Ethnographic Antiques

Beautiful African Asante Akuaba Fertility Doll. Statue top to bottom. Wonderful example! All hand crafted in Ghana. Remarks: Highly stylized statue representation of ideal beauty blacken finished.

Cheetahs reach speeds of 70 mph within three seconds, which means your naked eye couldn't possibly capture the sleek, freeze-frame beauty that artist Lightfoot materializes in this elegant sculpture of the fastest of all land animals!

Used on a narrow strip loom, these pulleys were both functional and aesthetic. The Buffalo carving surmounting the heddle pulley is representative of the Baule. BAULE HEDDLE PULLEY. Ethnic Group: Baule.

Wandjina Totem stone Stone 15 x 9 cm. Was originally a milling stone.

A nice akan gold weight representing a fish 5 cm x 2 cm

About the item: Good example of a large African tribal Benin bronze bust ,c 1930. Nicely cast in the traditional lost wax method it has good incised detailing/decoration and great colour/patination consistent with many years of use.The lost wax method gives each piece wonderful character as they are all different.

RARE . CHOCO INDIANS, COLOMBIA. CIRCA 1934, 12 "POISON DARTS" & BAMBOO HOLDER. From the Choco Indians, Colombia, circa 1934. The bamboo holder is appx. 11½" high x 2" diameter. With 12 wooden arrows, appx.

Condition, one small dent, hole in middle of back, otherwise it has a nice aged patina.

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Abstract art, meanwhile, has remained marginal. The textiles of the BaKuba (Kuba) people of the Democratic Republic of Congo are an exception. Although part of a tradition that stretches back 400 years, Kuba textiles have a strikingly modern look.