Sold2021A Fine Old Yoruba Egungun HeaddressA very interesting carved wooden headdress with a finely crafted image on top, stylized facial treatment and well handled wood suggest good age and ceremonial use. Egungun masquerade ceremonies (OdunSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Old Yoruba Egungun African mask Collected in situThis is a very old and well used Yoruba Egungun mask with tall "rabbit" like ears and traditional style face. The mask has a painted kaolin clay surface and is Very well weathered suggesting great ageSee Sold Price
Sold2019Old Yoruba Egungun Dance Crest with Canine effigyThis is a very old and well used Yoruba peoples dance crest or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used headdress has a canine sculpture , twisted horns and an overall fierceSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Rare Old Yoruba Rabbit Ear MaskA Rare and very well weathered Yoruba peoples mask from Nigeria, West Africa. This is a very fine carved wooden helmet mask with tall rabbit like ears and carved face, a Yoruba Egungun style mask. EguSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Very Fine Old Yoruba Ogo Elegba Ex Peter WengrafA very fine old Yorùbá Ogo Elegba of Eshu, possibly a Wrist Pendant, late 19th or early 20th century. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria. The sculpture measures 4 inches on custom base. Provenance: Ex Arcade gSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Old Yoruba Drum with 8 Ancestor facesA carved wooden cylindrical wooden drum with stretched Goat hide skin membrane and wooden pages driven into the side to hold the drum head. The Drum Body is decorated with ornate linear designs and 8See Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Yoruba Epa Mask Ex Pierre Vérité GalleryA monumental carved wooden janus "Epa" helmet mask with a tall maternity idol on top with painted designs. According to Yoruba customs, to ensure the fertility and welfare of their community, they holSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Old Yoruba Shango Dance Wand Ex Ladislas SegyA tall carved wooden staff " Oshe Shango" featuring the image of a kneeling devotee of Shango, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Shango is the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning and the double-axe motSee Sold Price
Sold2019A VERY FINE YORUBA EGUNGUN CEREMONIAL MASKA Rare Yoruba peoples mask from Nigeria, West Africa. This is a very fine carved wooden helmet mask with painted kaolin clay pigments and tall rabbit like ears and the most beautiful carved face I havSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Doll Ex Endicott, Ex OliverA Finely carved wooden Omolangidi (Child's Doll) with incised geometric designs and embellished with old glass beads. Omolangidi meaning "child of wood" are Yoruba dolls carved as toys for young girlsSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Very Fine Old Yoruba Gelede Mask with Female EffigyA Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden helmet style mask with a female sculpture on top with arms above head carrying a burden (vessel). TSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Gelede African mask Ex Dr ThompsonThis is a wonderful carved wooden mask featuring the original pigments and paint, this mask dates to the early 20th century 1900-1930. The figure on top is well carved with raised scars and charming pSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Shango StaffA finely carved wooden hand held staff with classiv image of a devotee to Sango in kneeling pose. and would have been used in the worship of the god of thunder and lightning, Sango, and representing hSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Yoruba Rooster Container Ex Allan Stone NYOld and high quality example of the Yoruba Tribal arts from Nigeria, Africa. This container features the form of a Rooster, carved feathers and raised linear designs. Such containers are known as AgerSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Yoruba Opa Osanyin / (Herbalist’s Staff)Created by a Village Blacksmith, This is a very fine old example of a Opa Osanyin or Herbalist staff from the Yoruba peoples. The Yoruba believe that To cure or protect villagers from mental and physiSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Ceremonial DrumA carved wooden musical instrument / drum with female effigy as the central support, polychromed paints and signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The drum measures 24 inches taSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Female Ibeji IdolA Classic carved wooden twin idol with elongated features, indigo blue dyed coiffure, incised scar designs and a honey colored well handled surface patina. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculptuSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Lovely Old Yoruba Egungun Masquerade Dance CrestThis is a very finely carved wooden dance crest with a well carved and elegant image of "Egungun" Yoruba God of the ancestors and of hinting, with the traditional long plaited hair off to one side. ThSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Opon Ifa Divination TrayA carved wooden tray with raised face of Eshu and zoomorphic figures, linear designs with symbolic meaning. Such a tray is used by the babalawo (diviner) when seeking advice or faced with an illness.See Sold Price
Sold2021Eroded Old Yoruba Egungun African maskA eroded old dance crest for the Egungun dances with a classical large Yoruba head with typical coif and face painted in yellow with green designs; part of lower cowl deficient, not affecting the carvSee Sold Price
2021A Fine Old Yoruba Ibeji Idol, Ex Evan Maurer CollectionA Fascinating traditional carved wooden idol from the Yoruba peoples, Ijebu area - Ikorodu village (rare type). The Yoruba have one of the highest incidents of twin births in the world. As a result, tSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Yoruba Female Devotee with OfferingA tall carved wooden female effigy with a tall conical ceremonial cap and with a vessel in a offering posture. The figure has erosion and weathering suggesting age and field use. Yoruba peoples, NigerSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Fine Old Yoruba Female Sculpture Ex Fearing CollectionA carved wooden effigy of a female devotee of Shango, shown kneeling and accented with indigo dye in her coiffure and holding her breasts, with classic facial features and a deep well handled surfaceSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Old Yoruba Mask Ex Dr Brian HealyA carved wooden mask with a well handled surface and traditional incised linear designs to represent facial scars. Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Mask is small and measures 9 inches tall.See Sold Price
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