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,...
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”)...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
Early to mid 20th century. Massive silver. gr. 284,4 (10.03 oz.); diameter cm. 7,9 (3.11″), inner diameter cm. 7,5 (2.95″). Berber - Amazigh Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel. Gr. 226,0 (7.97 oz.); diameter cm. 7,2 (2.83″), inner diameter cm. 6,7 (2.63″). 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,...
Bronze, lost-wax casting. Grams 3.348,0 (118.10 oz.). External diameter 26,5 cm (10.43"); internal diameter cm. 10,0 (3.94"). The Gurunsi are a set of related ethnic groups inhabiting northern Ghana and south and central Burkina Faso. Oral traditions of the Gurunsi hold that they originated from the...