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Yoruba 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

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. A
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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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

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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
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wool

Omu Master
By Yoruba People
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Yoruba CarvingWoman with an Offering Bowl, reputedly by 'The Omu Master' Rich Patina
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Omu Master
Omu Master
$7,500
H 5.5 in W 10.25 in D 3.75 in
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

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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

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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

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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
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

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

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Wood

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Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
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Located in London, GB
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Vintage 1940s Tanzanian Tribal Chairs

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Pair of African Chairs, King's Seat
Pair of African Chairs, King's Seat
$230,000 / set
H 17.72 in W 17.33 in D 20.48 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

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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

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Raffia, 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

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Wood

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

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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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Materials

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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

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Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure
Ashanti Maternal Fertility Figure
$2,000 Sale Price
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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

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Bronze

Bronze Head of an Oba, Yoruba People, 1950s
Bronze Head of an Oba, Yoruba People, 1950s
$1,497
H 11.03 in W 3.94 in D 4.73 in
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

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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

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