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Hand of FatimaOld Large Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Tunisia
149,95€Early to mid 20th century. Silver gr. 34,1 (1.20 oz); Cm. 8,6 high x cm. 5,8 width (3.39″, 2.28”).
The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand (Hebrew) is and old and still popular apotropaic amulet for magical…
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Animist
Lega Amulet – Ancestor – D.R.Congo
Bone, teeth. Cm. 7,5 high x 5,2 width (2.95″ x 2.05″). Gr. 31,3 (1.10 oz.).
The Lega people are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.They originated in…
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Animist
Fine Lobi Amulet – Scorpion – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 7,2 high (1.38″); Gr. 39,2 (1.15 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many of the Lobi migrated into southern…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snake – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 12,1 high (4.76″); Gr. 46,4 (1.64 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples:
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Other Talismans
Old Large Coptic Cross – Shewa Region, Northen Ethiopia
Silver. Cm. 12,5 x cm. 9,0 (4.92 x 3.54 Inches); grams 33,0 (1.16 oz.). Extrafine work.
Pendant crosses are received at baptism and worn around the neck as their owner’s most prized…
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Animist
Fine Dogon Amulet – Mali
Bronze. Diameter cm. 8,3 (3.27″). Gr. 44,4 (1.57 oz.).
Metal works like this Dogon ring is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding…
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Other Objects, Other Talismans
Old Tuareg Buckle – Tent Talisman – Niger
Mid 20th century. Iron, copper, aluminium. Grams 214,0 (7.55 oz.). Cm. 15,9 high x cm. 17,7 width (6.26″ x 6.97″).
These talismans were used as buckles to secure the luggage to…
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Gan Bronze Amulet – Snakes – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 8,2 high (3.23″); Gr. 53,1 (1.87 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, Sculptures & MasksOld Wooden Ritual Phallus – LEGBA – Fon Tribe – Benin
189,95€1960′. Cm. 45,5 high (17.91″); grams 1192 (42.45 oz.).
These ritual phallus were placed in the ground to stimulate the growth of crops. Visible signs of use and aging.
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Boghdad Crosses
Antique Fine Berber Cross – BOGHDAD – South Morocco
Silver(gr. 18,7 – 0.66 oz.). Size: cm. 6,1 x 5,5 (2.40″ x 2.17″). Fine work.
Berber – Amazigh
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Old Mossi Bronze Amulet – Burkina Faso
1970. The necklace is 60,0 cm long; the bronze pendant is cm. 12,0 high x cm. 6,7; Grams 193,1.
Lost wax casting. Mold is destroyed every time; each object is a… -
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Fine Lobi Amulet – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 8,5 high x cm. 5,6 width (3.35″ x 2.20″); Gr. 41,6 (1.47 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many…
