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A Bamun Ceremonial Mask Ex Baltimore Museum Of Art: A very old and field used carved wooden helmet or cap style mask in classic form, with a well handled surface and remains of mineral pigments. According to literature included with the mask, this is t

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A Bamun Ceremonial Mask Ex Baltimore Museum Of Art

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A RARE AND IMPORTANT COPPER ALLOY HEAD OF A KING, IFE, YORUBA PEOPLE, 14TH-16TH CENTURY: A RARE AND IMPORTANT COPPER ALLOY HEAD OF A KING, IFE, YORUBA PEOPLE, 14TH-16TH CENTURY Scientific Analysis Report: A metallurgical analysis report issued by Antiques Analytics - Institute of Scientif

Apr 16, 2026

A RARE AND IMPORTANT COPPER ALLOY HEAD OF A KING, IFE, YORUBA PEOPLE, 14TH-16TH CENTURY

Est. €10,000-€20,000

A South African neck rest: 19th century, the hardwood neck rest with two rectangular supports fully chip carved with diamond and serrated line designs, the curved pillow with chip-carved terminals, with inventory number, "R59",

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A South African neck rest

TAOS Auction Co

Est. $800-$1,200

A Dogon Walu Mask: A old and weathered carved wooden Walu or Antelope mask with highly stylized form, wide open work eyes and a very weathered surface. According to Dogon beliefs, The Dogon Walu mask would be danced wit

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A Dogon Walu Mask

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A Senufo Wanyugo Ceremonial mask: A large well handled wooden zoomorphic helmet carved for ceremonial dances among the Poro secret society, Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast and Mali, West Africa. Wanyugo masks often combine features of dan

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A Senufo Wanyugo Ceremonial mask

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A Bamana Ntomo Mask Ex Levitt Collection: A tall carved wooden mask with slender carved comb like superstructure with the Chi-wara antelope as a central finial. The mask has a well weathered and worn surface suggesting years of field use. Bam

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A Bamana Ntomo Mask Ex Levitt Collection

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A Fon Shrine Altar: A Terracotta clay and wooden shrine altar or object, featuring two wooden idols, two iron serpents and a terracotta clay vessel filled with organic materials and offerings. The Altar measures 13 x 8 i

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A Fon Shrine Altar

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A Bobo Mask Ex William Wright: A very rare carved wooden 3/4 helmet mask with incised linear designs, open work eyes, and contrasting red and white kaolin clay pigments decorating the mask. This genre of helmet mask, known as bolo

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A Bobo Mask Ex William Wright

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A Lengola Mask Ex Gerena Collection 1989: A Tall slender carved wooden mask with contrasting kaolin clay pigments and elongated and stylized facial features. The mask measures 27.5 x 8.25 inches. There is no display stand included with this l

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A Lengola Mask Ex Gerena Collection 1989

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A Dan Mask Field Collected 1960s: A carved wooden mask with stylized horns and accented with aluminum metal strips as well as a red textile and inset real teeth. Dan Mano peoples, Ivory Coast and Liberia, West Africa. The mask measure

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A Dan Mask Field Collected 1960s

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A Bakongo Fly Whisk Handle Ex J. Camp Gallery: A Finely carved wooden handle featuring a seated female ancestor, with incised linear designs and a deep well handled honey colored surface patina. The remains of an animal tail are still present on t

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A Bakongo Fly Whisk Handle Ex J. Camp Gallery

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Benin Brass Rooster Sculpture, Exhibited at the Frick Museum: Nigerian, Edo Court of Benin, Rooster or Cockerel, cast brass or bronze, 6.3 inches tall. Provenance: A Sewickley Collection; Exhibited, Tribal Sculpture of Yoruba: African Art from Pittsburgh Collect

Apr 11, 2026

Benin Brass Rooster Sculpture, Exhibited at the Frick Museum

Concept Art Gallery

Est. $1,000-$3,000

A Yoruba Feline Ritual Container Museum Exhibited: A large carved wooden zoomorphic effigy container with a stylized feline embellished with carved raised and painted designs of hunters with muzzle loader rifles. This is an old and well used example,

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A Yoruba Feline Ritual Container Museum Exhibited

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A Dramatic Malinke Mask of a Monkey: A carved wood and painted ceremonial mask, and adorned with animal hide and sharp metal teeth, obvious signs of field use. Malinke or Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The mask measures 13 x 7 inches

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A Dramatic Malinke Mask of a Monkey

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A Nupe Door: This lot consists of two large Nupe Door panels with various zoomorphic totems and geometric designs. A very old and well used example. Nupe peoples, Nigeria. Ex Holbrook Collection, New York.

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A Rare Luba Divination Oracle Ex Kahan Gallery: A carved wooden implement used in ritual divination practices by the village shaman as a medium to receive messages from the spirit world. The figure features a classic ancestor head on top and incise

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A Rare Luba Divination Oracle Ex Kahan Gallery

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A Senufo Heddle Pulley Ex Endicott Collection: A handsome and large carved wooden heddle weaving pulley with avian finial and well handled surface patina. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley measures 10 x 3.5 inches. Provenance: E

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A Senufo Heddle Pulley Ex Endicott Collection

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A Kuyu Parade Staff: A tall slender carved wooden marionette like head, also possibly used in dance or as a parade staff with stylized ancestor face, elaborate coiffure, incised scar designs and traditional grimace like s

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A Kuyu Parade Staff

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A VERY LARGE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY, NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA, 500 BC-200 AD: A VERY LARGE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY, NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA, 500 BC-200 AD Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 25 February 2026

Apr 16, 2026

A VERY LARGE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY, NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA, 500 BC-200 AD

Est. €12,000-€24,000

A Idoma Mask: Expertly carved from wood, this thin walled mask was painted with kaolin clay pigments and adorned with human hair and painted designs. Idoma peoples, Cross River, Nigeria. The mask measures 8.5 x 10

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A Dan Kran African mask: A carved wooden ceremonial mask accented with kaolin clay and red paint pigments around the unusual square projecting eyes and face, embellished with animal hide mustache and stylized flared triangula

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A Dan Kran African mask

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A STONE ANCESTOR FIGURE, ESIE, IGBOMINA, 18TH CENTURY: A STONE ANCESTOR FIGURE, ESIE, IGBOMINA, 18TH CENTURY Published: Phillips Stevens, The Stone Images of Esiẹ, Nigeria, Ibadan, 1978, p. 125, no. HT 45.Exhibited: Museum d

Apr 17, 2026

A STONE ANCESTOR FIGURE, ESIE, IGBOMINA, 18TH CENTURY

Est. €3,000-€6,000

A Dogon Female Sculpture: A sculpture of a stylized female ancestor shown carrying a burden / vessel on her head and with a child on her back, with well weathered features and a classical form.Dogon "Seno" or "Senu" sculptures

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A Dogon Female Sculpture

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A Lumbo Mask Ex Joseph Gerena: A carved wooden dance mask with alternate layers of kaolin pigment in red, white and black. The masks of the Lumbo and their neighbors in Gabon are used by dancers in performances during burial rites.

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A Lumbo Mask Ex Joseph Gerena

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