Female Kissi Nomoli Idol

Exceedingly rare African relic created by an unknown culture in Ancient Sierra leone / Liberia West Africa, dating to before the 16th century. This "Nomoli" idol has classic form and shows great age a

A heavy carved stone idol with grimacing face and a deep well handled surface patina. Kissi or mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Stone idol measures 11 inches tall. Provenance: A private N

A small collection of ancient stone figures of unknown origin, revered by the Kissi people. They measure 3.5", 4.5" And 6", respectively. This and many lots forthcoming are from the estate of a true a

Carved stone figure with round hollows for ears, simplified facial features, the body with long pendulous breasts and arms held against the body. Gray stone with black/ brown pigment or coating. On cu

Carved stone powerful female figure holding an infant on one arm and an implement in the other. Ridged coiffure, coffee bean eyes, wide, toothy mouth, with notched collar and waist garment. On gallery

A very rare fragmented Stone Idol shown with shackles suggesting the image of a slave or captured enemy. Stone carvings such as this figure known as a "Nomoli", have been found in excavations of south

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A creamy white marble idol each with a distinctive beak-like nose, a narrow torso that widens at the waist, arms stretched outward, a

Sierra Leone Soapstone, 10,3 cm Provenance: Bruce Frank, New York

Greek / Greece, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1200 BCE. Very rare and desirable Tau Type idol of a female. Typical pinched head with flaring headdress, arms folded across her breasts, hollow slightly fla

ANCIENT ANATOLIAN KILIA VARIETY, MARBLE FEMALE IDOL c.2700-2300 B.C. Size 3 3/4 inches high + mount. stylized figure with tall neck the head with small ears and a slender nose, the flat body with roun

Ancient Near East, Amlash Empire, early 1st Millennium BCE. Standing figure with exaggerated wide hips, thighs, and buttocks - emphasizing her fertility - attenuated arms, relatively long tapering nec

Greece, Classical period, Western Empire, ca. 5th century BCE. A fine terracotta sculpture of a woman, possibly a goddess, of flat form shown standing with wing-like arms outstretched. Capped with a c

Baluchistan Female Idol Ca. 2nd millennium B.C. Size 2-5/16 inches High. x 1-1/8 inches Wide. Solid cream color pottery example depicting a seated female idol cradling her large breasts with both arms

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery idol figure, with a feminine form, it is believed that the figures were used in fertility rituals. Her arms are cr

Ancient Greece, Boeotia, ca. early 6th to 5th century BCE. A finely preserved, hand-built pottery female figure of a characteristically abstract presentation with a flared base and a slender body. The

Weibliches Amlash-Idol. Kunstgewerbe (?) Amlash-Kultur, Iran Ohne Sockel / without base Keramik. H 30,5 cm. B 14,5 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Möglicherweise nicht authenti

Neolithic style marble Steatopygous female goddess idol , ca. 4500–4000 B.C. 6-1/4" tall.

Greece, Boeotian, Archaic Period, ca. 550 BCE. A hand-built terracotta female figure of a characteristically abstract style, the columnar body with outstretched, diminutive arms, a long neck rising to

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with triangular headdress, stub arms extended laterally, incised detailing to face and body. See Villes, A & Luci, K. Dieux de

ANCIENT Mesopotamian FEMALE IDOL WITH BIRD-LIKE Face c.2nd millennium B.C. Size 4 1/2 inches high + mount. Fine molded female Idol with bird-like face wearing headdress, both hands resting under breas

ANCIENT SYRO-HITTITE DOUBLE HEADED FEMALE IDOL c.2nd millennium B.C. Size 3 5/8 inches high. Rare molded double headed female Idol with bird-like face wearing headdress, pierced ears. incised details.

**First Time At Auction** Greece, Western Empire, ca. 4th century BCE. A stunning terracotta sculpture of a woman, possibly a goddess, of a minimalist form that simultaneously appeals to an Archaic ae

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An interesting hand-built earthenware female idol, perhaps with fertility connotations in mind based on the globular br

ANCIENT SYRO-HITTITE FEMALE IDOL WITH BIRD-LIKE Face c.2nd millennium B.C. Size 5 5/8 inches high. Fine molded female Idol with bird-like face wearing headdress, both hands resting on her breast. Unus