Nail and mirror fetishes are a unique and important phenomenon of Kongo sculpture. In the Kongo, all these fetishes are called nkisi. Nkisi means “medicine”. Historically, there were two types of

 

archipelagoarts Store OLD HUON GULF FIGURATIVE HOOK PAPUA NEW GUINEA OLD HUON GULF FIGURATIVE HOOK This antiquated Huon Gulf food hook is made in the shape of a crocodile a feared and revered reptile

 

Horn Goblet - 18th Century This item is part of a large estate collection that I have been requested to sell. This auction is for an early American colonial goblet carved from horn. Circa 18th century

 

Fine old HEADHUNTER'S CASUARIS BONE DAGGER ASMAT Papua (New Guinea) size: 33 cm / 13 inches shipping in Europe $20.- //worldwide $30.- WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING AND ONLY CHARGE ACTUAL SHIPPING COSTS FOR

 

Common features of the Kplekple disc shaped facemasks include antelope shaped horns, round eyes, rectangular shaped mouth and the geometric designs. The red face is considered female and the dark/brow

 

Classic Antique Primitive Tribal Stone Head PNG Adze Papua New Guinea C1930s Note: See similar in books on PNG culture & artefacts, also museum collections and tribal art auction catalogues. Finel

 

Up for action is this rare antique African half gourd heavily decorated with very colorful glass and wood beads of different shapes and sizes, some solid - some striped. There are flat disks scattered

 

HOLED STONE, near SANTA YNES MOUNTAINS, NEAR SANTA BARBARA, 19th Century Length: 3 1/2" Width: 2 1/2" Depth: 1 3/4" Weight: 1 lb Back in the late 1800s, in McWay Creek, near the now famous Chumash Pai

 

This is a fetish from the Congo in the form of a person with bound hands. The eyes are glass and it has nails and bits of mirror embedded in it. There are also areas covered by some kind of cloth that

 

Plains Catlinite pipe from the late 1800's to early 1900's. Old and used. Pipe does have a hairline crack in front of the bowl as pictured that has been professionally restored, a few small nicks and