Cm. 31,0 high (12.20"); diameter cm. 25,0 (9.84"). George Lilanga (1934 – 27 June 2005) was a Tanzanian painter and sculptor, active from the late 1970s and until the early 21st century. He belonged to the Makonde people and lived most of his life in Dar es Salaam, the largest...
Early 20th century. Iron, wood. Cm. 51,0 high (20.08"); weight: grams 528,0 (18.62 oz.). Very good condition. A large fighting axe of the Chokwe people from Angola. Steel blade in good condition showing no significant oxidation. m19
Mid 20th century. Chiselled metal, gr. 448,1 (15.80 oz.); cm. 13,5 high x cm. 16,0 width (5.31" x 6.29"). Excellent condition, perfectly usable. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths, legends and history span 9,000 years, back to...
Early 20th century. Bronze grams 521,8 (12.32 oz.). Cm. 11,5 width x cm. 10,0 high x cm. 6,0 depth (4.52" x 3.93" x 2.36"). Inner diameter cm. 8,0 (3.14"). Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe , are scattered throughout many parts of West Africa, from Lake Chad, in the east,...
Mid 20th century. Silver, coral grams 51,7 (2.38 oz); Cm. 10,5 high x cm. 6,5 width (4.13" x 3.22”). Fine work. The salamander is not afraid nor water nor fire. The salamander reborn from it's ashes and is symbol of birth, life and rebirth. The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand (Hebrew) is and old and...
Silver, wool grams 33,6 (1.18 oz). Each cross is cm. 7,0 x 4,1 (2.75” x 1.61”). What is the history of the Tuareg Cross? What is its origin? What is its significance? It’s impossible to give definitive and unambiguous answers: we are in Africa, where everything is always true and possible. According to the “official collection” of...
Steel blade, beautiful braided leather scabbard. Without fringes cm. 35,0 in length (13.78″); the blade is cm. 22,5 in length (8.86″). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of...
Hand-beaten tree-bark, painted with organic pigments. Approx. cm. 84,0 x 43,0 (33.07 x 16.93 Inches). Mbuti people, one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo region of Africa, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups. They arehunter-gatherers that live in the Ituri rainforest. The Mbuti are composed of bands...
End 19th, early 20th century. Iron. Cm. 55,3 high (21.77″); weight: grams 742,0 (26.18 oz.). For similar examples and more informations see “The Perfect Form”, by Roberto Ballarini page 184. m21
1970'. Tribal metal, agate and carnelian rings (khroub) gr. 71,7 (2.52 oz.); cm. 8,8 high x cm. 9,2 width (3.46” x 3.62"). In the Tuareg language (Tamahaq), the literal sense of the word “Tcherot” means “letter”, “message” or “paper on which something is written”. The word Tcherot is used in Niger, while these talismans are called...
