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.
Exhibition by appointment from Monday November 6.
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.
Exhibition by appointment from Monday November 6.
Lot 1
Ceremonial dignitary cane “Bikango” in wood with a beautiful brown patina. Decorated with geometric signs and characters...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 2
Classic statue from the workshop of the master of OGOL, BOMBOU TORO style, AROU region. Statue in standing position,...
Estimate: 7 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 3
Wooden male community statue with brown patina in the KALEBWE YA NTAMBWE style. Eyes enhanced with cowrie shells, the top...
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 4
Beautiful male statue, without legs on a cylindrical base (KALEBWE pole style?). Wood with very beautiful red-brown patina. Skull headdress, planted...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 5
Beautifully ancient sanctuary statue from the EKI and KALEBWE region presenting a wide open mouth showing...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 6
“Mwana Pwo” female mask with a scarified face in an arc, red-brown in color, enhanced eyes...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 7
Wooden female statue with brown patina. Veryse hairstyle, scarifications. Heart shaped face, scarred cheeks. Necklace and earrings...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 8
Legless sanctuary statue, on a pestle base. Almond-shaped eyes, rectangular mouth, large upholstery nails on...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 9
Wooden box, the lid decorated with a female head with a large bun and ponytail. Brown patina. Height :...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 10
Beautiful wooden female statuette with very old brown patina. Round eyes, oval mouth. Skull headdress with horn. Not...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 11
Beautiful wooden male statue with a thick patina of use. Multiple beard indicating a man commanding respect. Beautiful ritual scarifications....
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 12
Superb cane top carved with a maternity ward. Thick dark brown patina. Height: 53cm Provenance: Former collection of Doctor...
Estimate: 8 000 / 9 000 €
Lot 13
Statue of personal or family protection in wood with a beautiful old and thick dark brown and red brown patina....
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 14
Superb old wooden mask, the face finely scarified, with kaolin highlights. The top of the mask is hollowed out...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 15
Beautiful wooden LO mask with a brown patina of great graphic purity under the influence of neighboring Yaouré sculptors. Two scarifications...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 16
Female fetish statue represented standing, the right hand holding the right breast. Open spiral ventral ritual charge. Open mouth...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 17
Small NKUMBA fetish for divination, in a highly abstract shape with a bird's head and a zigzag body. On the...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 18
MIPASI ancestor bust (MIKISI MIHASI) in wood with a beautiful shiny patina of great use. Tubular body without finely scarified arms....
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 19
Very beautiful female mask for the cult of the DO. Full of interiority and sweetness it presents a beautiful and ancient...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 20
Divination horn. Goat horn filled with magical substances, blocked by a Kifwebe type head, with enhanced eyes...
Estimate: 1 200 / 1 500 €
Lot 21
Statue of personal or family protection from the central KALEBWE style. Wood with a beautiful old brown patina. Face enhanced...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 22
Family protection statuette in the KALEBWE style, TSHOFA region, in wood with a beautiful old red-brown patina. Head...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 23
Small male statuette of personal protection, with a ringed neck, which can be linked to the KALEBWE YA NGONGO style...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 24
Male statuette of personal protection in the style of LUBEFU and LOMAMI. Diamond-shaped face with large...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 25
Light brown wooden statuette in the central and southern KALEBWE style. Skull headdress with horn. Without leg, on...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 26
Statue of personal protection with large occipital ritual charge and charged horn. Two temporal nails, one chin nail. Without leg...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 27
Original male statuette without arms, having been desecrated with loss of the umbilical charge. Ringed neck, eroded round base, horn...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 28
Male statuette of personal protection with skullcap headdress with cranial antelope horn. Large necklace of blue pearls. Flexed legs with...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 29
Female protective wooden statue with a shiny brown EKI-style patina. Small chin, large oval mouth showing teeth....
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 30
Beautiful Janus statuette covered in feline skin. A large antelope horn and a bone are planted on the top...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 31
Protective statue in the style of LUBEFU and SANKURU with hairstyle in polylobed shells planted with a horn with agglomerate...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 33
Beautiful statue of personal protection in the style of SANKURU and LUBEFU. Eyes enhanced with cowrie shells, mouth...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 34
Male personal protection statue from the northern MILEMBWE region. Very beautiful hairstyle with a very dense cap planted with a large...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 35
Personal protection statue in the style of central KALEBWE YA NGONGO. Large almond-shaped eyes, large chin, skullcap hairstyle...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 36
Couple of wooden statuettes with blond patina, their arms glued to the finely scarified body. Round heads with beaded eyes....
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 37
Couple of wooden statuettes with brown patina, covered in fabric and leather, heads with beaded eyes, important necklaces...
Estimate: 2 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 38
Superb and old wooden horseman sculpture with a dark red-brown crusty patina. Bombou Toro style from downtown...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 39
Superb wooden tobacco mortar with a red-brown patina, very widely used. Sculpted with a standing figure, hands...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 40
Powerful object of divination named Mbunduka or Khosi. Leather bag base filled with divinatory material Round head with...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 41
Considered to be of BOYO (KUN) or pre BEMBE (BIEBUYCK) lineage, beautiful wooden initiation mask with a beautiful old two-tone patina...
Estimate: 2 500 / 4 000 €
Lot 42
Beautiful legless statue of protection and divination on a round base surrounded by leather and ritual objects. Cap...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 43
Very old two-tone black and white mask. The heart-shaped face crossed by a long crenellated nose. Height :...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 44
Janiform statuette, the top of the skull presenting two large horns. One of the two faces is scarred and has nails...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 45
Male community protective statue in the style of SANKURU and LUBEFU. Eyes enhanced with cowrie shells, inverted pear-shaped head, chin...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 46
Large TOMO KA statue from the Seno plain, with a shiny black patina which makes it confusing...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Lot 47
N'TOMO mask with seven teeth, topped with a female character. style of the Segou region. Decoration of multiple cowrie shells. Patina...
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 48
Spectacular “Sachihongo” wooden mask with red patina. Triple-scarified eyebrow arches. Used for rites of...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 49
Monumental cup-bearing statue seated on a stool in the shape of a panther. Beanie hairstyle. Chieftaincy style...
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 50
Large wooden Janus statue with beautiful and old crusty brown patina in places. Covered with important ritual material...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Lot 51
Superb and very old Kundul type shoulder mask (late 19th, early 20th century). Long neck topped with a round head...
Estimate: 12 000 / 15 000 €
Lot 52
Imposing statue representing a kneeling character on a rectangular base holding an offering container. Sculpture of great strength...
Estimate: 20 000 / 40 000 €
Lot 53
Large processional cross in low-title silver, finely chiseled.
Height: 48 cm Width: 5 cm
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 54
Large “JOMOONI” or “GWANDUSU” maternity statue from the Koulikoro region, representing the feminine and...
Estimate: 8 000 / 15 000 €
Lot 55
Ivory fetish representing a male character, his mouth wide open. Crenelated beard, belly decorated with dots. Beautiful patina...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 56
Small ivory mask with orange-red patina, heart-shaped face, beautiful decoration of the forehead in a triangle and...
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 57
Spectacular and large community protection statue in the style of the northern MILEMBWE, BELANDI and EKI. Cubizing sculpture, head turned...
Estimate: 20 000 / 30 000 €
Lot 58
Superb and very old royal neckrest in ivory carved with a woman, the legs folded and integrated into the base...
Estimate: 70 000 / 80 000 €
Lot 59
Large female clan protective statue in the style of SANKURU and LUBEFU which can be classified in the third tradition...
Estimate: 8 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 60
Superb and old male statue, village guardian or clan protector, in the style of the MILEMBWE region and...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Lot 61
Very beautiful ancestral effigy of great monumentality in the Poteau style retaining the general shape of the tree. Probably medium-heavy wood...
Estimate: 20 000 / 30 000 €
Lot 62
NGON mask from the kingdom of KOM representing a queen or princess. Realistic features of great beauty, herringbone hairstyle...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 63
Beautiful and old Ngontang type mask in light wood covered with kaolin. Thin mouth with black beard, two scarifications...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 64
Statue, hands clasped on the chest.
Classic ethnic face. Red brown patina.
Height: 48 cm
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 65
Fetish mirror statuette. Small head with glass eyes, open mouth. Brown and kaolin patina. Magic charge on...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 66
Very beautiful wooden statue “Sika Blawa” with brown patina. Terrific work of scarification of the whole body. This statue...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 67
Wooden female statue with brown patina. Very braided hairstyle. Ventral and dorsal scarifications. Height: 25 cm Bibliography: A....
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 68
Female caryatid seat “Lupona”, seated with legs folded. Ventral scarifications. Cross hairstyle, pearl necklace...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 69
Wooden ladle with a beautiful dark patina. The handle in the shape of a female statuette with a magnificently scarified back sitting on...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 70
Beautiful classic wooden mask with brown patina. Heart-shaped face, mouth showing teeth, almond-shaped eyes. Frontal scarifications...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 71
Beautiful wooden fetish, earthenware eyes, pointed chin signifying a beard, belly mirror with fabrics and materials...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 72
Round mask with large triangular nose ending in a crest. Eyes in round holes. The mouth with serrations covered with coating....
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 73
Important BYERI reliquary guardian statue in wood with old red-brown patina. Character standing in a tense position holding...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Lot 74
Important wooden chieftaincy seat with a very beautiful red-brown patina, representing a panther, an animal of the Royal Pantheon. Seated...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 75
Female caryatid seat.
Height: 45 cm
Provenance: Former Bernd Mulack collection, Kiel, FRG.
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 76
Wooden fetish wrapped in a fabric of fibers and cords. Triangular face with kaolin patina. Two pairs...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 77
Curious initiation statuette of the Bwami presenting a single tentacle arm in the shape of a palette. Triangular face, kaolin patina. Height: 40...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 78
Important wooden male statue with a very beautiful red-brown patina, the eyes enhanced with cowrie shells. The magical ventral charge...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 79
Female statue in a very hieratic position without legs, on a frustoconical base. Magic charge on top of the skull with...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 80
Katyelo female statue seated on a stool. Concave back giving a forward position. Arrogant tits. Helmet hairstyle. Beautiful scarifications....
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 81
SANKURU and LUBEFU style wooden community statue with brown patina. Ringed neck, almond-shaped eyes...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 82
Wooden male fetish statue entirely covered with red copper plates. Umbilical and dorsal ritual load. This mysterious fetish...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 83
Pre Bembé Basikasingo male statue in wood with dark brown patina. Large slit eyes, crenellated shell headdress. Restoration...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 84
Mabéa statue guardian of reliquary. Hairstyle in three shells, sculpted spine and shoulder blades. Red brown patina. Height: 30 cm...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 85
Male personal protection statuette in the style of the EKI region. Beautiful zigzag waffle hairstyle. Eyes with cowries,...
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 86
Superb and rare wooden mask covered with metal plates. Concave diamond-shaped face, cylindrical mouth projecting towards...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 87
Nkondé nail and mirror fetish. Brown patina of the neck. The right hand armed with a spear. Cylindrical hairstyle with...
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 88
Old wooden mask with brown patina. The forehead, skull and face decorated with upholsterer's nails. Periphery...
Estimate: 2 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 89
Male personal protection statue from the central and southern KALEBWE region. Nails on the nose and forehead....
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 90
Rare and beautiful maternity ward with fine and naturalistic features from the Kwango region. The mother carries her child on...
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 91
Powerful cimiesque statue in acacia wood with a red ocher patina. Powerful torso and back, scarifications, iron belt, inclusions of...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 92
Weaving loom pulley surmounted by a male figure finely decorated with keloids, his hands placed on his stomach. Thick...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 93
Female statue seated on a cone-shaped seat, hands placed on her stomach. Open mouth showing...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 95
Beautiful male statue representing a hunter, arms separated from the body in a position of strength. Classic hairstyle with beak...
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 96
Beautiful YOMBE BAKONGO female statuette in wood with a shiny red-brown patina. Depicting a high-ranking person seated on...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 97
Female wooden statue with red-brown patina. Heart-shaped face with small mouth, long scarified neck, elongated trunk, scarifications...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 98
“Mwana Pwo” female mask with a scarified face in an arc, red-brown in color, enhanced eyes...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 99
Protective statue with a very long ringed neck, without arms. The lower body covered with canvas. Beard, eyes with...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 100
Superb protective oracle of the KATATORA Kasshitshila type, divinatory tool for communicating with the ancestors. The body in a circle on...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 101
Maternity ward from the Yassi company in wood with a thick black and red-brown patina. The child held behind the back, neck...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 102
Hieratic maternity ward all in concave/convex volumes, seated on a stool. The child holds his head forward with his left breast. Patina...
Estimate: 8 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 103
Beautiful male statue of particular protection in the style of EKI and BELANDE. Oval shaped mouth showing teeth....
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 104
Janus statue “Kakudji” or “Kabeja”, the two sculptures, man and woman, appear back to back. THE...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 105
Extremely rare anthropozoomorphic stool, the base representing a ram with a human face, the horns supporting the seat. Crack stabilized. These stools are...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 106
Statuette of special protection from the EKI, SANGA and KALEBWE region, the lower body wrapped in...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 107
SURUKU(W) hyena mask, linked to the rites of Korah at the end of initiation. Stylized head of the animal with cubic features. Brown patina....
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 108
Monumental hermaphrodite wooden statue with brown patina, depicted standing, hands placed on her lower abdomen. N'Duleri sculpture from...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 109
Large monoxyl statue representing a couple seated on large Akan style stools. The woman has dorsal scarifications...
Estimate: 12 000 / 15 000 €
Lot 110
Anthropomorphic butter box. Female character sitting on a stool holding a container on her head. Lid carved with a character...
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 111
Ndoma portrait mask with idealized naturalism. Unpierced eyes. Black vegetable patina.
Height: 25 cm
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 112
Very beautiful and old special protection statuette in the style of the LUBEFU and LOMANI region. Hairdressing...
Estimate: 10 000 / 15 000 €
Lot 113
“KABEJA” bust of great antiquity bearing traces of repeated ritual use and magical charges at the level of...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 114
Maternity seated on a stool, in a semi-flexed position. Multiple facial scars. Very beautiful shiny brown patina. Pearl necklace...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 115
Protective statue from the EKI and KALEBWE region of the third Western tradition. Striated cap headdress,...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 116
Anthropomorphic janus neckrest “M-baambu musaw” southern bandundu. Superb wooden sculpture with brown patina depicting two caryatids. Decorations...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 117
Male personal protection statue from the northern style of the TEMPA region. Headdress of copper nails, eyes encrusted with cowrie shells....
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 118
Large female statue in heavily scarified wood of significant Bamana influence.
Height: 45 cm
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 119
“KABEJA” bust of good antiquity. Cranial magic charge. Frontal copper nail. Round eroded base. Brown patina. Height...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 120
MVUNZI female statue of protection against harmful spirits. Ventral magical charge with cowrie shell. Hairstyle in multitress. Wood with patina...
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Lot 121
Powerful female statue “Nakomse” camped on two long legs, leaning forward. opulent breasts. Crest head, scarifications,...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 122
Beautiful protective statue in the style of the central and southern KALEBWE, with a ringed neck, almond-shaped eyes,...
Estimate: 3 000 / 3 500 €
Lot 123
Superb wooden rider with red-brown patina. The face with big holey eyes. Torso sculpted with belt and baldrics....
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 124
Beautiful wooden female statue with black and dark brown-red patina, seated on a four-legged stool. Face...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 125
Important KU male statue of great power, covered with a thick crusty patina of repeated offerings. Oval face, mouth forward, three...
Estimate: 25 000 / 30 000 €
Lot 126
Large male statue, arms glued to the body and brought back on an umbilical charge. Classic face and hairstyle of the ethnic group....
Estimate: 8 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 127
“Gyé” mask of the Je or Jo secret society with three horns finely engraved with geometric decorations. Beard...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 128
Legless post, hands brought to the chest, bearded face, pouting mouth, classic cross hairstyle. Shoulder blades and...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 129
GLA OUBI warrior mask whose morphology is reminiscent of the tarantula with seven horns turned on the front. It emanates from...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 130
ASU NTUKH mask with human face, covered with kaolin and multiple scarifications. Very beautiful old size of the back with...
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 131
Female wooden statue with red-brown patina from the EKI, SANGA and KALEBWE region. Cowrie shell eyes,...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 132
Top of cane carved with an effigy of Hogon, Bombou Toro style.
Oily brown patina.
Height: 31,5 cm
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 133
Beautiful wooden pipe, the bowl decorated with a lizard, a turtle and a character with a typical scarred face. Very beautiful...
Estimate: 800 / 1 500 €
Lot 134
Wooden male statue with a shiny dark brown patina, representing a high-ranking character. Balance and great sensitivity of...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 135
Very beautiful little statue of personal protection in the style of EKI KIBESHI, the embossed hairstyle, in the shape of a feather. Eyebrow arches...
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 136
Janus fetish “Samat We Mabili” from the Bwami society, in wood with a red and dark brown patina....
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Lot 137
Wooden snuff box with brown patina, cylindrical in shape. Lid carved with a face with classical mutwe wa kayanda hairstyle. Base...
Estimate: 2 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 138
TYI WARA dance crest from the Bougouni or Dioila region in wood with a dark brown patina, carved...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Lot 139
Protective wooden charm with a beautiful red-brown patina. Sculpted with a female character seated on a stool, hands brought...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 140
Wooden maternity ward with black glossy vegetable patina. Voluminous head with miter headdress. Beautiful interiority of the sculpture with...
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Lot 141
Wooden comb with five teeth with a beautiful crusty patina in places. Decorated with a crouching female character, the characteristic face...
Estimate: 600 / 800 €
Lot 142
Curious statue of a couple, the man carrying a woman on his shoulders. Characteristics of Soninké Kagoro statues. Height: 28...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 143
Couple of fetishes attached to each other by ropes.
Ritual agglomerate, horns, pearl necklaces.
Height: 17 cm
Estimate: 1 800 / 2 500 €
Lot 144
Beautiful portrait mask, almond-shaped eyes, closed, pensive. Very beautiful very short hairstyle, three small goatees. Upholstery nails on...
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 145
Superb female statuette for the cult of Nkisi, rounded face, pouting mouth, scarified chest. Very beautiful shiny brown patina...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 146
Mbumba fetish statuette in wood with red crusty patina, metal plaque (copper or tin) on the front. The eyes...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 147
Ndoma portrait mask with idealized naturalism.
Pierced, slit eyes. Crenelated beard.
Brown patina.
Height: 24 cm
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 500 €
Lot 148
Beautiful and old dance mask, slit eyes covered with a fabric wolf. Marked frontal arch, open mouth...
Estimate: 1 500 / 3 000 €
Lot 149
Important “WIPONG” statue representing a standing male character, hypertrophied torso, hands towards the front of the abdomen holding...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 150
Rare Tale Ko female statue of Bété influence with long ringed neck, cowrie shell scarifications. Heart-shaped face with drooping eyes....
Estimate: 5 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 151
Curious and extremely rare statue of a bird man in wood with a dark brown patina decorated with abrus seeds on the joints, neck...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 152
Beautiful and ancient Jonyeleni statue for the Olympic Games ceremony, representing the pure woman and the young girl in her...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 153
Female statuette with ringed neck, bulging eyes, hands holding the breasts. Scarred stomach, four-lobed hairstyle. Brown crusty patina...
Estimate: 5 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 154
NKONDE nail fetish statue for maintaining social order. Bright and terrifying face, massive shoulders, glass eyes,...
Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000 €
Lot 155
Monumental male statue “Lusingti” in southern NIEMBO style. Solanene face full of contemplation, leaning forward. Classic cross hairstyle...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Lot 156
Important OBAKULI female statue, pole shape, elongated torso without arms on two legs. Very long neck, small diamond-shaped head....
Estimate: 20 000 / 30 000 €
Lot 157
Janus fetish statue representing a couple back to back, their heart-shaped face divided into two floors. Stay...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Lot 158
Large wooden female statue with red patina. Arms in low relief brought back to the stomach. multiple scarifications, bag of...
Estimate: 8 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 159
Superb ancestral magicoreligious MANKISHI effigy used to preserve the community from illnesses, natural disasters but also from “spirits...
Estimate: 25 000 / 40 000 €
Lot 160
Curious helmet mask with a rounded shape, the face finely scarified. Sagittal crest of Bamana influence.
Erosions.
Height: 82cm
Estimate: 2 500 / 4 000 €
Lot 161
Beautiful PORPIANONG statue representing a hornbill with outstretched wings, used for POO rites. Red brown patina, crack of...
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 162
Chieftaincy “Luhuna” palaver chair, seat covered with upholsterer’s nails. Caryatid with red-brown patina,...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 163
Pestle statue to mark the DEBLE rhythm for the PORO ritual. Slender body, concave face, sagittal crest headdress...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 164
Wooden male statue with brown patina. Face with closed eyes. Beard necklace. Quatrefoil hairstyle. Eroded base. Height :...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Lot 165
Male statue from the workshop of the Maitres de SEGOU. Highly characteristic style of the initiating society of the JO with exaggerations of...
Estimate: 8 000 / 15 000 €
Lot 166
Ceremonial dignitary cane “Bikango” in wood with a beautiful brown patina. Decorated with geometric signs and characters...
Estimate: 3 000 / 4 000 €
Lot 167
Wooden arrow holder with a shiny red-brown patina. Prestige badge carved with a female figure with a beautiful face and...
Estimate: 8 000 / 10 000 €
Lot 168
Important OFIKA statue from the LILWA institution, comparable to the Bwami of the neighboring Lega. It represents the supreme being in suspension, holder...
Estimate: 10 000 / 12 000 €
Lot 169
Chef's cane carved at its top with a couple of dignitaries. Superb geometric decorations. Wood with a beautiful brown patina. Height...
Estimate: 6 000 / 8 000 €
Lot 170
KAKUNGU male statue with long beard for the initiation of the Bukota association, a society comparable to the Bwami of the neighboring Lega. Sculpture...
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 171
Spectacular large janiform statue from the workshops near KISENGWA, the man and woman sculptures back to back with a single...
Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000 €
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 173
Female statue carrying cup. Googly eyes, multiple bun hairstyle. Brown patina.
Height: 42 cm
Estimate: 4 000 / 5 000 €
Lot 174
Small protective statue, ringed neck, bronze bracelet. Antelope horn.
Height: 42 cm
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 175
Wooden statue with classic hairstyle, hands on lower abdomen. Green bead necklace. Height: 49...
Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000 €
Estimate: 4 500 / 5 000 €
Estimate: 1 200 / 2 000 €
Lot 178
Archaic wooden statue with light brown patina.
Cowrie necklace.
Height: 42 cm
Estimate: 3 000 / 5 000 €
Estimate: 1 500 / 2 000 €
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
Lot 181
Maternity. Represented standing, a child at the back, two children at the front with one hand on each head. Brown patina...
Estimate: 2 000 / 3 000 €
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First Art: Collection of Dr. Michel Gaud
November 25 2023
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