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What is African ivory?

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What is African ivory?

African ivory is a hard, white substance derived from the tusks and teeth of elephants, hippopotami, walruses, warthogs, sperm whales, and narwhals, as well as now-extinct mammoths and mastodons. For millennia, ivory has been a status symbol — it is a rare and alluring material, a luxury product that is derived from elephants, a highly respected animal in Africa and elsewhere.

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African Ivory Coast Contemporary Carved Painted Wood Guro Mask

Located in Queens, NY

African Ivory Coast Contemporary (Early 2000s) carved wood openwork Guro ceremonial mask (the

Category

20th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ivory

African Ivory Coast Contemporary Carved
Painted Wood Guro Mask

African Ivory Coast Contemporary Carved Painted Wood Guro Mask

$700

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Mbra Monkey Figure

Located in Queens, NY

African Ivory Coast 20th Century carved wood Baule Mbra monkey figure, seated with a string

Category

20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ivory

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Mbra Monkey Figure

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Mbra Monkey Figure

$3,000

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Diviner Seated Figure

Located in Queens, NY

African Ivory Coast 20th Century carved wood Baule seated male trance diviner figure with incised

Category

20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ivory

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Diviner Seated Figure

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Diviner Seated Figure

$5,000

African "Senufo" Stool Hand Carved - Ivory Coast

Located in Linkebeek, BE

These Senufo stools are hand carved from hardwood by the Senufo tribe in Ivory Coast. Senufo stools

Category

Late 20th Century African Stools

Materials

Wood

African "Senufo" Stool Hand Carved - Ivory Coast

African "Senufo" Stool Hand Carved - Ivory Coast

$653

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Male Heddle Pulley

Located in Queens, NY

African Ivory Coast 20th Century carved wood Baule heddle pulley features a male head handle with

Category

20th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Braid

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Male Heddle Pulley

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Male Heddle Pulley

$900

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Seated Female "Spirit Spouse"

Located in Queens, NY

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Baule carved wood \"Spirit Spouse\" seated female figure (\"Blolo

Category

20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Braid

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Seated Female "Spirit Spouse"

African Ivory Coast 20th Century Carved Wood Baule Seated Female "Spirit Spouse"

$3,600