden bowl originally belonged to a Fulani family, a Muslim culture
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Nigerian Fulani Incised Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This carefully incised wooden bowl originally belonged to a Fulani family, a Muslim culture
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa Timeless
Located in Point Richmond, CA
offering bowl in the form of a chicken with a removable top. Great Yoruba mother's face with scarifications
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 17.75 in W 13 in D 13 in
Tribal Yoruba Maternity Figure holding a Bowl, Signed J.A. Fakeye, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Scott McCue
Tribal Yoruba maternity figure holding a bowl, Signed J.A. Fakeye, Nigeria
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 15.33 in W 2.75 in L 15.33 in
Fulani Incised Bowl, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This carefully incised wooden bowl originally belonged to a Fulani family, a Muslim culture
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Rustic Serving Bowls
Materials
Wood
Michael Cardew Abuja Studio Pottery Bowl with Slip Designs, circa 1960
By Michael Cardew
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A bowl by Michael Cardew during his time at the Abuja Pottery in Nigeria where Cardew taught for a
Category
Vintage 1960s Nigerian Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Michael Cardew Abuja Studio Pottery Bowl with Slip Designs, circa 1960
By Michael Cardew
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A studio pottery bowl by Michael Cardew from his time at the Abuja Pottery in Nigeria, where Cardew
Category
20th Century Nigerian Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Nigerian Fulani Incised Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This carefully incised wooden bowl originally belonged to a Fulani family, a Muslim culture
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Well Carved Wooden Pedestal Bowl or Mortar
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An interesting and well carved antique African, probably Nigerian, tribal wooden pedestal bowl or
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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Expressive Early Classic Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, ex Sothebys
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth and fine line scarification marks around outside of face. Created early 20th century...
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Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
H 9.5 in W 5.75 in D 3.75 in
Benin African Art Tribal Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque
By People from Benin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Striking and detailed bronze relief sculpture from Benin, now known as Nigeria, in Africa. This piece was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes, but is from the 20th Century. The intri...
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20th Century Beninese Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dan Janus Double Face Protective Kinde Charm, Ivory Coast, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan Janus double faced protective Kinde charm, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Used as a charm for protection, with two different faces to show the duality of the w...
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Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Wood Ashanti Stool Reclining Figure Supporting Top, Ghana Mid 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The supports for Akan stools take many forms, they can be purely geometric or architectural with simple posts and columns, or, as in this case, figural, with humans or animals suppor...
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 14 in W 21.5 in D 11.25 in
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her lap, one arm reaching towards a ...
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Vintage 1930s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Old Well Used Wood Ashanti Stool Hollow Cylinder Supporting Top Metal Repairs
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The stool was loved by its owner, repaired in several places with decorated metal straps. It has an openwork, tiered lattice central post and four support posts. It has the older sty...
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 12 in W 19 in D 8.75 in
Poto African Iron Sword, Congo Africa on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Poto African sword, Congo Africa on stand.
A forged iron sword with fine incised design, inlaid brass dots, overlaid brass strips, finely carved wood handle with deep patina. Some c...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Congolese African Tribal Carved Hemba Helmet Mask, Suku Peoples
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique African tribal carved Hemba helmet mask, the Suku peoples, possibly Kwese culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, early 20th century, surmounted b...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Wood
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Head of an Oba, Yoruba People, 1950s
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A Benin bronze of an Oba. Oba means ruler in the Yoruba language.
Wearing a lattice-pattern cap with strands of beads suspended around the head.
The neck is bound with a lattice-patt...
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Vintage 1950s Beninese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 17.33 in W 2.76 in D 3.55 in
Standing Akan Ghana Tribal Female Figure Early 20th Century Africa, Black Hair
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Akan, Ghana, shrine figure, a standing female figure with black hair and details, remains of white pigment, with arms out holding a bottle, includes custom metal base. Probably a fig...
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 15.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Mumuye Figure African Sculpture
Located in Sharon, CT
Atypical form with a rich high patina. Professional mounted. Provenance: Weinberg Modern.
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Primitive Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cast Bronze Relief Plaque from Benin, 1950s
By People from Benin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Intriguing cast bronze relief plaque from Benin, showing three guardians.
The plaque was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes but was made in the 20th century. The plaque is cast in b...
Category
Vintage 1940s Beninese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Ere Ibeji Pair of Commemorative Figures, Abeokuta, Yoruba People Nigeria, 20th C
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Yoruba people have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, twin children are regarded as extraordinary, divine beings protected by Sango, the deity of ...
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Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 11.42 in W 3.75 in D 3.35 in
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