20th C. PNG Washkuk Ritual Clay Head, ex-Arnovick

Papua New Guinea, Washkuk Region, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a handmade pottery head and elongated neck, with bulging, hollow eyes and mouth and a pronounced nose and wide, pierced ears. Papua

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Aibom Village, ca. early 20th century CE. A dramatic terracotta head effigy of a composite animal / human countenance, the face of a triangular form with horn-like exten

Africa, Inland Nigeria, Chamba, ca. early 20th century CE. A seated terracotta figure with outstretched arms and legs and a very expressive visage with signs of a large and perhaps open mouth. The fig

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. 1940 CE. A masterful figural group carved from wood and adorned with earth pigments, depicting a smiling male figure, sitting on a stool, with his elbows resting upo

Papua New Guinea, early 20th century. There is a long tradition of mask-making from skulls, especially among the highland people of Papua New Guinea. This particular one uses an animal (possibly canid

Dakakari culture, Nigeria, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. This incredible, large, hollow pottery figure shows a four-legged, horned animal (maybe a hartebeest?) with ears erect and a collar of some kind

Africa, Niger River Delta, Igbo, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating terracotta shrine effigy created by the Igbo peoples of the Niger River Delta, its unusual form elaborately adorn

Papua New Guinea, Abelam peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th centuries CE. This is a fine example of a small Abelam mask for a yam, woven, with a feather border and painted eyes. Yams are the focus o

Ca. first half 20thC. Good with patina wear, insect wood holes seen from the bottom, age cracks (see photos). Truncated ritual figure with head cavity. Ex-Nooter coll.

**Originally Listed At $200** Papua New Guinea, Washkuk region, Kwoma people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-built pottery head with openwork eye holes and mouth, a pronounced nose and pierced ears -

West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, or Guinea, Dan peoples, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A dramatic and beautiful example of a "mask" (made to be worn atop the head rather than over the fac

Africa, Nigeria, Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. An impressive and relatively rare Sokoto terracotta head, with characteristic overhanging brows. It is difficult to ascertain whether it had a f

A group of three Ethnographic items. ++ A bronze alloy vessel. Not determined. ++ A Native American hide shield, USA, Plains style. 20th century. ++ A painted clay head, Egypt, Possibly Coptic. Not de

**Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure standing atop delineated legs and wearing a shin-length apron with an exposed

**Originally Listed At $450** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An amusing swinging monkey, hand-carved from hardwood, with minimalist simian

Japan, 20th century CE. This is a pretty dark cream glazed pottery vase with gold painted stylized kanji designs around the body and darker glaze on the interior and rim. The coiled construction is ma

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Teke / Yaka, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden figure surrounded by fetish materials encased in painted cloth with a serene visage comprised o

Nepal, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a polished light wood bowl decorated with large quantities of silver, including a piece that extends from the shoulder all the way through the inside of the b

**Previously Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A female Ere Ibeji figure, hand carved to represent the female member of a pair deceased twins, adorned w

Antique Collingwood Bay Head Rest, PNG, Early 20th C. Carved wood with oval top supported by open grill pattern. Old patina from use. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection, Kaneohe, Hawaii; S

Japan, 20th century CE. This is a matte black and shinier red glazed pottery vase with stylized kanji designs around the body. The rim has a slight lip to it and the unglazed base has a signature. Siz

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A female Ere Ibeji figure, hand carved to represent the female member of a pair deceased twins, adorned with incised markings represent

Folk art pottery sculpture, Lorenzo Demetrio Garcia Aguilar (Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico, 20th c.), parrot with female head, clay slab stand painted with white clouds, two smaller bird figures

S. Clay Wilson (20th c.) "Head", 1991, signed and dated. Framed. Size: 5.75'' x 5.75'', 15 x 15 cm (sight); 10'' x 10'', 25 x 25 cm (frame).