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Animist, Sculptures & Masks
Bobo Figure – Hippo – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 4,2 high x cm. 8,7 width (1.65″ x 3.42″); Gr. 136,0 (3.40 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
The Bobo are…
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Animist, Necklaces
Large Fine Lobi Amulet – Scorpion – Burkina Faso
99,95€20th century. Bronze, leather. The amulet is cm. 13,5 high x cm. 8,4 width (5.31″ x 3.30″). Gr. 182,2 (6.42 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Chameleon and Snakes – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 8,3 high (3.27″); Gr. 43,1 (1.52 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples:
– “Bronzes gan…
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Animist
Dogon Amulet – Lizard – Mali
Bronze. Cm. 7,4 high (2.91″). Gr. 35,4 (1.25 oz.).
Metal works like this is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding is…
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Tuareg Cross
Old Tuareg Cross on Gris-Gris – Agadez – Niger
Silver on leather gris-gris grams 14,5 (0.51 oz). Cm. 5,1 x 3,2 (2.01” x 1.26”).
The Tuareg live in one of themost inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snakes – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 7,2 high x cm 6,9 width (2.83″ x 2.72″); Gr. 64,1 (2.26 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more…
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Hand of FatimaAntique Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Berber – Dades Valley, Morocco
75,00€Early 20th century. Silver gr. 7,7 (0.27 oz); Cm. 7,8 high x cm. 3,4 width (3.07” x 1.34”).
The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand (Hebrew) is and old and still…
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Animist, Necklaces
Large Fine Lobi Amulet – Chameleon – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 11,5 high x cm. 11,0 width (4.53″ x 4.33″). The braided leather cord is cm. 45,0 in length (17.72″). Gr. 159,4 (5.62 oz.).
Due to its physically…
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Animist
Fine Bobo Amulet – Panther – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 3,2 high x cm. 7,5 width (1.26″ x 2.95″); Gr. 35,9 (1.27 oz.).
The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some…
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Animist
Fine Lobi Amulet – Turtle – Burkina Faso
39,95€20th century. Bronze. Cm. 9,8 high x cm. 4,1 width (3.86″ x 1.61″); Gr. 66,9 (2.36 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many…
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Tuareg Cross
Old Fine Tuareg Cross – Iférouane – Niger
Silver grams 11,2 (0.40 oz). Cm. 7,0 x 4,0 (2.76” x 1.57”).
The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara…
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AnimistThree Ancient Spiral Pendants – Oromo – Ethiopia
75,00€Three ancient spiral pendants from Oromo and neighbors, Ethiopia. Longitudinal spirals, copper alloys of different colors, forged. Good quality, pronounced signs of use.
n. 1: cm. 10,5; grams 41,8;
n. 2: cm….
