SMALL MAMBILA FIGURE13 cm. highProvenanceMartial Bronsin, BrusselsMichel Boulanger, LiègeMichel Koenig (1944-2014) Brussels, 1997LiteratureArt d’A...

LEGA MASKETTE9 cm. highProvenanceMartial Bronsin, Brussels, 1993 ...[more]

LEGA MASKETTE13 cm. highProvenanceBruno Frey, Arnay-le-Duc, 2004 ...[more]

LEGA MASK31 cm. highProvenanceGalerie Simonis, Dusseldorf Dr. Klaus Hessberg, Essen Lempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 93 ...[more]

LUBA STOOL40 cm. highProvenanceJustin Barthels, Maastricht ...[more]

MANGBETU STOOL55 cm. wide ...[more]

PAIR OF MBANZA FIGURES27.5 and 30 cm. highProvenancePhilippe Guimiot, Brussels, 1986 – 1987 ...[more]

LUBA STOOL37 cm. highProvenanceWilhelm (Will) Hoogstraate (1917-2008), Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam Gros-Delettrez, Paris, 26 May 1983, lot 135 ......

SUKU FIGURE26.5 cm. highProvenanceAlain Guisson, Brussels ...[more]

LUBA KASAI POWER FIGURE21 cm. highProvenanceEtude Tajan, Paris, 6 December 1995, lot 79 ...[more]

ZANDE HARP FINIAL18 cm. high ...[more]

SMALL CONGO FIGURE22.5 cm. high ...[more]

KUSU FIGURE18 cm. highProvenanceJef Vanderstraete, LasneKhepri van Rijn, Galerie Khepri, Amsterdam, 1968Hermione Waterfield, LondonDavid Malik, Lo...

BEMBE FIGURE17 cm. high ...[more]

SONGYE POWER FIGURE21 cm. high ...[more]

SONGYE POWER FIGURE32 cm. high ...[more]

SONGYE POWER FIGURE35.5 cm. highProvenanceMichael Oliver, New YorkGuilhem Montagut, BarcelonaRenaud Riley, BrusselsRoger Bourahimou, Brussels ......

PENDE MASK46 cm. highProvenanceWerner Forman, LondonLiteratureForman, W., "Kunst ferner Länder. Ägypten- Afrika-Amerika-Ozeanien-Indonesien", Prag...

LEGA MASK14 cm. highProvenanceNicolas de Kun, BrusselsGiquello & Associés, Paris, 22 November 2022, lot 19 ...[more]

LUBA KIFWEBE MASK41 cm. highProvenanceMarie-Jeanne Walschot (1896-1977), BrusselsHuguette Van Geluwe, Brussels, curator at Tervuren and the testam...

CHOKWE KNIFE AND SHEATH36 cm. long ...[more]

TOPOKE SHIELD57 cm. longProvenanceCollected by Vicomte d'Ouvrier between 1880-1910Vicomte Théodore d'Ouvrier de la Seigne (1864-1950), Brussels Na...

KONGO FIGUREThis fine figure of a drummer would have been placed on an ancestral shrine, "nzo a bakulu". As early as 1686 Olfert Dapper reported t...

LOANGO IVORY TUSK49.5 cm. longProvenanceSteven Alpert, DallasBaron Freddy Rolin, New York/Grez-DoiceauThis lot contains materials which require a ...

LUBA IVORY PENDANT10.5 cm. highProvenancePierre Dartevelle, BrusselsRob Vervoort, Diest/BrusselsThis lot contains materials which require a CITES ...

TETELA MASKThe discovery or rediscovery of this mask brings the number of known examples to eight. The other examples were itemised in Lempertz ca...

KUSU FIGURE25 cm. high ...[more]

LULUWA FIGURE17.5 cm. highProvenanceYannick Van Ruysevelt, Brussels ...[more]

CHOKWE FIGUREwhite painted number on the back of one foot reads ETHC01213 cm. highProvenanceJosef Herman, LondonChristie's, Amsterdam, 12 December...

SHOOWA IVORY POUNDERThe present lot and the following one show a substantially worn surface with a dark and golden patina, suggesting extensive us...

SHOOWA IVORY POUNDERCf. Felix, M.L., "White Gold, Black Hands, Ivory Sculpture in Kongo", Vol 4, p.46, ill.41, for a similar pestle photographed i...

GROUP OF THIRTY-THREE SHI IVORY AMULETS, murohaAccording to Felix, these ivory amulets, called "muroha", were used by the Shi people either as nec...

MANGBETU IVORY HAIRPINCf. Schildkrout, E. and Keim, C.A., "African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire", New York, 1990, p.131, fig.7.14, for...

BONGO TRUMPET120 cm. highProvenanceOlivier Klejman, ParisFrancine Maurer, ParisPierre Bergé, Brussels, 5 June 2007, lot 404ExhibitionsPassage de R...

BONGO POST151 cm. highProvenanceMax Itzikovitz, ParisLiliane and Michel Durand-Dessert, ParisDe Baecque & Associés, Paris, 14 November 2018, lot 1...

FOUR KWERE OR ZARAMO DOLLS, mwana hiti9.5 to 15.5 cm. highProvenanceFrank van Craen, Brussels ...[more]

KWERE HARP57 cm. longProvenancePierre Dartevelle, Brussels ...[more]

MAKONDE HELMET MASK27.5 cm. high ...[more]

PAIR OF TSONGA STAFF FINIAL FIGURES29 and 32.5 cm. high ...[more]

SAKALAVA FEMALE FIGURE, by the master carver Maneraky, son of HoratsySophie Goedefroit has kindly informed us that this figure was almost certainl...

LUBA FEMALE FIGUREAndré Scohy (1914-1994) arrived in the Belgian Congo in 1938. Initially a civil servant, he later served as a territorial admini...

WOYO POT LIDThe Woyo of Cabinda used a pictographic language to convey feelings about specific social situations. Wooden pot lids with motifs carv...

WOYO POT LID16.5 cm. diameterProvenancecollected by André Scohy (1914-1994)and by descent through the family ...[more]

THREE WOYO POT LIDS16 to 17 cm. diameterProvenancecollected by André Scohy (1914-1994)and by descent through the family ...[more]

SIX CONGO ARTEFACTS , Two Mangbetu buttock ornaments, negbe; a Teke brass bracelet; a Kuba carved ho13 to 34 cm. longProvenancecollected by André ...

MATERNITY FIGUREScohy (Scohy, A., "Etapes au soleil", Brussels, 1952, pp.111-113) writes: “But, in a corner, a small statue, worm-eaten: a traditi...

NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN FIGURE75 cm. highProvenanceLeendert Van Lier, AmsterdamChristie’s, Amsterdam, 15 April 1997, lot 96De Zwaan, Amsterdam, 23 A...

HAND CLUB, paoaHandclubs, "paoa", from Easter Island are far more rare than the long staffs, "ua", with which they share the same Janus head butts...

KANAK PHALLIC CLUB80.5 cm. longProvenance? ...[more]

TONGA CLUB, bowai87 cm. longProvenanceWoolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 15 December 2021, lot 1005 ...[more]

FIJI CLUB, bowai104.5 cm. longProvenance? ...[more]

MAORI NEPHRITE PENDANT, hei tiki10 cm. highProvenanceJohn Giltsoff, London / New York / Brussels / Gerona ...[more]

CLUB, u’u128 cm. long ...[more]

MAORI CLUB , tewhatewha169 cm. longProvenanceJean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels ...[more]

ABORIGINAL CLUB50 cm. long ...[more]

ABORIGINAL SHIELD67 cm. longProvenanceLempertz, Brussels, 29 January 2020, lot 333

ABORIGINAL SHIELD83.5 cm. long ...[more]

ABELAM CULT FIGURECf. Koch, G., "Kultur der Abelam", Berlin, 1968, pls.48 and 49, for a very similar carving said to be from the Roma area366 cm. ...

ABELAM CULT FIGURE253 cm. highProvenanceLoed Van Bussel, Amsterdam ...[more]

ASMAT WAR SHIELD159 cm. long ...[more]