Mid 20th century. Iron, wood. Cm. 50,0 and cm. 46,0 high. Prestige staffs like these, dating from the colonial period, have sometimes been used in major barter transactions. See tribal Arms monographs Volume 2 “Performing Knives and derivatives” of Christian Gosseau, Brussels 1997 Figs 87-88. m21
Early to mid 20th century. Tribal metal, glass beads. The piece is cm. 91,5 in lenght (36.02"); each fibula is cm. 14,1 x cm. 8,6 (5.55" x 3.39"). Grams 139,2 (4.91 oz). Very good conditions. Essential feminine embellishment, the tizerzai are taken in pairs to close the coat. Beautiful pair. For more information and similar examples: "Tiserai - The Fibule Au Maroc", by...
The bag is cm. 15,8 long x cm. 6,2 width (6.22" x 2.44"). The pipe (brass, copper, resin) is cm. 13,0 long (5.12"). 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...
Mid 20th century. Silver, mediterranean coral grams 12,7 (0.77 oz); cm. 8,0 high (4.13" x 1.54”). 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 the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have achieved unity by...
Animal bone, leather; gr. 65,4 (2.31 oz.); cm. 11,0 high x cm. 4,2 width (4.33″ x 1.65″). Wonderful brown Mahogany patina. This pendant is named “Komé” and was worn by great hunters initiated to the Bâba cult, intended to protect the hunters from the possible force and revenge of the souls –...
Copper and zinc alloy. 19th century. Diameter cm. 7,8; inner diameter cm. 6,0; Cm. 3,8 high; gr. 461,3. The name of the tribe shows what the occupation of the tribe was: trading. The word teke means 'to sell'. The economy of the Teke is mainly based on farming maize, millet and...
Early to mid 20th. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 140,0 x cm. 70,0. The Kuba (or Bakuba) peoples are famous for producing beautiful fabrics made from fibers of the palm Raphia Vinifera by a long and complex process that includes the participation of men, women and children belonging to the same family. Each piece must be soaked, beaten, and then worked and scraped by hand, so as to assume its typical characteristics of fine silk-like. m21
Bronze. Cm. 6,0 high (2.36"). Inner diameter cm. 2,2 (0.87"); US size 11.0. Gr. 17,9 (0.63 oz.). Metal works like this Dogon ring is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding is made with a wax model and a mold made from...
Beautiful item; extrafine work. Silver. Grams 14,7 (0.52 oz.); cm. 8,5 high x cm. 6,1 width (3.35" x 2.40″) . Bella live Niger and Mali but are of Sudanese origin in Africa. The Bella tribe was formerly held in slavery by the Tuareg. For more information and similar examples: "Silberschmuck aus der Sahara -...
Mid 20th century. Silver, enamel, old Moroccan siver coins, coral beads, glass beads. The necklace is cm. 60,0 in lenght (23.62"); grams 191,3 (6.75 oz.). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to...
