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Other Objects, Other Textile
Old Fine Woven Straw Leather Carpet – Tuareg – Mauritania
Approx. cm. 100,0 x 51,0 (39.37” x 20.50”).
Authentic straw mat decorated with leather strips that form traditional Tuareg geometric designs. Excellent conditions.
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Fine Baule Mask – Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1970′. Carved hard wood. Cm. 41,0 high x cm. 19,5 width x cm 11,0 depth (16.14″ x 7.68″ x 4.33″); grams 1080,0 (38.10 oz.).
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Other Adornement, Other Objects
Tribally Used Himba Skirt – Kunene Region (Kaokoland), Namibia
Skin, iron beads. The piece is approx. cm. 46,5 high x cm. 43,0 width (18.31″ x 16.83″).
The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene… -
Other Objects
Old Fine Tuareg Lock – Niger
Mid 20th century. Iron, brass, aluminium. Grams 265,2 (9.35 oz.). Cm. 5,0 high x cm. 15,0 width (1.97″ x 5.91″). The key is cm 12,8 high (5.04″).
The Tuareg people inhabit…
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Animist, Sculptures & Masks
Kotoko Warrior – Putchu Guinadji – Chad
Bronze; gr. 98,5 (3.47 oz.); cm. 7,0 high x cm. 6,0 width (2.76″ x 2.36″).
These talismans are believed to cure the madness.
The word “Putchu” means horse and “Guinadji” means demon…
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Other Objects
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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Other Objects, Other Textile
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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Sculptures & Masks
Mbuti-Pygmy Mask – Ituri Rainforest, DR Congo
1970′. Wood, metal studs, traces of animal hide. Cm. 28,0 high x cm. 21,0 width (11.02″ x 8.27″).
Mbuti people, one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo region of… -
Sculptures & Masks
Antique Anthropomorphic Figure – KOMALAND – North Ghana
75,00€Terracotta, traces of paint. Cm. 9,5 high x cm. 4,5 width x cm. 5,0 depth (3.74” x 1.77” x 1.97″). Grams 226,3 (7.98 oz).
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Animist, Sculptures & Masks
Old Senufo Ancestor Figure – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood. Cm. 12,8 high x cm. 4,0 width (5.04″ x 1.57″); grams 16,7 (0.59 oz.).
These ancestor figures are preserved and revered inside the private home.
The Senufo people are an… -
Other Objects
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… -
African Currency, Bracelets & Anklets
Old Fine Tuareg Copper Bracelet – African Currency – Niger
Mid 20th century. Copper gr. 392,0 (1.99 oz.); diameter cm. 10,5 (2.63″); inner diameter cm. 7,2 (2.51″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are…
