{"product_id":"african-spirit-totem-with-human-figures-handcarved-wood-sculpture","title":"African Spirit Totem with Human Figures — Handcarved Wood Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003eVisionary, narrative, and alive with ancestral storytelling — this handcarved African wooden totem sculpture is a tall, commanding form composed of two distinct registers — a bold realistic human face at the base crowned by a towering elongated brick-pattern headdress body, its surface carved with human figures, leaf forms, and a bold spirit mask face at the very crown, all in rich warm dark brown hardwood. The sculpture is a masterwork of narrative carving — its lower register a bold, naturalistically carved human face with a broad forehead, deeply set eyes with bold carved lids, a strong nose, and a composed, dignified mouth, its neck flanked by bold horizontal bar marks. Above the face, a bold tiered brick-pattern collar transitions into the towering elongated headdress body — its entire surface covered in bold horizontal brick or coil marks carved in deep relief, creating a rich, rhythmic, all-over texture. Across the surface of the headdress body, bold human figures in dynamic poses — dancing, leaping, reaching — are carved in high relief, interspersed with bold oval leaf or eye forms. At the very crown of the headdress, a bold spirit mask face emerges — its oval form with two bold circular eye holes staring outward with fierce, otherworldly intensity. The entire sculpture is carved from a single piece of rich warm dark brown hardwood, polished to a deep lustre. A work of extraordinary scale, narrative complexity, and ancestral power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal handcarved one-of-a-kind sculpture — not a reproduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved from a single piece of rich warm dark brown hardwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-register composition: realistic human face below, spirit totem above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBold brick-pattern headdress body with carved human figures in relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpirit mask face with bold circular eye holes at the crown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep polished hardwood finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA monumental statement piece or collector's centrepiece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDimensions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 45 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth: 12 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Artisan's Village Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56458816028838,"sku":"ART-089","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/9407\/5302\/files\/IQP_8782.jpg?v=1778505549","url":"https:\/\/shopwithavc.com\/products\/african-spirit-totem-with-human-figures-handcarved-wood-sculpture","provider":"Artisan's Village Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}