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Sculptures & Masks
Antique Architectural Element – Horse – Andhra Pradesh, India
Wood gr. 980,8 (34.6 oz.); cm. 31,0 high (12.20″).
This horse bracket once formed the end of a door lintel.
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Wayang Topeng Mask – East Java – Indonesia
Early to mid 20th century. Wood, hair, pigment. Cm. 21,0 x cm 17,7 width (8.27″ x 6.97″).
Topeng (Indonesian for “mask”) is a dramatic form of Indonesian dance in which one…
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Sculptures & Masks
Outstanding Old Chokwe Mask – NGULU – Angola
1960-70. Wood, metal, pigment, textile, raffia, coins, bones, beads, shells, button. Approx. cm. 30,0 high x cm. 17,0 width x cm 15,0 depth (11.81″ x 6.69″ x 5.91″). On the customised…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Senufo Maternity Figure – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 15,1 high x cm. 4,02 width (5.94″ x 1.58″); grams 34,6 (1.22 oz.).
These figures are preserved and revered inside the private home.
The Senufo people are an… -
Other Objects, Sculptures & Masks
Old Hunting Whistle – SENUFO – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast (Copy)
Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 10,2 high x cm. 3,3 width (4.02″ x 1.30″); grams 11,5 (0.41 oz.).
Whistles are used by Senufo to find one another during the hunt.
The Senufo people…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Kigango Figure – Giriama Tribe – Kenya
1960-70. Wood, cm. 124,0 high (48.82″).
Kigango is a carved wooden memorial statue erected by the Mijikenda peoples of the southeastern Kenya coast. The vigango, which can be stylized, abstracted human-form… -
Sculptures & MasksTribal Used Senufo Deblé Figure – Boundiali Region, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
299,95€Cm. 95,0 high (37.4″). Wooden fwooden figure carved in the form of a woman by the Senufo by the Senufo people and used as a “rhythm pounder” in certain rituals performed to…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Kigango Figure – Giriama Tribe – Kenya
1960-70. Wood, cm. 90,0 high (35.43″).
Kigango (plural: vigango) is a carved wooden memorial statue erected by the Mijikenda peoples of the southeastern Kenya coast. The vigango, which can be stylized,… -
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.).
The Baule are an Akan people and… -
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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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).
These statuettes are known as of Komaland…
