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Other ObjectsAuthentic Ritual Hammer – N’Yondo – Buganda – Uganda – Rare Item
99,95€Hammer made from iron from a vehicle to which three other types of metal have been added. These ritual hammers are used to drive the spirits of the dead from…
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Beautiful Oromo Container – Cowrie Shell And Baskettery – Ethiopia
99,95€Wood, baskettery, cowrie shell. Cm. 28,5 high (11.22″).
The Oromo people are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to Ethiopia who speak the Oromo language. They are the largest ethnic…
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Crucifix – Nkangi Kiditu – Bakongo – Republic of Congo
Bronze; lost wax. Cm. 23,5 high x 16,2 width (9.25″ x 6.38″); grams 572,9 (20.21 oz.).
The Bakongo are a large people (more than 5 million) living on the Atlantic coast,…
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Head Adornments, Other ObjectsOld Zulu Earplugs – Iziqhaza – South Africa
400,00€Mid 20th century. Wood, vinyl, metal studs. Diameter cm. 6,4 (2.52″), spessore cm. 2,0 (0,79″). Grams 90,8 (3.20″).
The earplugs identified the wearer as being Zulu.
Ear piercing was an important ceremony,…
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Old Beautiful Tuareg Leather Wallet Purse – Niger
125,00€Leather. Cm. 32,0 high including fringes x cm. 11,0 width (12.60″ x 4.33″).
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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Beautiful Large Hausa Koranic Writing Board – ALLO – Sokoto Region, Nigeria
Wood. Cm. 63,0 x cm. 30,0 (24.80″ x 11.81″). Grams 2.206,0 (77.81 oz.).
For the youngest of students to the most senior of elders, art can provide a vision of the…
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Other Objects, Other Textile
Authentic Beautiful Tuareg Tent Decoration – Niger
Leather, mirror. Approx. cm. 83,0 high x cm. 46,5 width (32.68″ x 18.31″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central…
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Other ObjectsOld Hausa Koranic Writing Board – ALLO – Sokoto Region, Nigeria
175,00€Aluminiun, brass. Cm. 45,5 x cm. 26,0 (17.91″ x 10.24″). Grams 601,2 (21.21 oz.).
For the youngest of students to the most senior of elders, art can provide a vision of…
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Other ObjectsOld Asen Ritual Altar – Fon – Benin
300,00€Iron, cm 58,3 high on the custom stand (22.95″); grams 1.447,7 (3.19 lb). The altar is composed of a set of stems, welded at the summit. In the centre there…
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Other ObjectsOld Turkana Food Container – Atubwa – Kenya
59,95€Wood. Beautiful work. Grams 373,8 (13.19 oz.); length 23,0 cm x width 14,0 cm x height 12,0 cm. (9.06″ x 5.51″ x 4.72″).
This old tribally used food container (atubwa) was…
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Other ObjectsA Finely Crafted Dhokra Rice Measure Bowl – Lost Wax Bronze – West Bengal, India
89,95€A finely crafted Dhokra Rice Measure Bowl. Very beautiful and detailed work from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Cm. 11,0 width x cm. 8,0 high (4.33″ x 3.15″). Lost…
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Other Objects, Sculptures & Masks
Dogon Sacred Ladder – “Soul Ladder” – Mali
Wood, cm. 29,5 high (11.61″); cm 33,5 on the stand (13.19″).
Dogon shrine ladders or spirit ladders are for the deceased to climb to reach their ancestors. Binu shrines or sanctuaries…
