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Old Fine Kuba Raffia – SHOOWA – Kasai Velvet – DR Congo

1970'. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 61,0 x 61,0 (24.02 x 24.02 Inches). 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. 319

23 May 2024

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Antique Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Jewish – Fez, Morocco

19th century. Brass. Gr. 461,4 (16.28 oz.); cm. 17,0 high (6.69”) x cm. 12,5 width (4.92”). This hand is the top piece of a lamp. For similar examples see “The Hand in Morocco”, by Khalid El Gharib, Malika Editions. The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand (Hebrew) is and old and still...

23 May 2024

Hand of Fatima, Other Ethnic ObjectsBerber - Amazigh

Voodoo Spirits

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k7oR2lg1yoM0UEAjNYc

1 May 2024

VideoVoodoo, West African Vodun

Antique Kris Keris – Malaysia

High: cm. 37,5 (14.76"); grams 236,1 (8.33 oz.). The Keris or Kris in the Malay and Indonesian languages, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickel iron. Both a weapon and spiritual object, kris are often considered to have an essence or presence, considered to...

26 April 2024

OthersKeris, Kris

Bamana Masks, by l’uomo di Mannheim

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2uFKP9zPTIjbbAjNEU

12 April 2024

VideoBamana, Bambara

Mbuti o l’odissea dei Pigmei

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12 April 2024

VideoMbuti-Pygmy

Old Fine Berber Necklace – South Morocco

Mid 20th century. Silver, real amber, coral, amazonite, 2 huge silver beads, shells, glass beads. With the silk stand, the necklace is cm. 70,0 in lenght (27.56"); grams 161,7 (5.70 oz.). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt,...

29 February 2024

NecklacesBerber - Amazigh

Outstanding Large Tuareg Talismanic Ring – Mosque – Mali

1980'. Silver – grams 39,4 (1.39 oz.); cm. 4,7 high x cm. 2,2 width (1.85" x 0.87"); inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.79 inches). US size 8.75. 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 the...

29 February 2024

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Gan Bronze Amulet – Snake – Burkina Faso

Cm. 5,5 high x 8,0 width (2.17" x 3.15"); Gr. 38,5 (1.36 oz.). Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece. For more information and similar examples, “Bronzes gan - la spirale du serpent”, by Bertrand Goy and Maine Durieu, Editions Sépia – 2005, provides a close analysis of the Gan Bronzes,...

29 February 2024

AnimistGan

Old Short Sword – YAKA Tribe – Southwestern DR Congo

Early to mid 20th century. Iron, leather. Cm. 56,0 in length (22.05"); the blade is cm 35,0 in lenght (13.78"). The Yaka are an African ethnic group found in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Angola border to their west. Their oral tradition states that they migrated northwest into their current...

29 February 2024

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