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Sculptures & Masks
Old Fine Baule Maternity Figure – Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Mid 20th century. Carved hard wood. Cm. 50,0 high x cm. 12,0 width x cm 13,0 depth (19.69″ x 4.72″ x 5.12″); grams 1850,0 (4.16 lb.).
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Old Fine Kirdi Figure – Cameroon
Mid 20th century. Iron, cm. 62,0 high (26.38″). Kg 1,21 (43.0 oz.).
The name of Kirdi – which in Arabic means non-Muslim – is attributed to the many ethnic groups, animist,… -
Sculptures & Masks
Fine Baule Bronze – Crocodile & Turtle – Ivory Coast
20th century. Cm. 6,0 high x 8,5 width (2.36″ x 3.35″); Gr. 94,3 (3.33 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
The Baule are an Akan people and…
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Sculptures & Masks
Authentic Tribal Used Dan Dean Gle Mask – Touba, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1960-70. Wood, raffia fibres; cm. 21,5 high x cm. 13,3 width (8.46″ x 5.24″); grams 242 (8.54 oz.)
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Sculptures & Masks
Tribal Used Senufo Deblé Figure – Boundiali Region, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Cm. 114,0 high (44.8″). 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 & 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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Sculptures & Masks
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…
