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Sculptures & MasksOld Stylised Aklama Protector Spirit – Chameleon – Adan Tribe – Ghana
59,95€Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 17,0 high; cm. 18,2 with the wooden included stand.
Patina has remnants of natural kaolin pigment.
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of wisdom.
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Old Fine Tuareg Chest – Mauritania
Wooden chest, decorated with iron fixed by means of copper spherical studs. Cm. 7,0 high x cm. 13,2 width x cm. 8,0 depth (2.76” x 5,2″ x 3.15”).
The Tuareg people…
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African Currency, Bracelets & Anklets
Old Massive Anklet – African Currency – Tuareg, Mali / Niger
Bronze. Early to mid 20th century. Cm. 10,5 high x 12,0 width (4.13 x 4.72 Inches); grams 1.108,5 (39.1 oz.).
Heavy anklet, U-shaped body and massive terminals faceted with tipical geometric…
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Other Adornement, Other Objects
Old Kirdi Apron – Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Iron, brass and copper decorations. Cm. 23,5 high x cm. 9,5 width (9.25″ x 3.74”); grams 147,2 (5.19 oz.)
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi – which…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Lobi Wooden Ritual Crocodile – Burkina Faso
Mid 20th century. Cm. 33,5 long x cm. 6,8 width (13.19″ x 2.68″); Gr. 157,7 (5.56 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many…
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Old Large Ritual Snake – Verre Tribe – Adamawa State, East Nigeria
Mid 20th century; cm. 58,5 high (23,03″); weight: grams 881,2 (31.08 oz.).
The snakes were more than a symbol; they were mediators between this world and the next. The Verre people… -
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Old Kirdi Apron – Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Cameroon
1960′. Leather, cowrie shells, iron rings. Cm. 26,5 high x cm. 16,5 width (10.43″ x 6.5”); grams 210,5 (7.43 oz.)
A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi – which…
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Old Berber Oil Lamp – Erfoud, Morocco
Early to mid 20th century. Glazed terracotta gr. 395,0 (13.93 oz.). Cm. 5,8 high x cm. 14,0 width (2.28” x 5.51”); diameter cm. 9,5 (3.74″).
The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known…
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African Currency
Old African Currency – MFUNTE / MAMBILA – Nigeria
Copper Alloy. 19th century. Cm. 24,3 width x 67,0 high (9.57 x 26.38 Inches); grams 1.930,0 (68.08 oz.).
In scratch forged wrought iron, this currency has a vertical grain which divides…
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Sculptures & Masks
Fine Senufo Kpelie Mask – Ivory Coast
20th century. Wood cm. 32,0 high x cm. 17,0 width (12.60″ x 6.69″). gr. 484,0 (17.07 oz.).
Kpelie masks are usually oval in shape with arched crescent shaped eyebrows over narrow slit…
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Other Objects
Old Fine Baule Catapult – Carved Wood – Cote d’Ivoire
Carved wood. Cm. 18,5 high x cm. 8,7 width (7.28″ x 3.43″). Grams 118,6 (4.18 oz).
The Baule are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d’Ivoire…
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Bags and Chests
Fine Tuareg Camel Leather Bag – Niger
Extra fine camel leather quality. The piece is approx. cm. 50,0 in lenght x cm 26 width (19.69″ x 10.24″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle…
