489: A COLLECTION OF AFRICAN CARVINGS, INDIAN ALTAR FIGURE

1. AFRICAN CARVED WOOD PRESTIGE STAFF - The carved prestige staff with carved figure, sans one arm, standing on a platform over the six-sided staff above a carved openwork diamond and tapered tip, on a wood base with wire rod. Measures 30.5 inches, without stand.

2. AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FERTILITY TOTEM - A two-headed African fertility totem figure attributed to the African Yoruba People of Nigeria, on black stand. Measures 44.5 inches, not including the stand.

3. CARVED WOOD AFRICAN STATUE - The female figure standing with bent legs, elongated torso with spaced curved vertical lines, arms alongside and umbilicus is attributed to the African Adan People of Ghana. Female carvings are said to contain the spirit of the ancestor. Measures 23.5 inches.

4. CARVED WOOD AFRICAN STATUE - The depiction of a female figure with long protruding ears attributed to the African Akan Tribe of Ghana and the Ivory Coast does not exhibit recognizable features that occur in nature, it could be the half rabbit half female from African Akan folklore Ananse which can change form sometimes depicted as a human. Measures 23.5 inches.

5. AN AFRICAN BAULE CARVED WOOD FERTILITY FIGURE - The figure depicted with striated coiffure and elongated eyes on circular base. Measures 15 x 4 inches.

6. AN AFRICAN CARVED DAN SCOOP - The carved wood Dan scoop from Ivory Coast. Measures 15.5 x 3.75 inches.

7. INDIAN ALTAR FIGURE - A carved wood figure in the manner of an Eastern Indian altar figure. Measures 10 x 2.5 without the stand.
Measurements as noted in the description.
Very good condition, noting losses and the effects of age as shown.
$200 - $300