Mid 20th century. Silver (niello decorations), red glass, silver coins, coral, natural amber, shells on leather; gr 296,1 (10.44 oz.); cm. 14,0 high x cm. 18,0 width (5.51″ x 7.08″). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt,...
Shell, lether, iron beads, seed, brass. Cm. 65 in lenght (25.59"). Grams 482,0 (17.00 oz.). The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. The Himba are considered the last (semi-) nomadic,...
Vegetable fibers, skin, fragments of ostrich eggs, seeds, iron beads. Cm. 95,0 in lengh . Grams 1.202,0 (12.41 oz.). The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. The Himba are considered the...
Engreved and colored PVC water pipe. Cm. 7,8 high. Diameter cm. 7,8. Grams 124,0. These ankles are exactly those worn by the girl in the photo. Muhacaona (or Demba) are indigenous or aboriginal nomadic agriculturalist people living in Kunene region of remote South Angola. Some groups live in Kunene region of North...
Skin. Cm. 10,0 high x Cm. 19,5 width (3.93" x 7.67"). Grams 158,0 (5.57 oz.). After a year of marriage or following the birth of their first child, Himba women add an elaborate animal skin headdress to their hairstyle. The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the...
Vegetable fibres, glass beads, "otjize" paste. Diameter approx. cm. 24,0 (9.44"); inner diameter cm. 17,5 (6.88"). Grams 548,0 (19.33 oz.). The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. The Himba are considered...
Geometric layers of copper and silver on brass sheet; leather. Cm. 23,0 in length (cm. 34 in length with the leather strip). Grams 60,7. Excellent decorations. A genuine and old Tuareg veil weight known as ” assrou n’ swoul “, generally translated as ” the key which is thrown over the shoulder...
1960-1970. Tiny glass beads and buttons; vegetal fibers. Cm. 16,5 high; diameter cm. 15,5. The Lega people are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.They originated in what is today Uganda, and started to migrate from there to their present location in the 16th century. The Lega people traditionally live...
Mid 20th century - Bronze bells, coins (British West Africa Pound), old glass beads. The necklace is cm 46,0 in lenght (18.11"). Gr. 173,3 (6.11 oz.). 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....
Anadara and cowrie shells, old glass beads, on braided leather. The necklace is cm. 70,0 long (27.55"); gr. 119,3 (4.20 oz.). 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...
