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Old Fine Baule Slingshot Catapult – Carved Wood – Cote d’Ivoire
Carved wood. Cm. 17,3 high x cm. 7,7 width (6.81″ x 3.03″). Grams 81,7 (2.88 oz).
The Baule are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d’Ivoire…
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Old Large Woven Straw Leather Carpet – Tuareg – Mauritania
Approx. cm. 170,0 x 105,0 (66.93” x 41.34”).
Authentic straw mat decorated with leather strips that form traditional Tuareg geometric designs. Excellent general conditions; just a small hole (see photos n. 4).
The Tuareg people…
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Old Fine Basket – AGELGEL – Amhara – Northern Ethiopia
Leather, vegetable fibres. Diameter cm. 32,0; cm. 14,0 high(6.69″ x 7.87″).
These basket are used to collect Injera, a kind of spongy crepe characteristic of Ethiopian cuisine. Generally they are made… -
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Old Fine Headrest – Arsi Tribe – Oromo Region, Ethiopia
Wood, metal inserts; cm. 18,0 high x cm. 18,0 width (7.09″ x 7.09″); gr. 281,8 (9.94 oz.).
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Old Kirdi Beaded Apron – Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Cotton, glass beads. Cm. 16,5 high x cm. 16,0 width (6.50″ x 6.30”); grams 50,1 (1.77 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi – which in Arabic…
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Old Fine Bwa Nuna Catapult – Carved Wood – Burkina Faso
Carved wood. Cm. 21,5 high x cm. 7,2 width (8.64″ x 2.76″); grams 91,9 (3.24 oz).
The Bwa is an African society that is native to Burkina Faso. This society has…
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Old Fine Tuareg Leather Basket – Niger
Leather, vegetable fibres; nice designs. Diameter at the base cm. 22,0 (8.66”); top diameter cm. 18,5 (7.28″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and…
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Old Fine Baule Catapult – Carved Wood – Cote d’Ivoire
Carved wood. Cm. 18,5 high x cm. 8,3 width (7.28″ x 3.27″). Grams 72,20 (2.55 oz).
The Baule are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d’Ivoire…
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Other ObjectsOld Fine Large Wooden Ladle – Oromo Region – Ethiopia
49,95€Engraved hard wood cm 53,0 high (20.87″); grams 364,5 (12.86 oz.). Wonderful patina.
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Outstanding Old Headrest – Barshin – Boni or Somali Tribe – Somalia
Carved from a single piece of fine-grained wood known as hagar in Somali or yucub wood. Cm. 18,5 high x cm. 14,0 width (7.28″ x 5.51″); gr. 104,6 (3.69 oz.).
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Old Kirdi Beaded Apron – Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Cotton, glass beads. Cm. 16,5 high x cm. 17,0 width (6.50″ x 6.69”); grams 44,1 (1.56 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi – which in Arabic…
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Head Adornments, Other Objects
Authentic Tribally Used Lega Ceremonial Hat – Bwami Society – D.R.Congo
Cowries on basketry; raffia vinifera fibers. Cm. 15,0 high (5.91″); diameter cm. 18,0 (7.09″).
The Lega people are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.They originated in what is…
