African Wood Carving of Female Figure

2 African figural wood carvings, mother holding baby & female figure with vessel on head

DESCRIPTION: A Group of African wooden carvings feature the following: (1) African Yoruba Shang Staff H: 10.5" (1) African Senufo Seated Female Figure (Damage to Torso) H: 12" (2) African Fanti Fertil

African tribal ethnic woodcarving of a female witch doctor, the half-naked figure depicted with a painted face, widespread arms and legs, a dried grass skirt, and decorative cords, in black, white, an

Including, a dense wood carving of a standing female figure (h. 21 in.); a carving of a seated female; and a carving of a seated male

to include: a seated male with ritual scarification on face and upper body (17.5 in.); a Baule male, polychrome decoration, on square base (15.5 in. HOA); Janiform figure with two female faces above n

to include: a Senufo female totem raised on an integral base (15.25 in.) (chip to lower lip); male and female pair of standing figures decorated with beaded jewelry (13 in. and 11 in.) (drying cracks)

Elongated figures of a man and a woman, carved of fine-grained black wood, probably ebony. Male is initialed "YM" to base. Female is 12 3/4" in height.

Three of the items are identified- there is a Mossi Mask from the Ivory Coast, a Goli face sculpture from the Ivory Coast, and a Dogon female from Mali. The other two pieces are a 21" male figure and

African fertility stick carving from one piece of wood, male and female figures inter-twined at top of sculpture, and another female figure near base of stick. Size: 43 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

African tribal figures, Nigeria. Comprising a Yoruba female Shango staff carving / dance wand, together with a carved female figure, kneeling and holding a vessel in offering. Both vividly pigmented a

A PAIR OF VINTAGE AFRICAN CARVINGS, BAULE COUPLE, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, MID 20TH CENTURY, carved wood, a content male and female "spirit" figures, each with bun hair and curling ox horns; the male with

Predominantly Nigerian region, Yoruba style including a pair of female Ibeji twin figures with beaded and cowrie shell decorative details. Various wood figures with carved geometric motifs and scarifi

Baga people, Guinea. Full figure representation of the male counterpart of the female Nimba. This is an uncommon carving of a male figure wearing af female Nimba head. Carved wood, stained black with

MENDE WOOD FEMALE FIGURE, YASSI SOCIETY, REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE, H 20 1/2", W 8":Carved with a crested coiffure, neck rings, and hands folded below a swollen abdomen. Probably antique--circa 1900. P

Sierra Leone; Minde Tribe. A wood female ancestor figure of stylized form. Old auction tag under custom base. 19.25" (48 cm) Willis Henry Auction, 1980's.

AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF A PREGNANT FEMALE AND A ZOOMORPHIC FIGURE OF AN IBIS, the female figure with knotted coiffed pig-tails, full-breasted with extended belly, the stylized Ibis stands erect

African, Cote d'Ivoire Baule Wood Female figure. Size 13 5/8 inches high. A Carved wood female figure standing with big breast both hands on her belly. PAINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE. Provenance: EX: Seym

An African Tribal carved wood seated female figureSenufo, Ivory Coastheight 23 1/2in (58.5cm); width 5 1/4in (13.5cm); depth 5 3/4in (14.5cm) Provenance:Property from the Collection of Frederic Littma

incised decoration simulating tattoos, clad in an elaborately beaded skirt, additional beads around neck, left wrist and ankles. 32 in.

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A female Ere Ibeji figure, hand carved to represent the female member of a pair deceased twins, adorned with incised markings represent

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early 19th to late 20th century CE. A lovely female shrine figure that is hand-carved from hardwood an

Two African carved wood female figures, of differing cultures, including: seated, likely Tabwa, Democratic Republic of the Congo figure with hands raised above head; together with standing probably Ba

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early 19th to late 20th century CE. A lovely female shrine figure that is hand-carved from hardwood and presents with a stylized cyl

WEST AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FEMALE FIGURE West African carved wood figure, adorned with relief carved beads, anklets, scarification, and tattoos. Size: 54.5"