Copper and aluminium geometric appliqués on brass sheet, with copper studs. Height: 13.3 cm (5.24 in). Weight: 49.4 g (1.74 oz). A genuine old Tuareg veil weight known as assrou n’swoul, generally translated as “the key thrown over the shoulder.” This distinctive key-shaped ornament was traditionally worn by Tuareg...
1960′ – Silver, copper gr. 44,0 (1.55 oz); cm. 3,4 high x cm. 3,8 width (1.34” x 1.50″). Inner diameter cm. 1,9 (0.75″); US size 7.25. Fulani Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe , a primarily Muslim people scattered throughout many parts of West Africa, from Lake Chad, in the east, to the Atlantic coast. They are concentrated principally in...
Aluminium pendant with glass beads thread on plant fibre cord. The Ikoko amulet is cm. 8,4 x cm. 6,0 (3.31" x 2.36"); the necklace is cm 32,5 in lenght (12.8"). Grams 161,2 (54.69 oz). The Pende have a matrilineal culture and family kinship plays an important...
Bronze. The piece is cm. 23,5 high x 13,2 width (9.25″ x 5.20"). Grams 3.942,0 (8.69 lb.) Heavy leg shield made by Mongo smiths, a vast tribal group of central Congo that used furnaces dug into the earth to heat and melt...
Bronze gr. 186,8 (6.59 oz.); diameter cm. 8,0 high (3.15"); inner diameter cm. 5,9 (2.32"). Among the Senufo of Mali and Côte d'Ivoire, copper alloy figures and bracelets are associated with the Sando (or Sandogo) divination society and are linked to the powers of bush spirits. The bracelets,...
1970'. Silver grams 9,0 (0.32 oz.). Cm. 2,4 high (0.94″). Inner diameter cm. 1,9 (0.75"). US size 8.75. The Lion of Judah is a Jewish national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as the symbol of the tribe of Judah. It is also mentioned in the Book of Revelation...
Mid-20th century or earlier. Amber bead, agate beads in various colors, shells, metal elements, glass beads, hair, and fabric. Without the strips: approx. 17.0 cm wide × 11.7 cm high (6.69″ × 4.61″); Weight: 144.4 g (5.09 oz). Before performing the dance of seduction (Guedra),...
Silver, red glass, coral, glass, resin, and silver beads. The necklace is cm. 63,0 long (24.80"); grams 134,3 (4.74 oz.). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to...
19th century. Copper grams 1.448,0 (51.08 oz.). Cm. 10,0 high x cm. 12,0 width x cm. 4,0 thickness (3.94″ x 4.72″ x 1.57"). The Yoruba people are an African ethnic group that inhabits western Africa, mainly Nigeria and Benin. As an ethnic description, the word “Yoruba” (or more correctly, “Yaraba”)...
1980'. Silver gr. 35,2 (1.24 oz); diameter cm. 4,0 (1.57"). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of the kingdom of the Garamantes, described by Herodotus. Tuareg are mostly nomads. For over two millennia, they operated the trans-Saharan...