Austria - Sculptures and Carvings

This very massive, exceptional mortar is hand carved from a lovely rust couloured iron wood. It was made in the 19th century on the African continent, possibly in Ghana. The bowl's s...

Small African pharmacy cabinet made of wood of the Dogon ethnic group. This small cabinet with two movable flaps on three legs was designed to store medicinal preparations made according to the advice of the elders who had been initiated into the science of trees or "Jiridon". The walls are carved with figures of the mythical ancestors Nommos, genii associated with the creation of the world, providing health and fertility and activating healing power. The Dogon are a people famous for their cosmogony, esotericism, myths and legends. Their population is estimated at about 300,000 souls living in the southwest of the Niger Loop in the Mopti region of Mali (Bandiagara, Koro, Banka), near Douentza and in part of northern Burkina (northwest of Ouahigouya). The villages are often located on the tops of scree slopes on the flanks of the hills and have unique architecture. The history of the migration and settlement of the Dogon (about ten main groups, about fifteen different languages), is characterized by several hypotheses. Some historians believe that the Dogon fled after an attack from an area west of their present location. Today, the artisanal blacksmiths of the Dogon, who form an endogamous caste called Irim, make weapons and tools and also work with wood. They are "masters of fire" and are said to heal burns (Huib Blom). Satin brown patina. Ex collection of African art from France.

Antique bronze sculpture owl, around 1900, rare, good condition.

Bronze horse by Walter Bosse, Herta Baller Vienna, mid-19th century, good condition.

A rare 19th century antique black forest hand carved wooden book slide depicting two deers set to naturalistic tree setting with carved detailed base.

Small charming konsole with a deer head with glass eyes carved from wood mounted on a wood plaque. The plaque is beautiful hand carved with oak leaves. A small wood piece is missing....

Pair of charming table lamps made of a hand-carved piece of basswood England end of 19th century. The lamp bases are hand carved with cows from one piece of wood in the autentic styl...

Set of six hand-carved hunting plaques with deer trophies. Wooden plaques hand-engraved from wood with oaks and oak leaves in the traditional st...

An impressive pair of 19 th century German hunting trophies. One in the figure of a capricorn with horns and yellow glass eyes. The other in the figure ...

Small charming deer head carved from wood mounted on a wood plaque with two tiny real deer horns for hanging something left and right hand. The plaque is beautiful hand-carved with ...

Black forest style table lamp made of a hand-carved piece of wood. With a handmade loval shaped ightblue lampshade in cotton inside gold. Two bears with guns in uniform with leaves c...

Charming pair of 19th century wooden plaques with two slightly different birds in cast iron decorated with leaves and berries. German oak wood plaques with a hunting decoration...