Carpets, Furniture, Decorative Arts, Garden & Architectural Elements, and Tribal Art

wood painted face MASK Igbo, Nigeria. With almond-shaped face and small features such as heart-shaped mouth and eye openings. Having a high forehead a

beaded yoruba king's crown Yoruba, Nigeria. Triangular-shaped hat covered overall in orange beads with multi-coloured skull-like faces and bird ...

two yoruba beadwork belts Yoruba, Nigeria. Probably worn as a belt or sash by priests, they are covered in beads of various colours with geometric and

BEADED crocodile ornament Yoruba, Nigeria. Shaped like a crocodile with four distinct limbs and cowrie-shell row down center of back and toes. Geometr

yoruba BEADED belt Yoruba, Nigeria. Covered in colourful bead design of alternating geometric areas and skull-like faces on long rectangular belt with

ibeji twin Yoruba, Nigeria. Standing figure of nude male with striated coiffure painted in blue, in rigid posture with hands attached at thighs, and p

zamble dance mask Probably Guro, Ivory Coast. Representing a combination of stylized antelope and crocodile in polychrome wood, worn at funerals and t

stylized moon-shaped face mask with animal Yaure, Ivory Coast. Flanged mask with buffalo-like animal standing perpendicular to face. With arched eyebr

STANDING WOOD FIGURE OF NEW GUINEAU MALE Possibly Sepik, New Guinea. With Cassowary feathers as hair attached to clay shell-embedded head, and having

STANDING FIGURE with annulated neck Baule, Ivory Coast or Ghana. Oversized head with Baule-style black painted coiffure, yet having ringed Ghanian ext

calabash with figural HANDLE Hemba, Zaire. The Hemba people typically adorned their objects with human figures. This hollowed-out dried gourd was used

female face mask with bird head Guro, Ivory Coast. Oval-shaped face surrounded by triangular flange projections and having a sloping pointed nose and

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painted figure on horseback atop helmet mask/base Yoruba, Nigeria. The wood figure rides a horse while holding a gun. Painted overall in geometric des

ELEPHANT MASK Guro, Ivory Coast. Dark wood carving of face mask in the form of an elephant with small ears and upward-curled notched trunk. Two cross-

rhythm pounder (deble) figure Senufo, Ivory Coast. Standing on a round base, the naked female figure is used to pound the earth, thus creating the rhy

DOUBLE-headed dance MASK Baule, Ivory Coast. This type of mask is worn during visits by important dignitaries. The two faces are those of twins which

initiation dance MASK Marka, Mali. Elongated face mask with sheets of metal cut in thin strips hammered into wood, having narrow projecting nose and d

female face mask with red lips Guro, Ivory Coast. Oval face representing beauty to the Guro people, with elaborate linear carved coiffure, and three p

stylized face mask with BEARD Grebo or Kru, Ivory Coast. Having characteristic Grebo feature of elongated nose set between two pairs of tubular eyes (

face mask with hydrocephalic head Cameroon. Carved from dark wood with masculine features including bald enlarged cranium, large red painted eyes, jut

pottery figure holding bowl Probably Nyarit, West Mexican. Having the typical features of multiple earrings, ringed nose and heavy feet with pointed t

dog-shaped face MASK Mambila, Cameroon. Characterized by the red and white pigments, this Mambila mask was used in a dance to celebrate agricultural r

standing fetish figure with feathers Teke, Congo. Having columnar torso with enlarged head and facial scarifications, wearing loin cloth, and holding

antelope polychrome mask with fibre beard Bobo, Upper Volta. Attributed to either the Bobo people or Burkina Faso, this mask has the combined features

gazelle-type face mask With curled horns and prominent vertical projection on forehead, this mask features round eyes surrounded by multiple circles p

DRUM Covered in animal hides, tapering at the foot, with body bound at top and bottom with vertical series of sinuous cord. Fur strip handle attached.

kongo nail FETISH FIGURE (nkondi) Bakongo, Lower Kongo. Regarded as an object with magical powers and believed to ward off evil spirits and defend aga

stone figure of mother and child Congo. Possibly a grave monument carved from steatite, depicting seated female with babe nursing at breast. The figur

BEADED BELT Probably Yoruba, Nigeria. Consisting of two cords covered on top surface with sections of predominently white, blue and yellow beads with

FETISH FIGURE With METAL PROJECTIONS (nkondi) Kongo, Congo. Poised with upraised arm holding metal dagger ready to attack evil spirits, the figure emp

a house charm holding figure in arms Songye, Congo. A figure of this size may have protected an entire village against death and disease. It is empowe

face MASK With BEADED NOSE and animal skin Kuba, Zaire. Representing the woman Ngady aMwaash, carved from wood and painted with black and white geomet

kuba wood carving of seated mother and child Kuba, Zaire. Figure sitting cross-legged with child resting in mother's lap, the large head carved ...

kuba dance mask with elephant trunk Kuba, Zaire. Belonging to the Ngeende people, this mask is covered overall with burlap punctuated with cowrie shel

king-like figure with spear and gun Tehokwe, Zaire. Wood carving of a rigid figure with stylized curvilinear ceremonial headdress. Inlaid cowrie-shell

fetish FIGURE bound with twigs Suku/Songye, Zaire. Figure of a nude male carved from wood with hands held on belly and having a pouch on either side f

Kuba helmet mask with raffia beard Kuba, Kongo/Zaire. Carved with two horns curled back over head, projecting ears and a flange on each side of head,

kuba elongated masculine face mask Kuba, Zaire. Painted with one side of face in red, the other in black, having a long curved chin and projecting rou

BRONZE VESSEL WITH FIGURAL scene Asante, Ghana. A kuduo or bronze vessel used to keep valuables and for religious offerings, with figures on the cover

cast METAL HORSE With RIDER Probably Asante, Ghana. Depicting a small figure riding on oversized horse with moulded harness decorations and manes. Hav

seated wood figure of female in chair Fanti, Ghana. Carved from separate pieces of wood and depicting a seated mother holding left breast as if to nur

miniature face mask with feathers Pende, Zaire. Having feathers on head, with pierced eyes and nostrils, and tufts of fibre below each ear. Traces of