Wood. One figure: cm. 21,0 high (8.27″); cm. 24,3 (9.57″) on custom base. Second figure: cm. 22,2 high (8.74″); cm. 25,4 (10.00″) on custom base. A pair of Ewe Venavi twin figures (female pair), Ghana/Togo. Finely carved with softly rounded volumes and balanced...
Small Objects of Remarkable Craftsmanship Among the many objects belonging to Tuareg material culture, smoking pipes are particularly fascinating for the amount of craftsmanship concentrated into a remarkably small object. Often only about 10-13 cm (3.94-5.12 in) long, these compact pipes combine practical design with a refined decorative language. Dark hardwood, bone,...
What is an Assrou n’ Swoul? The Assrou n’ Swoul (also spelled Asrou n Swoul) is a distinctive traditional Tuareg veil weight and ornament, often described as “the key thrown over the shoulder.” Made by Tuareg metalworkers in a remarkable variety of forms, these key-shaped objects combine practical...
Copper and aluminium geometric appliqués on brass sheet, with copper studs. Height: 13.3 cm (5.24 in). Weight: 49.4 g (1.74 oz). A genuine old Tuareg veil weight known as assrou n’swoul, generally translated as “the key thrown over the shoulder.” This distinctive key-shaped ornament was traditionally worn by Tuareg...
Mid 20th century. Chiselled metal, gr. 874,2 (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...
1960′ – Silver, copper gr. 44,0 (1.55 oz); cm. 3,4 high x cm. 3,8 width (1.34” x 1.50″). Inner diameter cm. 1,9 (0.75″); US size 7.25. Fulani Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe , a primarily Muslim people scattered throughout many parts of West Africa, from Lake Chad, in the east, to the Atlantic coast. They are concentrated principally in...
Aluminium pendant with glass beads thread on plant fibre cord. The Ikoko amulet is cm. 8,4 x cm. 6,0 (3.31" x 2.36"); the necklace is cm 32,5 in lenght (12.8"). Grams 161,2 (54.69 oz). The Pende have a matrilineal culture and family kinship plays an important...
Bronze. The piece is cm. 23,5 high x 13,2 width (9.25″ x 5.20"). Grams 3.942,0 (8.69 lb.) Heavy leg shield made by Mongo smiths, a vast tribal group of central Congo that used furnaces dug into the earth to heat and melt...
Wool, henna dye. Without fringes cm. 88,5 high x cm. 85,5 width (34.84” x 33.66”). Excellent conditions. This fabric has been professionally washed. For more information and similar examples: "Splendeurs du Maroc", by Africa Museum Tervuren, page 204; “African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent”, by John Gillow, pag....
Bronze gr. 186,8 (6.59 oz.); diameter cm. 8,0 high (3.15"); inner diameter cm. 5,9 (2.32"). Among the Senufo of Mali and Côte d'Ivoire, copper alloy figures and bracelets are associated with the Sando (or Sandogo) divination society and are linked to the powers of bush spirits. The bracelets,...