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Other Objects, Sculptures & Masks
Old Fine Baule Slingshot Catapult – Carved Wood – Cote d’Ivoire
Carved wood. Cm. 20,1 high x cm. 7,6 width (7.91″ x 2.99″). Grams 65,9 (2.32 oz).
The Baule are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d’Ivoire…
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Sculptures & Masks
Fine Senufo Figure – Colon – Ivory Coast
20th century. Wood, pigment cm. 31,5 high (12.40″).
The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the… -
Other Objects
Old Snuff Bottle – Borana Tribe – Ethiopia
Horn, leather. Cm 13,0 high (5.12″).
The Borana, Gabbra and Sakuye peoples are sub-ethnic groups within the Oromo people group, and share language and culture. Some groups from the Oromo people… -
Weapons
Antique African Knife – Mongo / Konda – DR Congo
Early 20th century. Iron, brass wrap wood hilt. Cm. 41,2 high (16.22″); weight: grams 286,8.
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Sculptures & Masks
Fine Baule Figure – Blolo Bla – Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Wood. Cm 30,3 high (11.93″).
The Baule believe that, in the otherworld called Blolo, all human beings were married before birth. These spirit spouses called blolo bian, meaning ‘spirit husband’, and… -
Sculptures & Masks
Old Edan Ogboni (Osugbo Staff) – Yoruba – Nigeria
Bronze. The female and the male figures are cm. 14,0 high. Grams 426,8.
Headed by the Oluwo (chief priest), the Yoruba Ogboni (meaning ‘cult of old age’) is a society of respected elderly… -
African Currency
Old African Currency – CHAMBA – Northern Cameroon
Iron, grams 884,0. Cm 34,5 wide x cm. 24,0 high. The stand is not included.
The Chamba people have their own particular religious beliefs known as the Chamba religion.
The traditional religion…
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Other Objects, Other Textile
Old Salampasu Circumcision Panel – DR Congo
299,95€Polychromic panel in bamboo and pigments. Cm. 86,0 x cm. 59,0.
Like most ethnic groups in DR Congo, the Salampasu are a Bantu people, a term deriving from linguistic classification terms…. -
Weapons
Antique African Knife – Mongo / Konda – DR Congo
Early 20th century. Iron, brass wrap wood hilt. Cm. 41,0 high (16.14″); weight: grams 287,9.
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African Currency, Bracelets & Anklets
Fine Massive Bamum Bracelet – African Currency – Cameroon
Bronze; grams 586,0; Cm. 11,5 high x cm 12,5 width (4.52″ x 4.92″).
This massive ornate bracelet is a form of currency found among the Bamum (Bamun) people of Cameroon.
Though often…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Divination Female Figure – Asen – Fon Tribe – Benin
1960′. The figure is cm. 10,5 high x cm. 9,0 width; (on the custom stand the piece is cm 14,0 high); grams 348,0.
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Other Objects
Old Large Berber Teapot – South Morocco
Mid 20th century. Chiselled metal, grams 1079,1; cm. 22,0 high x cm. 26,0 width (8.66″ x 10.23″). Excellent condition, perfectly usable.
The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are…
