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”) was originally in...
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 caravan trade connecting the...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, gold (tested) grams 122,4 (4.32 oz.); diameter cm. 8,1 (3.19″), inner diameter cm. 6,8 (2.68″). For similar examples, see p. 53 of "Bijoux du Maroc", by Marie Rose Rabaté and André Goldenberg; The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples...
Silver and carnelian – gr. 54,2 (1.91 oz.); cm. 8,2 high x cm. 2,6 width (3.22" x 1.02"). Inner diameter cm. 1,8 (0.70"); US size 8.0. 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...
Bronze gr. 1.558,0 (54.96 oz.); cm. 10,5 high, cm. 14,5 width (4.13" x 4.71"). The Senufo are an ethnolinguistic group composed of diverse subgroups of Gur-speaking people living in an area spanning from southern Mali and the extreme western corner of Burkina Faso to Katiola in Côte d’Ivoire. Daily life for...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel gr. 65,6 (2.31 oz.); diameter cm. 7,2 (2.83"); inner diameter cm. 6,2 (2.44"). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths, legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have achieved unity by keeping...
19th century or early 20th. Cm. 16,5 high x cm. 8,4 width (6,50" x 3.31"). The central hole is cm. 6,3 x cm. 4,6 (2.48" x 1.81"). Grams 135,2 (4.77 oz.). The Kassena people are a subset of the Gurunsi meta ethnicity, a term used to describe a set of ethnic...
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 6,0 high (2.36″); Gr. 42,7 (1.51 oz.). Inner diameter cm. 2,3 (0.91"). Mami Wata is a water spirit venerated in West, Central, and Southern Africa, and in the African diaspora in the Americas. This type of ring is not intended to be worn daily but rather is brought...
1950′. Silver filigree, pink coral. The pendant (kirdam) it's cm. 10,0 high x cm 6,5 (3.94" x 2.56"). The silver chain is recent (nice Italian manufacture) and is 45,0 in lenght (17.72″); grams 42,2 (1.49 oz.). The pendant it's formed from 4 crescents moon. The crescent shape is used to represent the Moon,...
Mid 20th century. Metal. Cm. 9,3 width x cm. 8,5 high (3.66″ x 3.35″). The central talisman is cm. 4,9 x cm. 4,9 (1.93″ x 1.93″). Gr. 339,0 (11.96 oz.). These anklets are worn by Moorish women during the dance of Guedra. The Guedra is a ritual dance of love, performed...
