Early to mid 20th century. Wood, hair, pigment. Cm. 18,2 long (7.16 Inches); cm 15,2 width (5.98 Inches). Shiva (meaning “auspicious one”) is a major Hindu deity, and is the Transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. Shiva is a yogi who has notice...
Mid 20th century. Carved wood, multiple layers of multi-colored trade glass beads, leather amulets, cowrie shells, cotton. Approximately cm. 20,0 high x cm. 18,0 width (7.87 " x 7.08"). Gr. 988,1 (34.85 oz.). In Cameroon, when a young Fali man becomes betrothed, he makes a doll (ham pilu) from wood and decorates it...
Mid 20th century or earlier. Leather, silk. Cm. 26,5 long (10.43”) x cm. 10,8 width (4.25”) x cm. 27,0 high (10.62″). You can see a similar piece on pages 288-289 of “Splendeurs du Maroc” – Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale – Tervuren 1998. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples...
1970'. Leather. Approx. cm. 58,0 hign x 45,0 width (22.83” x 11.02”). 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....
The piece is 12,5 width x 12,0 high (4.92″ x 4.72″). Gr. 577,1 (20.35 oz.). Ornamental currency-anklet used by both the Mbole men and women. This copper ring, spherical and lightly flattened, had a notable circulationamong the ethnic groups of central Congo. The Jonga groups used it for matrimonial transactions. For similar examples and more...
1970'. The bag is cm. 19,0 long x cm. 6,8 width (7.48 x 2.67 Inches). The pipe (bronze, copper, wood) is cm. 12,0 long (4.72 Inches). 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...
20th century. Copper. Cm. 7,5 high (2.95”) x cm. 9,3 width (3.66"). Gr. 271,0 (9.55 oz.). Used especially as dowry money, it was worn by the women during ritual dances and lay festivities. 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...
20th century. Leather. Cm. 34,0 high x cm. 34,5 width (13.38" x 13.58”). With fringes the bag is approx. cm. 70 long (27.55″). 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...
Mid 20th century. Tin gr. 514,5 (18.14 oz.); copper, brass, wood decorations. Cm. 18,5 high (7.28”) x cm. 20,0 width (7.87”). 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...
1960'. Leather. Cm. 14,7 width (5.78″) x cm. 9,8 high (3.85”). 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...
