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Animist, Other Objects
Beautiful Gan Bronze Ritual Stick – Burkina Faso
Bronze, lost wax casting. Cm. 92.0 high (36.22 ″); 1324 g (46.70 oz.).
For more information and similar examples:
– “Bronzes gan – la spiral du serpent”, by Bertrand Goy and Maine…
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Other Objects
Authentic Fine Tuareg Tent Decoration – Niger
Leather. Approx. cm. 80,0 high x cm. 45,0 width (31.50″ x 17.72″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended…
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Other Objects
Old Karamojong Warrior Comb – Uganda
Iron, copper. Cm. 11,3 high (4.45″); grams 11,2 (0,40 oz).
The Karamojong are a Nilotic ethnic group. They are agro-pastoral herders living mainly in the north-east of Uganda. The name Karamojong…
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Other Objects, Other Textile
Old Fine Kirdi Beaded Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Glass beads, cowries shells. Approx. cm. 21,0 high x cm. 44,0 width (8.27″ x 17.32”); grams 255,5 (9.01 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The…
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Other Adornement, Other Objects
Old Fine Kirdi Beaded Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Glass beads. Approx. cm. 14,0 high x cm. 12,5 width (5.51″ x 4.92”); grams 38,7 (1.37 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of…
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Other Adornement, Other Objects
Old Fine Kirdi Beaded Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Glass beads, cowries shells. Approx. cm. 17,0 high x cm. 45,0 width (6.69″ x 17.72”); grams 282,0 (9.95 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The…
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Other Objects
Old Fine Kirdi Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. 14 iron elements with a length of about cm. 11,5 ; grams 194,6 (7.11 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi –…
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Other Objects
Large Tuareg Ceremonial Ladle – Mali
0,00€Brass, copper, aluminium, palm wood. Cm 36,5 high x cm. 13,9 width (14.35″ x 5.47″); grams 246,0 (8.68 oz.).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle…
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Other Objects
Old Large Toussian Heddle Pulley – Aluminium – Cote d’Ivoire
Aluminium. Cm. 22,5 high (8.86″). Grams 391,4 (13.81 oz).
The Toussian of Burkina Faso, numbering 40,000, are part of the Gur people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc.
A large majority…
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Other Objects
Fine Tuareg Leather Wallet Purse – Niger
Leather, mirrors, wool. Without fringes, cm. 24,5 high x cm. 8,3 width (9.65″ x 3.27″).
These wallets, worn around the neck or under robes, range from simple leather rectangles to elaborate…
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Other Adornement, Other Objects
Old Fine Kirdi Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
Cotton, glass beads, cowries shells. Both pieces are pprox. cm. 24,0 high x cm. 14,0 width (9.45″ x 5.51”); grams 146,0 (5.15 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people…
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Other Objects
Fine Tuareg Leather Wallet Purse – Niger
Without fringes, cm. 21,0 high x cm. 7,3 width (8.27″ x 2.87″).
These wallets, worn around the neck or under robes, range from simple leather rectangles to elaborate multi-piece pouches-within-folders. This…
