Tribal Art & Antiquities

An Akan single handled bowl Ghana brass, with fine incised linear decoration and an everted rim, the handle modeled as a stylised figure with swas...

An Akan helicopter with figures Ghana brass, with applied lettering UNITY STAR JET, the body lifting to reveal a seated pilot and co-pilot, readin...

A Benin kola nut container Nigeria brass modelled as a fish and decorated scales, with a lift off cover, 25cm long. ...[more]

An Akan warrior figure Ghana aluminium, standing holding a spear, 11.5cm high, and a Yoruba aluminium edan staff finial, 13.5cm high. (2) ...[mor...

A Yoruba Ogboni edan staff Nigeria metal, the seated male figure holding a fan and a staff, on an iron rod, 17cm high, mounted, and a Yoruba brass...

A Yoruba Ogboni edan staff finial Nigeria brass, with a head wearing a diced cap, with a loop and long chain, 9cm high, the finial, and a Yoruba O...

A pair of Yoruba Edan staffs Nigeria brass and iron, seated male and female figure, 26.5cm and 27.5cm high. (2) ...[more]

A Ngbaka currency spear Democratic Republic of Congo iron with red and white painted ground with dots, 69.5cm, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Yoruba torque Nigeria bronze, faceted with disc terminals, 18cm wide, a smaller Yoruba torque, a Yoruba oval bangle with four faces and a three ...

A Yoruba herbalists staff Nigeria iron with a bird finial and three groups of bells, 125cm high. ...[more]

An Ashanti container Ghana brass, modelled as a fish with a hinged lid and attachment loop, 19cm long. ...[more]

A Yoruba beaded crown Nigeria beads, cloth, wood and fibre, decorated with two masks and with a detachable bird finial, 27cm high. (2) ...[more]

A Mangbetu headdress Democratic Republic of Congo woven fibre, 26.5cm high. ...[more]

A Yemen woman's headdress velvet with stitched on coins and ornaments, 36cm long. ...[more]

A Kuba hat Democratic Republic of Congo fibre, cloth, beads and cowrie shells, 14cm high. ...[more]

A Kuba hat Democratic Republic of Congo fibre, cloth, beadwork and cowrie shells, 24cm high. ...[more]

A Guro mask Ivory Coast wood with a bird crest on a panelled linear coiffure, the forehead with scarifications, with narrow slit eyes and a curved...

A Pende mask Democratic Republic of Congo wood with a pierced face and triangle carved jaw, with red, black and white pigment, 19cm high. ...[mor...

A Dogon mask Mali wood with traces of pigment, 41cm high. ...[more]

A Lega mask Democratic Republic of Congo wood with kaolin, 50cm high. ...[more]

A Shona headrest Zimbabwe wood, with carved x symbols to the top and zig-zags to the ends, the support with differing geometric carving to each si...

An Igbo stool Nigeria wood, with a circular dished top on a pierced stem with carved decoration with four splay legs, 28.5cm high. ...[more]

An East African mortar wood, the tapering body with a pair of breasts, 36.5cm high. ...[more]

Two Zulu meat platters South Africa wood, one with a large oblong bowl, the underside with amasumpa carving, four cylindrical legs and a pair of o...

A baKongo crucifix nkangi kiditu Democratic Republic of Congo lead, with three secondary figures with joined hands, possibly 18th century, 20cm hi...

Seven Ethiopian Coptic crosses iron with incised linear and dot decoration, the highest 26cm. (7) ...[more]

Seven Ethiopian Coptic crosses silver coloured metal, brass and copper, with pierced, punched and incised decoration, one with inscribed text, the...

Twenty seven Ethiopian Coptic cross pendants silver coloured metal, the majority pierced, two hinged and one silver plated and with an integral sn...

An Ethiopian prayer staff finial brass of pierced T form and with cross decoration, 17cm high, two Ethiopian wood Coptic crosses and a copper staf...

A Zande shield Democratic Republic of Congo bound rattan with two central poles, the reverse with geometric patterns and a wood block handle, 139c...

An Amhara shield Ethiopia hide with velvet and stamped sheet brass, the back with green leather and a handle, 42.5cm diameter. ...[more]

A Fante doll Ghana wood with remains of fibre/hair to the top of the head, 27cm high, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

An Ibo figure Nigeria wood with an encrusted patina, having a lobed coiffure and abdominal scarifications, 50.5cm high, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Makonde maternal figure Mozambique wood with paint, the kneeling mother with facial scarifications and with a child and supporting a vessel on h...

An Ashanti staff finial group Ghana wood, the stepped platform with articulated figures of a mother sitting on a stool and pointing at her eye wit...

A Bambara standing figure Mali wood with linear decoration to the head, face and abdomen, 35.5cm high. ...[more]

A Dogon standing ancestor figure Mali wood, 29.5cm high, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Songye female power figure Democratic Republic of Congo wood and copper, standing, the top of the head with an aperture, applied copper bands to...

A Yombe seated figure Democratic Republic of Congo wood with a black patina and white highlights, with inset glass eyes, wearing a cap with traces...

Two Zulu knobkerries South Africa wood; one with concave surfaces to the off centre head, the other with an ovoid head, 78cm and 77cm long. (2) ....

A Zulu club South Africa wood with a bird head having an oval flat front, 90cm long, and a Zulu staff, with a spherical finial and bands of amasum...

A Nigerian ceremonial paddle wood with a cap finial supported by a male and female figure to a leaf shape blade with linear and lozenge decoration...

A pair of Tsonga headrests Mozambique wood with carved zig-zag bands to the top end edges and semi-circular lifts under, on column and arch suppor...

A Kenya stool wood with a circular dished top on four splay legs and a central lug, 37cm high, 31.5cm diameter. ...[more]

An Igbo stool Nigeria wood with a circular dished seat on a pierced stem and four carved flared legs, 29cm high. ...[more]

An Ashanti stool Ghana wood, with a curved top and on a double stylized animal support, 44cm high, and a smaller Ashanti stool. (2) ...[more]

A Nigerian female colon figure wood, with her hair tied back and terminating with a ribbon, wearing a pendant necklace and a long pleated skirt, 2...

A Lobi altar staff Burkina Faso wood with a hide grip, 66cm long, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Dogon ritual post Mali wood with a dished top, 74cm high, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Senufo horn Ivory Coast wood with a hollowed body having a raised square aperture with a hole and another towards the open end, with a short han...

A Bamileke standing figure Cameroon wood, with a mask in the abdomen, 49.5cm high, and a West African maternity figure, 26.5cm high. (2) ...[more]

Two Ibibio dolls Nigeria wood, male and female, the male wearing a fez and with painted decoration, 33cm and 31.5cm high, and a Nigerian female fi...

A Fang mask Gabon wood, kaolin and monkey hair, with pierced eyebrows, 33cm high, including the beard, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Toma passport mask Liberia wood with an incised linear border, 10cm high, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Mahafaly zebu Madagascar wood, standing with a hump back and pair of large horns, with remains of red paint, cut from the top of a funerary post...

A Kamba seated female figure Kenya wood, aluminium and fibre, on a stool and holding a gourd, wearing a cap with inlaid fibre and an applied headp...

Three Bambara Boli fetishes Mali wood, horn, fibre and mud, the longest 59cm. (3) ...[more]

Two Ngombe flask stoppers Democratic Republic of Congo wood, with double hour-glass and banded finials, 20.5cm and 26cm long, with stands. (4) .....

An East African staff wood with a standing figural finial on a chip carved and knopped shaft, 163cm long. ...[more]

A Chokwe staff Angola wood with a head finial with an arched coiffure having linear decoration, 53cm long. ...[more]