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A MOSSI ZOOMORPHIC MASK, BURKINA FASO
The abstract animal's head surmounted by three projecting sections, the central supporting a standing female figure with long hair, 90cm high
£80-£120
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A MOSSI 'WAN-NYAKA' ANTELOPE MASK, BURKINA FASO
With long ears, short horns and elongated muzzle, decorated in red, black and white, 88cm high
£200-£300
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A MOSSI ANTELOPE MASK, BURKINA FASO
The abstract antelope head with long curved horns, surmounted by a long curved plank decorated with a black, red and white chequerboard pattern, 107cm high
£150-£250
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A SENUFO 'PORPIANONG' BIRD FIGURE, IVORY COAST
Representing a hornbill, with long curved beak and protruding pregnant belly, 35cm high
£100-£150
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A SENUFO 'SYONFOLO' EQUESTRIAN FIGURE, IVORY COAST
The rider with elongated neck and cylindrical head, wearing a high headdress, the tongue sticking out from the open round mouth, holding a jar in one hand and a now-missing weapon in the other, 53.5cm high
Provenance: English private collection of an academic.
Literature: in Senufo society the 'syonfolo', or 'lord of the horse', symbolises the power of well-respected diviners. The confidence of the rider guiding his horse evokes the skill of the diviner in controlling otherworldly powers.
£200-£300
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A LARGE SENUFO FIGURE OF MOTHER AND CHILD, IVORY COAST
The mother depicted pregnant, carrying an infant over her back, bearing a bowl over her head, 100cm high
£300-£500
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A BAULE COLON FIGURE, IVORY COAST
Wearing a uniform with shorts and sun helmet, riding a bike or moped, 44.5cm high
£80-£120
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TWO ASHANTI BRONZE GROUPS, GHANA
One representing a ruler being carried in a litter with parasol, surrounded by retinue, 16cm x 13cm; and another depicting a couple playing a game of Warri, 13cm long (2)
£100-£200
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AN EWE STANDING ANCESTOR FIGURE, GHANA
With hollow eyes and smiling face, covered in white pigment, with remains of red over the lips and black for the hair, 41cm high
£150-£250
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A LARGE GROUP OF AFRICAN GLASS TRADE BEADS
Circa 19th to early 20th Century A.D.
Including opaque blue multifaceted beads, translucent blue ring beads, tubular pale blue beads, large red with rippled surface, white beads and multicoloured beads decorated with bands, streaks and floral motifs, all restrung into necklaces (a lot)
Provenance: Donald Simmonds Collection, UK, formed in the 1950s-1960s.
£100-£150
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TWO WEST AFRICAN BRASS ALLOY BRACELETS
Penannular with flaring terminals, 8cm and 8.5cm diam; AND A PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE TERRACOTTA EROTIC FIGURE, 7.5cm long (3)
£80-£120
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THREE WEST AFRICAN ARTEFACTS
Including a funerary female terracotta head with high openwork coiffure and remains of blue pigment, possibly Ewe or Akan, Ghana, 33cm high; a Baule elephant figure, Ivory Coast, 20cm long; and a terracotta jar with incised and painted decoration, 17cm high (3)
£150-£250
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FOUR AFRICAN CLAY VESSELS, WEST AFRICA
Including a Nigerian example with flaring mouth and four spouts, 18.5cm high; two jugs with incised decoration and wide neck, 23cm high; and a grey clay footed bowl, 17cm high (4)
£150-£250
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A MUMUYE OR KIRDI CROOKED TOP IRON CURRENCY, NIGERIA
With twisted body and flat crescent-shaped terminal, 37cm long
£80-£120
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A HAUSA IRON HOE CURRENCY, NIGERIA
The long handle of round cross-section flattening to a rectangular terminal, 125.5cm high
£200-£300
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AN EARLY BRONZE GROUP, NIGERIA
Possibly part of a finial, representing a larger nude female figure holding a staff, flanked by two smaller male figures holding weapons, on an integral round base and surmounted by a converging structure, 10cm high
£300-£500
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AN IFE-STYLE BRONZE HEAD, NIGERIA
Depicting a ruler, with typical vertical striations over the face and plaited headdress, 33cm high
£200-£300
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TWO JEKRI PADDLES, NIGERIA
With elongated openwork leaf-shaped blade decorated with geometric motifs and two reptiles in profile, 127cm and 142cm long (2)
£100-£150
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A YORUBA 'OPON IFA' DIVINATION TRAY, NIGERIA
Round, the wide raised border carved with two stylised eyes and mouth of the god Eshu, flanked by crocodiles, 38cm diam
£100-£200
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A YORUBA IRON HERBALISTS STAFF 'OPA OSANYIN', NIGERIA
Composed of a crown of birds encircling a larger central bird, on a long flat spear-shaped staff, 57cm high
£150-£250
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A YORUBA DANCE STAFF 'OSHE SHANGO', NIGERIA
The terminal carved in the shape of a human head, the high coiffure with remains of blue pigment, 36cm high
£100-£200
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A KALABARI BRONZE SPIRAL ARMLET, NIGERIA
Of round cross-section, the coils decreasing in size from one end to the other, with flaring terminals, 18cm long
£150-£250
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A YORUBA MALE SHRINE FIGURE, NIGERIA
Riding on the back of a horse, holding a long spear and one of the reins, carrying a child on the back, a servant at the front holding the other rein, 25cm high
£400-£600
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A YORUBA 'GELEDE' HELMET MASK, NIGERIA
With elaborate headdress, surmounted by a standing figure holding a vessel, 70cm high
£100-£200
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LARGE YORUBA HERMAPHRODITE FIGURE, NIGERIA
Depicted pregnant, with male and female attributes, 100cm high
£200-£300
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TWO YORUBA 'GELEDE' HELMET MASKS, NIGERIA
One with green face and pointed hat, 20cm high; another with yellow face, pointed ears and straight impala horns, 37cm high; together with a Zulu iron spear, the shaft cut off and mounted, 80cm high; and a wood cup with the handle as a stylised bird, dark brown patina, 8cm high (4)
£100-£150
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A PAIR OF YORUBA BRONZE 'ONILE' STAVES OF THE OGBONI SOCIETY, NIGERIA
Both sitting on a bell-shaped base, depicted nude with scarification marks over the face and back, the male wearing a pointed hat and a necklace, holding a dagger in the right hand and smoking a pipe, the female wearing the same necklace and holding her breasts with both hands, a bird resting on her belly, 21.5cm-23cm high (2)
Provenance: Louis Schendler Collection, London, formed in the 1960s-1970s, thence by descent.
£200-£300
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SEVEN NAMJI FERTILITY DOLLS, CAMEROON
The stylised figures with suspension hoop over the head and eyes made of glass beads, adorned with strings of coloured beads, shells, bells, coins and other fetishes, 16.5cm - 24.5cm high (7)
£100-£150
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A FANG STANDING MALE FIGURE, GABON
With brass disc insets for the eyes, beard and long hair in dreadlocks, 51cm high
Provenance: English private collection of an academic.
£100-£200
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A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON
With typical oval face, crescent-shaped eyes, round mouth, curved coiffure and lateral flanges, covered in metal sheets fixed with nails, 72cm high
£300-£500
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A KWELE 'EKUK' MASK, GABON
With recessed heart-shaped face, and two large curved antelope horns joining at the bottom, 40cm high
£80-£120
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A BEMBE MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
With large owl-like eyes decorated with white kaolin, and small round protuberant mouth, with raffia hair attached to the sides, 41cm high
£100-£150
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A KUBA 'MUKIEEM' HELMET MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Composed of animal hide, coloured glass beads, cowrie shells and grass fibre cuff around the neck and at the top, 46cm high; with an African terracotta water or beer container decorated with red and black concentric bands, 27cm high (2)
Provenance: William Peters (1923-2014) Collection, London and Deal, formed in the 1950s-1980s. William Peters served in Burma during WWII, then was posted in Ghana as a British colonial officer. He then started his diplomatic career and held positions in Australia, India, Uruguay and Malawi.
£80-£120
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THREE BAKONGO LIMESTONE 'NTADI' FIGURES, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The three figures seated in the typical cross-legged pose, 15cm-27.5cm high (3)
£100-£150
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A LARGE KONGO 'NKISI' POWER FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Wearing the hat of colonial officials, holding a piece of glass embedded in his belly with the left hand, the right arm raised, the body pierced with several nails and blades, 63cm high
£200-£300
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A MANGBETU ANTROPOMORPHIC CUP, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The face adorned with scarification marks, with a double handle at the back, 24cm high
£100-£200
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A KONGO VILI FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Standing with both hands holding the belly and the embedded mirror, with cloth around the chest and both arms, the details of the eyebrows, eyes and lips added in black, with carved teeth and stuck-out tongue for magical protection, both eyes inlaid with mirrors, with small feathers inserted in the head forming the hair, 41cm high
£200-£300
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A LEGA MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
With hollow eyes and elaborate headband carved on the forehead, the mouth open showing the teeth, 37.5cm high
£200-£300
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A CHOKWE ROYAL ANCESTOR FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Possibly a generic portrait of the chief, Chibinda Ilunga, wearing the elaborate headdress and holding a spear and a rifle, 28cm high
£400-£600
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A KONGO FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Depicting a man seated on a stool, wearing the traditional cap, 19cm high
£80-£120
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A MANGBETU ANTHROPOMORPHIC CUP, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The spherical body decorated with impressed chevrons and ropes, the wide neck molded in the shape of a head with narrow eyes and scarification marks, with a high coiffure and central hole for the mouth of the vessel, 20cm high
£300-£400
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A HARDWOOD BIRTHING CHAIR, MALAWI
Composed of two separate pieces, the high openwork back carved with symmetrical zoomorphic motifs, with shiny brown patina, 125cm high
£150-£250
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A SUKUMA MASK, TANZANIA
With a wide smile and visible rows of teeth, with remains of red and black pigment, 31cm high
£200-£300
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A COPTIC FOLDING PRAYER BOOK, ETHIOPIA
With bone covers, the front one carved as a stylised lizard, the pages of vegetable fibre painted with script and various images including a heart and a human figure, 8cm long
£80-£120
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A SHILLUK CROCODILE SKIN COMBAT SHIELD, SUDAN
Of slightly waisted oval shape, the handle on the rear inscribed '9 July 1942', 49cm long
£100-£200
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A BONGO 'NGYA' MEMORIAL POST FIGURE, SOUTHERN SUDAN
With fleshy lips and detailed teeth, standing over the top section of the post, decorated with carved bands of zig zag, 66cm high
£100-£150
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A MAHDIST CEREMONIAL SCEPTRE, SUDAN
The short staff covered in leather and lizard skin, the lower terminal with a metal leaf-shaped blade, the other terminal in the shape of a wood sphere with seven short chains each terminating with a pierced round token, 52cm high
£150-£250
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