Wood, paint. Cm. 68,5 high x cm 27,0 width x cm. 34,0 depth. Kg 6,4. The kneeling pose of this figure is known as ikunle, and it ‘signifies respect, courtesy and supplication’ amongst the Yoruba. The orant presenting an offering to one of the pantheon of Yoruba deities (Orisha) is...
Early to mid 20th century. Copper grams 2.512,0. Cm. 13,0 width; inner diameter cm. 7,5 depth. Manillas are a form of money, usually made of bronze or copper, which were used in West Africa. They were produced in large numbers in a wide range of designs, sizes, and weights. Originating...
Wood. Cm. 96 width x cm. 20 high x cm. 19 depth. Kg. 8,0. "Zoomorphic helmet masks like the one seen here are worn by members of the all-male Senufo association known as Poro, during funerals of important elders and other ceremonies. These prestigious and powerful masks are visual statements...
Mid 20th century. Hand wrought iron. Cm. 6,1 high x cm. 2,3 width (2.40″ x 0.91″); grams 9,6 (0.34 oz.). “The Turkana are the finest fighting men in East Africa”, so, without so many preambles, Mr. Crampton defined his subjects when he was appointed a politacal officer in Turkanaland. He...
Early 20th century. Bronze, lost-wax casting. Grams 188,1 (6.64 oz.). Cm. 5,3 high x 5,8 width (2.09″ x 2.28"); inner diameter cm. 5,0 (1.97″). The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many of the Lobi migrated into southern Burkina Faso and later...
Approx. cm. 107,0 x 36,0 (42.13” x 14.17”). Authentic old straw mat decorated with leather strips that form traditional Tuareg geometric designs. Tuareg 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...
Wood, leather; cm. 19,0 high x cm. 14,5 width (7.48" x 5.71"); gr. 201,6 (7.11 oz.). The Gurage people are an Habesha Ethiosemitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. The Gurage people traditionally inhabit a fertile, semi-mountainous region in southwest Ethiopia, about 125 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa, bordering the Awash River...
Leather, vegetable fibres; nice designs. Diameter at the base cm. 23,0 (9.06”); top diameter cm. 13,5 (5.31"). 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...
Wood, glass beads. Cm. 26,0 in lenght (10.24"); grams 87,8 (3.10 oz.). The Xhosa nation are a Bantu ethnic group from Southern Africa whose homeland is primarily within the modern-day Eastern Cape. The Xhosa people are divided into several tribes with related yet distinct heritages. The main tribes are the amaGcaleka,...
Bronze cm. 25,0 high x cm. 16,0 width. gr. 782,0. The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the northern Ivory Coast, southeastern Mali and western Burkina Faso. They are predominantly animists, with some who are Muslims....
