Tuareg Kajal Kohl Bottle – Niger

Metal, several layers of wood and resin. Cm. 8,8 high (3.46”). The kohl or kajal is a powder composed mainly of galena, malachite, sulfur and animal fat used for eye makeup to darken the eyelids anddraw the eye. Depending on the composition can be black or gray. The use of kohl...

Antique Kris Keris – Malaysia

High: cm. 37,5 (14.76"); grams 236,1 (8.33 oz.). The Keris or Kris in the Malay and Indonesian languages, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickel iron. Both a weapon and spiritual object, kris are often considered to have an essence or presence, considered to...

Huge Kota Anklet – Gabon

Bronze grams 3.088. Width cm 17,5, thickness cm. 11,0, height cm. 16,0. The Bakota (or Kota) are a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of Gabon and Congo. The true meaning of Bakota is unclear, however it may be derived from the word kota, which means to bind/to attach/to link,...

Fine Tuareg Chest – Mauritania

Wooden chest, decorated with iron plaques, fixed by means of copper spherical studs. 20th century – cm. 13,0 high x cm. 30,0 width x cm. 15,0 depth (5.12” x 11.81" x 5.91”). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel....

Authentic Tuareg Bag and Smoking Pipe – Mauritania

The bag is cm. 19,2 long x cm. 7,0 width (7.55" x 2.75"). The pipe (brass, copper, aluminium, ebony) is cm. 12,5 long (4.92"). 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...

Berber Teapot – South Morocco

Mid 20th century. Chiselled metal, gr. 536,0 (18.90 oz.); cm. 18,3 high x cm. 21,5 width (7.20" x 8.46"). Excellent condition, perfectly usable. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths, legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the...