Native American & Tribal Art

Two Boni neck rests Somalia, each with curving pillow above twin supports, and a rounded base, with incised decorations. ht. 7 1/2, wd. 6 1/4, ht...

A Mende Bundu helmet mask Sierra Leone, from the Sante society, of typical form, the mask with a finely incised coiffure encircling the upper port...

A Mende Bundu helmet mask Sierra Leone, from the Sante society, of typical form, the mask with a finely incised coiffure encircling the upper port...

A Bamana female figure Of overall broad proportions, the rounded hips beneath a flaring abdomen and low breasts, the shelf-like shoulders beneath ...

A Bamana door lock, Mali The lock etched with a geometric design, with a standing female figure above, with elongated arms to the abdomen and meta...

A small Dogan torso Mali, the Tellem torso with elongated body and arms, narrow and elongated head with abstract features, mounted on a metal base...

A small bronze Dogon figure Mali, c. 900 A.D., the heavily green-patinated human figure with arms outstretched, in a seated position, mounted on a...

A Dogon Kanaga mask The hollowed-out mask with large triangular cutout eyes, overhanging brow, and long pointed ears, painted all over, with a hig...

A Bobo mask Burkina Faso, the zoomorphic mask of a buffalo, with hollowed-out back and pierced rim, the long snout open at the end, with raised cr...

A Bura stone head Southwest Niger, the abstract head with small, drilled mouth and eyes, with central ridged nose and semi-circular shaped upper h...

Three Dan passport masks Including a mask with long pointed chin and horns and two bent face masks; each with encrusted dark patina and mounted on...

A Dan Mancala game board Standing on four heavy legs, with two large cups extended from each end, with two rows of six cups, with elements of inci...

A Baule face mask Ivory Coast, mounted on a large heavy collar, the head painted red, with open mouth showing white teeth, pointed elongated nose,...

A Baule male figure Standing on a rounded base, with heavy bent legs supporting an elongated torso, with hands on abdomen, the elongated neck supp...

A Senufo rhythm pounder Ivory Coast, the male figure standing on a round base, with elongated legs, and torso, with long cutout arms with hands on...

Two Senufo and a Baule heddle pulley Two Senufo with bird heads and the Baule with a head of a woman with high coiffure, all mounted on metal base...

Five African heddle pulleys Including three Baule pullies, one figural and two abstract; a Bobo pulley with horns; and a Djimini, Ivory Coast pull...

Five heddle pulleys Three Baule, a Bedu and a Senufo pulley with the head of a buffalo. ht. 5 5/8, 5 1/2, 5 1/2, 5, and 5 in. Footnotes: Provena...

Five Ivory Coast heddle pulleys Four Senufo and one Agni heddle pulley, three with human heads and two with buffalo heads with crescent horns. ht...

Four Ivory Coast heddle pulleys A tall Guro pulley with the head of an elephant, another elephant with complex trunk, and two Baule pulleys. ht. ...

Three Ivory Coast heddle pulleys Including two Guro pulleys, each with elongated neck and the head with a crested coiffure; with a Senufo pulley w...

A Baule face mask Ivory Coast, the hollowed-out mask with coffee bean eyes, elongated nose and small, protruding mouth, pierced at the sides for a...

A Baule mask Pierced around the rim for attachments, the face framed by a short beard, the pierced mouth open with exposed teeth, the elongated no...

A Baule drum beater The twisted handle with a face on one side of the finial and tied fabric on the other, mounted on metal stand. lg. 9 1/4 in. ...

A Fanti figure The cylindrical female body with round neck, supporting a flat face with large eyes, nose and mount, with a very high flaring flat ...

Two Fanti dolls The tall cylindrical female torsos, with long necks, the flat abstracted heads with high headdresses. ht. 11 and 10 1/2 in. Foot...

An Ashanti linguist staff Ghana, gold-plated staff final, a tree with one figure helping another to climb it, mounted on wood base. ht. 16 in. F...

A Wurkun figure Bauchi Plateau, Nigeria, anthropomorphic form, the columnar figure with jutting navel, abstract curved arms, long round neck, and ...

A Kaka/Mambila fetish figure The eroded wood figure, with heavy bent legs, arms to the side and hands on the abdomen, the head with protruding rou...

A Urhobo male figure Nigeria, the seated figure with flaring torso, drawn-back shoulders, extended arms with hands each holding an implement, the ...

An Ibo bronze anklet Nigeria, the heavy bronze anklet hinged in two places, with seven ribs between the top and bottom rims, mounted on a wood sta...

An Igbo shrine figure Ikenga The seated figure with a head on one hand and a broken object in the right, the head with jutting jaw and high horns ...

An Igbo female figure, alusi Nigeria, standing on heavy legs, with cutout arms with hands resting on the sides, the elongated torso with raised sc...

An Igbo mask Nigeria, the hollowed out female mask with open mouth, teeth bared, cutout crescent eyes and black painted highlights, with a Janus h...

An Idoma headcrest, ungulali Nigeria, of large proportions, the thick, flared neck supporting a head with stylized features and wearing an elabora...

A Cross River stone head Nigeria, the elongated stone carved head with mouth, nose and round eyes in relief, with high, fluted headdress, encruste...

A Thomas Ona boat with figures Thomas Ona Odulate (C.1900-1952) Yoruba, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, the dug-out boat with four passengers and the larger ...

Two Yoruba Ibeji figures Yoruba, Nigeria, a male and female, each standing on a circular base, with raised feet, legs set apart with the arms deta...

A Yoruba Gelede helmet mask The hollowed-out mask typical Yoruba features, with drilled eyes, and scarification on the cheeks, the incised coiffur...

A Yoruba Gelede helmet mask Nigeria, of deeply hollowed form and pierced twice for attachment, the single-crested coiffure accented with long groo...

A Yoruba Shango staff finial and Yoruba rattle The finial depicting a female figure kneeling on a platform, holding her breasts, with encrusted pa...

Three Yoruba female ibeji figures Each standing on a circular base, hands on the hips, the elongated head with raised incised coiffure, with beads...

A Yoruba Shango maternity figure The kneeling female figure holding a sash around her neck, with a baby wrapped to her back, with handle below and...

A Yoruba beaded bag The cloth bag with front and flap bead decorated with the face of Eshu, with raised eyes and nose, mounted on a Plexi base. 6...

A Yoruba beaded staff The short staff or baton, fully beaded and formed in the shape of a human figure about the handle and round pommel, with fiv...

A pair of Yoruba Ibeji dolls A pair of female dolls, with short legs, long cutout arms, rounded, elongated heads, with beaded waist ornaments and ...

A female Yoruba Ibeji doll with cowrie shells The female figure wearing a wide cloth garment covered with cowrie shells, with bead necklace. ht. ...

A pair of Yoruba twin figures, Ere Ibeji Both males, standing on circular bases, with long arms at sizes, the elongated faces worn with metal eyes...

A Yoruba beaded headdress The conical headdress constructed of a fiber-covered split cane base, completely covered on the exterior with multi-colo...

A Mumuye helmet or head crest mask The classical form of a 'grandmother' mask of the Mumuye, with dominant, large, round eyes, a hairstyle of groo...

A Bamileke buffalo mask, Cameroon The large mask hollowed out on the interior, the large open mouth with teeth bared, with open, flaring nostrils ...

A Cameroon royal ceremonial bronze pipe Bamun In the shape of a full featured human face with gaping mouth open and teeth bared, flaring nostrils,...

A Cameroon beaded figure The large standing male figure fully beaded in multicolored tubular glass beads, holding a horn in the right hand, with l...

A Kirdi bead and hide cache-sexe Pikuran, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, the tooled leather apron with metal and glass beads, with buttons attached....

A Punu mask, Okuyi Gabon, hollowed out, of oval form with lower projecting perimeter, the mouth with full lips, small nose, slit coffee bean eyes ...

A Fang pipe Gabon, the long, curving metal stem with two flaring metal bowls set into the double wood bowl, terminating in an upright carved wood ...

An Aduma Mask Gabon, the long, flat mask with pointed chin, triangular cutout mouth and slit eyes, with red and white pigments. ht. 19, wd. 7 3/4...

A Bembe Janus helmet mask Democratic Republic of Congo, of typical form, the Janus helmet mask with large concave orbits retaining original pigmen...

An Ekonda headdress Mongo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the tall conical hat made of six plaited cane discs sewn together, with applie...

A Mbanji mask The elongated face with pointed chin, rectangular jutting mouth, large concave pierced eyes, and bulbous forehead, with a band of hi...