Sold2020Unusual Blade Magic fetish from Burkina Faso, Ex CernicTall carved wooden effigy with numerous iron blades inserted into the fetish and it is bound with some type of rope, and the entire fetish covered in sacrificial matter. Unknown Ethnic group, collecteSee Sold Price
Sold2015Old LOBI TI PUO Magic Fetish, Shrine idol, African ArtTall Impressive Lobi Ti Puo Magic fetish from the LOBI of Burkina Faso, West Africa. carved wooden idol with traditional rasied hand thought to deflect magic spells, witchcraft and Illness, a protectiSee Sold Price
Sold2015Lobi Magic fetish, Shrine Idol leg with Human headCarved wooden magic fetish from the Lobi of Burkina faso, West Africa. Wooden idol in the form of a human leg with ancestral face and head atop the bent leg. A powerful example of African Art and magiSee Sold Price
Sold2024Encrusted Lobi Magic FetishA carved wooden shrine idol encrusted with offerings and organic matter. A Bateba Thil Phuwe or spirit idol, Lobi Peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The sculpture measures 16 inches tall. Provenance:See Sold Price
Sold2023A Kusu Magic Gourd Rattle Fetish Ex Simmons CollectionA unusual carved wooden magic power idol embedded into a Gourd and embellished with beads, seeds, goat horns, bells and various woven fibers. Kusu peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The gourd fetishSee Sold Price
Sold2024Early 20thC Burkina Faso Bobo Fetish African Tribal Power StatueCa. first quarter to first half 20th, This scarce wood, metal and string Ko-Diougou figurine remains in apparently complete condition having all metal blades intact, along with the complete protectiveSee Sold Price
Sold2023Archaic Bamana Mask Ex Leonard Kahan GalleryA very unusual carved wooden mask with thick encrusted surface, raised geometric forms on the forehead and overall stylized features. Eastern Bamana peoples, near the Bobo of Burkina Faso, West AfricaSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Lobi Bateba Shrine Idol Ex Banks collectionA carved wooden bateba Thil with extended arms and unusual treatment to the overall form. Lobi peoples, Burkina faso, West Africa. The Figure measures 24 x 14 inches. Provenance: The Robert Banks collSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Old Mumuye Shrine Figure Ex Cernic Collection, NYCA very bold and striking carved wooden fetish with inset glass eyes surrounded by abrus seeds and kaolin clay , a red painted anthropomorphic design on the chest, red paint on the lips and magic materSee Sold Price
Sold2018A Tall Old Bobo Fetish Post with 4 Faces, African ArtThis is a very tall and unusual carved wooden marker post with four strong mask like faces , cowrie shells and sacrificial matter, accented with linear designs. Bobo peoples, Burkina faso, West AfricaSee Sold Price
Sold2023Exceedingly Rare Dan Magic Fetish Ex William Siegmann 1960sA very rare wooden vessel with spirit mask face above vessel adorned with textiles, cowrie shells and mirrors, likely some type of divination object, and included is a wooden carved pointer object. DaSee Sold Price
Sold2020Songye Nkisi Magic fetish Ex Robert Banks collectionThe Songye people called upon supernatural forces which they believed could be contacted and manipulated in their favor through power sculptures known as "Nkisi". The Songye regarded the wood figure aSee Sold Price
2020A Rare Old Kusu Magic fetish Ex G. Galinier, FranceA carved wooden idol with brass inset eyes and small animal horn on top to act as a "magic" charge to empower the idol. Such figures were considered mediums to the spirit world. The figure measures 14See Sold Price
Sold2021Very fine Songye Miniature Magic Fetish Ex Levitt Coll.A carved wooden fetish idol "N'kishi" in traditional form, adorned with glass beads, animal horn and woven grass skirt. Such idols were commissioned by the village shaman or "Nganga" who assembled theSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Teke Butti Magic fetish Ex Kahan Gallery, Ex Levitt CollectionA carved wooden idol known as a "Butti" which was thought to have been used for healing and personal empowerment. Teke peoples, DRC / Congo, Africa. The idol measures 10.25 inches tall ( 11.5 in displSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Yaka janus Form Magic fetish Ex Duponscheel, Ex HalletA Classic carved wooden janus form Magic fetish with traditional bundles adorned with feathers, woven textile and carved ceremonial cap atop a male and female idol. Yaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central ASee Sold Price
Sold2019A Very Rare Bakongo Magic fetish Ex Jean Pierre HalletA Very rare and interesting old Bakongo figure, a magic fetish idol from a shrine. Bakongo peoples, Congo, central Africa. A very Rare type ,well carved. - Ex. Jean Pierre Hallet, La Jolla, CA. The feSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Nkanu Magic Fetish Ex Emerson WoelferA carved wooden Janus style Magic fetish object embellished with textile and shell bundle around the torso containing unknown magic elements. Nakanu peoples, DRC / Congo, central Africa. A Yaka relateSee Sold Price
Sold2017Old Songye N'kisi Magic fetish sculpture - Ex SimpsonCarved wooden male idol with small antelope horn atop of traditional ancestor idol. Such objects were used during magic ritual as a medium to the spirit world. Adorned with glass beads and animal hideSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Songye Nkisi Magic fetish Idol Ex Lippel Gallery 1980A very Fine \"Nkisi\" magic fetish idol with metal studs embedded into the face and hand hammered metal plates set as a crown around the head, a metal and animal hide collar adorn the sculpture as welSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fon Magic Fetish Horn Ex Simmons collectionA ritual implement made from an animal horn and embellished with a carved wooden spirit idol bound to the horn with textiles and natural fibers, beads, bones and organic material , covered in blood saSee Sold Price
Sold2016Toussian Helmet maskBurkina Faso, 19", ex Princeton, NJ collection; Yale GVR #133259,an impressive fully realized sculpture with multiple projections that entertain the eye from all directions. A well used example of a rSee Sold Price
Sold2024Songye N'kisi Magic fetish with Field Photo in Situ Ex Hallet CollectionA Songye N'kisi Magic fetish pictured in a 1960's Field Photograph from the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire ( Institute of the National Museum of Zaire ) of the very same actual fetish is useSee Sold Price
Sold2022Mossi helmet mask, ex-Sotheby's, ex-museumMossi helmet mask, ex-Sotheby's, ex-museum, 20th c., Burkina Faso, therianthropomorphic human face with the powerful attributes of an antelope and bird, human nose and forward-facing eyes, carved woodSee Sold Price
Jun 08Simpson Galleries, LLC.A WEST AFRICAN BOBO CLAN OR LINEAGE TOTEM PLANK MASK, BURKINA FASO, MID 20TH CENTURY$200
Jun 07Ethnika Home Decor & AntiquesAfrican Shrine Lobi Male Figure Bateba - Burkina Faso - 17" In. High$200
Jun 07Ethnika Home Decor & AntiquesAfrican Life Size Crocodile Nuna Bobo - Burkina Faso - 78" In. Long$450
Jun 07Ethnika Home Decor & AntiquesAfrican Bobo Bird Dance Mask Helmet Burkina Faso 26.5" In. High$100
Jun 07Ethnika Home Decor & AntiquesAfrican Horizontal Butterfly Mask - Burkina Faso - 77.5" In. Wide$400
Jun 08Simpson Galleries, LLC.A WEST AFRICAN KPELIÉ "BEAUTY AND GRACE" MASK, SENUFO, MALI, BURKINA FASO, IVORY COAST,$50
Jun 08Simpson Galleries, LLC.A WEST AFRICAN PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD CROCODILE MASK, BOBO, BURKINA FASO, MID/LATE 20TH CENTURY$200
3 days LeftHAMMER AUKTIONEN, African, Tribal, Oceanic & Asian ArtA Lobi Figure, "bùthìb kòpèma"CHF 50(3 bids)
4 days LeftHAMMER AUKTIONEN, African, Tribal, Oceanic & Asian ArtA Gan Iron Miniature FigureCHF 25(2 bids)
4 days LeftHAMMER AUKTIONEN, African, Tribal, Oceanic & Asian Art11 Fulani Women Hair BeadsCHF 5(1 bid)