A Yoruba Ogboni Figure

Figur aus dem Ogboni-Bund Yoruba, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Gelgguss. H 17 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich, vor 1992. Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 300 Jahre (+/-20 %). Das Wohlergehe

Sitzende männliche Figur Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Gelbguss. H 22 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1999). Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 180 Jahre (+/-20 %). Das Wohle

OGBONI YORUBA CAST BRONZE THREE-HEADED FIGURETypewritten label on underside of wooden base indicates it is a fertility symbol of the "Ogboni Yoruba Secret Society".Height 7". Width 5".

Sitzende mänliche Figur Yoruba-Ijebu, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Gelbguss. H 16 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Das Wohlergehen der Yoruba-Gemeinschaft wird und wurde durch

Sitzende weibliche Figur Yoruba-Ijebu, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Gelbguss. H 19 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Das Wohlergehen der Yoruba-Gemeinschaft wird und wurde durch

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, Ogboni society, 19th century CE. A pair of iron staffs in abstract but recognizable human form. Each figure has a stylized face with long, braided hair, elongated

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Nigeria, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A squat cast-bronze seated figure with an integral circular base. Its legs are wrapped around the bottom of

A pair of Brass and iron figures attached to each other with a hand made chain. The bronze was melted over two iron spikes. Pairs of these brass figures are commissioned whenever a new member is induc

A group of four West African objects. 20th century. ++ Nigerian style brass figure. 6" x 2 1/4" x 2" (figure); 1" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" (base). ++ Yoruba Ogboni Society brass staves (pair). 9" x 1" x 1" (

A Finely cast bronze staff with kneeling anthropomorphic figure on top wearing a ceremonial crown and holding a pair of staff. The Edan Ogboni is used by Ogboni Cult members as a Symbol of Membership

A pair of Yoruba brass Edan rods, Ogboni Nigeria, a male and female with a long metal rod below each figure, originally linked together by the chain hanging from the male, mounted on a wood base. ht.

**Originally Listed At $350** West African, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. This is a bronze figure with a clay core, created by the Yoruba people. Created for the Ogboni, a men's soci

A pair of cast bronze figures known as "Edan" by the Ogboni society, and is said to resemble the Yoruba deity Onile, the owner of the earth, who takes on both male and female forms. Yoruba peoples, Ni

SItzende Figur Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Gelbguss. H 18,5 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1999). - Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 220 Jahre (+/-20 %). CHF 800 / 1 200

A finely cast bronze double edan staff piece, used by the Ogboni or Oshugbo, one of the most prominent Yoruba religious cult societies, which worships the owner of the earth, Onile. The prime function

African Yoruba Ogboni Antelope Mask. Carved wood. Size: 21'' x 6'' x 5'' (53 x 15 x 13 cm). Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. The brass handle with a seated woman or impaled holding her breasts and with a coni

Figur Yoruba, Nigeria vermutl. Yemi Bisiri († 1969) Ohne Sockel / without base Gelbguss. H 21,5 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Weiterführende Literatur: Beier, Ulli (1963).

This is a very rare old and fascinating bronze vessel from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Cast bronze with a highly stylized face and some hanging accouterments, the vessel has a well worn and w

10.5" H.

A group of two Yoruba Ogboni brass staffs. Nigeria, West Africa. 20th century. ++ 11 1/8" x 2 1/2" x 2". Condition: includes stand. Minimal verdigris throughout. ++ 21 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2". Conditio

African Yoruba Ogboni Society ceremonial sword with fine brass figural handle from 19th century or earlier, Nigeria. Blade in very bulbous extremely wide form with several pierced holes and a wide wav

32 Figur, "ibeji" Yoruba (Oyo), Nigeria Holz. H 30 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Über Zwillinge wurde schon immer gerätselt: Vergöttert oder verteufelt, in Legenden und

Sitzende männliche Figur der Yoruba, "onile" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Weissmetall. H 12,5 cm. Provenienz: Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen. Das Wohlergehen der Yoruba-G