Two magical figures - D. R. Congo, Ubangi

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, wrapped in fabric, just the head remained free, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base; "phuungu" figures served as containers for protective magical power

wood, brown patina, rattan cord, the body entirely wrapped in fur and cloth, just the face remained free, spherical packages with magical loading attached on both sides and on the head (dam.), min. da

wood, metal, plant fibre, animal fur and horn, breakage (right arm), base Particularly remarkable about this figure are the magical paraphernalia, which are apparently still completely preserved. They

CONGO RDC Cute AZANDE Yanda Figure Pretty little sculpture, typical of its category, with very abstract shapes and the face cut in two parts The eyes are small glass beads, the torso is almost entirel

Title: ASE'A BEMBE Pre-Bembe Janus Amulet magical wood figure African tribal Art 1224 Additional Information: CONGO RDC KALUNGA: BEMBE Janus Amulet Cute "magical" janiform two-tone charm figurine Acco

wood, blackish brown patina, original repairs The stool shows two female and one male, respectively hermaphrodite caryatid figure with beard. The Songye share with the neighbouring Luba the same mythi

wood, encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, two-parted, base in shape of a bisected cylindre, upper part in form of a board-shaped figure with indicated facial features, min. dam., slight trace

(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

A group of two Central African objects. 20th century. ++ Teke style standing figure. 4" x 1" x 3/4" (figure); 3/4" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" (base). ++ Kuba style Mboom mask. D. R. Congo. 12 1/2" x 11" x 12".

Two DR Congo (Turumba, Lokele or Topoke) metal liganda currency; in the form of spears;; Provenance: (by repute) Acquired from Anna Isaacs Gallery, Beverly Hills; L: 69" (appro

16 Figur Teke, DR Kongo Gesockelt / with custom base Holz. H 21,5 cm Provenienz: Nachlass Sammlung Klaus Clausmeyer, Köln. (*1887; †1968) Persönliche Schutzfigur, welche das Gute förderte und das

A Hemba janus figure. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. 20th century. Wood. 12 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2". Condition: includes stand. Insect damage, cracks, and chipping present throughout

A TRIBAL YAKA FIGURE. DR Congo. 12cm x 9cm x 41cm

This mid to late 20th-century, 19" carved wood fetish figure is from the Kongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The torso is embedded with fetish bundles and impaled with nails.

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 12.5" Width: 3" Depth: 3.25" Weight: 1.25 lbs A beautiful standing female figure with arms on her abdomen. There is gorgeous diamond shaped carved d

DESCRIPTION: Wooden carved Kifwebe teaching figure, Songye, D.R. Congo. Wears customary costume for initiation ceremony: Blackened fiber strips attached to a row of holes on the bottom of the mask, a

DESCRIPTION: Lega Figure. Angular legs tapering to the torso with truncated arms, the sloping shoulders supporting the head with scooped, heart-shaped facial plane, notched mouth and coffee-bean eyes.

Western Pende wood and fiber Dancer figures, D.R. Congo, Central Africa, 20th C. Heights: 9.75 / 8.75 in.

A Pende maternity figure, D.R. Congo, depicting a mother with child on her hip and representing the fertility and the continuing lineage of the tribe, covered in red pigment and black, classically dis

Early 20th C. Kalebwe Type Songye Nkisi Figure. D.R. Congo. Wood with sheet and forged copper; brass tack and fiber. The figure shows disintegration and old insect damage, especially along the left si

Kongo Peoples, Nkisi fetish figure, DR Congo, carved and pigmented wood, glass, vegetable fiber, with attached fetish bundles, charge in belly, and glass eyes, 15"h

Katanga Peoples, (2) cross currencies and figure, DR Congo, copper alloy, (2) X-shaped cast ingot Katanga Crosses, together with a large wrapped forged iron human-shaped currency, 19"h (largest), 9"h

Hemba or Luba style figure, D.R. Congo, 20th century, depicted standing with hands on hips, 24.5"h

wood, kaolin, each mounted on base H: 17,5 cm / 19 cm, H: 6,9 inch / 7,5 inch Provenance: Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany