Sold2021Kota artist, Mbulu Ngulu (reliquary figure)Kota artist Mbulu Ngulu (reliquary figure) Gabon, c. 1940carved wood, metal, brass 15 h × 6 w × 2.5 d in (38 × 15 × 6 cm) Provenance: African Image GalSee Sold Price
Sold2020African Bakota Reliquary FigureAfrican Bakota Reliquary Figure, Gabon. Metal clad carved wood. Display Stand. Size: 28'' x 12.25'' x 3.5'' (71 x 31 x 9 cm). Height on stand: 31.5" (80 cm). Provenance: Sam Hilu. Ex Collection of BerSee Sold Price
Sold2021(3) African carved wood and metal artifacts(3) African carved wood and metal artifacts, Including (2) Marka style masks, Mail, with dimple decorated metal sheathing and fiber tassels, 10"l and 15"l; with a Kota style reliquary figure, Gabon, wSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Fang Reliquary Carved Wood FiguresAfrican Fang Reliquary Carved Wood Figures (3) items including a male having brass eyes and bead work along the top, stone beads wrapped around the waste and metal rings wrapped around the arms and anSee Sold Price
Sold2018Two Bakota Reliquary Figures.Two Bakota Reliquary Figures. Metal and wood figures. Mahongwe bete. Gabon, Central Africa. Together with a carved wood metal clad figure decorated with shells, possibly from Ghana Taller Reliquary HeSee Sold Price
Sold2020African Tribal Kota Reliquary FigureAn African tribal Kota Mahongwe reliquary figure. Gabon West Africa, early to mid 20th century. Woven brass strips create the face, wrapped brass and carved wood handle. Attached to a metal base. OverSee Sold Price
Sold2016African Tribal Kota Reliquary FigureAn African tribal Kota Mahongwe reliquary figure. Gabon West Africa, early to mid 20th century. Woven brass strips create the face, wrapped brass and carved wood handle. Attached to a metal base. OverSee Sold Price
Sold2017Group of Three Fang 'Eyema-O-Byeri'Group of three African Fang, Gabon carved wood eyema-o-byeri (reliquary figures); each seated; two wearing carved beaded necklaces; H: 26" (tallest, approx.)See Sold Price
Sold2023A Kota, Mahongwe, Gabon reliquary carved wood figureA Kota, Mahongwe, Gabon reliquary carved wood figure mounted with a band of hammered metal, overall 30"hSee Sold Price
Sold2017Two Fang 'Eyema-O-Byeri' FiguresTwo African Fang, Gabon/Cameroon carved wood eyema-o-byeri (reliquary figures); each standing with hands together at the waist; H: 25" (taller, approx.)See Sold Price
Sold2017Two Fang Carved Wood FiguresTwo African Fang, Cameroon/Gabon carved wood seated figures, including: female with beaded embellishment around her waist, with metal overlay eyes; together with seated male holding horn-like vessel;See Sold Price
Sold2022KOTA RELIQUARY FIGUREKOTA RELIQUARY FIGUREEarly 20th century, Gabon/Congo, Kota (Bakota) People. Central Africa, metal overlay on carved wood funerary figure. 20.25" heightSee Sold Price
Sold2021Fang Byeri reliquary box, Gabon, 27"hFang Byeri reliquary box, Gabon, mid 20th century, having a three dimensional carved figure with an elaborate coiffeur and a white face above a cylinder form lidded bark and wood vessel, 27.25"h x 10"See Sold Price
Sold2017Ex-Segy Kota Reliquary Figure35 Ex-Segy Kota Reliquary Figure Kota, Gabun H 35 cm. Bakota Mbulu Ngulu reliquary figure, Gabon, carved of wood and covered with sheets of copper and brass. Fan-shaped head with embellishments, wrappSee Sold Price
Sold2020Central African Fang Reliquary FigureCentral African Fang Ntumu Reliquary Figure, Carved wood. Display Stand. Size: 28.25'' x 7'' x 4.75'' (72 x 18 x 12 cm). Height on stand: 29.5" (75 cm). Provenance: Sam Hilu. Ex Collection of BernardSee Sold Price
Sold2023Fang Peoples Style, Reliquary Figure, Carved Wood, Gabonese Republic, Central AfricaFang peoples style, reliquary figure, carved wood, Gabonese Republic, Central Africa, 20th century. Approximate size 9.75"H. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2023Fang People Style, Reliquary Figure, Carved Wood, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Central AfricaFang people style, reliquary figure, carved wood, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, 20th century. Approximate size, 13.5"H. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New YorkSee Sold Price
Sold2017African Fang Reliquary Wood Figure, Gabon. The FanAfrican Fang Reliquary Wood Figure, Gabon. The Fang people were victims of the large transatlantic and trans-Saharan slave trade between the 16th and 19th century. They were stereotyped as cannibals bSee Sold Price
Sold2021African Fang Reliquary Guardian Figure, EquatorialAfrican Fang Reliquary Guardian Figure, Equatorial Guinea. Carved wood. On Included stand. Provenance: Old French Collection; Private Collection, NY. Size: 18'' x 5.25'' x 4.5'' (46 x 13 x 11 cm) HeigSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Fang Byeri Female Reliquary Guardian, Gabon, 35" Ht.African Fang Byeri Female Reliquary Guardian, Gabon. Carved wood, beads, feathers. Size: 35.5'' x 7'' x 6'' (90 x 18 x 15 cm); Height on Stand: 37" (94 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2020A Fang bellows, GabonA Fang bellows Gabon Carved wood, leather and metal, with v-shaped support leading to the pair of circular discs with central pipes for air flow, topped with an ancestor head, raised on a bespoke mounSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Kota Brass Mounted Wooden Reliquary FigureCentral African, Kota people of Gabon, carved wood reliquary figure of Bwete type, mounted with incised brass fittings depicting an anthropomorphic figure wearing a crescent moon shaped headdress, cirSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Kota Brass Mounted Wooden Reliquary FigureCentral African, Kota people of Gabon, carved wood reliquary figure of the Mohongwe type, mounted with repousse brass to depict an anthropomorphic figure, circa late nineteenth or early twentieth centSee Sold Price
Sold2021A GROUP OF THREE MAHONGWE COPPER AND METAL COVERED WOODA GROUP OF THREE MAHONGWE COPPER AND METAL COVERED WOOD RELIQUARY FIGURES, GABON, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, comprising one with rounded concave body centering a vertical panel with impressed lozenge patternSee Sold Price
Jun 02Global Auctions CompanyBakongo people Nkisi Nkondi fetish power figure hand carved wood metal shards$200
May 19Leonard Auction, a division of The Leonard CompanyAfrican Mask and Wood Sculpture Assortment$100(1 bid)
May 19Rich Penn AuctionsToy Model Fire Truck, carved wood & metal precision model by King Kovack 1989, signed underneath,$70(3 bids)