Bidspirit auction | Collection of African Folk Art,

Collection of African Folk Art, Wood Carvings and Traditional Beadwork — Vintage / Tribal Art - A collection of African folk art items, 20th century, comprising 7 pieces made by hand in traditional technique combining wood, beads, leather, and fabric: 1. Figurative Wood Carvings (4 pieces): * Warrior figure: a classic wood carving with dark patina; the figure holds a spear and a long shield. Style characteristic of East Africa (Kenya/Tanzania). * Woman carrying an offering: a matching wood carving with dark patina; the figure bears a vessel/basket on her head. * Fertility doll in the Ashanti style (Akua'ba): a traditional wood carving with a flat, round disc head and a cylindrical body with horizontally extended arms, representing the well-known fertility symbol of the Ashanti people (Ghana). Carved wood knife/dagger: * A knife carved from a single piece of dark wood, with a handle carved in a traditional ergonomic form and a female figure head. 2. Dolls and Beadwork (3 pieces): * Vintage doll decorated with glass beads: a doll of dark rigid material dressed in a red leather/fabric garment, with meticulous polychrome beadwork (small glass beads in yellow, blue, white, and black) on the head, neck, and body. Hands absent.  * Wood-carved knife decorated with glass beadwork: a rigid wood sheath intended for a knife, its central section wrapped in dense glass beadwork in colorful geometric patterns and its upper section wound with multi-strand threads and beads. * Wide beaded collar/necklace: a complex traditional beadwork piece in a broad net structure with hanging fringes, in bold colors of blue, red, white, and green (in the style characteristic of the Zulu or Maasai peoples). Height of items: 18–47 cm. 1.055 kg. Wear and age marks, more pronounced on some pieces.