Please provide a link to this box you found, so we can see what the seller said about it. The style of carving is typical of east African work -...
I was just about to post that I thought the third figure might be Teke, based on the square beard, triangular nose and facial scarifications, as...
None of the figures are in a typically Cameroonian style. I believe they all may be from the neighboring Congo region. I have seen the hat/hair...
Your sculpture may represent a Mayan potter, from Guatemala or Mexico. Women often wear a folded all-purpose cloth (a "tzute") on their heads....
Sorry. I really can't place it. It is not a traditional form I recognize. As I said, the applied decoration looks sort of Meso-American / Central...
I am having a bit of trouble piecing together the overall shape from the cropped images. But from what I can see it looks like a modern/faux take...
The style looks Spanish, or Spanish colonial (Mexico, South America, Philippines).
The hats with the pom-poms on the sides are a type of "prestige" hat worn by kings and high ranking individuals in many of the ethnic groups in...
The oval plaque on the left is probably a tourist piece, based on royal art from the Kingdom of Benin, in Nigeria, west Africa. A 16th century...
All look good to me. As komo said, a closeup of a corner would help confirm - close enough (and with a scale) that we can see the edges, the...
He will go back on the shelf and just be whatever he is. Thanks for taking a look.
You are right - I got my terminology incorrect. Sorry about that. The rush I meant is from the Juncus genus, while bulrush is cattail.
Thank you for your insights. Maybe he is a salmon-seal, like a sea-bear. ;)
I bought this fellow at a local auction many years ago, recognizing the style as NWC. But there is no signature, and nothing that I can see to...
I need to amend my first post in this thread to say that the Grasslands/Grassfields area of Cameroon occupies the Northwest, West and portions of...
I am still curious as to why you started out by asking if we could identify the tribe or village that these came from. You seem to be in direct...
I should add that, in West Africa, there is always a chance that there is a workshop of skilled artisans churning out antiqued ancestor figures...
It is curious that the COA is dated 1963, and the letter from Neba Chungong is dated 1933. What was going on with these pieces between 1933 to...
It seems these carvings have the potential to be significant. But if you took them to a reputable auction house they would ask several questions:...
But you don't know the name of the village, or its location? This is very odd. You are the one in the best position to trace the origin and...
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