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...

A Fang mask The large, flat mask, with elongated nose, leading to raised, arched brows, with narrow cutout eyes below, pierced around the crown fo...

A Fang wood stool The oval platform mounted on four cut out legs, each with grooved lines, standing on a partially missing base, with an old Chris...

A large Dan ladle Liberia, the long narrow scoop with a round handle terminating in a female head, with metal teeth, kaolin around the eyes, and h...

A Dan Ge Gon mask Liberia, the heavy wood hollowed out, with a large beak-like projection with animal hair on the bottom perimeter, metal placed a...

A Dan passport mask Liberia, the small mask with long pronged projection below the mouth, with two horns on crown, encrusted surface with a metal ...

A Dan mask Of hollowed oval form with exaggerated features, the large open mouth with full lips beneath the wide nose flanked by protruding triang...

A Mende Bundu helmet mask Sierra Leone, from the Sante society, a single fat roll on the neck above a pierced rim support the compressed face with...

A Mende Bundu helmet mask Sierra Leone, from the Sante society, of typical form, the mask with a raised helmet and finely incised coiffure encircl...

A stone Kissi Nomoli figure Sierra Leone, the squatting figure with legs drawn up and upright arms with hands around the mouth, mounted on a custo...

An Asanti female fertility figure, (Akuaba) Ghana, the round column torso, with abbreviated arms, elongated neck with a bead necklace leading to a...

A large Ashanti wood comb Ghana, the long tines with a square panel above decorated with incised designs, with three heads above, each with cylind...

An Ashanti female fertility figure, (Akuaba) Ghana, rising from a tapering columnar torso with small protruding breasts, with abbreviated, outstre...

An Ashanti stool Ghana, of conventional form with bowed and waisted rectangular platform, raised on pieced round column and four narrow legs, moun...

Three Akuba Asante Dolls Ghana, each with an elongated, cylindrical body with pointed breasts, a round neck below a flaring flat head, two round a...

An Akan gong figure The metal gong painted black, with a wood figure above, with the elongated arms with hands upturned, the long, ringed neck wit...

A Bobo mask Burkina Faso, the bird mask hollowed out and pierced around the rim, with long square mouth open, large round eyes, with high headdres...

A Bobo mask Burkina Faso, the bird mask with long open beak, large round eyes, with a long thin arched crest from the crown, with checkered patter...

A Mossi mask Burkina Faso, the hollowed-out oval mask pierced around the rim for attachments, with cutout round eyes, with raised ridge between, w...

A Lobi male figure Standing on thick, abbreviated legs, the elongated arms at the sides, with triangular breasts, the face with protruding mouth a...

Pair of Yoruba dance panels Nigeria, a foliate motif, bamboo covered with thin copper, decorated with complex geometric patterns done in repousse,...

A pair of Yoruba brass Edan rods, Ogboni Nigeria, a male and female with a long metal rod below each figure, originally linked together by the cha...

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

A male Yoruba Ibeji figure Nigeria, standing on a circular base, with raised feet, legs set apart with the arms detached from the body, and hands ...

A Yoruba wood tray Nigeria, a divination tray decorated with a wide raised band of abstract carving, with a central head with elaborate coiffure a...

A pair of twin male Ibeji figures Yoruba, Nigeria, each standing on a circular base, with raised feet, legs set apart with the arms detached from ...

A Yoruba diviner's staff Osun babalawo The hand-forged iron staff surmounted by a flock of slender-necked birds encircling a larger, central avian...

A pair of male and female iron Yoruba twins The kneeling figures each with hands on their stomach, with pronounced facial features and high coiffu...

A male Yoruba figure Standing on a round base, with squat legs, the cutout arms holding a bag to the chest, the square shoulders beneath a large ...

Three Yoruba Ibeji dolls Nigeria, two males and a female doll, the smallest with cut off legs and a later base. ht. 10 3/4, 10 and 7 3/4 in. For...

A pair of Yoruba Ibeji dolls Nigeria, the male and female dolls each standing on a round base, with large feet, hands at sides, with protruding op...

Two female Yoruba Ibeji dolls Standing on a circular base, hands on the hips, the elongated head with raised plaited coiffure, with beads around n...

A bronze Edan figure Nigeria, Yoruba, Ogboni, bronze janiform male and female figure, the arms and legs formed from thinly rolled bronze, mounted ...

An Ibo Mmwo helmet mask Nigeria, the hollowed-out form, with open mouth, naturalistic nose, and cutout eyes, below the deeply cut and incised coif...

A standing Mumuye figure Nigeria, standing without feet on a circular base, thick angular legs below an elongated torso, long thin arms at sides, ...

An Ibo Maiden Spirit helmet mask Agbogho Mmuo Nigeria, the hollowed-out helmet form pierced around the rim for attachment of a cloth head covering...

A Nigerian stone fetish head The head with round protruding eyes and mouth with teeth, covered all over in an encrusted layer of dried clay, mount...

A Nigerian terracotta figure The kneeling figure with elongated arms with hands covering the eyes, the base fragmentary. ht. 7, lg. 5 1/2 in. Fo...

An Ibo face mask Nigeria, hollowed out and pierced around the rim for attachments, the open mouth with protruding lips, with pierced slit eyes bel...

Two Nigerian stone Carvings Possibly Ekoi, basalt stone carvings each of a human figure with hands on the abdomen, one with legs drawn up. lg. 6 ...

Two African stools An eight-legged Nupe stool from Nigeria, decorated on the top with a circular and checkered design, with a smooth rich patina; ...

A Cameroon buffalo horn vessel The curved horn with complex relief carving below the rim, mounted on a metal stand, (minor loss). lg. 9 3/4 in. ...

A Cameroon clay bowl The deep bowl with a frieze of abstract figures below the rim, with a protruding handle on one side, with a double scroll mot...

A Cameroon female figure The heavily encrusted standing figure decorated all over with colored glass beads and cowrie shells, mounted on a Plexigl...

A Namji wood fertility doll Cameroon, the wood figure with legs and arms at right angles, wearing a cloth garment, wrapped with colored beads, and...

A Chokwe wood figure Angola, standing on slightly bent set apart legs, the elongated torso with scarification marks, with arms to the sides and ha...

A Chokwe wood figure Angola, standing female figure, with cutout legs and arms, the hands clasped in front, the angular head with slit mouth and e...

An African currency ring Mbede, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the large heavy bronze anklet ring with five raised ridges. wd. 5 1/2, lg. 6 in...

A Teke power figure Democratic Republic of the Congo, standing on heavy feet with thick legs, the round torso with a square hole in the center, th...

A Congo wood powder container The round vessel decorated with fine line incised carving, the spout covered with a lid, with pierced flanges for a ...

A Pende Kiphoko helmet mask Eastern Pende, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the wide beard, small round mouth at the lower rim, with projecting n...

A Congo ceremonial axe Possibly Yaka, the wood handle with small mask carved into one side, with a larger head at the finial, with iron blade prot...

A Yaka wood slit Drum The hollowed circular form open in the front and issuing a head with slit mouth, triangular nose and protruding coffee bean ...

A Hemba male slave figure Democratic Republic of the Congo, standing on a round base, with short, heavy legs apart, cutout arms tied behind the ba...

A Songye kwifebe mask Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed-out, tapering form, with a small square protruding mouth beneath a thin nose and ...

A Songye wood staff Democratic Republic of the Congo, the long wood shaft with two projecting Songye Kifwebe heads at intervals, each with one sid...

A Songye ceremonial axe Democratic Republic of the Congo, the cylindrical shaft with a raised figure on one side, surmounted by a stylized head at...

A Songye fetish figure Democratic Republic of the Congo, the round base with four smaller heads projecting above, with an elongated cylindrical ne...

A Kuba wood cosmetic box Of demilune form, the sides and top incised with complex designs and interlacing strapwork, used mostly by women to store...

A Kuba wood mortar Rising from a thick round neck, the head with producing mouth, wide nose and coffee bean eyes, above the incised coiffure a lar...