Fine Tuareg Chest – Mauritania
Salampasu Circumcision Panel – DR Congo
Polychromic Panel in Wood and Pigments. Cm. 86,0 x cm. 59,0. Like most ethnic groups in DR Congo, the Salampasu are a Bantu people, a term deriving from linguistic classification terms. The Bantu peoples began migrating east, west and south out of Central Africa sometime around the time of Christ,...
Kuba Bag – DR Congo
Raffia Vinifera fibers, seeds, shells. Approx. cm. 30,0 width x cm. 14,0 high(11.81” x 5.51"). Very good conditions. The Kuba are known for their raffia embroidered textiles, fiber and beaded hats, bags, carved palm wine cups and cosmetic boxes. The Kuba people, also called Bakuba, is a cluster of about...
Old Tuareg Lock – Mali/Niger
The lock (iron, brass, copper and silver decorations) is cm. 14,0 long x cm 6,0 width (5.51" x 2.36"). The key (brass sheet on iron) is cm. 14,1 long (5.55"); gr. 301,3 (10.62 oz). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They...
Old Tuareg Lock – Mali/Niger
The lock (iron, brass and copper decorations) is cm. 14,2 long x cm 5,0 width (5.59" x 1.96"). The key (brass sheet on iron) is cm. 14,7 long (5.78"); gr. 278,5 (9.82 oz). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are...
Yoruba Beaded Crown – Ade Oba – South west, Nigeria
Old buttons on basketry. Cm. 46,0 high; diameter cm. 21,0. An Oba's crown represents the highest level of authority vested in Yoruba rulers. Referred to as an ade, the bead-embroidered crown is the foremost attribute of the ruler. An oba's crown may also be referred to as an adenla, or...
Old African Currency – Massive Djerma King Manilla – West Africa
The piece is cm. 13,5 width x 11,0 high (5.31″ x 4.33"). Grams 1616,0 (57 oz.) Used especially as dowry money, it was worn by the women during ritual dances and lay festival. Originating before the colonial period, perhaps as the result of trade with the Portuguese Empire, Manillas continued to...
Old Large Tuareg Leather Bag – Niger
Leather. Approx. cm. 47,0 high x 13,0 width (18.50” x 5.12”). 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, the Tuareg operated...
Turkana Fighting Wrist & Fingr Knives – Ararait – Kenya
The Turkana peoples of Kenya used both wrist and finger hooks-knives. As weapons, they could be used to gash the face or gouge out an eye, but they were also used as utensils to cut and eat meat. Inserted on the wrist and covered with a thin strip of...
Old Shield – AMHARA – SIDAMO – Ethiopia
Diameter cm. 53; Depth cm. 23 The region Amhara is extends over the ancient provinces of Bégemder, Godjam and includes a part of the ancient province of Wollo. The Amhara people speak about ” the Amharic “, official language of Ethiopia. Amhara shields in former times were carried by the Kaffa,...