![20th C. African Yoruba Wood Shango Cult Figure - Orisha: **Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Shango cult figure depicting the deity Orisha whose power is illustrated by thun](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913699_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
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![20th C. African Yoruba Wood Shango Cult Figure - Orisha: **Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Shango cult figure depicting the deity Orisha whose power is illustrated by thun](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913699_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Early 20th C. Yoruba Wooden Votive Statue: **Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, early 20th century CE. A tall, wooden, phallic-shaped shrine or divination figure, in the form of a long, cylindrical body with a fla](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913737_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![20th C. African Carved Wood Figures: **Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples; Togo, Ewe peoples; Ghana, Mina (or Elmina) peoples; ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine gathering of three hand-carved wooden figures](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913724_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wooden Female Figure: **Originally Listed At $100** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A squat female figure, carved from a lustrous brown lightweight wood, with an attractive form. She dis](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913698_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Early 20th C. African Lega Wood Figure - Moral Values: **Originally Listed At $750** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figurine used for ceremonial performances in order to teac](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913716_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Early 20th C. Nigerian Yoruba Wooden Shrine Figure: **Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shrine figure standing with delineated legs atop an integral circular pl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913709_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![19th C. African Mali Bronze Standing Male Figure: **Originally Listed At $400** West Africa, Mali, Dogon culture, ca. late 19th to mid- 20th century CE. A cast bronze or brass figure of a man standing upright with arms outstretched. Simplified limbs](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913700_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![African Carved Wood Ancestor Figure Sculpture: African Carved Wood Ancestor Figure Sculpture, possibly Yoruba. 13.25" H x 4" W x 4.5" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection. Keywords: Antique, African Art, Ethnographic Art, Statue, Ceremon](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/356755/195177845_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1735247552)
![19th C. Moroccan Pottery Mokhfia Bowl, ex-Museum: **Originally Listed At $350** North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th century CE. This is a lovely traditional style of Moroccan pottery known as a mokhfia with the popular tronja motif acro](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913690_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![CONGO HEMBA TRIBE RARE FETISH FEMALE FIGURE. WOOD 1,6 kg: CONGO. HEMBA TRIBE. RARE FETISH FEMALE FIGURE. WOOD 1680 gr (58,8 oz). - 42x13 cm (16,4x5 inch).The Hemba tribe is very close to the Luba of south eastern Zaire and are one of its largest groups. They](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3483/318701/171035183_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1707216034)
![20th C. African Songye Wooden Nkisi Figure: **Originally Listed At $400** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye culture, ca. 20th century CE. A special wooden nkisi (power or fetish) figure, hand-carved from wood that present](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913688_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![African Yoruba Bronze Edan (deity Onile, Male / Female): **Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria and Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of linked human male and female representations, cast in bronze, with loop holes](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913705_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Early African Namji Wood Fertility Doll, ex-Arnovick: **Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Nigeria-Cameroon border, Namji / Dowayo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure with a stylized form, the torso covered in large glas](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913741_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![African Namji Wood Fertility Doll w/ Leather Clothing: **Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria-Cameroon border, Namji / Dowayo culture, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure with a stylized form, wrapped in a stiff hide g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913736_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Ancient Bankoni Civilization Sculpture 15-16th Century: This rare ancient terracotta clay relic of a kneeling devotee dates back to the fourteenth and fifteenth century tradition of figurative representations in fired clay which have been found at a number](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5791/316843/171506052_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708552115)
![19th C. Moroccan Fez Cobalt Pottery Bowl, ex Museum: **Originally Listed At $400** North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a beautiful wheel thrown serving dish that presents a broad basin hand painted in a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913715_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![A Basonge Magic Fetish Idol Ex Millon Auctions: Old and interesting carved wooden magic fetish or power idol with medicine horn intact, ribbed neck, reptile skin regalia, adorned with metal studs and eroded away from below the arms. The Songye peop](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5791/316843/171785382_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708136193)
![Ethiopian Street Art Oil: A large contemporary painting signed and dated 2002 at the base of the tree. The subject depicts a silhouette figure to the left of a leafless tree standing on a raised golden hill. The black graphite](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8987/316677/171221908_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708536347)
![African Carved Wood Ceremonial Figure: African Carved Wood Ceremonial Figure. 12" H x 4.50" W x 4" D. Provenance: From a New York City collection. Keywords: African Art, Ceremony, Male figure, Sculpture, Fetish](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/317444/170448155_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1706306124)
![Early 20th C. African Wood Passport Maskette: **Originally Listed At $75** Western Africa, Liberia and C?te d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century. An interestingly-shaped Dan passport maskette with a long, pointed chin and a charac](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913695_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Large 20th C. Liberian Wood Mortar - ex-Arte Primitivo: **Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Liberia, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large carved wood mortar, standing on a domed base with a relief geometric band around its exterior. The mortar has a dee](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913710_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Fetish Figure DR Congo: This mid to late 20th-century, 19" carved wood fetish figure is from the Kongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The torso is embedded with fetish bundles and impaled with nails.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8987/316677/171427750_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708536347)
![20th C. African Kuba Wood Bwoom Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai region, Kuba culture, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A striking hand-carved wooden Bwoom mask, helmet-like in form to f](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913703_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
![Early 20th C. African Edo Wood Mask Masquerade: **Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Edo (Bini) peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden mask from the Edo peoples of Nigeria, the descendants of the founders of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/320015/171913713_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1708128102)
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