American Southwest Stone Idol Anthropomorphic stone carving, dug from the earth in central New Mexico in the early 1900’s on the property of ‘Pop’ Clem Shaffer. Clem Shaffer arrived in the Mountainair area around 1908 with his wife Lena. Pop and Lena purchased land, operated multiple businesses, and owned as many farms as twenty…
Han Dynasty Ladle Green glazed, red clay bowl from the Han dynasty, China (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.). From the collection of June Schwarcz. Acquired from James Snidle Gallery, San Francisco in 2015. This bowl has a squared-off form with an arching handle and a green glaze with silvering highlights that may be due to…
Bateba – Lobi Peoples Bateba – Ti Puo aka Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), with one outstretched arm. Bateba can have a wide range of purposes. This bateba, a Ti Puo or Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), identified by his outstretched arm, was made to protect the owner from harmful forces, disease, and/or witchcraft. Click here to learn…
Bateba – Lobi Peoples Bateba – Ti Puo aka Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), with outstretched arms. Bateba can have a wide range of purposes. This bateba, a Ti Puo or Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), identified by his outstretched arms, was made to protect the owner from harmful forces, disease, and/or witchcraft. It has been told that Christian…
Trobriand Bowl – Massim Peoples Unique Trobriand Bowl – Early 20th Century Unusually carved wood bowl from the Trobriand Islands, the Massim peoples. The Trobriand Islands are an archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea that total approximately 175 square-miles in size.. The Trobriand people are a part of the nation…
Colonial Soldier – circa 1930 Hand-carved Colonial sculpture depicting a French soldier with one knee down and bearing a rifle, and preparing to fire. Colonial carvings are highly collectible, and most depict British soldiers. This sculpture depicts a French soldier, possibly a Senegalese Tirailleurs, (which translates variously as “skirmisher”, “rifleman”, or “sharpshooter”. A designation given…
Luba or Hemba Prestige Stool Early 20th-century prestige stool with a female caryatid carved by a Luba or Hemba artist of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC, formerly Zaire, is a sub-Saharan country of Central Africa. Luba and Hemba peoples are known for their wood carvings, particularly prestige stools. The hierarchy of society…