FINE & EARLY AFRICAN FERTILITY FIGURE, CENTRAL CONGO

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yaka peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine and hand-carved wooden shrine figure from the Yaka people of central Afr

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A large, hand-carved wooden human male figure, with hands on knees and enormous feet, standing atop a rounded piece

**Originally Listed At $125** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine seated figural statue, hand-carved from hard wood, depicting a fetish

An exceptional early African Fetish Figure, Bakongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, formally the Congolese country of Zaire. A Nkisi power figure, carved and heavily embellished as for a Shamum's oracl

Caryatid neckrest Luba peoples D.R.Congo, Central Africa Early-mid 20th century Wood with blackened surface and shiny patina Dims: In very fine condition with old, slightly abraded areas along the hig

Hand carved Bakongo Kneeling Fertility Figure From Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa | Kneeling female figure with hands on both knees. Her mouth is open, wearing customary hair / hea

A beautiful vintage wood sculpture from the Congo / DRC , central Africa. Carved from a hard, heavy wood with an overall reddish tone , this serene image of a female ancestor shown with hand to face a

A carved wooden male effigy with a most unusual pose, with the hands covering his ears and a deep well handled surface patina. Kuba peoples, Congo, central Africa. The figure measures 11 inches tall.C

A Songye Wood Power Figure  Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo Height 25 5/16 inches (64.4 cm). Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted in 2001

A Bena Lulua Wood Standing Female Figure Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo Height 31 5/16 inches (80 cm). Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted i

Described By:Rachel CNX 1367 6062 Title:Carved Fertility Statue Songye Central West African Ghana Congo Zaire 1960s Collection No 3 Description: African fertility statues often depict a woman holding

Hemba Ancestral Post Top Figure, République Démocratique du Congo, early 20th c., retaining the top of the post, on a museum stand. 28 1/2" tall overall. Good condition.

Mangbetu style fertility carving, wood, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Dimensions (approx.): 21" x 7.5" x 6" PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely elder female figure hand-carved from hard wood. The female pre

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lulua (also Luluwa) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved male power figure that stands on two thick legs wi

**Originally Listed At $750** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figurine used for ceremonial performances in order to teac

Poto (or Ngala, Ngombe) Sword - Congo Early-Mid 20th Century, Original Iron, wood. The sword measures 21 inches long. Congo, central Africa.

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba (Bushoong) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful statue of an "ndop" (literally meaning "statue"), hand-carved from a single piece of h

Persia / Middle East, Saudi Arabia, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE; Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine collection of two iron and wo

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, Nkutshu subgroup, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine dagger attached to a tapering wooden handle with a fla

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bassikassingo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved standing male ancestral figure known as a "misi." The figure has a stocky, lightly-rou

A carved wooden image of an ancestor figure on the back of a tortoise. Such figures were likely carved as curio's for early travelers. Kongo peoples, DRC / Congo, central Africa.This is an antique exa

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, Bwami society, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare and remarkable hand-carved wood figure known as an iginga - a generic Lega

**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