African Figures and Figurines

Doll Figure

Zaramo

wood, red beads

Beaded Figurine

19th century - 20th century

Nguni

plastic beads, string, fabric

Base for Maternity Figure

Nigerian

metal

Figure

Bembe

wood

Kneeling Figure

20th century

Yoruba

wood

Doll Figure

Zaramo

wood

Figure

Idoma

wood, polychrome, beads

Fertility Doll

Zaramo

wood

Fertility Doll

Zaramo

wood

Fertility Doll

Zaramo

wood

Fertility Doll

Zaramo

wood

Ewe Standing Female Figure

Akan

wood

Figure

Bamana

iron

Power Figure

circa 1880

Luba

wood

Power Figure

circa 1900

Luba

wood

Power Figure

circa 1850

Luba

hippopotamus ivory

Power Figure

circa 1850

Luba

hippopotamus ivory

Power Figure

circa 1930

Kusu

wood, cowrie shells, string, animal skin, and cloth

Power Figure

circa 1870

Hemba

wood

Pestle

circa 1880

Luba

wood, china beads, and string

Power Figure

circa 1890

Songye

wood, copper, metal tacks, leather, snakeskin, raffia, and vegetable fiber cloth

Scepter

circa 1930

Songye

wood, animal skin, teeth, claws, seeds, beads, shells, vegetable fiber, and metal

Figure

circa 1920

Yaka

wood

Female Figure

circa 1870

Bembe

wood and tukula powder

Mother and child figure

circa 1890

Yombe

wood, brass tacks, and mirror fragments

Male Figure

circa 1870

Bembe

wood, tukula powder, fiber, dried fruit, metal hook, animal hair, shell, and resin

Hamba (ancestor) figure

circa 1920

Chokwe; Chokwe-Lunda

wood and string

Power Figure

circa 1890

Luba

wood, beads, cotton cloth, and string

Power Figure

circa 1850

Vili (Kongo)

wood, metal tack, glass chips and resin

Ancestor figure

circa 1870

Beembe (Kongo)

wood and porcelain chips

Figure

circa 1860

Yombe

wood and resin

Figure

circa 1885

Yombe

wood

Standing Female Figure

Mossi

clay

Figure with skirt

Yaka

carved wood with fabric

Figure

20th century

Igbo

wood

Bwaka Figure

African

wood, rope, beads, and hair

Sando Shrine Figure

Senufo

wood

Figure

Mossi

wood

Figure

Lobi

wood

Fertility Figure

circa 1890-1920

Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad; Fali

metal, glass beads, cowrie shells, and wood

Power figure (nkisi)

20th century

Yaka

wood with traces of pigment, animal horn and string

Fertility Figure

20th century

Fali; Dowayo

bead, leather, plastic wire, string, and wood

Friction Oracle

20th century

Kuba

wood, metal, glass beads, and cowrie shells

Ibeji Figure

20th century

Ewe

carved wood and black pigment

Doll

20th century

Zaramo

carved wood

Seated Maternity Figure

20th century

Akan

carved wood with blue, green and red pigments

Doll

20th century

Mossi

carved wood, leather and red beads

Maternity Figure

19th century

Vili (Kongo)

polychromed wood, porcelain, glass beads, and cloth

Maternity Figure—Cibola Cult

1900-1990

Lulua

carved wood

Male Figure

1900-1990

Dogon

carved wood

Kneeling Male Nomoli Figure

before 1800

Sierra Leonean

soapstone

Female Twin Figure

circa 1945

Yoruba

carved wood, beads, metal, and blue pigment

Female half-figure

circa 1885

Tabwa

wood

Figure

circa 1940

Zaramo

carved wood and string

Carved Wood Figure

circa 1950

Luba

wood, fiber

Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, blue beads, blue pigment, and metal

Female Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, beads, and string

Male Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment

Female half-figure

circa 1925

Tabwa

wood

Female Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood and glass beads

Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment

Twin Figure

circa 1915-1940

Yoruba

carved wood and glass beads

Horse (miniature) on later base

circa 1920

Dogon

carved wood, blood, patination, gruel, millet, clay

Divination figure

circa 1910

Temne

wood and glass beads

Male Twin Figure

circa 1925

Yoruba

carved wood, iron, and glass beads

Power figure

circa 1900-1925

Zombo

wood, cotton, fiber, seed pod, and animal skin

Standing Figure

circa 1950

Akan; Fante

wood

Maternity Figure

circa 1900

Yombe

wood

Male Figure

circa 1925

Teke

carved wood

Standing Figure

circa 1940

Dogon

carved wood

Male Figure

circa 1950

Baulé

carved wood

Twin Figure

1900-1983

Yoruba

wood, string, and cowrie shells

Female Figure

n.d.

Bembe

wood

Female Twin Figure

1900-1983

Yoruba

wood, string, and cowrie shells

Female Fertility Doll

1900-1983

Shambala

wood

Maskette

before 1925

Bamum

bronze

Figure of a Man sitting with hands on knees

circa 1950

Bembe

ceramic

Maternity Figure

circa 1950

Igbo

terracotta with white pigment

Seated Figure

circa 1950

Igbo

terracotta

Figure of Woman Sitting Nursing Baby

circa 1950

Bembe

Pottery

Puppet in the form of a bird

circa 1960

Malian

carved wood, paint, cloth and synthetic hair

Standing Female Ancestor Figure

circa 1940

Baulé

bronze

Kneeling Female Figure

circa 1950

Lobi

carved and painted wood

Scepter Finial

circa 1920

Bembe

carved ivory

Female Ancestor Figure

1900-1971

Dogon

carved wood, patination, blood, millet, egg shell

Twin Figure

1900-1999

Yoruba

wood

Male Twin Figure

20th century

Yoruba

wood

Ibeji Twin Figure (One of a Pair)

20th century

carved wood

Female Figure

20th century

Luba

wood, bead

Mother and Child Figure

late-19th to early-20th century

Asante

brass on wood

Twin Figure

20th century

Yoruba

wood

Figure

Bena; Lulua

wood

Kakishi

Luba

wood

Figure

Yaka; Suku

wood

Female Figure

Kongo

wood

Male Figure

Fon

brass

Female Twin Figure

20th century

Yoruba

metal, beads, string, leather and camwood powder

Female Twin Figure

late 20th century

Yoruba

beads, metal, string and wood

Male Figure

Hemba

wood

Male Figure

Fon

brass

Female Figure

20th century

Chokwe

wood

Power Figure

circa 1875

Vili (Kongo)

wood, tukula powder, fiber, metal chain, mirror, animal horn, glass, resin and split cane

Flute Player

before 1967

Lamidi Fakeye

carved wood

Shango’s Wife

before 1967

Lamidi Fakeye

carved wood

Twin Figure

circa 1945

Yoruba

carved wood, beads, and blue pigment

Female Twin Figure

20th century

Yoruba

carved wood, blue pigment, multicolored beads and brass

Female Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment, and metal

Male Twin Figure

1900-1988

Yoruba

carved wood, glass and nutshell beads, twine, pigment and nail

Male twin figure

1900-1978

Yoruba

carved wood and blue pigment

Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

wood, glass beads and blue pigment

Male Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment

Male Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood and glass beads

Twin Figure

20th century

Yoruba

carved wood, metal and beads

Female Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, beads, blue pigment, and metal

Female Twin Figure

20th century

Yoruba

carved wood, multicolored beads, cowrie shells, string and metal

Female Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood and glass beads

Female Twin Figure

Yoruba

wood

Male Twin Figure

circa 1925-1940

Yoruba

carved wood, plastic beads, blue pigment, and metal

Standing Male Figure

late-20th century

Fipa

carved wood with glass beads

Standing Male Figure

late-20th century

Fipa

carved wood with glass beads

Horse and Rider

circa 1960

Dogon

carved wood

Ritual Trough

Dogon

wood

Mother and Child Figure

late-19th to early-20th century

Bamana

wood

Sculpture for Jo or Gwa Society

20th century

Bamana

carved wood

Standing Male Figure

circa 1925

Lobi

carved wood, chicken feathers and blood patination

Standing anthropomorphic figure

circa 1950

Lobi

carved wood

Standing Figure

circa 1920

Chamba

wood

Female Figure

circa 1960

Papua New Guinea (Kawari River)

carved wood

Figure

circa 1920

Luba

wood, monkey skin, vegetable fiber, metal nail, kaolin, and pigment

Standing Figure

20th century

Lobi

carved wood

Standing Figure

20th century

Igbo

wood, white pigment, beads and string

Double-Faced Power Figure

circa 1900

Luba

wood, metal hook, cloth, and cord

Female Figure

15th -17th century

Sierra Leonean

soapstone

Male Figure

15th - 17th century

Sierra Leonean

soapstone

Standing Figure

early 20th century

Mambila

terracotta

Standing Female Figure

circa 1920

Pende

wood

Figure

20th century

Yoruba; Edo (Benin)

wood

Maternity Figure

early 20th century

Igbo

terracotta

Standing Female Figure

Mossi

clay

Female Figure

20th century

Luba

carved wood, horn and fibers

Power figure (nkisi kozo)

20th century

Kongo

carved wood, cord and traces of pigment

Standing Female Figure

late-20th century

Dogon

carved wood

Animal Figure

Dogon

wood

Nomoli Figurine

15th-16th century

Mende

stone

Power Figure

circa 1850

Vili (Kongo)

wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, and fiber cord

Male Figure

circa 1950

Hemba

carved wood

Female Figure

circa 1925

Lobi

carved wood

Circumcision Figure?

circa 1940

Bassa

carved and painted wood, metal teeth and raffia

Female Figure

19th century

Dogon

carved wood and animal hide

Ape Deity (M’Botumbo)

1900-1971

Baulé

wood with patination of blood, eggshell and pitch

Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)

circa 1940

Igbo

carved wood

Shrine Figure

1900-1950

Akpojivi of Orhokpokpo

wood and pigment

Standing Figure

African

wood

nkisi

circa 1850

Songye; Kalebwe

wood, vegetable fiber, animal skin, glass, beads, seed pod, metal, calabash, kaolin (white clay), and resin

Power Figure

2nd half of 19th century

Yombe

wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment, cloth, raffia and bone

Power Figure

circa 1800

Vili (Kongo)

wood, tukula powder and kaolin

Power Figure

circa 1890

Bwende

wood, shells and metal

Fertility Figure

20th century

Dowayo; Fali; Northern Cameroon; Northeastern Nigeria; Southern Chad

carved wood, wire, multi-colored beads, leather, brass, and metal coins

Twin Figure

1900-1985

Tabwa

wood, metal coin and glass beads

Seated Figure

circa 1885

Yombe

wood

Power figure

circa 1870

Beembe (Kongo)

wood, beads, metal, and ceramic fragments

Power Figure

circa 1880

Zande

wood, cloth, and metal

Power Figure

circa 1910

Zande

wood, pigment, woven fiber, beads, and metal

Power Figure

circa 1850

Vili (Kongo)

wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, and resin

Power Figure

circa 1930

Luba

wood, wicker, metal, antelope horns, fur, cord, seeds, and nuts

Bird Figure

Benin (ancient Nigerian)

brass

Power Figure

circa 1920

Kusu

wood, vegetable fiber, tukula powder, animal skin, and animal horn

Power Figure

circa 1940

Songye

wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal teeth, antelope horns, glass beads, metal

Reliquary figure (muzidi)

circa 1890

Bembe

dyed woven cotton cloth, vegetable fiber, cane, wood pegs

Fertility Figure

20th century

Fali; Dowayo

wood, beads, wire, string, and metal

Display figure

circa 1950

Osei Bonsu; Asante

wood

Seated Male Figure

1825-1875

Yombe; Kongo

wood, brass tacks, glass

Double Figure

20th century

Dogon

wood

Standing Figure

late-19th century - early-20th century

Dogon

wood

Standing Figure with yo domino (Curved Staff)

late-19th century - early-20th century

Dogon

wood

Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)

1920-1960

Baulé

wood, pigment

Male Figure

20th century

Yaka; Suku

wood, raffia, feathers, cloth, and twigs

Figure (Pindi)

early 20th century

M'Bala

wood and tukula powder on a fabric covered base

Figure

20th century

Dowayo; Northern Cameroon

wood, beads, leather, and string

Figure

20th century

Dowayo; Northern Cameroon

wood, beads, string, and human hair

Female Figure

circa 1900-1920

Tabwa

wood

Figure

20th century

Dowayo; Northern Cameroon

carved wood, string and human hair

Power Figure

circa 1850

Vili (Kongo)

wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder and medicinal substances

Male Figure

20th century

Unknown

wood

Male Figure

20th century

Unknown

wood

Female Figure

20th century

Unknown; Tabwa

wood and glass beads

Ancestor figure (male in Manda style)

circa 1920

Tabwa

wood

Ancestor figure (female in Manda style)

circa 1920

Tabwa

wood

Ancestor figure (female in Manda style)

circa 1920

Tabwa

wood

Figure

20th century

Yoruba

wood, cowrie shells, leather, and blue pigment

Standing figure

n.d.

African

wood

Figure

n.d.

African

metal, cord, and wood

Rhythm Pounder in the Shape of a Male Figure

1900-1971

Senufo

carved wood

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