FIGURAL PIG-TRAP STICK ("TUN TUN"),IBAN DAYAK PEOPLE Figural Pig-Trap Stick ("Tun Tun"), Iban Dayak people, Sarawak State, Borneo/Kalimantan, Malaysia side of the border with Indonesia, the anthropomorphic...
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GROUP OF 6 ETHNOGRAPHIC CARVINGSGroupof 6 Ethnographic Carvings. Including: Carved anthropomorphic mouth harp, wood, Timor. Votive statue, "hampatong", carved ironwood, Dayak people, Borneo. Votive statue, "hampatong",...
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BOBO PEOPLE ANTHROPOMORPHIC MASKAnthropomorphicmask
Bobo people
Burkina Faso, West Africa
Early-mid 20th century
Hard, heavy, dense wood
10.5" x 6" (14.5" H as mounted on custom metal stand)
In very fine condition showing...
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LATE 19TH C. MARQUESAS ISLANDS WOOD& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY INCENSARIO OF CAMAZOTZ- THE BAT GODPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery incensario vessel in the form of...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
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MINIATURE CUPISNIQUE / CHAVIN JASPERJAGUAR EFFIGY JAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. A superb hand-carved red-jasper jar in...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN STONE IDOL W/ GREEKSCRIPT**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient Near East, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. An intriguing stone figure of anthropomorphic...
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GIRIAMI PEOPLE, ANTHROPOMORPHIC POSTON STAND 19th/20th c., Kenya, Kigango, carved wood with trace yellow pigment, designed to memorialize the deceased, the geometric patterns evoking the clothes worn by nobles...
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TSONGA PEOPLES, ANTHROPOMORPHIC STAFFlikely c. 1900, Republic of South Africa, carved wood, finial modeled as a human head with crescent ears, inlaid eyes, and incised nose and mouth, the neck and foot of staff...
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Bamana/Dogon Peoples AnthropomorphicDoorlock, Mali, the upright member a rectangular wood block surmounted by two elongated female torso figures, each with v-shaped mouths, protruding breasts and wearing a...
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