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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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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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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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Animist, Sculptures & Masks
Old Senufo Ancestor Amulet – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood. Cm. 9,0 high (with the metal ring cm. 10,3) x cm. 3,0 width (3.54″ x 1.18″); grams 19,2 (0.68 oz.). Quite rare item.
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Authentic Tribal Used Dan Dean Gle Mask – Touba, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1960-70. Wood, raffia fibres, red plastic material, alluminium, cloth. Without the raffia hat, the mask is cm. 23,0 high x cm. 12,8 width (9.06″ x 5.04″).
Masks are the most important art…
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Sculptures & Masks
Fine Dogon Ancestor Figure – Mali
20th century- Hard dark wood, glass beads. Cm. 22,7 high x 5,0 width (8.94″ x 1.97″).
The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, south…
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Sculptures & Masks
Fine Large Guro Mask – Zaouli Dance – Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 57,0 high x cm. 27,0 width (22.44″ x 10.63″).
Zaouli is a traditional dance of the Guro people of central Ivory Coast. The Zaouli mask, used in…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Senufo Ancestors Figure – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 13,5 high x cm. 7,0 width (5.31″ x 2.76″); grams 36,9 (1.30 oz.).
These ancestor figures are preserved and revered inside the private home.
The Senufo people are… -
Sculptures & Masks
Old Baule Figure – Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1970′. Carved wood, pigment, glass beads. Cm. 45,0 high x cm. 14,5 width (17.72″ x 5.71″); grams 680,0 (23.99 oz.).
The Baule are an Akan people and one of the largest… -
Other Objects, Sculptures & Masks
Old Hunting Whistle – SENUFO – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood. 1970′. Cm. 12,1 high x cm. 3,7 width (4.76″ x 1.46″); grams 17,7 (0.62 oz.).
Whistles are used by Senufo to find one another during the hunt.
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Old Senufo Ancestor Figure – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood. Cm. 9,4 high x cm. 3,2 width (3.70″ x 1.26″); grams 11,7 (0.41 oz.).
These ancestor figures are preserved and revered inside the private home.
The Senufo people are an… -
Sculptures & Masks
Fine Senufo Figure – Colon – Ivory Coast
20th century. Wood, pigment cm. 32,3 high (12.72″).
The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the…
