Antique African Tribal Carved Bone TOTEM Ceremonial Pipe

An Oceanic "Gope" Papuan ancestral spirit board, 20th century, collected from the Gulf Province, Papua, New Guinea, Kerewa or Hohao village tribe. Hand...

A monumental, rare and important Oceanic Papuan Asmat People tribal carved war shield from the first half of the 20th century, collected from the coast of the headhunting tribe in Papua New Guinea, a Provincial Indonesian island in the mid 20th century. Among the Asmat, war shields are the most powerful symbolic element of a warrior's equipment, and have many layers of meaning. Traditionally, they were functional items used to protect warriors in battle by deflecting an enemy's spears and arrows. The carved and painted images on the surface of the shields were also intended to frighten the enemy and symbolize the power of the ancestors. Ancestral imagery appears on multiple forms of Asmat art...

Presenting a lovely vintage African mounted wooden sculpture. Made circa 1960 most likely in West Africa by the Luba Tribe. It is a large wooden s...

Ivory Coast, African handcarved wooden flute, used for ceremonial performances. Used to evoke the spirits presence into community rituals. Beautiful decorative object, that measures ...