Burkinabe Figurative Sculptures

A Maasai girl, upon reaching adolescence, undergoes a traditional rite of passage known as "Enkipaata" a ceremony marking her transition into womanhood and preparing her for the resp...

African Benin Bronze Sculpture, Africa, circa mid 20th Century. Beautiful casting with wonderful attention to detail. Solid, heavyweight...

20th Century resin decorative David head. Carved marble finish. Size: 67x50x42 cm.

A beautiful stylized antelope head used as headdress on ceremonial dances. Retains the old painting and patina over the carved wood. Traded by a professor working in Africa in the 19...

A sandstone Buddha head, reclaimed from an early 20th Century Cambodian statue. Intricately crafted in the front and back, with a serene meditative expression, this small sculpture...

With its bold, open circular form and richly worn bronze surface, this African currency bracelet embodies a striking balance of simplicity an...

Nigerian mid 20th c. wooden figure hand carved and pigmented by the Eshu people depicting a standing woman wearing a 5-point crown and ringed jewelry around the wrists and ankles, wi...

African Gabon 20th Century carved wood Ambete reliquary figure features an oval head with inlaid cowrie shell eyes, a fiber necklace, forward thrust shoulders with bent arms, rope be...

African "Monkey Tree" bronze sculpture, with a troop of 19 monkeys about a tree of life unsigned. The base measures 4" x 3".  

This small Baule bronze elephant from Côte d’Ivoire possesses a lively, spirited presence. Its rounded body, broad ears, sturdy legs, and dramatically rai...

African 20th Century carved wood Makonde abstract figure in Shetani style (Swahili: \"devil\"). Using otherworldly physical traits in 5 forms: human, mammal, fish, bird and reptile, ...

Early 20th century African carved wood figural sculpture attributed to the Boukonfo Loba tradition. The composition depicts two stylized human figures joined in a dynamic, sculptural...