Early 20th C. Yoruba Painted Wood Figure of Priest

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden funerary statue of a highly-stylized anthropomorphic form. The figure stands

**Originally Listed At $300** East Asia, China, Republican Era, early 20th century CE. A skillfully carved and finely painted wooden standing figure - perhaps an auspicious household deity or a shaman

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably New Ireland, ca. early 20th century CE. A large wooden carving of a large head above a smaller head, both with round, staring eyes. In

**Originally Listed At $275** West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. A hand-carved wooden twin Ibeji figure, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorubaland (spanning

Late 19th/early 20th century The polychrome painted carved wood standing figure holding aloft a fruit basket 38.75" H x 17.5" W x 10.5" W

**Originally Listed At $300** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male "ere ibeji" figure, most likely from Oshogbo or the Igbomina region of Yorub

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. A hand-carved, dramatic wood colonial figure of a man wearing a pith helmet and bandoliers riding a horse. Extensive details abound, from w

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A tall wooden statue in the style of the palace of Ikere, where all sculptures were made by Olowe of Ise in the first few decade

* A Yoruba Wood Figure nigeria, late 19th/early 20th century with traces of blue pigment throughout. Height 14 1/2 inches. Estimate $ 200-300 The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to Ben

late 19th / early 20th century; painted wood; each mounted to a later painted wooden base; possibly architectural fragments 33 x 10 x 11 in. (83.8 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm.)

Two Yoruba "Ere Ibeji" carved wood figures with cowrie shell garmentLate 19th/early 20th century; Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, AfricaAppears unmarkedTwin female statuettes held within a leather carrying b

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a

Noah's Ark set with one hundred twenty-one animals/figures, early 20th c. Grass, painted wood Unmarked Ark: 10" x 19 1/2" x 7"

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th c. CE. A matching pair of deceased female twin figures, known as Ibeji, most likely from Osogbo or the Igbomina region

Late 19th/Early 20th Century German Noah's Ark. Over 70 carved and painted wood animal figures. 10-1/2"h. x 21-1/2"l. Condition: Good, cloth hinges on roof are torn, several animals have broken and mi

Nigeria, Ogoni people, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a very intriguing cane wood mask from the Ogoni people, made to be worn atop the head, in the form of a transformative human/bird figure. The

**Originally Listed At $350** Native American, Southwestern United States, Hopi Pueblo, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood kachina doll with a cotton scarf around the neck and

The flat back, carved wood figure has surface and original polychrome paint and gilt decoration, nice detail, quality and patina. Measures 34.5 inches in length. We happily provide seamless in-house p

Naughty Novelty Figure, painted wood man in formal dress with top hat; a surprise arises when you lift him up, 5"h, circa early 20th C. CONDITION: Small wood chip on corner rim of top hat.

A Gilt Bronze Figure of a Reclining Woman Late 19th/Early 20th Century raised on a painted wood plinth. Height of bronze 10 3/4 x length 17 3/8 inches; height overall 13 3/8 inches.

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An impressive and intricate ceremonial reliquary figure carved from wood and ornamented in glass be

2nd-3rd quarter 20thC. Standing male with left hand holding face staff. Has some wood erosion and beetle holes (not active), with a repaired left arm and hand. Holes drilled through feet show possible

Mexican carved and painted wood Holy Infant of Atocha figure, early 20th c., depicting the Christ child seated on a throne with an empty pail and drinking gourd, encased in a wood shrine with painted

Late 19th / early 20th C. Meiji period Japanese painted lacquer over wood 15 1/2" (height) x 12" (length) x 6" (width) seated Immortal figure that sits onto a fitted wood base. CONDITION: Crack & loss