This small, late 19th–early 20th century, Maginga statue made of wood originates from the Lega peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The figure portrays angular legs tapering to the torso with protruding navel framed by truncated arms, the sloping shoulders supporting the head with scooped, heart-shaped facial plane, notched mouth and coffee-bean eyes; covered in kaolin.

Made of 100% wood, kaolin, vegetable fibers.

Model is W 51 - H 16 and weight 1.9 kg.

This abstract anthropomorphic carving originates mask from the Fang tribe. They were meant to protect. They are often of great aesthetic quality, which suggests that they are the culmination of a long sculptural tradition. Symbolic representations of ancestors, these comparatively rare heads hold a special place in the corpus of Fang statuary.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 25 - H 20 and weight  1kg.

This zoomorphic Dogon mask made of hardwood with a kaolin coating is an exceptional piece for your collection. It originates from Mali and was created to represent spirits of the wilderness. 

Made of 100% Wood, mineral pigments

Model is W 16 - H 26 and weight 3 kg.

Beautifully carved antique pair of fertility figurines originating from the Luba tribe from D.R. Congo. Most Luba art relates to kings and important chiefs, who defined their power by the display of prestige objects during important ceremonies.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 30– H 12 and weight 3.6 kg.

This striated masks, or Kifwebe, originates from the Luba, southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These types of masks were used to mark important periods of social transition and transformation, appearing at the death of a chief or any other eminent person, or when a person assumes an important political title.

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 20 – H 40 and weight 0.9 kg.

This ancestral Anthropomorphic head originate from the Mangbetu tribe, of the colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Depicting the women’s headdress and cranial modification achieved by binding the heads of babies among the Mangbetu, this piece would have been particularly attractive to European consumers, who held a prurient fascination for courtly Mangbetu hairstyles that accentuated the high foreheads of the nobility, shaped through cloth bindings during infancy. The unknown artist who carved this box understood his audience: while Mangbetu courtiers preferred boxes with geometric bases, Europeans preferred figurative sculptures.

Made of 100% wood, bark, vegetable fiber.

Model is W 22 – H 30 and weight 0.7 kg.

This beautiful ‘Gomintogo’ or ‘Hare mask’ of the Dogon, from the Bandiagara Escarpment in eastern Malimask’, represents one of the approximately 80 mask types of the Dogon. The Dogon people have created more than eighty mask types to represent characters in their cosmic myths.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 50 – H 21 and weight 2 kg.

This rare and beautiful 19th–early-20th century Yombe Phemba (Maternity) Figure, originates from the Kongo peoples, Yombe group - Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is called Nkisi (means holy). The figures were used to ward off danger to mothers during delivery and to protect the health of the child.

Made of 100% Wood, kaolin.

Model is W 16 - H 75 and weight 5.2 kg.

This elegantly carved female ancestral figure originates from the Suku people in the Lake Tanganyika region of the south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. These sculpture embody the female ancestor of a Suku ruler and were passed down through the family. The figure's powers were used in a number of ways: to protect the sick from evil forces, villages from unwelcome intruders and to ascertain the guilt, or otherwise, of a defendant.

Made of 100% carved wood.

Model is W 11 - H 34 and weight 0.7 kg.

This ‘Gomintogo’ or ‘Hare mask’ or ‘Deer Mask’ of the Dogon, from the Bandiagara Escarpment in eastern Malimask’, represents one of the approximately 80 mask types of the Dogon.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 53 – H 21 and weight 3.5 kg.

This unusual and particularly imaginative helmet like mask is from the Nsukka area, the northern part of the northcentral Igbo region in Nigeria. This region has one of the most complex and diverse mask making traditions in Nigeria.

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 33 – H 25 and weight 1.2 kg.

This type of circular pendant representing a sun refers to an ancient and complex passage of the Dogon cosmogony, at a time when light was given to men through 10 suns. It is is relatively rare in western collections. The sun symbol identification that is sometimes made seems to be foreign rather than a Dogon interpretation. 

Made of 100% Brass / Bronze

Model is W 7 – H 2 and weight 0.12 kg.

This Power Figure from the Dem. Rep. of Congo is called Yaka (or Bayaka). It represents a commemorative or reliquary ancestral figure. These are worshiped small huts and receive sacrificial offerings. It is a standing prayer position, with hands joined together. important ancestors in The reliquary figure, carved from very hard wood, displays the typical features of Yaka sculpture.

Made of 100% carved wood, kaolin and red redwood powder.

Model is W 16 - H 63 and weight 1.4 kg.

This interesting abstract of a rider Nommo and horse figure is common throughout the art of the Senufo and Bamana who neighbor the Dogon. The sculpture depict the prestige and power surrounding an animal that has been associated with these qualities since it was introduced into West Africa more than a thousand years ago. In Dogon society, horses were generally considered a luxury reserved for rich or powerful people. Horses occur in Dogon beliefs about the creation of the world and the horse and rider figures are seen as a symbol of a mythological personage.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 30 – H 72 and weight 2.3 kg.

This authentic carved wood mask, depicting an abstracted animal originates from Mali. Dogon masks, such as this one called kanaga, are worn primarily at dama, a collective funerary rite for Dogon men. The ritual’s goal is to ensure the safe passage of the spirits of the deceased to the world of the ancestors.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 49 – H 28 and weight 1.5 kg.

This tribal Mask From the Chokwe is called pwo or mwana pwo mask and  originates from Angola. It has an elaborate hairline made up of a braided fibre fabric, beautiful and unusual scarification patterns on the forehead and cheeks. Pwo signifies womanhood and an elder ancestral female associated with fertility. The cross form on the forehead, known as cingelyengelye, is an early Portuguese influence.

Made of 100% wood, fiber, Patina.

Model is W 28 – H 17 and weight 0.5 kg.

This classical seated Yombe figure had been considered by the Kongo people a posture of circumspection, or a sign of one who reflects before speaking. The gesture also symbolizes an ideal chief. The figure is carved in the iconic Congo 'phemba' genre. 'Phembas' represent a maternity classic theme of Yombé art that usually depicts (with variations) a mother sitting cross-legged (most times with a suckling infant on her lap), with a realistic face, gaped mouth, the body covered with keloid scarifications. These carvings, generally sophisticated and very graceful, were thought to favor such a happy event.

Made of 100% wood, pigment.

Model is W 26– H 11 and weight 0.4 kg.

This authentic mask, depicting an abstracted human face showing traces of exposure to the Elem bird mask is made of wood, with a crusted old wooden patina, originates from Mali, located in the administrative districts of Bandiagara and Douentza, Mopti region. 

Made of 100% wood, fiber Patin.

Model is W 29 – H 20 and weight 2 kg.

This authentic carved wood mask, depicting an abstracted animal originates from the Dogon tribe in Mali. The Kanaga masks depict the face as an almost long and rectangular box with deeply hollowed channels for the eyes. According to Dogon beliefs, it represents a wild monkey, uncivilized, dangerous, and antisocial behavior –  the direct opposite of their beliefs about the way a proper, solid, upstanding Dogon person is expected to behave.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 18 – H 18 and weight 2 kg.

This tri-pigmented wooden mask is typical of the Vuvi: of classical form, finely carved with remains of black pigment on the hairline, brow, and chin, remaining red and white pigment throughout.Masks of this particular type have often been attributed to the Vuvi or Pove people in Gabon; Each mask represents a supernatural being, an expression of the imaginary in which the ancestors are confused.This mask is pleasing and well proportioned in its simplicity.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 25 – H 45 and weight 0.9 kg.

Vili Yombe Helmet Mask with nails basketry originating from DR Congo. The pigmented wooden mask, the features of the face are carved with great concern for details and naturalistic expression that are often found in the masks of the Woyo and Vili and also the Yombe, in its classical form. Finely carved with black and red pigment throughout. Each mask represents a supernatural being, an expression of the imaginary in which the ancestors are confused. Such masks are used during initiations, funerals of important individuals or may have social control functions or are used by diviners and healers. This mask is very pleasing to the eye and well proportioned in its simplicity, and would be a great addition to any collection.

Made of 100% wood, pigment.

Model is W 38 - H 54 and weight 0.7 kg.

A powerful and Authentic mid 20th century Krahn mask made of hard wood, with brown patina and pigment. The face has a very complex structure and might be identified to the baboon. It has scarifications and a large square tubular mouth. The surface shows a thick encrustation.  It originates from Liberia.

Made of 100% Polychrome wood, pigments.

Model is W 20 – H 15 and weight 1.4 kg.

This anthropomorphic Dogon figure originates from Mali. The wooden pillars carried symbolic representations that were references to Dogon mythology, especially ancestors.

Made of 100% Wood, mineral pigments

Model is W 14 - H 61 and weight 2.4 kg.

This beautiful comb originates from the Songye peoples - the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Antique combs were used for styling the hair and were sometimes worn as decorative items when inserted and worn in both men’s and women’s hair. Elaborate and distinctive coiffures reveal social status, and hair combs were considered a luxury and many become treasured items that are passed down through the generations.

Made of 100% Wood.

Model is W 28 - H 9 and weight 0.2 kg

This old-carved mask of light-coloured wood, originates from the Dogon people of Mali. Satimbe masks are surmounted by a female figure which represents the elder sister of the mask. It's a ceremony mask used during the annual harvest festival (called Bulu), celebrated in all the villages before the rainy season.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 28 – H 19 and weight 3 kg.

Teke are the oldest stratum of the Bantu population in the Republic of Congo. The name of this people indicates its occupation—that is, trading—from teke, meaning “to buy.” Teke masks are mainly used in traditional dancing ceremonies such as wedding, funeral and initiation ceremonies of young men entering adult hood. Figures of identical appearance serve also for success in hunting, trading, and other activities, each figure's purpose being known only to the owner.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 38 – H 22 and weight 1 kg.