Wood chokwe lwena dr congo
List wood chokwe lwena dr congo
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A chokwe/lwena head/bust, dr congo the mask has tribal wear which is perfectly visible on the photos, have a look for your own impressionsigns of tribal usetotal height is 13are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 cm with stand, without: 12 cm will be sent by registered mail
41 €
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chokwe face mask with red coloured facial scarificationstags: mask, statue, sculpture, figure, figurine, wood, art, contemporary, first, primitive, tribal, african, antiquity, work, gallery, picasso, giacometti, africa, iron, art gallery, african art, cubism read morethis mask is in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis lot will be packed with the utmost care and shipped with tracking and insurance service25x8x19 cm pictured base not included in the saleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
54 €
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African art ancestor figure, from the kela/yela ethnic group, located near the ituri forest, in eastern dr congored and white planes are nicely set off against each otherthe heart-shaped face, elongated features and geometric angular forms are characteristic of carving styles of the equatorial forestare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese abstract representations/figures- mostly males- are depicted, just like among the metoko, in a cubistic styleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimension: 27 cm in heightplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitejust like their neighbours the metoko, the yela and kela groups have known a lilwa-type of organization
89 €
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An nkisi figurine of the songe, songye, dr congo the mask has tribal wear which is perfectly visible in the photos, take a look for your own impressionwill be sent by registered mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
42 €
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lwena this is a unique piece, originalare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
210 €
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First half of the 20th century, lwena tshokweare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikismall damage to 1 figure - broken style! height 50 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletable - chair, is in good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
304 €
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Very beautiful chokwe offerings’ cup angolalength: 44 weight: gramsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit will be delivered with track and traceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
95 €
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African tribal art soko mutu mask, from the hemba ethnic group, located in north-eastern dr congoamongst the hemba, in south-eastern congo, there are two types of such ape masks, which represent the stylised face of a chimpanzee and are called ‘soko mutu’there are larger sized face masks, which are used in dances with full body costumesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidimensions: 24 cm in heightour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs, and sometimes small crackscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesoko mutu masks represent a composite chimpanzee-human creature who embodies the conflict between the unpredictability of the wilderness and the laws of civilization and the communitythe mask shows good signs of age, use, and exposurevintage wooden mask with a worn patina and pigmentsregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteand there are small ‘soko mutu masks’ which are flat on the back, such as the present one; they are kept or hung up as protective amulets in the houses of the hemba
89 €
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Material: wood and raphiaafrican tribal art mask, from the ndaaka ethnic group, located in the ituri forest, in eastern dr congoare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs, and sometimes small crackscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe mask shows good signs of age, use, and exposurevintage wooden mask with a worn patina and pigmentsregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: 24 cm in height (mask only)
37 €
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African tribal art lukwakondo small mask, from the lega ethnic group, located in eastern congocarved out of a single block of wood which shows good signs of age, use, and exposureadvancing through the ranks within this bwami society involved a series of initiations accompanied by gifts and paymentsas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs and sometimes small scrapesregistered shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe mask usually was showed during the ceremonies of the bwami societyvintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinalukwakongo masks are never worn on the face but are instead tied to the arm or displayed on a fence at the secret bwami meetingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)
42 €
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congo - no restorationsmangbetu wooden stool - ddimensions height 26 cm diameter seat 35 cm gramsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
171 €
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congo, songe appraised by manterior to read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikikasai region - dour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefelix lion mask label of probably the previous owner henri ghysen, artist - painter in brussels, there is a publication about him cm high, max width 21 cm, grams
603 €
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Urungu is a tribe in south east congo, border regionsimilar one in the museum tervuren/kinshasa (disappeared during lootings), published in aller-retour by boris wastiauplease note: the seller guarantees the authenticity of this itemare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeacquired circacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
843 €
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Fine isikimanji figure of the dengese people living in congoboth hands on the bellyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese figures are royal and chiefs figures, which hold the power and clothing of the old king after he dies; these are transferred to the new king in elaborate enthronement ceremoniesthe piece is now in my personal dutch collectionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe statue is covered by numerous scarifications all over the bodyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
111 €
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Original machete from drc congo with its sheath includedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe blade measures 42 cm and is made of hand-crafted steelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
37 €
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wood and braidingmid 20th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storezande and neighbouring tribescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
85 €
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wood read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehungana figurine drc height: 19
115 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith a piece of animal fur around its hipsorigin: nigeriaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedrc - name of the tribe: songye - material(s): wood, beads, animal skin - size (in cm): 34 x 10 x 11 cm - weight (in grams): 550 - shipment: shipped by post - songye statuette still with its horncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
102 €
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Material(s): woodthere is a little lack, visible on the base of the statuetteshipment mode: postal shipmentorigin: drc name of the tribe: tekedimensions (in cm): 26 x 7 x 8are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiteke figurine, with an abrasion trace on top of the headweight (in grams): 200our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
41 €
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This mask is in light-weighted woodwe can observe a little toothed mouth, the eyes are in the form of coffee beans, there are multiple holes on the cheeks, the eyebrows and on the nose bridge; these multiple holes reveal the damage caused on a braid by red ants; beautiful, ancient internal patina; remains of kaolin; we can note traces of adze work (have a look at the picture)mask with horns, known under the name of kayamba, a cult of the bwamiare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshipment via bpost with track & trace, or it can be picked up in brusselsweight 160 grams; 400 grams including the standplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethese masks are rare and are only used in a few regions within the lega territory
56 €
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Very light wood with polychromy, was formerly used as grave decoration this is a unique piece, originalmayombe so-called grave statuesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe brothers walschaert from antwerp imported colonial items, they were also evaluatorsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea few small imperfectionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelength measured without stand: 56 cm - grams with standplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteearly 20th century, probably between and , walschaert collection
1251 €
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A nice lot of small masks from congomasks have a height of cmthey are offered in a set of three small frames that form a whole, but of course the masks can also be arranged separatelyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe frames have a side of 13 cmself-collected in bakongo and kinshasasent with track and trace read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethey are made from bone or hippopotamus tooth
85 €
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drc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely pieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communitythe lega are a bantu forest people from central africa, mainly established in the east of the democratic republic of congo, at the east of the lualaba river, up to altitude in the mitumba mountains, in the provinces of south kivu and maniemaprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)this type of hat was worn by initiates of the bwami cult, an initiation society which secret rites were reserved to initiatesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableformer joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
89 €
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Hard wood with a honey colour patinaheadrest of the kongo yombe ethnic group located on each side of the congo river, and in two different countriesthe woman's shapes are cubist, the elbows are stretched outwards and the character is bentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis type of support is used by the dignitaries of the villagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe female character is represented in a stocky way, a sign of the burden she must bearthree brass bullen nails on the seatplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
110 €
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Please note the brass nails on the base of the stooldark patina of wearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidamages caused on one extremity by xylophagous insectsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepalaver stool of the nkutshu, a mongo subgroup from the north of the dplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
30 €
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Flaws in the wood and old cracks from drying outare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeprovenance: hermida collection, neuss, germanycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethere is a hole in the crown for magical substancesheight: 27 cm (without stand) / 30 cm (with stand)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitekusu half figure with significant signs of wear and tearthe figure is supplied with the stand pictured
142 €
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Probably an item meant to be hungare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki25 cm x 11 cm x 9 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebeautiful marks of polychromy: brown, red, whitewooden plank adorned with a miniature kifwebe maskmarks wear due to age: worn chin and crestplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
97 €
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Very lovely chokwe maskthis cruciform design probably derived from pendants in tin, commercialised in the chokwe region by portuguese travellers, since the 17th centurymwana pwo (young woman) masks, which were danced by chokwe men during festivities, mainly held for entertainment, favoured increased fertility to the crowdthese masks depict feminine ancestors, represented as beautiful young women, with a high forehead, balanced features, filed teeth, and a scarificationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableamong the scarification marks, which may have been reproduced because of their beauty which has inspired the sculptor, we have the cingelyengelye on the foreheadplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
177 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablestaff - sceptre prestige, bakongo, weight including pedestal, period around , ex rob vervoortplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
86 €
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Pwo mask from the southern chokwe of eastern dr congo and angola these masks represent ideal women and mothershardwood with a light-coloured patinaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe face is oval, the eyes are shaped in almonds, the prominent hairdo is woven with raffia fibresthe teeth are sharpour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerestoration on the left longitudinal part of the maskcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe frontal scarifications highlight this beautyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe nose and the ears are pierced
72 €