Huge wickerwork mask called "gable" commonly hung above the gable of one of the entrances or openings of the men's house. These masks have the task of protecting the tribe from illness, bad luck, etc.[...]
This rice snake is a traditional tool from Cambodia's rich agricultural heritage, used for the manual harvesting of rice, an activity essential to the livelihood of local communities. Its design combi[...]
Statuette intended for the protection of houses or of the person who owns it. It presents a crouching character, the concentrated face, the hands evoke a person driving a coach or a car. Hardwood, rem[...]
Beautiful Life-Size Skull In Solid, Translucent White Crystal Circa 1970.
Superb skull in white crystal, a work inspired by medical skulls and vanities executed around 1970.
It is magnificent in pre[...]
Votive board made of wood and natural pigments from a ceremonial house. These boards, placed in the men's house, show drawings that are the abstract representation of ancestors or natural elements (to[...]
Dogon Healer Mask This captivating mask presents a remarkable sculptural architecture. The massive head, with marked angles and cubist volumes, attracts the eye with its eyes set in two concave rectan[...]
Very beautiful ceremonial hut doorframe collected in the Maprik area (Abelam ethnic group) in Papua New Guinea. Hard wood sculpture showing a face typical of this region topped with a monumental headd[...]
Ex-Belgian collection.
The term Kifwebe refers to the mask, the society of masks, and the wearer of the mask who belongs to the secret male society bwadi bwa kifwebe, responsible for ensuring socia[...]
Citipati Masquette
Nepal-Himalaya
First half of the 20th century
Wood
H. 12 ; L 11 cm
A small oval-shaped monoxyle wooden mask with a short forehead, round openwork eyes and a wide toothy smile[...]
Maternity statuette Seated maternity carrying a child on her back. The body, in a haughty posture, is decorated with scarifications sculpted in relief with remarkable detail. The face with its alert g[...]
Impressive Kurumba Statue Burkina Faso / Mali
People: Kurumba / Mossi / Bambara / Marka Malinke
Country of origin: Burkina Faso / Mali
Length: 37.5 cm
Early 20th Century
Perfect condition
Beauti[...]
Old Statue of a Soothsayer or Witch Doctor Gouro, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Soothsayer or witch doctor standing on a cubic pedestal, holding an egg in his right hand, a symbol of life and renewal. His[...]
The umbilical amulet, or umbilical fetish, is a traditional object of the American Indians.
This example is a stylized lizard superbly decorated with beads, intended for a newborn male. Remarkable le[...]
The umbilical amulet, or umbilical fetish, is a traditional object of the American Indians.
This example is a stylized turtle superbly decorated with beads, intended for a newborn female. Made of lea[...]
This Vuvi mask is a traditional piece from Gabon, characteristic of the peoples living in the forest region. Made of wood, it is distinguished by its kaolin-whitened surface, used in many African mask[...]
AFRICAN ARTS-PRIMARY ARTS-SCULPTURE STATUE SOLID WOOD MATERNITY NDENGESE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CENTRAL AFRICA EARLY 20TH CENTURY Important Ndengese sculpture depicting a maternity, conceived as[...]
TRIBAL ARTS-AFRICAN ARTS-SCULPTURE DAN MASK IVORY COAST WEST AFRICA CARVED WOOD CIRCA 1930-1950 Dan mask from Ivory Coast, called racing, gunyé gé. The Dan previously had a tradition of organizing rac[...]
Rare Tribal 'tetela' Knife/Sword With Decorations On The Handle - Congo, Africa Wrought iron with copper on the handle, with very beautiful and rare decorations.
With professional base!
Ivory Coast, Baoulé people, 1950s/1960s, very pretty miniature bronze mask with anthropomorphic representation. The face is beautifully fine. This piece is very much in the spirit of diminutive or pas[...]
interesting africanist mask in ceramic with satin black glaze.
it was also intended to be mounted as a wall light because there is an original hole towards the base provided for this purpose (see p[...]
Tapestry woven in the north of Bamako composed of strips of hand-woven cotton fabric sewn edge to edge on which a true African artist painted with a plant hanging characters, a bird and a fantastic an[...]
"Mandao" saber with crenellated blade, the guard covered with fine braided cord, the handle in bone carved with traditional patterns, the scabbard carved at its end and bound with braided rattan. Brai[...]
Carved from a large disc of fossilized clam “Tridacana Gigas” 21 cm in diameter
and adorned with a stylized sea-scale frigate sculpture.
Assembled of plant fibers.
The "Tema" pectoral ornament is[...]
Large and exceptional cult figure similar to the so-called "Yena" figures. Collected in the Upper Sepik area in Papua New Guinea (Nokuma ethnic group). The Yena figures are linked to the cult of yam. [...]
Lucien Gauthier arrived in Tahiti in 1904, taking up a position as a photographer left vacant by the departure of Mrs. Hoare from the island.
He would devote the next seventeen years to immortalizing[...]
French private collection.
In central and southern Mali, this sculpture represents the Ciwara antelope-horse, nicknamed "wild beast of the earth". For the Bambara, or "Bamana", referred to as "unbe[...]
TRIBAL ARTS-AFRICAN ARTS-TRIBAL ART VOTIVE/RITUAL SCULPTURE FERTILITY DOLL AKUA'BA' ASHANTI GHANA WEST AFRICA 1ST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY PATINATED WOOD Interesting sculpture votive/ritual doll of st[...]
Dance mask, hare, with a face with cubic shapes. The rectangular cavities of the cheeks are separated by angular columns, while the eyes, deeply hollowed out in triangles, add depth to the whole. The [...]
Large hardwood war lance with dark patina. Barbed tip with small losses. Reglued tip. Fiji Islands, Melanesia, Oceania. First half of the 20th century.
Important Anthropomorphic Cup From the Pende Tribe of Congo - Africa - Early 20th Century Ex. Marc Leo Felix, Brussels (Inventory number on the right foot) Mounted on a lacquered wooden base
Sepic mortar representing 2 characters back to back. Their headdresses serve as a receptacle for an orange pigment powder that is found on mortar almost everywhere. Probably early 20th century. Worn f[...]
Large decorative panel to hang on the wall, frieze of characters dancing or hunting Brought back to the 1940s/1950s by the family of the former owners by descent, former settlers in Ivory Coast Beauti[...]
Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba/Hemba people, mid-20th century, very pretty little caryatid seat in very patinated engraved wood depicting a female character sitting on a circular base with a borde[...]
Very large Yaka ethnic statuette, hands placed at chest level, cubist and smiling face Very beautiful dark patina of use with a beautiful honey color due to repeated rubbing Used condition, good condi[...]
Rare Kwoma ceremonial hut totem collected in the village of Banguis in Papua New Guinea. This type of piece is attached horizontally, figures facing downwards, to the frame of the ceremonial hut. Here[...]
Chiseled coconut collected in Maprik area in Papua New Guinea. Internal part of carved coconut used as a ritual flute (two holes). Object reserved for dignitaries. Carved and presenting a small animal[...]
Very pleasant, singular and small Ciwara crest accompanied by its original headdress and which represents a stylized antelope leaning on a pangolin, the antelope is ridden by a woman, white horsehair [...]
Yam mask collected in the village of Maprik in Papua New Guinea. Yam masks are used to dress up the most beautiful yams selected at harvest time. This wickerwork mask represents the head of the yam, a[...]
Beautiful silver print on matte paper, signed Lomen Bros and dated 1905 in the plate.
It presents the portrait of an Alaskan Inuit man in a fur jacket.
This portrait is one of the oldest works of th[...]
Fred W. Carlyon settled in Alaska, in the town of Wrangell, between 1898 and 1906. He ran a jewellery and watch shop there and was an amateur photographer, developing a particular interest in the nati[...]
Anthropozoomorphic mask representing a spiritual ancestor half man half bird. Collected in the Murik Lakes area in Papua New Guinea. Blackened wood with a beautiful patina of use. Sold with a presenta[...]
Very beautiful patina of use for this hand drum or "Kundu" collected in Papua New Guinea. Traditional instrument with a handle showing two faces. Hand drums or "kundus", very symbolic for the Papuans [...]
African mask Democratic Republic of Congo, ex. Zaire (Kuba ethnic group - Kinshasa region) Wood, plant fiber, leather and animal skin, beads and shells Height: 32 cm Width: 21 cm
Rare Nkisi Nondi magic statue. It consists of a large hardwood sculpture with three heads, one of which is quite large in the center and two small ones on the sides covering their ears. The body is ma[...]
beautiful Brong Abron Bono Ghana doll Traditional ringed neck and truncated cone-shaped body without arms
Face with half-closed eyes with parallel scarifications on the upper forehead
Deep honey pat[...]
rare and strange style fali doll :first of all her very sad expression uncommon, her physiognomy, her headdress is coated with wax or without doubt a headdress in braiding of fibers was inserted.
be[...]
Ethnic ceremonial pipe from the BAMOUN kingdom. African continent, Cameroon country. Bronze pipe circa 1920-1930 brought back by a former French administrator who worked for several years for the Came[...]
Large solid wood bed from the Senoufo culture It is carved from a single tree trunk. One end is raised relative to the body to serve as a headrest. It rests on four feet carved from the block. 202cm l[...]
Mask called "Garra" collected in the village of Wagu in the Hustein Mountains area in Papua New Guinea. Garra masks represent the spirits of the bush and elderly people. The hooks represent hornbill b[...]
Thick soft pile hand woven Cream Ground Vintage Persian Rug
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A classic Mangbetu tribal chair, carved from a single piece of wood, in good condition with tribal age and signs of use.
Early 20th Century
Height 17.5 cm, Diameter 21 x 22.5 cm
This idyllic scene has echoes of the blissful naive landscapes of Henri Rousseau, with its own unique style. The artist uses a series of different patterns to create texture and add to the picturesque[...]
A seated king figure (Ndop) of the Kuba tribe with original tribal painting, condition as seen in photos with tribal signs of use and age
First Half 20th Century
Height 62 cm, base 16 x 17 cm
Masque Kholuka Yaka, RD Congo, soclé. H 74 cm.
Le symbolisme des masques fait référence aux forces ancestrales et fait allusion aux étapes du développement humain.
Le masque Kholuka apparaissait dan[...]
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