Wood, mineral pigments cm. 32,5 high x cm. 18,0 width (12.80″ x 7.09″); grams 262,0 (9.24 oz.). Former Belgian collection. This rafined mask come from clans living in the north of the Ituri region. The only detail on the protruding mouth is a crenellation representing a dentition; this decoration evokes the...
Wood. Cm 48,5 high, cm 27,0 width, cm. 26,5 depth (19.09" x 10.63" x 10.43"). Grams 2.098,0 (4.63 lb). The seat appears to have been repaired a long time ago (see last photo). However, the stool is very solid and in excellent overall condition. The Zaramo people are an East African...
Tin gr. 664,6 (23.44 oz.); copper, brass, resin decorations. Cm. 20,5 high (8.07”) x cm. 23,0 width (9.06”). 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...
20th century. Straw, wool. Diameter cm. 40,0 high (15.75”). 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 the Niger River.The name Berber appeared for the first time after the end of the Roman Empire. Many Berbers call themselves...
Geometric layers of copper, aluminium and white metal on brass sheet; copper and aluminium studs. Cm. 14,0 in length (5.87″). Grams 58,7 (2.07 oz.). Beautiful shape. A genuine and old Tuareg veil weight known as ” assrou n’ swoul “, generally translated as ” the key which is thrown over the...
Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 10,0 high x cm. 5,5 width (3.94" x 2.17"); grams 31,7 (1.12 oz.). These ancestor figures are preserved and revered inside the private home. The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the northern...
Mid 20th century. Tin gr. 546,5 (23.44 oz.); copper, brass, resin decorations. Cm. 18,4 high (7.24”) x cm. 21,5 width (8.46”). Mauritania takes its name from the ancient Berber kingdom that flourished beginning in the third century BC and later became the Roman province of Mauretania, which flourished into the seventh...
1960′. Iron, leather, coins. Approx. cm. 22,0 high x cm. 11,5 width (8.66″ x 4.53”); grams 201,7 (7.11 oz). A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi – which in Arabic means non-Muslim – is attributed to the many ethnic groups, animist, of Sudanese origin,...
19th century. Bleached and incised leather. Diameter cm. 30,5 (12.01″). The hide is incised with geometric patterns. Somali warriors carried an iron spear, a short sword called a belawa, and a shield called a gãschãn. Typical small Somali shields are made from giraffe or oryx and are concealed with concentric circles and...
19th century. Brass. Gr. 461,4 (16.28 oz.); cm. 17,0 high (6.69”) x cm. 12,5 width (4.92”). This hand is the top piece of a lamp. For similar examples see “The Hand in Morocco”, by Khalid El Gharib, Malika Editions. The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand (Hebrew) is and old and still...
