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Tuareg Leather Basket – Niger
Leather, vegetable fibers; nice designs. Diameter max cm. 21,5 (8.46 “); max cm. 33,0 high (12.99″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the…
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Old Fine Gurage Headrest – Ethiopia
Cm. 15,5 high x cm. 15,5 width (6.10 “x 6.10 ″); grams 373.9 (13.19 oz.).
The Gurage people are an Habesha Ethiosemitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. The Gurage people traditionally inhabit…
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Other ObjectsOutstanding Oromo Wedding Headdress – Ethiopia – RARE
775,00€Early to mid 1900s. Thick leather, several cowrie shells; a wooden stamp is tied in the center. Cm. 158,0 high (62.20″). Grams 3.720,0.
A similar example is kept in the Indianapolis…
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Tribally Used Himba Woman Belt – Kunene Region (Kaokoland), Namibia
Vegetable fibers, skin, fragments of ostrich eggs, seeds, iron beads. Cm. 105,0 in length (41.34″). Grams 1.368,0 (48.25 oz.).
The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in…
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Old Fine Gurage Headrest – Ethiopia
Cm. 17,5 high x cm. 18,4 width (6.89″ x 7.24″); grams 354,5 (12.50 oz.).
The Gurage people are an Habesha Ethiosemitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. The Gurage people traditionally inhabit a…
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Authentic Elaborate Tuareg Lock – Niger
Brass, copper, silver. Grams 136,2 (4.80 oz.). Cm. 7,7 high x cm. 11,5 width (3.03″ x 4.53″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western…
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Other ObjectsOld Huge Masai (Maasai) Medicine Pipe – Kenya
269,95€Carved anklebone. Cm. 46,0 in length (18.11″). Weight: grams 1059,4 (37.37 oz.). Nice patina.
These pipes are used by laibons, Maasai medicine man, for burning of healing herbs. They come from…
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Old Tuareg Veil Weight – ASSROU N’ SWOUL – Niger
Geometric layers of copper, brass and silver on iron sheet; copper studs. Cm. 22,7 in length (8.94″); cm. 30,0 with the leather stand. Grams 88,2 (3.11 oz.).
A genuine and old Tuareg…
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Antique Yoruba Ceremonial Blade – Nigeria
19th century. Bronze. Cm. 49,6 high (cm. 52 on the stand).
The Yoruba people are an African ethnic group that inhabits western Africa, mainly Nigeria and Benin. As an ethnic description,… -
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Old Large Traditional Zulu Hat – Ischolo – South Africa
Mid 20th century. Diameter cm. 46,0 (18.11″).
The flared shape of these Zulu women’s hats (isicholo), dyed with red ochre, reflect the original design of the hairstyle on which they are… -
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Old Asen Altar – Fon Tribe – Bénin
Mid 20th century. Diameter cm. 17,5 (6.89″). The figure are approx cm. 8,0 high (3.15″).
Asen altars and Asen figures serve as monuments to the dead for the Fon. Placed in…
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Old Fine Tekke Turkmen Tribal Chirpy Coat – Uzbekistan
Very fine Tekke tribe silk coat, embroidery on silk. Height: cm. 85. Size: small
All Turkmen tribes are famous for their silk embroidery. Traditional Turkmen motifs with indigo blue, deep green,…
