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Lightwood Male Statue Snake Vertebrae Belt and Necklace, Mangbetu People, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
The Mangbetu people once reigned over a flourishing kingdom in northeastern Congo. Hence their traditional art flourished around the court. Their very rare figural sculptures are rem...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
Wooden sculpture of a Dancing Tengu, Late Edo–Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Leuven , BE
Wooden sculpture of a Dancing Tengu, Late Edo–Meiji Period, Japan
An animated and finely sculptured wooden figure of a Tengu, captured mid-step in a vigorous dance. The supernatural ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Terracotta Animal Head, Probably Ghana
Located in Leuven , BE
Terracotta animal head, probably Ghana.
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Jukun Commemorative Royal Ancestor Figure, Jukun People, Northeastern Nigeria.
Located in Leuven , BE
Jukun Commemorative Royal Ancestor Figure, Jukun People, Northeastern Nigeria.
Provenance
Martial bronsin
2009 Native
2012 - Martin Lagrain
AHDRC ao-0096159-001,002,003
The figure is depicted standing, bearded, with a tribal skull...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ibo hardwood Ikenga Altar Statue Ibo People Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
Ibo hardwood Ikenga Altar Statue documented Van Lier provenance,Ibo People, Nigeria.
before 1959 Kunsthandel Van Lier (documented)-1959 Volkskundig museu...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Anang/Ibibio Ekpo cult Ancestor dance Mask Anang/Ibibio People Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
Anang/Ibibio Ekpo cult Ancestor dance Mask , Anang/Ibibio People ,Nigeria
Maud et René Garcia Paris-Harrie Heinemans Collection
Museum Berg
Dal-1984
Martin Lagrain
AHDRC ao-...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Akan Terracotta Commemorative head of an ancestor Akan People, Ghana
Located in Leuven , BE
Akan Terracotta Commemorative head of an ancestor , Akan People, Ghana
Willem Geyskens 1977
Terracotta with granular black engobe. Portrait of a woma...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sculptured model of a smoked Mummie, Papua New Guinea, papier mâché, 20th C
Located in Leuven , BE
Sculptured model of a smoked Papua Mummie, papier mâché, 20th C
Burial practices vary in New Guinea, just as they do everywhere else in the world. Some cultures believe the soul is d...
Category
1990s Belgian Mounted Objects
Materials
Paper
Woven Parrying Shield, Batammaliba culture, Republic of Benin.
Located in Leuven , BE
This type of shield was used to deflect the strike of sticks or whips in ritual staged fights.Beautifully made from hide and natural fibers with a textural and timeless modern form. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Elytra
shells
of insect jewels from Thailand
Located in Leuven , BE
A new material made from the elytra (shells) of insect jewels from Thailand - Sternoceras Aequisignata - The satin-finish brass stand brings out the incr...
Category
20th Century Unknown Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
Dan People, Ivory Coast, Female Figure "Lu Me"
Located in Leuven , BE
In Dan society, sculptures of women are prestigious objects that reflect positively both on their owners' and their subjects' reputations. Among the most costly of Dan expressive for...
Category
Vintage 1930s Ivorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ethnic Design-Horned Gyè mask, Yauré People, Ivory Coast.
Located in Leuven , BE
Horned Gyè mask, Yauré People,Ivory Coast.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Mbole Yela Face mask with original Raphia and Cloth
Located in Leuven , BE
This rare, almost circular-shaped masks, belongs to the Ekanga secret society and would have been kept in baskets at the heart of their sanctuaries. The minimalist style and the whit...
Category
Vintage 1920s Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Elegant Set of Tiles with Mysterious Winged Creature Relief
Located in Leuven , BE
Made of earthenware, this set of tiles (5) depicts a beautiful but mysterious winged creature. Chimera, like and placed on a pedestal, this creature sh...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Belgian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
$322 Sale Price / set
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Ethnic Design-Bamileke beaded Collar Torque with pendant, Grasslands, Cameroom.
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke beaded Collar or Torque partially decorated with cauris
Private collection Brussels
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beads, Glass
Ethnic Design- Decorative Night Society Mask, Grasslands, Cameroon.
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon.
Private collection Brussels
The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beads, Leather
Ethnic Design-Collection of 22 Ceremonial Heads from the Grasslands in Cameroon.
Located in Leuven , BE
Worn by chiefs and other notables on ceremonial occasions, these beaded heads were highly symbolic power accoutrements and probably represent the heads of enemies taken in battle. Ol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Organic Material, Beads
Ethnic Design-Authentic Female Fertility figure “Yanda", Zande People, DRC.
Located in Leuven , BE
Female Fertility figure “Yanda", Zande People, DRC, Old collection n° 394 Baudouin de Grunne .
This highly abstract fertility bust, characterized by a prominent belly, is sculpted fr...
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Anthropomorphic ceramic vessel, Luba People, DRC.
Located in Leuven , BE
This vessel vividly illustrates anthropomorphic design through its bold depiction of a human-like figure. The spout is sculpted as an open-mouthed face, complete with stylized eyes a...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Terraccotta Jug in the shape of a male, Tshokwe People, DRC.
Located in Leuven , BE
This vessel is a striking example of anthropomorphic design, clearly incorporating human characteristics into its form. The upper section features a finely detailed human face, compl...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Crescent shaped terracotta pot, Solongo People, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Terracotta pot of roughly crescent shape featuring a pair of naively modelled human figures seated on the concave edge, each with arms folded to the abdomen and feet pointing downwar...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Anthropomorphic ceramic vessel, Luba People, DRC.
Located in Leuven , BE
This vessel exemplifies the anthropomorphic style, incorporating distinct human-like features into its design. Most notably, the upper portion of the vessel includes a stylized human...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Bridal Iron Hoe Currency, Afo Peoples Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
Used as forms of currency, they could also serve as a musical or ritual object. Displayed on a custom mount.
Category
Antique 19th Century Nigerian Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Ethnic Design-Bridal Iron Hoe Currency, Afo Peoples Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
Used as forms of currency, they could also serve as a musical or ritual object. Displayed on a custom mount.
Category
Antique 19th Century Nigerian Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Ethnic Design-Double Iron Bell with leftover of colourfull design;
Located in Leuven , BE
The Double Gong bell originating from the Bamileke communities in Cameroon is a functional instrument played with wooden sticks.
Category
Antique 19th Century Cameroonian Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Ethnic Design-Ceremonial Double Gong with Beaded Handle;
Located in Leuven , BE
This Double Gong bell originating from the Bamileke communities in Cameroon is a functional instrument played with wooden sticks.
Category
Antique 19th Century Cameroonian Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Ethnic design - Iron Bell Currency, Dowayo People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
Used as forms of currency, they could also serve as a musical or ritual object. Displayed on a custom mount.
Category
Antique 19th Century Cameroonian Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
The Bizango life-sized Haitian secret society Voodoo Warrior
Located in Leuven , BE
The Bizango life-sized Voodoo Warrior
Bizango is the name given to a secret society in Haiti, as well as to its members. Many of their practices are closely associated with Haitian V...
Category
20th Century Haitian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Cut Glass
Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase
Located in Leuven , BE
Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase
Category
20th Century French Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase
Located in Leuven , BE
Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase
Category
20th Century French Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Polychromed Statue representing Sint Alexis of Edessa. Flemish school, Belgium
Located in Leuven , BE
The Greek version of his legend made Alexius the only son of Euphemianus, a wealthy Christian Roman of the senatorial class. Alexius fled his arranged marriage to follow his holy voc...
Category
Antique 16th Century Belgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ethnic Design-Bronze sitting female statue, Kulango People, Ivory Coast
Located in Leuven , BE
This bronze statuette of striking modernity,in a minimalist and refined style is part of an eminently small corpus. The fluidity of the forms and the remarkable purity of the figurin...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ethnic Design-Very early Bamileke Elephant Mask embroided with trade beads.
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Kuosi Elephant masks comprise cloth panels and hoods woven from plantain fiber over raffia. On this background glass beads are stitched in geometric patterns. The basic form depicts salient features of the elephant—a long trunk and large ears. The hood fits tightly over the masker's head, and two hanging panels, one behind and one in front, partially conceal the body. The front panel is the elephant trunk, and the two large, stiff circles hinged to either side of the head are its ears, which flap as the masker dances. While the mask symbolizes an elephant, the face is human. Eyeholes provide visibility, and a nose and mouth with teeth are normally present. The glass beads used on these earlier masks were nineteenth-century trade beads of Venetian or Czechoslovakian manufacture, used as well in exchange for slaves. Elephant mask costumes...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beads, Organic Material
Ethnodesign Katoyo Mask representing the "Foreigner" with headdress from Angola.
Located in Leuven , BE
This unusual Chokwe mask is probably Katoyo, representing non-Chokwe individuals. The deviation of the mask from the more common Chokwe masks is mainly because they represent Portugu...
Category
Early 20th Century Angolan Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Ethno Design early 20th Century, Drc, Selection of Three Bark Cloth Beaters
Located in Leuven , BE
Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
16th C Mechelen Doll-letter M carved in the back.Some leftovers of polychromy
Located in Leuven , BE
Mechelen dolls are rare wooden devotional figurines (mainly walnut was used), which were made by some members of the Guild of Saint Luke. The figures, all individual saints, were made from reference models using highly regulated carving and polychrome techniques. They had to meet several requirements. The shape of the rug had to meet certain criteria and the letter M (from Mechelen) had to be visible in the shape. These devotional or saint figurines...
Category
Antique 16th Century Belgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
17th C Stone statue of Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo
Located in Leuven , BE
Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo (Antioch, ca. 240 – Formia, 303) was an Italian bishop and patron saint of the sailors. His attribute was the capstan, a winch on which the anchor chains were rolled up. He died as a martyr for his faith, and his bones were transferred to Gaeta in the 9th century, where they are kept in the cathedral to this day. The electric phenomenon of Saint Elmus fire is named after Saint Erasmus and the 16th C humanist Desiderius Erasmus. Little is known with certainty about Saint Erasmus' life. However, many legends may have been passed on orally until the - no older writings are known with certainty. His birthplace was in present-day Syria. However, the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian forced him to flee to Mount Lebanon...
Category
Antique 17th Century Belgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
A large handmade wooden sculpture, study of a Marlin, in skeletal form.
Located in Leuven , BE
A large handmade wooden sculpture, study of a Marlin, in skeletal form.
Category
20th Century British Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th C Carousel Decorative Female Torsos Attributed to Charles I.D. Luff
Located in Leuven , BE
This pair of female torsos presumably decorated a fair stand or an organ in a theme park. Most likely, they were part of an immense organ that was intended ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th C Oakwood Counter Top Cigar Store Indian Statue, Netherlands
Located in Leuven , BE
The cigar store Indian originated as a tradition, not in the United States but in Europe, where carved “Virginie men,” as Europeans called native Americans, were used for advertising...
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Butcher
s Exterior Wall Mounted Shop Sign of a Steer Bull Head Wood covered Lead
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique French wooden steer's head,used as the exterior sign of a butcher’s shop (in French they would call it a boucherie). The sign must be over a hundred years old,still has his o...
Category
20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Collection of 20 Decorative and Expressive Bembe Mudzini Reliquary Heads DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
These heads allowed the relatives to always have a link with the deceased, second half of the 20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile
19th C Tobacco Shop Publicity Statue smoking a pipe - polychromed wood.
Located in Leuven , BE
19th C Tobacco Shop Publicity Statue smoking a pipe -polychromed wood.In perfect state -stands tall on its own.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit
Located in Leuven , BE
The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at the China Exposition 1902 in Copenhagen.This group of Chinese polychromed-decorate...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Three Decorative Beaded Flywhisks , Cameroon Grasslands
Located in Leuven , BE
The Royal Fly Whisks (ethnic names: see leng koko or beuka) used in dances are made of carved wood to which horse tails are attached. These tails are veritable war trophies cut from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Burlap, Wood, Beads
Bronze patinated Statue of Fencer by G.Devreese (1861-1941) .
Located in Leuven , BE
Godefroid Devreese (19 August 1861 – 31 August 1941) was a Belgian sculptor. He first studied with his father, then continued his studies at the academies in Kortrijk and Bruxelles f...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ethnic Design-Yombe Chief Staff "Mwaala", Kongo Art, Yann Ferrandin, Paris 2009.
Located in Leuven , BE
A Wooden Yombe Mwaala Chief Staff, with three globular elements. The Finial is a finely carved female figure kneeling, the hands resting on the knees and with raised scarification ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Hardwood
Ethnic Design-Pair Inuit Male Statues, Caribou bone-probably Nunivak, 20th C
Located in Leuven , BE
This pair is a fine example of carving done by Inuit natives. Native Americans who live within and just below the Arctic Circle. Hand-made tools were improvised for carving and bow...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Canadian Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Sir Frederick Lugard-Colonial administrator Nigeria. Bronze by Herbert Cawood.
Located in Leuven , BE
Sir Frederick Lugard-Colonial administrator Nigeria. Bronze by Herbert Cawood 1938, 92 x 27 x 27 cm, 36 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in:
Herbert Harry Cawood (1890-1957) was an English scu...
Category
Vintage 1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ethnic Design-Ceremonial Monkey Figure on Snailshell, German Coll., Bulu People
Located in Leuven , BE
The eye-catcher of this bell jar is the centrally placed blue bird with spread wings. It is an Indian Roller that occurs mainly in West Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
Provenanc...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material, Terracotta
Self-portrait of Sarah Bernhardt in the form of monstrous chimera.Thiebaud Frere
Located in Leuven , BE
A fabulous discovery—this bronze chimera represents a self-portrait by the famous Sarah Bernhardt in the form of a monstrous chimera! A bronze reduction...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceremonial hardwood Skeleton from a single piece of wood, Nigeria.
Located in Leuven , BE
An uncommon form, the abstract teeth filled mouthed figure standing straight on an integral base.
Category
20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Ethnic Design-Seated terracotta Figure with nose-ring, Quimbaya culture, 17th C
Located in Leuven , BE
Seated terracotta Figure with nose-ring, Quimbaya culture, 17th C
Category
Antique 17th Century Colombian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Chancay original Mummy Bundle Mask
Located in Leuven , BE
A hand-carved funerary mask meant to attach to a larger mummy bundle. The plank-form mask is painted with a broad red face accented with white, diamond-shaped eyes, a rectangular mou...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Peruvian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
Unusual Filipino representation of Saint Roch in a Spanish colonial style.
Located in Leuven , BE
Unusual representation of Saint Roch in a Spanish colonial style. A Filipino work in exotic wood from the period of evangelization under the Spanish Crown. The type of wood used and ...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Philippine Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Exceptional allegory of death, carved bone, Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th
Located in Leuven , BE
Exceptional allegory of death in carved bone. Depiction of a leper wrapped in a stole. Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th century. Superb quality of carving, showing no signs of mech...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
Very mysterious bronze sculpture depicting a mythical giant, half-man, half ape.
Located in Leuven , BE
Very mysterious and imposing bronze sculpture depicting a mythical giant, half-man, half-ape, armed with a club and about to devour a dinosaur held in his left hand. Most likely of A...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother and Child , Cameroon, Mabea, 1920-1930, Provenance R. Caillois-P.Ratton
Located in Leuven , BE
Standing Fang Mabea Maternity of Museum quality, holding a pestle with both her hands. The mother's head is slightly turned to the left, while the child, which she carries on her bac...
Category
Vintage 1920s Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mountain Gorilla 1 - Contemporary Unique Handmade Sculpture, Portrait
Located in Leuven , BE
Designed and sculpted in France by a regional artist, each Gorilla head is meticulously crafted from clay. This process brings forth a piece that embodies both dynamic movement and a...
Category
2010s Belgian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Paper
