Yoruba Canine Kola Nut offering Container, African Art

A very finely carved lidded container with ornate and precise incised designs and a wonderful zoomorphic (canine) image on top as the lid. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The container measures

Old and high quality example of the Yoruba Tribal arts from Nigeria, Africa. This container features the form of a Rooster, with poly chrome feathers and a wonderful overall style. Such containers are

Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden offering bowl, perhaps a kola nut container, in the form of a bunny, from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, adorned wi

Kolanuss Behälter, "okwa oji" Igbo, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 21 cm. Ø 38,5 cm. Provenienz: - deutsche Privatsammlung, Berlin. - Galerie Walu, Zürich. CHF 300 / 600 EUR 258 / 516

A lovely and refined old wooden sculpture from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 14 7/8 inches tall x 6 inches front to back.Yoruba sculptors carved a variety of wooden containers t

Bamun kola nut offering bowl, Cameroon, Africa. Carved open work design with ancestral and reptile designs. Deep patina from handling, eroded base from exposure to the elements. Size: 12'' x 9'' x 9''

Vintage carved from a heavy dense piece of wood and featuring the image of a Yoruba female offering a Ram. Accented with blue indigo pigment with some raised and incised linear designs. Yoruba peoples

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Measu

Height: 24.25" Width: 8.75" Depth: 10.5" Weight: 7.5 lbs A beautiful Yoruba container featuring a male and female figure on the base and a rooster with a snake in its mouth on the lid.

A wonderfully wild example of a feast offering bowl or Kloa nut offering bowl from the Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. This aggressive and dramatic clay vessel features a wonderful stylized f

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 24" Width: 12" Depth: 13.5" Weight: 5.5 lbs An attractive divination container with one large figure holding the bowl with an infant on its back and

A Fine YORUBA "OLUMEYE" offering bowl, featuring an elegant carved wooden female figure shown kneeling with offering bowl and small child on her back, richly decorated with incised designs. Yoruba peo

A well weathered old carved wooden sculpture with painted black and red hair and lips, old nails driven into the base area and a layered surface suggesting offerings over time. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria

Gefäss Yoruba (?), Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 48 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1995). Nachlass Ernest Risch (1927-2015), Oberwil. Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 18

Schale mit Deckel, "apoti Ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. Ø 46 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Jean David, Basel (2001). "apoti Ifa" (auch "opon igede Ifa") g

Betelnuss-Behälter Indien Ohne Sockel / without base Bronze, Eisen. H 8 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlung wurden anlässlich mehrerer Reisen in den

4 Betelnuss-Behälter Burma Ohne Sockel / without base Silber, Bronze. H 4 - 6 cm. L 4,5 - 7,5 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlung wurden anlässlich

5 Betelnuss-Behälter Indien / Philippinen Ohne Sockel / without base Silber. L 8 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlung wurden anlässlich mehrerer Reis

5 Betelnuss-Behälter Indien / Philippinen Ohne Sockel / without base Silber. L 8 cm. Provenienz: - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel (1960er-Jahre in situ erworben). - Hammer Auktion 100, 28.04.202

3 Betelnuss-Behälter Philippinen / Buthan Ohne Sockel / without base Bronze, Silber, Horn, Türkis. H 4 - 9,5 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlung wur

5 Betelnuss-Behälter Kambodscha Ohne Sockel / without base Silber. H 4,5 - 15 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlung wurden anlässlich mehrerer Reisen

2 Betelnuss-Behälter Kambodscha Ohne Sockel / without base Silber. H 5,5 - 9,5 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlung wurden anlässlich mehrerer Reisen

Old and high quality example of the Yoruba Tribal arts from Nigeria, Africa. This container features the form of a Rooster, carved feathers and raised linear designs. Such containers are known as Ager

3 Kalkbehälter für Betelnüsse Laos / Kambodscha / Thailand (?) Ohne Sockel / without base Bronze. H 11,5 - 13 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Alle Objekte dieser Sammlu