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Sculptures & MasksOld Beautiful Yaure Staff – Collected in Beomi, Côte d’Ivoire
1.100,00€Height: 51.0 cm (approx. 20.1 inches) on a custom mount. Weight: 800 g (approx. 28.2 oz). Glossy patina, with signs of ritual use and age.
This Yaure staff from central Côte d’Ivoire…
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Beautiful Old Baule Maternity Figure – Côte d’Ivoire
Carved hard wood; height 59.0 cm (23.23 in); weight 3,236 g (7.14 lb).
This maternity figure is shown seated on a stool—a motif traditionally associated with elevated social status—while holding a…
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Sculptures & MasksOld Yoruba Maternity Figure – Iya Nla – Nigeria
400,00€Carved wood with traces of indigo polychromy. Height: approx. 44.5 cm (17.52″). Weight: 723 g (25.5 oz). Shows signs of ritual use and age.
Yoruba maternity sculptures, often referred to as…
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Sculptures & MasksAn Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
435,00€Shiny reddish wood with remnants of camwood; hair and headdress colored with indigo. Height: 26.8 cm (10.55″); Weight: 149.5 g (5.27 oz).
Rarity grade (Polo/David): Scarce.
Extremely unusual Ibeji figure of the…
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Sculptures & MasksOld Wooden Ritual Phallus – LEGBA – Fon Tribe – Benin
300,00€1960s. Wood.
Height: 36.5 cm (14.37″); on stand: 39.0 cm (15.35″).
Weight: 936.3 g (including stand).
Clear evidence of ritual use.These ritual phalluses were placed on household altars or directly into the ground…
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An Old Mossi Female Figure – Burkina Faso
Wood. Height: 44.5 cm (17.52″); Weight: 568 g (20.04 oz). Glossy patina with visible signs of ritual use and age.
Such figures were used in rituals to promote fertility, protect pregnancies,…
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Old Fine Baule Maternity Figure – Bouafle Region, Côte d’Ivoire
1950-60. Carved hard wood; cm 52,4 high (20.63″); grams 1.248,0 (44.02 oz.). Scarification marks on the body. Graceful posture and serene expression. Significant signs of use and age.
Baule maternity figures…
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Sculptures & MasksAn Old Baule Figure – Colon – Côte d’Ivoire
99,95€Mid 20th century. Wood, paint. Cm. 33,3 high (13.11″). Grams 236,6 (8.50″ oz).
These figures are known for representing Westernized African figures in colonial attire.
Colon figures originated during the French colonial…
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Sculptures & MasksAn Old Dogon Figure – Nommo – Mali – Former Belgian Collection
315,00€Wood. Cm. 64,5 high (25.39″); grams 1838 (4.05 lb.). Former Belgian collection.
These sculptures are ritual objects carved by blacksmith-artists, often following the indications of a divinatory rite (using cowrie shells…
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Sculptures & MasksOld Fine Ashanti Doll – Akua Ba – Ghana
165,00€Wood; cm. 34,7 high (13.66″). Grams 143,5 (5.06 oz.).
Akua Ba are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Ivory Coast, Ghana and nearby areas. Traditionally, these dolls are carried on the back…
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Sculptures & MasksAn Old Beautiful Mende Female Figure – Sierra Leone
450,00€Hard wood. Cm. 60,5 high (23.82″). Grams 1354 (47.76″ oz).
Mende female figures represent ideal beauty in the form of young women who have just been initiated into adulthood.
Female figures had…
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Sculptures & MasksA Beautiful Aluminium Tiv Maternity – Ihambe -Nigeria
199,95€Aluminium. Cm. 21,5 high (8.46″). Grams 723,8 (25.53 oz.).
The Tiv are an ethnic group of Bantu origin, with historical roots in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo….
