Ancient African Bankoni Effigy Vessel Zoomorph Head

**Originally Listed At $1000** Inland West Africa, southern Niger and eastern Mali, Bankoni culture, ca. 15th century CE. A rare hand-built terracotta vessel of a large, spherical form with a protrudi

Inland West Africa, southern Niger and eastern Mali, Bankoni culture, ca. 12th to 15th century CE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of a large, spherical form with textured surfaces and a protruding col

A Tiahuanaco Llama head effigy vessel, Bolivia, c. AD 200 - 800, with nicely modeled features - large eyes and open mouth, details dark brown black slip contrasting nicely with orange and red-orange s

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, a

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with pierced eyes and a slit mouth, a slightly raised no

Africa, Mali/Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with coffee bean shaped eyes and mouth, the right ear deli

(lot of 4) Indigenous style stone objects, possibly West African, including zoomorph vessels with one surmounted by a monkey head set with a stylzied beak mouth, together with a stylized cat, and a ca

Kopf (Gefässdeckel ?), "kronkronbua" Koma-Bulsa, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 15,5 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1986). Publiziert: René und Denise David (1987). Komaland.

2 Pfeifenköpfe, 3 Behälter und 1 Gefässeckel Ohne Sockel / without base Terrakotta. H 6 - 6,5 cm. Provenienz: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf. ------

A Costa Rican Central Highland/Nicoya effigy vessel, c. AD 1000 - 1550, in the form of a stylized human head with three hollow tripod legs with rattles and beautifully decorated with geometric devices

A Jalisco Black-ware effigy vessel, West Mexico, Early Classic Period, c. 300 - 100 BC, round bodied with a humanoid head on the spout and arms on the shoulder, raised decoration opposite the arms. A

A nice Mayan ceramic Monkey effigy vessel with pedestal, c. AD 550 - 900, round-bodied with a small monkey head applied to the rim, long arms applied to the globular body and a single strap handle. Th

A pair of cute Colima black-ware effigy vessels, West Mexico, c. 100 BC - AD 200, the first in the form of a seated figure wearing a turban-style headdress, hands at sides of head and the body of the

Sierra Leone, circa 1000 - 1500 C.E. Seated stone Pomdo figure with vessel on its head, mounted on a wood base. H. of figure without base 19 cm (7 1/2 in) Provenance: Lippel Gallery, Montreal

**Originally Listed at $300** New lower price! Africa, Nigeria, Katsina style, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. This is a terracotta head with long features and no chin; the eyes are holes, as are the nose and

Two pieces of ancient Pre-Columbian artifacts comprising one bird head stone bust sculpture and one ceramic pottery redware handled bird form effigy vessel or cup, both mounted on wood stands. Vase: 4

A Carved wooden female effigy with a most unusual four headed form, with burden vessel on top, each head supported by the false chin and stylized raffia collar, shown kneeling with a highly stylized f

A 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). T

**First Time At Auction** Africa, Nigeria, Dakakari culture, ca. 1850 to 1920 CE. A terracotta ritual libation vessel - a female human effigy with an abstract, elongated head that conjures transformat

This is an ancient relic dating from the 14th to 15th century, Mali, West Africa. Artifacts from the little understood Bankoni culture are discovered such as this kneeling female with head tilted back

A rare and fascinating relic of a anthropomorphic sculpture from the Bankoni Culture, Mali. The remains of a statue with head arched back , eternally gazing at the heaves, mouth open in a dramatic fas

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Janus head lid on large bodied pot. 23 1/2" tall. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. The first were fou

A remarkable ancient stone idol with classic treatment to the head and face, incised design, wonderful form. A very rare relic from Southwest Niger, Western Africa. This stone was carved by the Bura A

(lot of 7) African decorative items including two D.R. Congo style clay figural vessels, each surmounteed with a male head with an open mouth and sculpted with zoomorph figures; Gabon reliquary guardi