A Rare Old Metoko Wooden Stool Ex. J Hautelet

A very old and rare carved wooden stool with multiple legs and two large disc shapes for the base and seat. From the Metoko or Lengola peoples, Congo, Africa. The stool measures 15.5 x 7 inches. The S

A carved wooden stool featuring a finely carved ancestor head that would act as a handle, incised designs, and a golden honey colored surface patina suggesting great use and handling over many years.

A carved wooden post with weathered surface and old inventory numbers painted on the bottom. The exact use of these posts is not clearly understood. It is believed that such object are used in initiat

A rare old wooden magic fetish with a well handled surface and strong visual presence. Luba or Kusu peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The sculpture has been custom mounted and measures 6.25 inches

A rare old carved wooden sculpture of a highly stylized female effigy holding her infant child, presumably a fertility idol. The sculpture has some raised scar designs stylized coiffure, shown seated

This is a Rare and important Metoko carved wooden and painted figure with highly stylized form and facial features. Statues of this type adorned the graves of dignitaries of the "Bukota", a secret soc

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 rare Luba or Kalanga carved wooden Staff top with metal ( aluminum) wrapped areas to protect the staff, what remains is stable. The staff top has extensive wear and erosion and is likely a late

A finely carved old wooden mask with raffia grass headdress still attached. The mask features the classic heavy lidded eyes, deep facial scars as well as a well handled surface suggesting years of fie

Rare and old Bamana Tchiwara society shrine figure, a carved wooden shrine idol with incised scar designs and shown wearing a carved antelope headdress. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The figure would

A small carved wooden idol in classic form, embellished with animal horn and incised linear designs. Mounted to simple wooden base , the idol measures 4 inches tall ( 5 inches on base) . Songye people

A Fine and Rare Lengola or Metoko Mask, carved wood with incised circular designs accented with kaolin clay pigments and obvious signs of field use. The mask measures 14.75 x 8 inches. A metal display

This is a very rare and impressive old carved wooden stool , with tall carved ancestor sculpture back rest, incised designs and open work legs. This stool collected in Tanzania by Professor Charles Bo

A carved wooden pair of tribal made sandals with incised designs and obvious signs of use and wear over many years. The sandals measure 12 inches long. Provenance: Leonard kahan Gallery, New York.

This is a very rare fragment of a very old wooden stool from the Kayan Dayak Ethnic group. This remanant of a stool with an ancestral figure as support appears to have weathered outdoor patina, may ha

A Very Rare Old carved wooden Cross River dance crest with stylized female form, ornate decorative appendages and areas of weathered organic pigments. The dance crest measures 23 x 16 inches on its cu

A very rare Old carved wooden reliquary head from the Byeri Cult of the Fang peoples, Gabon, Africa. Among the fang peoples figurative sculptures were produced for the ancestor cult, or "Byeri," which

A very rare old carved wooden mask in disc shape with various mineral pigments and geometric designs. The mask shows extensive handling and wear suggesting many years of traditional Use. Eket ethnic g

A very rare carved wooden idiophone two rectangular slots carved into a barrel like drum form and two zoomorphic heads on a four legged form. Bangwa peoples, Cameroon, Africa. The drum measures 25.5 i

A very rare old carved wooden harp (Body). The Harp is missing its neck and strings. Anthropomorphic arch harps with the neck emerging from the body of the instrument have a very limited distribution

A rare old carved wooden face mask with kaolin clay painted surface accented with reddish and orange clay pigments. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa.The mask measures 9 x 6 ( 10.5 inches tall on simple d

A rare old carved wooden female effigy with wonderfully stylized coiffure,painted black and white sections, carved wooden wrap skirt ,bent legs and hands to abdomen, raised scars and wonderful form. G

A Rare Old carved wooden mask known as a "Tundu" mask which represents a disabled person. The mask measures 10 x 9.25 inches. A metal display stand can also be included for an additional $40.00. Pende

This is a very rare old carved wooden maskette , a miniature version of a Banda mask, a flat helmet style mask worn atop the head. This mask shows plenty of handling and wear and is a genuine old exam