A Fine Old Kuba Ceremonial Staff Ex Becker collection

A early and finely carved wooden staff featuring a classic image of a Kuba mask like face with carved brow and raised scar designs. The staff has a deep well handled surface patina suggesting years of

A finely carved male & female janus form staff with raised and carved details on the ancestors and well handled flared sections on the staff handles. The twin-figured staff refers to Mpanga and Banze,

Elegant old carved wooden ceremonial mask with anthropomorphic central finial and classic facial style and design. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Among the Senufo families owned and wore su

A very finely carved old wooden anthropomorphic vessel with elaborate incised designs around the cup edges and on the male torso, realistic facial features and a deep well handled surface patina. Kuba

A carved wooden helmet mask adorned with copper sheet, animal hide and embellished with numerous glass beads and textiles. The Bwoom mask was worn at boys initiations where it would represent the natu

A carved wooden dance mask in classic style, kaolin clay pigments, scar designs carved in relief, crested coiffure and well handled edges. Such masks were worn by male performers of a stilt dance call

A finely carved openwork walking staff or prestige staff with ancestor face and wonderful well used patina. Pende peoples, Congo, Africa. - Provenance: Ex Old Belgian collection to Charles Fox, CA, pu

A very fine old carved wooden staff with female effigy on top, twisted form with serpent like design winding up the staff. The Figure on top is well carved and has a deep well handled surface patina.

This is a very fine and quite lovely old carved wooden staff from the Lwena peoples of Angola, Africa. featuring two finely carved spirit faces as well as raised and incised design work, the staff has

A fine old carved wood and painted ceremonial mask adorned with textiles and brass earrings and showing some age and field use. Dayak peoples, Borneo/ Kalimantan, Indonesia. The mask measures 15 x 13

A very rare old and worn Vodun ceremonial staff featuring a hand clutching an Offering or possibly a scroll. The life like hand is rendered from a single piece of wood. The Staff measures 19.5 inches

A finely carved wooden ceremonial mask with elaborate form and classic overall desih=gn, painted black and accented with red pigments. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 12.25

A well carved old wooden dance mask with a highly stylized face and form, raised geometric tribal motifs accented with clack, white and red kaolin clay pigments. The mask measures 9 x 6 inches. Pende

African Raffia Skirt Textile, Early/Mid 20th C. Fine old raffia skirt textile, probably Kuba, Size: 25'' x 66'' (64 x 168 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

African Raffia Skirt Textile, Early/Mid 20th C. Fine old raffia skirt textile, probably Kuba. Size: 25'' x 66'' (64 x 168 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

A Fine Kuba back-rest, carved wood with incised tribal motifs and obvious field use and wear.The back rest measures 14.5 x 7 inches. Provenance: Ex. Gelbard Collection, NY; Acquired from Dr. Kenneth A

A very fine old carved wooden Topeng mask from Java with a highly stylized face and large nose, several layers of black and white pigments suggesting years of ceremonial use. The mask measures 7.75 x

A carved wooden dance mask with blackened mineral pigments and accented designs with white kaolin clay pigment. The mask has a soft well handled surface suggesting many years of ceremonial use. Igbo p

A very well handled and well used ceremonial crooked staff with ancestor effigy on top. The staff has an undeniable deep patina from handling over many years. The staff measures 15 inches tall, old ir

A Fine woven grass and beaded textile hat with a charming super-structure of a house on the top of the hat. Embellished with cowrie shells and old glass beads, all set into linear designs. Kuba people

A very old and well used carved wooden beaker with classic ancestor style face and form, with a deep well handled surface suggesting many years of traditional use as a medicine mortar. Kuba peoples, D

A very finely carved wooden scepter with twisted or ribbed design along the shaft and a well worn ancestor style head on top. This staff is very well handled suggesting many years, possibly generation

A carved wooden ceremonial mask embellished with numerous cowrie shells, seeds , mirrors set into some type of resin or tree sap. The mask has the tall traditional comb like finial and appears to have

A Finely carved box with tight fitted lid and featuring raised and incised designs. Boxes such as these were for storing tukula, a reddish powder made from the bark of a tree. It was used for body and