Danse de la Panthère, by l’uomo di Mannheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM52DKOGkmg&t=230s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM52DKOGkmg&t=230s
The most terrifying fairy tales take place in the forest. If you are a Senufo child from Korhogo, in the north of the Ivory Coast, the forest is the dark, dangerous place full of mystery, where one day you will be pushed by force by masked beings. For a...
Geometric layers of copper and white metal on brass sheet: Cm. 26,0 high x cm. 5,3 width (10.24″ x 2.09″); gr. 71,3 (2.52 oz.). Cm. 18,1 high x cm. 7,1 width (7.13″ x 2.80″); gr. 98,5 (3.47 oz.). Cm. 24,9 high x cm. 6,0 width (9,80" x 2.36"); gr....
Early 20th century. Iron, brass. Cm. 57,5 high (22.64″); weight: grams 1186,0 (41.83 oz.). The Azande (plural of "Zande") are an ethnic group of North Central Africa. The word Azande means "the people who possess much land", and refers to their history as conquering warriors. They live primarily in the...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel, silver coins. Gr. 121,8 (4.29 oz.); diameter cm. 7,0 (2.75″), inner diameter cm. 6,6 (2.59″). 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...
Large shell, leather, iron beads. The piece is cm. 62,0 in length (24.41″); the shell is cm. 9,0 high (3.54"). Grams 570,0 (20.11 oz.). The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River...
Early 20th century. Copper and brass. Grams 599,8 (21.16 oz.). Outer diameter cm. 8,5 (3.74″); inner diameter cm. 5,6 (2.20″). m19
20th century. Carved wood, multiple layers of multi-colored trade glass beads, leather amulets, cowrie shells. Cm. 22,5 high (8.86"); grams 552,8 (19.5 oz.). In Cameroon, when a young Fali man becomes betrothed, he makes a doll (ham pilu) fro m wood and decorates it with hair, beads, and other small amulets....
Early to mid 20th century. Tribal metal. Cm. 8,3 high x cm. 7,0 width (3.26" x 2.75"). Inner diameter cm. 6,1 (2.40″). Grams 166,9 (5.88 oz.). Rare Item. 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...
End 19th century, early 20th century. Engraved buffalo or elephant skin. Diameter cm. 42,0 (16.46") ; Depth cm. 15,0 (5.91"). Former italian private collection (Grassi family, Sarzana, Toscana, Italy). The region Amhara is extends over the ancient provinces of Bégemder, Godjam and includes a part of the ancient province of Wollo. The...