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Other Objects
Old Beautiful Hemba Headrest – DR Congo
Mid 20th century. Carved wood. Cm. 17,3 high and cm. 15,5 width (6.81″ x 6.10″). Grams 323,9 (11.43 oz,).
A female Hemba headrest, sitting on a wooden base, legs apart, thick…
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Other Objects
Old Kirdi Iron Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
99,95€1960′. 13 iron elements with a length of about cm. 11,0 (4.33″); grams 202,8 (7.15 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi –…
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Other Objects
Fine Tuareg Kajal Kohl Applicator Niger – Rare Item
Brass, aluminium. Cm 14,0 high (5.51″). Rare item.
The kohl or kajal is a powder composed mainly of galena, malachite, sulfur and animal fat used for eye makeup to darken the…
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Other ObjectsOld Tuareg Leather Wallet Purse – Niger
89,95€Leather. Cm. 38,0 high without fringes x max cm. 18,0 width (14.96″ x 7.09″).
These wallets, worn around the neck or under robes, range from simple leather rectangles to elaborate multi-piece…
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Other Objects, Other Textile
Old Woven Straw Leather Carpet – Tuareg – Mauritania
Approx. cm. 68,0 x 43,0 (26.77” x 16.93”).
Carpet made of very sturdy herb stems with leather strips that form traditional Mauritanians geometric designs.
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering…
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Other ObjectsOld Senufo Oil Lamp – Cote d’Ivore / Ivory Coast
59,95€Early to mid 20th century. Iron cm 49,5 high (19.49″). grams 404,7 (14.28 oz.).
The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live…
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Old Elaborate Large Kirdi Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
180,00€1960′. Iron, leather, glass and iron beads. Approx. cm. 22,5 high x cm. 17,1 width (11.22″); grams 377,7 (11.47 oz).
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The…
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Necklaces, Other Objects
Old Fine Chaplet – Tasbih – South Morocco
Wood. Cm 44,0 in length (17.32″); 99 beads diameter approx. cm. 1,7 (0.67″); gr. 127,8 (4.51 oz.).
These types of beads are much more difficult to make than simple round beads.
Berbers…
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Crucifix – Nkangi Kiditu – Bakongo – Republic of Congo
Bronze; lost wax. Cm. 20,3 high x 12,4 width (7.99″ x 4.88″); grams 348,8 (12.30 oz.).
The Bakongo are a large people (more than 5 million) living on the Atlantic coast,…
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Other Objects
Authentic Tribally Used Dinka Pipe – South Sudan
Carved wood, copper, aluminium, bronze. Cm. 24,5 long (9.65″).
The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan, but also having a sizable diaspora population. They mostly live…
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Other Objects
Old Tuareg Leather Wallet Purse – Niger
Leather. Cm. 28,0 high without fringes x cm. 10,0 width (11.02″ x 3.94″).
These wallets, worn around the neck or under robes, range from simple leather rectangles to elaborate multi-piece pouches-within-folders….
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Other Objects, Other Textile
Old Woven Straw Leather Carpet – Tuareg – Mauritania
Approx. cm. 82,0 x 40,5 (32.28” x 15.94”).
Carpet made of very sturdy herb stems with leather strips that form traditional Mauritanians geometric designs.
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering…
