Public exhibition:
From Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 from 9 a.m. to 13 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. and the morning of the sale.
Public exhibition:
From Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 from 9 a.m. to 13 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. and the morning of the sale.
Lot 182
Fragment of the Hogon seat, bringing together two mythological caryatids.
Dark brown red patina
Height: 41,5 cm
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 183
Very old wooden statuette with grooved patina, missing arms, broken legs.
Height: 31,5 cm
Estimate: 500 / 600 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 185
Superb wooden statue with a crusty and grainy patina, both arms in the air (erosion, breakage and missing parts) Height:...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 186
Very beautiful ancestor statue, very long right arm. Very thick black patina (erosions, gaps) Height: 39 cm Total height...
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 187
Very old altar seat carved with three figures, very beautiful and very thick dark brown crusty patina. Height: 13...
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Lot 188
Old small wooden attic or sanctuary lock with brown patina, carved with a turtle, signs of water and...
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Lot 189
Beautiful “Portrait” mask in finely chiseled wood, two scarifications on the cheeks. Very beautiful fine and shiny red-brown patina....
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Lot 192
Powerful statue in a seated position, arms resting on the knees. Bearded face. Thick brown crusty patina. Circa 1940/50. Height...
Estimate: 1 500 / 1 800 €
Lot 193
Beautiful wooden neckrest with a shiny red-brown patina.
Erosions from heavy use.
13x22 inch
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 195
Beautiful kneeling statue, hands placed on the neck, face showing “Djennenké” type scarifications. Very old brown patina....
Estimate: 1 800 / 2 500 €
Lot 196
“Guerzé” mask with thick black patina, slitted eyes. The bottom of the mask is covered with skin and...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 197
Top of dignitary cane, carved with two Janic heads. Beautiful brown patina, very beautiful and fine decoration. Height :...
Estimate: 500 / 1 000 €
Lot 198
Wooden mask classically covered with metal plates, two horns and braided hairstyle.
42x12 inch
Estimate: 700 / 1 500 €
Lot 199
Large female statue, arms along the body, gray faded patina.
Height: 71,5 cm
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 200
Protective fetish in ivory with red-brown patina, carved with an armless character. The ringed neck
Height: 10,5 cm
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Lot 202
Small wooden protection fetish covered with camwood and kaolin. Very beautiful red-brown patina, large erosions...
Estimate: 300 / 800 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 204
Very old wooden fetish with a crusty red-brown patina.
(Wear, erosion)
Height: 12,5 cm
Estimate: 300 / 400 €
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 206
Wooden slingshot with a very beautiful red-brown patina, decorated with a buffalo mask.
Height: 13 cm
Estimate: 150 / 200 €
Lot 207
BASSA mask of great antiquity having retained great interiority despite the wear and tear of time.
21x12,5 inch
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Estimate: 200 / 400 €
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 211
Small dance mask, slender eyes, beautiful shiny brown patina in places.
25x16 inch
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 212
Beautiful dance mask with a very beautiful shiny red-brown patina. Beautiful frontal arch ending in the nasal bridge. 23,5...
Estimate: 1 800 / 2 500 €
Lot 213
Female statuette in hardwood covered with a thick and very old crusty patina.
Height: 14,5 cm
Estimate: 600 / 1 000 €
Lot 214
Wooden “Bateba” statuette with a shiny red-brown patina.
(Slight erosions on the legs)
Height: 14,5 cm
Estimate: 500 / 600 €
Lot 215
Wooden “Bateba” statuette with a shiny red-brown patina.
Slight erosion on the left foot.
Height: 14,5 cm
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Lot 216
Wooden bust statuette with gray crusty patina.
Missing the legs.
Height: 23 cm
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 217
Weaving pulley stirrup carved with an anthropozoomorphic bust.
Very nice patina.
8x14 inch
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 218
Fragment of the Hogon seat, bringing together two mythological caryatids.
Very beautiful eroded brown patina.
Height: 28,5 cm
Estimate: 500 / 1 000 €
Lot 219
Bronze horseman carrying a bow and shield.
Very beautiful brown patina and oxidation.
Height: 6 cm
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Lot 220
Weight for weighing gold in lost wax bronze representing a character carrying a trap.
Height: 4,5 cm
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 221
Weight for weighing gold in anthropozoomorphic lost wax bronze (scorpion)
Height: 5 cm
Estimate: 150 / 300 €
Estimate: 100 / 200 €
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 224
Ancestor altar statuette in wood with a beautiful shiny patina.
Missing right arm.
Bombou-Toro Style
Height: 34 cm
Estimate: 500 / 1 000 €
Estimate: 300 / 400 €
Estimate: 150 / 300 €
Lot 227
Protective fetish in wood with a red-brown patina, a copper nail planted on the skull. Base covered with...
Estimate: 250 / 400 €
Estimate: 100 / 200 €
Lot 229
Wooden protective fetish with superb red-brown patina, the arms brought back to the base.
Height: 13 cm
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 230
Wooden fetish covered with feline fur.
Superb dark brown and red brown patina.
Height: 12,3 cm
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Lot 232
Flowing bone bracelet with red-brown patina, carved with human heads and enhanced with cowrie shells. Height: 4,5 cm...
Estimate: 400 / 700 €
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 234
Terracotta figure. In a seated position, the arms, presenting bracelets, brought back to the knees. Height: 21 cm...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Estimate: 300 / 400 €
Lot 236
“KONO” wooden mask with ravined and crusty patina. Large animal mask with stylized geometric shapes, often used as an altar...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 000 €
Lot 238
Large wooden statue of a bearded man with a strong crusty patina.
About 1950.
Height: 62,5 cm
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 800 €
Lot 239
Large “NIOM GOM” style wooden post, representing a bearded character. Ravined and crusty patina.
Height: 78,5 c
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Estimate: 200 / 400 €
Lot 241
“KIFWEBE” type mask with eyes, nose and mouth in strong relief. Polychrome streaks, cubist stylization, fibers...
Estimate: 1 800 / 2 500 €
Lot 242
Ancestor statuette in hardwood with a strong red-brown crusty patina.
Left arm missing.
Height: 23 cm
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Lot 243
Wooden ancestor statue with old brown crusty patina.
Arms brought to the lower abdomen.
Height: 22,5 cm
Estimate: 500 / 1 000 €
Lot 244
Primal couple of “NOMMO” with raised arms. Hardwood with a strong crusty patina of great age. Missing legs. Height...
Estimate: 400 / 800 €
Lot 245
Large statue representing a couple sitting on a stool.
Crusty patina.
About 1950.
Height: 58,5 cm
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Estimate: 1 000 / 2 000 €
Lot 247
Large “ASIA USU” statue serving as a receptacle for spirits wishing to contact humans. The position of the hands...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 500 €
Lot 248
Very powerful judicial society whose function was to ferret out and punish sorcerers, perpetrators of trouble...
Estimate: 80 000 / 120 000 €
Lot 250
Exceptional crest mask covered with a very old crusty patina. It evokes the head of a buffalo, the eurythmic curves projecting...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 251
Flat mask of the initiatory secret society of BWAMI of good size, depicting an oval-shaped human face, inscribed...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 252
“Tun Su Suan” women's bracelet in ivory worn by great notables in Foumban and in large chiefdoms...
Estimate: 500 / 600 €
Lot 253
High-ranking woman's bracelet in ivory. Protruding, rounded and smooth chaton. Light brown patina outdoors, brown...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 254
Small “Ikhoko” pendant amulet
The toothed mouth and the bonnet headdress. Ivory with blond patina.
Height: 5,5 cm
Estimate: 200 / 400 €
Lot 255
Small “Ikhoko” pendant
Ivory three-bun headdress with blonde patina
Height: 5 cm
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 256
Wooden amulet with brown patina representing two figures seated in a canoe. The woman smokes a pipe while...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 257
Wooden amulet “Muswinga” representing a character sitting on a stool, a sign of a high rank in society, the hands...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 258
“NSIBA” wooden whistle amulet for the cult of “NKISI” representing a character mounted on the back of a dog. There...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 259
Wooden whistle amulet “NSIBA” used as an amulet for the worship of “NKISI” by eminent people, village chiefs...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 500 €
Lot 260
“Muswinga” wooden amulet, representing a drummer, attached to the Yombé myth of “BUNZI”, a transcendent being reigning in the sky. Leaning...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 261
“Nkangi Kiditu” crucifix entirely in brass, cast with lost wax (category representing 1/4 of the narrow corpus). Christ does not...
Estimate: 2 500 / 4 000 €
Lot 262
Wooden maternity amulet “Muswinga” in kneeling position “FUKAMA”, leaning forward with the hands under the thighs. Posture in...
Estimate: 3 500 / 4 000 €
Lot 263
Ovoid wooden spoon, the handle carved with a kneeling female figurine with her hands on her buttocks. The navel and...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 264
Beautiful example of an “IKOKO” pendant in ivory with a blond patina. The three bun hairstyle. Circa, 1930 / 1940. Height...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 265
Beautiful, widely used “IKOKO” pendant in ivory with a shiny brown patina. The three bun hairstyle with the frieze...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Lot 266
Small “Ikoko” pendant amulet in ivory with blond patina, topped with three double buns decorated with dotted circles. H:...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 267
“PWO” female mask in wood, iron and fibers, with brown patina presenting traditional, cruciform Lusitano-type tattoos on...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 800 €
Lot 268
Ivory Virgin and Child carved in the tip of a tusk. This virgin is represented according to traditional European iconography, the...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Lot 269
Wooden “Moon” mask with brown patina representing the phenomenon of day and night, appearing during dances...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 270
“MANGU” mask made of wood and fibers, called “disease” mask representing the effects of an epileptic seizure, supposed to be the manifestation of spirits....
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 271
Wooden mask and brown patina with a face decorated with upholstery nails, almond-shaped eyes and two...
Estimate: 1 200 / 1 500 €
Lot 272
Wooden maternity ward with dark brown vegetable patina, seated on a classic chieftaincy seat, breastfeeding her child...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 273
Pair of copper alloy statues with traces of golden wear. Depicted seated, arms in offering. The wife is holding a...
Estimate: 1 200 / 1 800 €
Lot 274
Shaman's pectoral amulet in marine ivory and walrus tooth. Sculpted in low relief representing animals whose...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 275
Rare pair of wooden statues with brown patina, presenting at the neck, elbows, wrists and...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 276
Copper alloy anklet used as currency and dowry Open mold cast iron Height: 7 cm Diameter...
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 277
Copper alloy anklet used as currency and dowry Open mold cast iron Height: 9 cm Diameter...
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 278
“Sali” skull-breaking club in casuarina wood with red patina, in the shape of a rifle butt, the end decorated with...
Estimate: 600 / 1 000 €
Estimate: 150 / 200 €
Lot 280
“Portrait” mask, in wood with a red-brown patina, representing a specific individual, recognized for his qualities as a dancer, beauty...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Lot 281
“OSHE SHANGO” ceremonial scepter, made of wood with a red patina, presenting the attributes of the god Shango, Orisha (deified human being)...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 282
Wooden chieftaincy seat covered with multi-colored beads. The backrest is covered in “Ndop” cotton fabric decorated with indigo. THE...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 283
Commemorative statue in wood, fibers and pearls, representing a notable with outstretched arms holding in his hands, as an offering, a...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 284
Torque necklace in iron and brass named “Mbangha” and worn by the advisors of the kingdom or chiefdoms. Made up of a...
Estimate: 300 / 600 €
Lot 285
Mask of the “Mukudj” rite from the northern region of Ngounié in wood, bonnet hairstyle often covered with an addition of...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 286
Ibibio wooden mask with solar superstructure with beautiful shiny black vegetable patina
Crescent eyes
H: 45 cm
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 287
Luba mask Round “Kifwebe” mask with scarifications enhanced with kaolin, headdress in fiber rope Wood H: 22 cm,...
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Lot 288
Spectacular, highly stylized “KIFWEBE” mask with large central crest ending in a diamond-shaped sculpted nose. Growing eyes...
Estimate: 4 500 / 6 000 €
Lot 289
DAYAK STATUE “Modang” statue in heavy eroded wood, representing an ancestor spirit, guardian responsible for chasing away evil spirits and...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 000 €
Lot 291
Face with thin slit eyes covered with red and white pigments, cheeks and chin also covered with...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 292
Pair of bells Badges of dignity awarded by the “Fon” to high-ranking notables or valiant soldiers. Beautiful decoration...
Estimate: 1 000 / 2 000 €
Lot 293
“PWO” female mask in wood and rope adorned with traditional tattoos of this matrilineal society, “Cingelyengelye” cruciform of the forehead, and...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 294
“KIFWEBE” mask with a bold sculpture highlighting volumes. The streaks and lines are enhanced with kaolin. Drink,...
Estimate: 700 / 1 200 €
Lot 295
Beautiful sculpture with a crusty patina, in the style of the Maitre d'Ogol workshop. Some erosions showing very dry wood...
Estimate: 500 / 1 000 €
Lot 296
Baoule Mask Mask with heart-shaped face, slit eyes decorated with crenellation, small beard. Wood with brown patina...
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Lot 297
Curious Bamana mask from the Kolokani or Mandé region, belonging to a common ritual of the two secret societies...
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 298
Beautiful statue for the cult of the “JO”, reflecting the relationship of the Bamana with the purity of the soul. The exaggerated shapes...
Estimate: 1 200 / 2 000 €
Lot 299
Sculpture representing a rider from the Ségou-Saro region, in wood with a dark brown patina, in the style of the...
Estimate: 1 200 / 2 000 €
Lot 300
Large “Jonyeleni” statue from the Koulikoro region, represented massive, with broad shoulders and an ovoid head Circa 1950...
Estimate: 1 200 / 2 000 €
Lot 301
Pair of female and male IBEDJI statuettes from the IGBOMINA region in the OYO style. Pierced eyes...
Estimate: 400 / 800 €
Lot 302
Male IBEDJI statuette from the EDE region in the OYO style, in wood with a beautiful brown patina. There...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 303
Female IBEDJI statuette from the ILA ORANGUN region in the style of IGBOMINA. Pierced eyes, and studded right eye. Quadruple...
Estimate: 300 / 600 €
Lot 304
Pair of female and male IBEDJI statuettes from the OGMOMOSO region in the OYO style. Powerful wooden sculptures...
Estimate: 400 / 600 €
Lot 305
Pair of female IBEDJI statuettes from the EDE region in the OYO style. Very beautiful sculptures with headdresses...
Estimate: 800 / 1 200 €
Lot 306
Female IBEDJI statuette from the ERIN region in the style of OYO. In wood with a brown patina, the hands...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 307
IBEDJI male wooden statuette with beautiful old brown patina. Scarification of the torso, stomach, arms and back....
Estimate: 400 / 800 €
Lot 308
Female IBEDJI statuette from the ERIN region in the style of OYO. In wood with a dark brown patina. Scarifications...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 309
IBEDJI male AWO style wooden statuette with beautiful dark brown patina. Pierced eyes, braided hairstyle, and a...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 310
Male IBEDJI statuette from the ODO OWA region in the EKITI style, in wood with a beautiful lacquered brown patina....
Estimate: 400 / 600 €
Lot 311
Female IBEDJI statuette. In wood with an old brown patina. The braided hairstyle, scarification of the cheeks. Coconut wood belt....
Estimate: 400 / 800 €
Lot 312
Small wooden female statue, represented sitting cross-legged, hands placed on the chest. Bun hairstyle with cross....
Estimate: 500 / 800 €
Lot 313
Small ritual male statue with hands placed on the stomach, fiber belt. Magic charge on the head. Erosion of...
Estimate: 800 / 1 000 €
Lot 314
Pair of female and male IBEDJI statuettes from the ERIN or ISAYIN region in the OYO style. In...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 315
Pair of female and male IBEDJI statuettes from the OBEOKUTA region in the EGBA style. Small sculptures with patina...
Estimate: 800 / 1 600 €
Lot 316
Pair of IBEDJI statuettes from the OFFA or ODO OWA region in the IGBOMINA style. Beautiful brown patina...
Estimate: 800 / 1 000 €
Lot 317
Drumstick spoon, in wood with a beautiful brown patina from use
Height: 32 cm
Provenance: Galerie N.Terquini, Marseille
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 318
Wooden stool with a beautiful blond patina of great use. The handle carved with a long neck and a human head....
Estimate: 100 / 250 €
Lot 319
Statuette with a round head, faceless and slender limbs. Old patina of sacrificial materials. Height: 47...
Estimate: 400 / 500 €
Lot 320
Beautiful large female sculpture, with a dark brown patina. Small anthropozoomorphic head typical of the style of Karim Lamido....
Estimate: 1 200 / 1 500 €
Lot 321
Mask of the EKET subgroup with a very cubic shape. In wood with a brown patina from use.
Height: 20 cm.
Estimate: 700 / 900 €
Lot 322
Very rare leather mask, composed of two pieces sewn together, beautiful very old red-brown patina. Height :...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 323
Powerful sculpture of great age representing the earthly home of a benefactor ancestor. As such, he received offerings,...
Estimate: 800 / 1 000 €
Lot 324
Divination stake with schematic face. In wood with a shiny patina of great use and a pearl necklace. Height...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 325
Pair of fertility dolls covered with colored beads, cowrie shells and talismans.
Height: 30 cm and 32 cm.
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 326
Pair of statuettes in wood and fabric, covered with a sacrificial patina.
Height: 32 cm and 34 cm.
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 327
Handwritten work in detached leaves in a leather binding Accompanied by a leather bag containing the work Dimensions of the leaves...
Estimate: 250 / 450 €
Lot 328
Itamul wooden statue with polychrome decoration, representing a parrot in an aggressive position. Protectors of the house of men, these...
Estimate: 200 / 300 €
Lot 329
Very old “Sagbwé” type mask. The movable lower jaw is fixed by leather and red fabric...
Estimate: 600 / 800 €
Lot 330
Terracotta statue of a figure with outstretched arms. Protective prophylactic statue against evil forces but also against...
Estimate: 800 / 1 000 €
Lot 331
Ridge cap of a Men's House, Representing a bird with outstretched wings clinging to the shoulders of a man. On the...
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 332
Gable mask from Maison des Hommes, Representing a polychrome bark face on a bamboo core. Iatmul people,...
Estimate: 300 / 500 €
Lot 333
Large crochet sculpture representing a human character embedded in representations of mythical animals. Original polychromy. Some gaps and slight accidents...
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
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