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African Maternity Figure

African art tribal maternity figure, Lobi peoples Ghana - Ivory Coast
Located in Norwich, GB
A delightful African maternity figure from the Lobi peoples of the Ivory Coast/Ghana. With a serene
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Wooden Baoule Maternity Figure, Africa
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Interesting maternity figure in a hieratic pose presenting a young adolescent. Beautiful facial
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20th Century Ivorian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Wooden Baoule Maternity Figure, Africa
H 17.75 in W 4 in D 4.75 in
Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa weathered
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Blessed by time, an early beautiful Yoruba female figure with baby riding on back, presenting an
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

"Jokwe Maternity, Angola, " Carved Wood created in Africa circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jokwe Maternity, Angola" is a wood sculpture from Africa created circa 1910. The figure kneels on
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1910s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Yoruba Maternity Group
Located in London, GB
Yoruba Maternity Group  Wood, polychrome, pigment, scorching Old collection name to base: ‘Sealy
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Antique Late 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Art

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Wood

Yoruba Maternity Group
Yoruba Maternity Group
H 22.75 in W 9 in D 11 in
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

West African Lobi People "Bateba Ti Bala" Fertility Figure in Carved Wood
Located in Miami, FL
From the West African country of Bukina Faso this Lobi People "Bateba Ti Bala" fertility Figure in
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Maternity - Painting Pastel on Paper Black White Brown Red Pink Blue
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
"Maternity" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

'Proud Woman' original stone Shona sculpture dress hair singed by P. Mua
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artist presents an elegant and curvilinear figure of a woman, her hair seeming to billow upward and
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

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Benin Bronze Bell Sculpture Depicting an Oba
By People from Benin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An exquisite Benin bronze sculpture in shape of a bell depicting an Oba. Oba translates to "ruler" in the Yoruba and Bini languages of contemporary West Africa. The Kingdom of Benin ...
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20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Baule Female Figure African Sculpture
By Baule Tribe
Located in Sharon, CT
A fine old Baule carving, with a rich golden brown surface patina.
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Antique Early 1900s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Baule Female Figure African Sculpture
Baule Female Figure African Sculpture
H 16.5 in W 4 in D 3.75 in
African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costume from Yoruba, Nigeria. Pu...
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20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century African Antique Wood Comb with Human Head From the Chokwe Culture of Angola. A fine, old, much used comb with a glossy, glasslike patina. Of traditional form with...
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Early 20th Century Angolan Other Tribal Art

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Wood

Early Wood Ashanti Stool Reclining Figure Supporting Top, Ghana Mid 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The supports for Akan stools take many forms, they can be purely geometric or architectural with simple posts and columns, or, as in this case, figural, with humans or animals suppor...
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

African Tribal Statue Osseyba or Reliquary Figure Kota Mohongwe Peoples Art
Located in Miami, FL
A fantastically hand-crafted piece by the Kota (or Bakota) tribe who are located in the northeastern region of Gabon. This figure, which is a Mahongwe reliquary figure as exhibited w...
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Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Abstract Sculptures

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Brass, Copper

Early Ibibio Mask Fragment, Dark Red Face, Expressive Eyes, Early 20th C Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ibibio mask fragment from Nigeria, deep black-red pigment, expressive eyes. A compelling face on a custom metal stand. Old insect damage/erosion to proper right hair and side o...
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Yoruba Ibeji triplets master sculptor.Abegunde of Ede tribal African Art Nigeria
Located in Norwich, GB
An extraordinary group of Ibeji "triplets" sculpted by the same master sculptor. Ibeji is name of a very specific type of carved wooden figure from Yoruba in Nigeria. Ibejis repre...
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1930s Tribal Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

African Mumuye Carved Wood Iagalagana Tutelary Figure on Display Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A carved wood Iagalagana figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were often made to ensure the personal protection of their individual owners a...
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Fertility" African Wood Sculpture by the Lobi People
Located in Pasadena, CA
Carved wood figure by West African Lobi People. "The Lobi People live in a vast geographical area that stretches from Burkina Fasso, to the Ivory Coast and into Ghana. Lobi bateba f...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures

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Wood

African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Yoruba offering bowl in the from of a male figure with a beard riding on horse back surrounded by four small attendants, finely carved with nice patina from native use. Probabl...
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wool

Matching Pair of Yoruba Twin Figures Ibeji Nigeria African Tribal Art beads
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matching rare pair of stocky male twin figures "Ibeji" from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa, created in the early 20th century. Dressed with matching glass bead necklace and bra...
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Friendship, comfort: hand modelled sculpture by Polish Jewish French artist
Located in Norwich, GB
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Plaster

Carved Wood Miniature Baule Bush cow Mask Stand Ivory Coast Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old carved miniature wood mask with traces of red and green pigment, from the Baule people of Ivory Coast, Africa. Representing a bushcow, and dating from the early 20th century. Mas...
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Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

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Yoruba Maternity Offering Bowl Figure with Chicken, Africa, Nigeria
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Yoruba maternity offering bowl with a chicken as the lid, Nigeria, Africa, early 20th century. A
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa Timeless
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Blessed by time, an early beautiful Yoruba female figure with baby riding on back, presenting an
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Maternity
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Maternity (Grande Maternité) April 29, 1963 Offset Lithograph on
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1960s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Maternity
Maternity
H 35.44 in W 25.01 in D 0.04 in
African 1930 Cote D'Ivoire Baoule Tribal Maternity With Child Carved In Wood
By Baule Tribe
Located in Miami, FL
Maternity sculpture figure from the Baoule people Magnificent large sculpture of a seated
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Vintage 1930s Ivorian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

After Pablo Picasso - Maternity - Lithograph
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
period, the rose period, African influenced style, to cubism, surrealism, and realism. Not only did he
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso - Maternity - Signed Lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
blue period, the rose period, African influenced style, to cubism, surrealism, and realism. Not only
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

after Pablo Picasso - Maternity - Lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
period, African influenced style, to cubism, surrealism, and realism. Not only did he master these styles
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

After Pablo Picasso - Handsigned Lithograph - Maternity
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Maternity (Grande Maternité) April 29, 1963 Offset Lithograph on
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1960s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Rare Wood Sculpture Monk or Knight Design by Wenzel Profant, circa 1950s
By Wenzel Profant
Located in Atlanta, GA
France, Spain and North Africa, to finally arrived in England where he joined the English Army. His
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Vintage 1950s Luxembourgish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

African Fertility Doll, Lesotho
Located in New York, NY
A very rare and important Sotho fertility figure. The earliest accounts of South Sotho dolls
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Early 20th Century Lesothian Tribal Art

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Wood, Fabric

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