Lot 5225

Altar Bird Man (Elek) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art

Similar Sale History

Sold

19th Century Mali African Carved 52" Wood Man Statue: Antique 19th century Dogon, Mali African carved wood figure of a man smoking a pipe. Ritually used aboriginal indigenous art. Standing figure with large bald head, flat beard extending around jaw line

201619th Century Mali African Carved 52" Wood Man StatueSee Sold Price

Sold

Fali Fertility Doll (Female) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Fali Fertility Doll - Aboriginal Indigenous Art- Once ritualware from the Fali people of Cameroon, Africa. Made of wood, cowrie shells and beads. In Cameroon, when a young Fali man becomes betrothed,

2023Fali Fertility Doll (Female) - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Inuit Stone Sculpture, Signed, Bird: Canadian aboriginal syllabics incised on base. Large bird indigenous art sculpture; hand carved dark green stone. / E5 230 / Arctic Bay incised on base. #Inuit #stonecarving #tribalart #sculpture #bir

2022Inuit Stone Sculpture, Signed, BirdSee Sold Price

Sold

Linda Tjungkaya Syddick Napaltjarri, Three Wise Men: Acrylic on linen; provenance: 1998; Australian Aboriginal Art Co. Pty Ltd. Terence Cain, Indigenous Aspirations, Longview, Texas; acquired in 1999; Richard Kelton Collection, Santa Monica

2022Linda Tjungkaya Syddick Napaltjarri, Three Wise MenSee Sold Price

Sold

Royal Figure w/ Serpent - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Royal Figure w/ Serpent - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - This 17"high lost wax cast bronze was once ritualware from the people of Benin, Nigeria, Africa. It depicts a standing figure with undulating snak

2023Royal Figure w/ Serpent - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

"Esu" Wooden Figure - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: "Esu" Wooden Figure - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Painted wood ritualware from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. Seated figure holding gourd-shaped object in left hand and knife in right hand, Moh

2023"Esu" Wooden Figure - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Royal Janus Bronze Head Crest - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Royal Janus Bronze Head Crest - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Once ritualware for the Tikar people of Cameroon, Africa. Measures 25" x 11" made in the method of bronze lost wax cast. Depicts four figure

2023Royal Janus Bronze Head Crest - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Bamana Zoomorphic Mask for KorÃ¨ Mali - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Bamana Zoomorphic Mask for the KorÃ¨ Association, Mali - Once ritualware for the Bamana People of Mali, Africa. Made of metal and wood. This mask is intended to evoke fear and submission in the view

2023Bamana Zoomorphic Mask for KorÃ¨ Mali - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Dogon Wooden Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Dogon Wooden Mask - 19th Century Aboriginal Indigenous Art- - Once ritualware for the Dogon people of Mali, Africa. The Dogon are known for their elaborate funeral rituals with extensive use of masks.

2023Dogon Wooden Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Hunting Power Stool Emblem - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Hunting Power Stool Emblem - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Ritual ware for the Bembe people of Congo, Africa. Made of wood/paint. Stool with two concaved eye orbits with protruding knobbed dark pupils,

2023Hunting Power Stool Emblem - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Divination Board - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Divination Board - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Wood ritualware from Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. Flat divination board with outside border containing geometric designs, figures and animals as sna

2023Divination Board - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Divination Board (Yoruba) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Divination Board (Yoruba) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Ritualware made of wood w/traces of paint in cracks from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. Oval-shaped flat divination board, band with geom

2023Divination Board (Yoruba) - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

19th Century African Ashanti Spoon - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: 19th Century African Ashanti Spoon - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - This 12.75" x 3.5" wooden spoon is ritualware for the Akan people of Ghana. It has a sectioned handle with two rectangular forms and di

202319th Century African Ashanti Spoon - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Songye Power Figure/ Fetish - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Songye Power Figure/ Fetish - Aboriginal Indigenous Art- Once ritualware for the Songye people of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. The Songye made power figures, Nkisi (singular) and Mankishi

2023Songye Power Figure/ Fetish - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Yoruba Egubgun Headdress - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Yoruba Egubgun Headdress/Mask- Aboriginal Indigenous Art- Once ritualware for the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage ancestors. W

2023Yoruba Egubgun Headdress - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Sold

Baule "Kpan" Face Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: Baule "Kpan" Face Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Once ritualware from the Baule people of the Ivory Coast of Africa. Made of wood. Goli is a Baule dance of "rejoicing". Kpan represents the senior

2023Baule "Kpan" Face Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous ArtSee Sold Price

Recommended Items

Victor Brauner original drawing Bird Man: Victor Brauner ( 1903 - 1966 ) was a Romanian Surrealist painter and sculptor and is today acknowledged as one of the most important members of the Romanian avant-garde. This is an original pen and in

7 days LeftVictor Brauner original drawing Bird Man

£100

Early Tibetan Gilded Torana (for Buddhist Deity): Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A beautiful gilt brass mandorla halo also known as a torana that was a decorative openwork arch for a devotional statue embellished with ausp

5 days LeftEarly Tibetan Gilded Torana (for Buddhist Deity)

$340

Gaston Lachaise 1924 Rare turkey form hood ornament - radiator cap.: Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935). Turkey [LF 146], hood ornament, one of three examples. Bronze, mounted on black Belgian marble base. Inscribed on reverse: G. LACHAISE © 1924. Turkey 4.25in high x 3 7/8i

7 days LeftGaston Lachaise 1924 Rare turkey form hood ornament - radiator cap.

$1,000

Alexander Calder - Untitled (Man and Bird): Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Untitled (Man and Bird) Year: 1976 Dimensions: 16 1/4in. by 17 3/4in. Edition: From the Rare Limited Edition of 200 Publisher: M

May 16, 2024Alexander Calder - Untitled (Man and Bird)

$450

Man Myth Larry Bird Facsimile Autograph Card: This is a limited edition Larry Bird facsimile autograph card, limited edition of 1000. The front of the card features two images of Larry Bird in action, with his signature displayed prominently in t

May 09, 2024Man Myth Larry Bird Facsimile Autograph Card

$10

Marvel Comics "The Amazing Spider-Man #596" Numbered Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas by Paulo: A piece of comic book history, this limited edition, from original art by Paulo Siqueira, depicts Spider-Man in action, panel by panel. A Brazilian comic book artist, Paulo Siqueira has been drawing f

4 days LeftMarvel Comics "The Amazing Spider-Man #596" Numbered Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas by Paulo

$160

Colleen McCullough: The First Man in Rome 1990 First Edition: The First Man in Rome 1990 Colleen McCullough (Australian 1937 - 2015) First Edition by William Morrow & Company, NY 1990. Colleen Margaretta McCullough (Australian 1937 – 2015), author of The Thorn

May 16, 2024Colleen McCullough: The First Man in Rome 1990 First Edition

$75

WARNER BROTHERS ** BIRD IN A GUILTY CAGE** GICLEE: Artist: Warner Brothers Title: Bird in a Guilty Cage Medium: Fine Art Giclee on Paper Limited Edition: 500 Image Size: Approximately 12 inches x 16 inchesPaper Size: Approximately 16 inches x 20 inche

May 13, 2024WARNER BROTHERS ** BIRD IN A GUILTY CAGE** GICLEE

$20

Faust Sand Casting Seaside Pelicans & Sea Birds Sculpture: Sculpture Heavy Measures 34"x 24.5"x 1" Charles Faust was a brilliant artist who mastered casting techniques in sand and was responsible for the impressive enclosures in San Diego zoo. As an artist he

7 days LeftFaust Sand Casting Seaside Pelicans & Sea Birds Sculpture

2 Romanian WOODCARVED AND PAINTED BIRDS OF PARADISE: around 1900 ca. 49 x 37.5 cm each The two birds of paradise were placed on either side of the altar.

Jun 01, 20242 Romanian WOODCARVED AND PAINTED BIRDS OF PARADISE

€1,800

A COLLECTION OF CERAMIC WARES Han Dynasty and later (13): A COLLECTION OF CERAMIC WARES Han Dynasty and later Comprising: a Sawankhalok celadon-glazed figure of a man riding an elephant, the rider's head having slipped off in the kiln; a celadon-glazed bowl;

May 13, 2024A COLLECTION OF CERAMIC WARES Han Dynasty and later (13)

£650

Huang Shanshou Character Story Picture ten Open Pape r Album: 24cmX39cmHuang Shanshou (1855-1919), originally named Yao, character Xuchu, alias XuDaoren, late title Xuchi Old man, also title Lisheng, was born in Wujin, Jiangsu Province. Officials are directly af

6 days LeftHuang Shanshou Character Story Picture ten Open Pape r Album

$300

Diane O'Leary Print "Tali": **Originally Listed At $200** Diane O'Leary (also Opeche-Nah-Se - Comanche/Irish, 1935-2013). "Tali" print, n.d. Edition 222 of 750. Printed by The Morrow Press of Scottsdale, Arizona. Hand signed in

23 hrs LeftDiane O'Leary Print "Tali"

$140

MANNER OF EDOUARD LIEVRE: AN IMPRESSIVE JAPONISME PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU CLOCK GARNITURE: Description: MANNER OF EDOUARD LIEVRE: AN IMPRESSIVE JAPONISME PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU CLOCK GARNITUREearly to mid 20th century, the Imari faceted baluster form vase with an octagonal domed cover surmoun

May 19, 2024MANNER OF EDOUARD LIEVRE: AN IMPRESSIVE JAPONISME PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU CLOCK GARNITURE

$5,000

Folk Art Bird House Wisconsin Capital Building / 24 1/2"H, 28 1/2" x 28 1/2": Folk Art Bird House Wisconsin Capital Building / 24 1/2"H, 28 1/2" x 28 1/2"

6 days LeftFolk Art Bird House Wisconsin Capital Building / 24 1/2"H, 28 1/2" x 28 1/2"

$225

W. Taylor Oughton (American, 1925-2018) Romance Illustration Art, Man & Woman: Description: A romantic ink wash illustration depicting a woman swooning in the arms of a man.Type: Illustration Materials: Ink wash on board Markings & Inscriptions: UnmarkedDate: Ca. 1950s Maker: W.

May 12, 2024W. Taylor Oughton (American, 1925-2018) Romance Illustration Art, Man & Woman

$20

Altar Bird Man (Elek) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art

Item Details

Description

Altar Bird Man (Elek) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Wood ritualware of the Baga people of Guinea, Africa. Altar piece with bird body with geometric designs, long pointed tail, human bald head with knob on top atop column attached to step pyramid attached to dome cracked base, dark brown patina. Measures 19.25" high x 20"wide. Item comes from the collection of Timothy Koock. Ships from Austin, Tx.

Condition

All descriptions are King's Auctions Inc.'s visual opinions and do not warrant as a guarantee. It is the Buyer's responsibility to inspect each lot and deem their own opinions on condition, description, provenance, and validity BEFORE purchasing. Condition is appropriate to age of the item. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is free from damage and wear. Please review all pictures posted. ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS. Please email us with any questions.

Buyer's Premium

Altar Bird Man (Elek) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art

Name: Altar Bird Man (Elek) - Aboriginal Indigenous Art
SKU: 174656649
Price: 12500 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $12,500 - $50,000

See Sold Price

Starting Price $299

2 bidders are watching this item.

Get approved to bid.

Shipping & Pickup Options

Item located in Las Vegas, NV, us

See Policy for Shipping

Local Pickup Available

Payment

Accepts seamless payments through LiveAuctioneers

King's Auctions Inc

Las Vegas, NV, United States

107 Reviews

1,421 Followers