African Fon Clay Shrine Mask, Benin

African Fon Clay Shrine Mask, Benin. Baked clay, cowrie shells, metal. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 8'' x 9'' x 6'' (20 x 23 x 15 cm); Height on stand: 11" (28 c

African Fon Terracotta Shrine Figure, Benin. Anthropomorphic pseudo vessel altar piece with snake motif. Ex NY collection. Size: 26'' x 10'' x 9'' (66 x 25 x 23 cm).

African Fon Shrine Figure Couple, Benin. Carved wood figures facing one another and encompassed by plant fiber, cord with metal lock. On base. Size: 7.5'' x 4'' x 2.5'' (19 x 10 x 6 cm).

West African figural fetish post from a shrine, probably of the Fon people, Benin/Togo, whose religion is Voudun, the origin of voodoo, anthropomorphic, the face and chest extremely smooth and patinat

Fon bocchio figure from Benin, Africa.Carved in wood, depicting a female with hands held in front, face with large round eyes.Measures 24 inches on a professional custom mount

A very rare and fascinating miniature Bwa shrine maskette of an antelope. Carved wooden with energetic incised designs accented with kaolin clay pigments. The mask measures 11.5 inches tall ( 14.75 in

Hollow with open base. Of the type called kronkronbali, ('children of earlier times'.) Togo or Benin. Minor repairs. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected thro

A Carved wooden maskette , likely hung on a shrine. A highly stylized female face embellished with incised geometric designs accented with various colors of kaolin clay pigment. The Ijaw believed in s

Fon people, Togo/Benin, West Africa, the ultimate fertility fetish, phallus-shaped wood, the lower part showing evidence of partial burial in an earthen shrine, the original source of the religion Vou

Carved wood mask with deformed facial features as made. These type of masks were called Mbagu. Retain original bicolor pigmentation. 16 1/2'' tall

African light-colored clay hanging mask with long braided grass beard. Condition report: Good condition, no issues, please examine all photos closely. Contact C. Biddle Auction Gallery for more detail

West African, Fon / Benin carved wood standing female figure having white neck beads and articulated arms on a custom iron stand. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Elizabeth Cross, Lawrencevi

wood, encrusted patina/sacrificial traces, cowrie shells, glass beads, iron, base H: 41,5 cm, H: 16,3 inch Provenance: Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany Lit.: Schoffel, Serge, Vodoun Fon, Brussels 201

Benin Fon Power figure, 19th/20th century, a magic fetish figure with encrusted patina, having two wrapped cords, one attaching a small vessel or container, possibly Keaka people but probably Fon peop

African Yoruba clay shrine bust, 19th Century, Bongo Sudan, executed in sun-dried clay with empowering metal, a stylized 'art brut' simplistic rustic form with a highly textured surface, made for use

Reserve Reduced! Antique Gelede dance Mask, Benin - Nigeria, Yoruda Interesting and imposing dance mask (masquerades) from Benin, depicting a face surmounted by a life scene. Two articulated figures g

wood, brown patina, legless cylindrical lower part of the body completely wrapped in plant fiber cord, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base H: 10,5 cm, H: 4,1 inch Provenance: Zemanek-Münster,

Africa, Katsina, modern day Nigeria, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. This is a wonderfully (almost)-complete hollow clay shrine figure with a metal bracelet around one wrist. The face is expressive, with a lar

wood, encrusted patina, remains of pigments, in form of an anthropomorphic head, the forehead wrapped with encrusted cord and fabric with several padlocks attached, metal objects and wooden sticks ins

A rare carved wooden Kumu mask with pedestal like form which suggests this may have served as a type of altar fetish or shrine object. Kumu peoples, Congo / DRC , central Africa. Provenance: Field col

Western Africa, Republic of Benin, Fon peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden effigy figure depicting a highly stylized simian creature in a seated position with legs crossed

Two African Fon Staffs, Benin, Early 20th Century. Provenance: ex Eric Roberston Gallery, NYC. Size: 1) 14'' x 5'' x 1.5'' (36 x 13 x 4 cm); 2) 19'' x 8.25'' x 1.25'' (48 x 21 x 3 cm).

African Fon Figure, Benin. Carved wood, rope and bead decoration. Provenance: James Willis Tribal Art, San Francisco; Allan Stone Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 2003). Size: 8'' x 2.75'

wood, glass bead necklace, arm- and legless body, almost completely covered with cloth and strings of cowrie snails, coated with encrusted sacrificial matters, min. dam., small missing parts (cowrie s