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AEDAfrican Mambila Carved Wooden Housepost Totem
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveJun 14, 2026
Day 2 features 800+ lots highlighted by a Theodore Rousseau luminist landscape, works by Dietz Edzard, an Andrew Melrose watercolor, a striking Robert Atkinson Fox landscape, and a Charles Sidney Raleigh maritime scene. Explore fine art by Rembrandt van Rijn, Thomas Moran, H. Claude Pissarro, Louis Icart, and more, alongside an exceptional lifetime collection of Tiffany Studios lamps, a John Henry Belter attributed pier table, bronze sculptures, Pueblo pottery, Oriental rugs, Russian icons, Asian antiquities, Louis Comfort Tiffany glass, and other remarkable treasures. Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
African Mambila Carved Wooden Housepost Totem. Three similarly shaped figures form a tall structure that would adorn a doorway or focal point in a home.
Size: 13 x 7 x 94 1/2 In.
The Mambila (or Mambilla) people of Nigeria migrated to the region some 5,000 years ago, and today most of them live on the Mambilla Plateau, although a small fraction of migrants left the Plateau for the Ndòm Plain (also known as northern Tikar Plain) on the Cameroon side of the international border as well as in a couple of small villages. Combined, there are nearly 130,000 people who identify as part of the tribe, all that remain of the British occupation that decimated many of the Bantu-speaking populations in the area. They are well-known for their sculptures and wood carvings, and their art is intrinsically entwined with their rituals and cultural beliefs, like many African tribes. Although few of their artifacts from before the 20th Century survive due to infighting, pillaging, and forced migrations, their pieces adorn many museums and are indicative of numerous ancient techniques that spread from this tribe to others during their diaspora.
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- Size
13 x 7 x 94 1/2 In.
