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Category: African Art

A Rare Baule Granary Door with Creature Motifs

  Late 19th/early 20th C; Baule society, Ivory Coast.  44″x 23″ The Baule granary doors are important aspects of architecture…

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Rare Tribal Pygmy Bed

  Attribute to 20th Century; Western Grasslands, Cameroon, Babanki style.  Size: 63″ L x 18″ W x 12″ H. The…

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A Rare Fang Betsi Reliquary Guardian Head

Fang, Gabon; wood, brass.  Size: 11″ h, 6″ w, 5.25″ d. In Gabon and other African subculture, reliquary figures are…

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Rare Seated Babanki-Tungo Figure on a Stool

Western Grassland, Cameroon 31” h, 18” w, 23” d This northern kingdom is known to be a “society of princes”…

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A Dogon Tellem Sculpture

Dogan-Mali; wood, matter-encrusted patina, could be close to 100 years old. Most of the African wood carvings in the West,…

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Rare Pair of Marka Bronze-Plated Helmet Masks

Northwest Mali Wood with dark patina, brass sheeting The Marka, subgroup of the Mande people who live along the Niger…

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Bronze Mahongwe-Kota Reliquary Figures

Eastern Gabon/Western reaches of the Congo The Kota tribe practices an ancestral cult known as ‘Bwete’ that was at the…

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Seated Baule Female Figure with Twins

Late 19th Century; Ivory Coast/Ghana 27¼” h. 9” w. 10” d. Twin births are highly symbolic and are considered to…

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Punu Face Mask (Okuyi)

Punu/Lumbo , Gabon This “Okuyi” mask, a variant of the “white masks of Ogowe”, originates from the Punu/Lumbo in southwest…

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A Rare Pende (Kwilu) Mask in Shape of a Female Figure

Wood, black, red  and white pigments Democratic Republic of Congo The Pende people of the Democratic Republic of Congo are…

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