Ethnographie & Stammeskunst

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...

A Mongo raffia belt East-central Congo, the woven fiber belt with large raffia ball and decorated with cowrie shells. lg. 42, wd. 5 1/4 in. Foot...

An Eastern Pende helmet mask kiphoko Western Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a wide round ruff at the base, with protruding mouth an...

A figural Congo staff Democratic Republic of the Congo, the figure seated on a standing animal, the hands placed on the chest, holding a power cha...

A Tembo wood stool Kivu, Eastern Congo, standing on a cone-shaped base, the round support with square-cut incised design, with a round seat, with ...

A Pere figure Lubero territory, Northern Kivu Province, Eastern Congo forest, standing on heavy feet with notched toes, the legs carved with stack...

A Luba female figure Southeastern Congo, standing on massive, slightly bent legs and large feet on a square plinth, the large hands each hold an a...

A Hemba male figure Luba-Shankadi people, Saba, Southeastern Congo, standing on a circular platform, with grooved flattened feet and short bent le...

A Tabwa figure Democratic Republic of the Congo, standing on a round base, with squat, heavy bent legs and protruding buttocks, with an elongated ...

A Zela stool, kipona From the Mitwaba and Pweto areas of Southeastern Congo, caryatid stool, the female full figurine supporting the circular seat...

A Kongo seated figure The seated figure of a man holding a cup, the typical Kongo features, with large open mouth, wide nose and large eyes under ...

A Kongo iron sword, Mbele a lulendo Democratic Republic of the Congo, 18th century, or earlier, the thin iron blade with the guard in the form of ...

A Salampasu knife and sheath Luiza, The Congo, the board and heavy iron blade with spear-like point, the blade is V-shaped where it enters a short...

Salampasu Knife and sheath and a Shi sword Luiza, The Congo, the board and heavy iron blade with spear-like point, the blade is V-shaped where it ...

A Ngbaka Mask Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed out, oval form, pierced at the upper rim for attachment, the open mouth with teeth bared ...

Two Kuba ceremonial knives Democratic Republic of the Congo, each with a forged iron blade, with incised linear accents and geometric designs, the...

Four Kuba cups Democratic Republic of the Congo, including: two figural head cups, with handle and arms below the ears; a tall cup with interlocki...

A Suku figure Feshi territory, Southwestern Congo, a figure representing an asexual person with bent knees with a characteristic pose of hands to ...

A Lwalwa face mask, shifola Luiza and Kazumba territories, Kasai region, South-Central Congo, of oval form with sharply pointed chin, full project...

A pair of Metoko or Lengola columns Democratic Republic of the Congo, the pair finely carved, with original pigment largely intact, with elegant, ...

A Songye kifwebe mask Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed out, the flaring flange pierced for raffia attachment, beneath a wide facial plan...

A large Songye Kifwebe mask An old male kifwebe mask, with high crest, large protruding eyes and mouth with pierced center, the whole carved in ba...

Three Songye axes The longest with wood haft, and iron blade with cutout elements and pecked designs; the second an axe wrapped in copper with hea...

A Songye Kifwebe mask Democratic Republic of the Congo, hollowed out, the rim pierced with a fiber attachment, the tapering facial plane with prot...

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

A Chokwe drum Mokoso sector, Feshi territory, southwestern Congo, carved from Cikamba wood, with goat and antelope hide and black resin, the top a...

A Chokwe mask, Cihongo Angola, with elaborate chief's headdress comprising basketry bands with blue feather attachments, the wood mask with projec...

Two Southern African gourds Zulu, the larger with a slightly twisted neck with opening, decorated with copper and silver wire, the smaller with co...

A contemporary South African colored wire plate The tightly woven colored wire tray worked in multicolored geometric patterns, with a wall mount a...

A collection of books on African art Including a collection of maps of the Belgian Congo. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams...

A Nepali tribal mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out hardwood with dark patina and pigments, (wood loss around the rim and cracks...

A West Nepali tribal mask Late 19th/early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with metal attachments, nails, and traces of fur moustache, enc...

A Batak wood effigy stopper The carved wooden stopper for a container depicts a human figure mounted on a horse-like creature—the mythical singa w...

An Indonesian dance shield Salawaku Seram Island, Maluku Islands, Moluccas, 19th century, the wood hourglass-shaped shield inlaid with shell, with...

An Asmat Figure Probably Mimika River Region, Irian Jaya, standing on narrow arched legs, the front of the torso flat, the rear intricately carved...

A New Guinea Ramu river mask Of hard wood with original red pigmentation, pierced around the rim for attachments, the face with classic diminutive...

A New Guinea Spirit Board kwoi Purari Delta Peoples, Papua New Guinea, decorated with chevron devices around the perimeter, with a central ancesto...

Two Abelam Yam Masks, baba mene Papua New Guinea, 20th century, each intricately woven and highlighted with white, yellow, dark-red and brown poly...

A New Guinea Yam Mask Maprik, Papua New Guinea, the oval cane mask with large central ridged nose, protrusions and one ear at crown, with traces o...

An Aboriginal bark painting Painted by Jumbo Dowulinga, dreamtime imagery of two figures holding a rock and being speared, with a paper label vers...

A Tongan dance paddle 19th century, the short handle with wide paddle-shaped blade, with old inventory number, 'N 110A,' (minor wood loss and a ho...

A Fijian war club tōtōkia 19th century, carved to represent the fruit of the pandanus tree, the heavy think shaft with angled collar with raised k...

A Contemporary Northwest Coast silver and argillite pendant A double-sided inlaid argillite pendant, each side with the head and wing of a bird on...

A Northwest Coast carved amulet Depicting a male figure with elongated cap seated with hands on knees atop a large animal head, with old inventory...

A Northwest Coast totem pole The pole carved in the round, with a crouching clan crest figure at the base, above a killer whale with a seal in its...

A Northwest Coast painted pictorial drum Possibly Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl), of stretched hide on a bent cedar frame, painted with an eagle wing ...