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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States The Lega inhabit the virgin forest of eastern DRC, between the great lakes and the Lualaba River, next to Luba people. They live in the autonomous villages ... morecollectively situated at the summit of a hill surrounded by a palisade.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Outstanding African Burkina Fsao Gurunsi Face Mask Inches: Height: 15 Inches Centimeters: Height: 38 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood. Pigment Estimated Age: Early– Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Stylized face mask zoomorphic attributes bird superstructure polychrome finished aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration. Lost of pigment, scrapes, chips, worn areas, age cracks, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Gurunsi is a collective term. Which includes Gurensi, Kasena, Lyele, Nuna, Nunuma, Sisala, and Winiama. These ethnicities speak dialects of the Gur language, and it was the Mossi who gave the Gurunsi name to the tribes who live in the west and south of the Mossi plateau. Together they number about 200,000 people, the most numerous of which are the Nuna, estimated at 100,000. The Gurunsi live in a region where the tsetse fly, carrier of sleeping sickness fatal to domestic animals, is rampant. As farmers, the Gurunsi adopted the slash-and-burn system of cultivation. During the dry season they also organize large collective fishing expeditions and hunt. The people believe in a creator god, Yi, who withdrew from humankind after the Creation; in the center of the village a shrine is dedicated to him. Moreover, each clan shelters magic objects in a hut– these allow them to communicate with the vital forces of nature. The masks represent the spirits of the bush. They are made in the shape of poles or in the form of animals. They are colored red, black, and white. The eyes protrude, surrounded by concentric circles, with a rather short snout on the anim
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Striking African DRC Kongo Nail Fetish Nkisi Nkonde Inches: Height: 26 Inches Centimeters: Height: 66 Centimeters Measurements Figure Only Material: Wood. Pigment Glass Eyes, Nails, Magical Compartment Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Fair- Good Remarks: Striking sculpture magical power pounded nails aged surface brown patina Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $30.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration especially to arms and base. Scrapes and chips, metal corrosion, lost to some attributes, age cracks, worn areas, overall condition fair to good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Kongo peope are present in three countries– the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Angola and the Congo Republic– the Kongo occupy the region at the mouth of the Congo River. Numerous subgroups go to form the vast Kongo cultural complex, among which are the Vili, the Woyo and the Yombe. These tribes produce a diversity of artistic styles, with Kongo art being one of the best known. The Kongo demonstrate the extreme complexity of their traditions on major occasions, such as the investiture of a chief or at funerals. The Kongo pantheon was small: one all-powerful god who gave healing powers to the king, to the Nganga, and to the heads of cults. Besides their textiles of great renown, the Kongo had a funerary art of decorated steles and funerary statues in stone, very often depicting the chief seated cross-legged in a posture of reflection. Some of these statues were placed on tombs to aid the spirits of the dead to join the world of the deceased. They produced wood sculptures representing royal wives, hunters, musicians, and healers. Their postures vary: so
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Fine African Togo / Ghana Ewe Pole Sculpture. The Ewe, who live in southern Togo and Ghana are the eastern neighbors of Asante. Scarifications and added ... moreclothing and strings of beads reveal family and clan religious and social affiliations.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Online Offering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Beautiful ... moreAfrican Ghana Fante Figure Measurement: Height: 12.75 Width: 4 Depth: 3 Inches Measurement: Height: 32.5 Width: 10 Depth: 7.5 Centimeters Measurement Statue Only Material: Wood. Paint Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Very Good Remarks: Stylized figure elaborate coiffure blacken finish aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Please click on small pictures for enlarged version Documentation of Authenticity/ Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Minor wood deterioration. Faded areas, worn areas, minor chips, overall condition very good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Fante peoples. Along with Asante, comprise two of the largest and best known ethnic groups that make up the Akan. Akan is a generic term used to refer to a large number of linguistically related peoples who live in southern Ghana and southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. The rise of the early Akan centralized states can be traced to the 13th century and is related to the opening of trade routes established to move gold throughout the region. It was not until the end of the 17th century, however, that the grand Asante Kingdom emerged in the central forest region of Ghana, when several small states united under the Chief of Kumasi in a move to achieve political freedom from the Denkyira. The Asante confederacy was dissolved by the British in 1900 and colonized in 1901. Although there is no longer a centralized Akan confederacy, Akan peoples maintain a powerful political and economic presence. Woodcarving includes stools, which are recognized as"seats" of power, and wooden dolls(akua’ba) that are associated with fertility. There are also extensive traditions of pottery and weaving throughout Akan territory. Kente cloth, woven on behalf of royalty, has come to symbo
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Superb African Sierra Leone Mende Bundu Helmet Mask Inches: Height: 14.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 37 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood Estimated Age: Mid 20th Century Condition: Fair- Good Remarks: Highly stylized helmet mask ideal beauty elaborate coiffure neck folds blacken finished aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration. Scrapes and chips, worn areas, age cracks, overall condition fair to good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Mende settled in Sierra Leone during the 16th century. Having migrated from the north. Today, the Mende live mostly from rice and cocoa farming and are organized into different chiefdoms. Social order and structure are regulated through the Poro male and the Sande female societies. During ceremonies associated with the latter, women wear Bundu masks which embody idealized female beauty and represent an ancestor of the society. These masks are typically of helmet hollow form with elaborate coiffure. The facial features are delicately carved with multiple folds on the neck area representing robustness of health and wealth. The surface of these mask are usually of blacken finish. Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of the artists I admired. Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle- pulley which is after all only a functional ob
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States The Ngil masks are tied to the association of Ngil, which played judiciary and political roles among the Fang, assuring peace and hunting witches. These ... moremasks had the task of punishing those guilty of vices and criminals.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Beautiful African DRC Gabon Punu Tribal Dance Mask Inches: Height: 11 Inches Centimeters: Height: 28 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood. Pigment Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized famous mask form elaborate coiffure white pigmented finished aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration. Chips and scrapes, worn areas, lost of pigment, age cracks, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Punu reside on the left bank of the Upper Ngoume River(Gabon) and belong to the group of tribes known as Shira which were originally part of the Luango kingdom of Angola. With the Eshira. The Lumbo, the Vili, the Galoa, and the Vungu people, the Punu migrated northwards during the 18th century and settled in the area where they continue to inhabit to this day. They live in independent villages divided into clans and families, and social cohesion is ensured by a society known as moukouji. Its primary role is to regulate community life with regards to social and judicial matters, and mainly it applies itself to the neutralization of evil forces. To this end, officiates of moukoudji utilize a cult kit that includes statuettes, human relics and masks. Punu masks represent idealized female ancestors' faces. The white color of the mask is genderless; white is a symbol for peace, deities, spirits of the dead, and the afterlife. It is thus the predominating color in funeral celebrations and memorials. Therefore the masks were worn during funerals. They appeared also in the magical rites whose function was to unmask sorcerers. The masks have realistic, most
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Superb African West Coast/ Mali Senufo Kpelie Mask– Twin Faces Inches: Height: 14.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 36.5 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood Estimated Age: Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized mask oval hollow form with projections twin faces bird superstructure dark patina Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Worn areas. Chips and scrapes, more chips to back edge, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND A central concept in Senufo religion is a female ancestral spirit called ancient mother. The sacred guiding spirit of each poro society. The Senufo produce a rich variety of sculptures, mainly associated with the poro society, to which all adult men belong and which maintains the continuity of religious and historical traditions, especially through the cult of the ancestors. Several types of mask are used depending upon the occasion. The kpelie, a human face with projections all around, is said to remind initiates of human imperfection. Danced by men, these masks perform as female characters. Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of the artists I admired. Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle- pulley which is after all only a functional object for the purpose of weaving seemed to me then and today as beautiful as a Greek goddess. The fet
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States The Yaka people live along the Wamba River. In the 18th century their lands were annexed by the Angola-based Lunda people, but by the 19th century the ... moreYaka had regained their independence. Yaka society is tightly structure and headed by a chief of Lunda origin, the Kiamfu, who delegates responsibilities to ministers and lineage chiefs, Unkwagata.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Striking African Tanzania/ Mozambique Lipico Mask Inches: Height: 8.5 Depth: 10.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 21.5 Depth: 27 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood. Hair, Pigment Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Fair Remarks: Stylized mask of helmet form realistic features aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $18.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration especially inside top. Scrapes and chips, lost of hair, lost of pigment, worn areas, age cracks, overall condition fair. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Inhabiting the southeast of Tanzania and the northeast of Mozambique are the Makonde. Divided into matrilineal clans, each one comprising several villages. They survive economically from farming and occasionally, cattle rearing. Makonde carvers are prolific producers of masks, statues and decorative objects. The most famous are the Lipico masks, which are used to mark a boy’s initiation into adulthood. Lipico is the name that Makonde men give to the masker of their masquerading association, who is brought from the bush into the village for initiation celebrations. The dances are accompanied by an orchestra of drummers. These masks have realistic features and are often decorated with scarification marks. They are carved with light balsa-like wood and are always worn with a cloth. The lip plug suggests that it is intended to represent a woman elder. Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of the artists I admired. Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Fine African DRC Pende Tribal Mask Inches: Height: 10 Inches Centimeters: Height: 25.5 Centimeters Measurements Mask Only Material: Wood. Vegetal Material Estimated Age: Early– Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized mask Traditional Pende features vegetal coiffure aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $12.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration. Age cracks, worn areas, lost to vegetal material, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Pende people settled in the region near the Loango and Kasai Rivers. They are governed by a central authority. But pay allegiance to family chiefs, known as Djigo. The tribe members are divided into numerous territorial groups, the two most important being in Kwilu and Kasai. The Pende political system is mainly controlled by lineage and marriage. There is no recognized central political power, and the chiefs that do exist do not exercise significant authority. The extended family seems to serve the needs of social control within individual communities. The Pende are a matrilineal people, and the eldest maternal uncle in a family is usually recognized as heading the lineage, a position that entails ensuring the well-being of the family and taking care of the ancestors. The ancestors(Mvumbi) are placated through various rituals and offerings. The family head is responsible for taking care of the shrines and appeasing the spirits. The Pende recognize that spirits may be either good or bad, depending on the manner in which they died. Also, when ancestors are neglected they will cause bad things to happen to the family. The result may be sickness or hardship, both of whi
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$13.60 Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Adjustable brace to stabilize the art piece. This Adjustable stand is a lmost like a custom stand. It will display your piece correctly and securely. ... moreUnlike the typical stand that fits poorly onto most sculptures and difficult to secure.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Outstanding African Mali Bamana Jo/ Jonyeleni Figure Bougouni or Dioila Region Inches: Height: 26 Inches Centimeters: Height: 66 Centimeters Measurements Sculpture Only Material: Wood Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Fair Remarks: Highly stylized carving exaggerate features weathered aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $18.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration especially to base. Worn areas, chips and scrapes, larger chips to tips of coiffure to back, age cracks, overall condition fair. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Bambara or Bamana form the largest ethnic group within Mali Region of Africa. The triangle of the Bamana region. Divided in two parts by the Niger River, constitutes the greater part of the western and southern Mali of today. The dry savanna permits no more than a subsistence economy, and the soil produces, with some difficulty, corn, millet, sorghum, rice, and beans. Their traditions include six male societies, each with its own type of mask. Initiation for men lasts for seven years and ends with their symbolic death and their rebirth. Nearly every Bamana man had to pass through these societies in succession, until, upon reaching the highest rank, he had acquired a comprehensive knowledge of ancestral traditions. The Jo society has become a sort of framework for other initiation society. Until a few decades ago, initiation was obligatory for every young man. Jo initiations take place every seven years, after candidates receive six years of special training. During this time, the young men go through a ritual death and live one week in the bush before returning to the village. There they publicly perfo
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States By the middle of the 20th century their population was estimated at less that 200,000, spread over a wide area, and into parts of the northern Congo and ... morewestern Tanzania. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection.
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Outstanding African Nigeria/ Republic of Benin Yoruba Offering Bowl Figure Olumeye Inches: Height: 24.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 62 Centimeters Measurement Sculpture Only Material: Wood. Pigment Estimated Age: Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Stylized figure kneeling post elaborate relief designs traditional Yoruba features Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $20.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration. Lost of pigment, chips and scrapes, age cracks, worn areas, overall condition Good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Yoruba people live mainly in the southwest of Nigeria and the south of Benin. Moreover Yoruba traditions live on as far afield as Brazil. Cuba, Haiti and the Americas in the descendants of Yoruba slaves. The term"Yoruba" is said to derive from"Yarbanci, a nickname given by the Hausa or the Fulani to the inhabitants of the Oyo Kingdom. This name was in turn introduced by missionaries from the middle of the nineteenth century, who were the first to study the Yoruba language. Prior to that, the Yoruba-speaking peoples referred to itself by the names of their different sub-groups. Earlier the Yoruba organized themselves into a large number of city-states, traditionally administered by kings(oba) who held political as well as religious power Among the various autonomous city-states, the leading place was primarily occupied by Ileff and Old Oyo. Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of the artists I admired. Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the f
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Baule Statuettes very from small to very large in size. The coiffure is always detailed and is usually divided into plaits. Statues were mostly used for ... moretwo purposes. One was to incarnate a spirit of the bush and the other was to represent a spouse from the other world.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Their main economic resource is farming, but occasionally communal hunts are organized. Stylistically, their sculptures are characterized by an enlarged ... morehead with an almond-shaped mouth, a triangular nose and coffee-bean eyes, all set under elaborate coiffure.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Most of the archeological sites are in what is now Niger. Most of the objects dug up are terracotta heads or vessels. Remarks: Stylized sculpture ancient ... moreart form distinctive Bankoni characteristics aged surface.
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$119.80 Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Superb African West Coast Baule Spirit Figure Couples Inches: Height: 16 Inches Centimeters: Height: 40.5 Centimeters Measurements Sculpture Only Both Similar Material: Wood. Cloth Estimated Age: Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Stylized figure skillfully carved delicate features dense wood dark brown patina Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $18.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Minor wood deterioration. Worn areas, chips and scrapes, fine age cracks, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Baule represent one of the most important tribes of the African West Coast. Their name is testimony to their birth– according to legend. Queen Aba Pokou led her people on an exodus towards the gold mining areas during the 18th Century and had to cross a river where she was obliged to sacrifice her son to the river god, thus giving her people the name Bauli, the son is dead” During the 19th Century, the queendom disintegrated due to internal conflicts and by the beginning of the 20th century, when the French colonials arrived, they found only a network of villages, headed by councils of venerated men. Baule Statuettes very from small to very large in size. They are usually standing on a base with legs slightly bent, with their hands resting on their abdomen in a gesture of peace, and their elongated necks supporting a face with typically raised scarification and bulging eyes. The coiffure is always detailed and is usually divided into plaits. They are sometimes covered with gold leaf or may represent colonials. Statues were mostly used for two purposes. One was to incarnate a spirit of the bush and the other was to represent a spouse from the
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Baule Statuettes very from small to very large in size. The coiffure is always detailed and is usually divided into plaits. Statues were mostly used for ... moretwo purposes. One was to incarnate a spirit of the bush and the other was to represent a spouse from the other world.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Fine Old African Mali Dogon Animal Mask- White Monkey Inches: Height: 16 Inches Centimeters: Height: 40.5 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood Estimated Age: Early- Mid 20th Century Condition: Fair Remarks: Highly stylized angular mask form zoomorphic attribute weathered aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration. Worn areas, age cracks, chips, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Seventy-eight different types of mask have been identified by the French scholar Marcel Griaule. All of them have large geometric eyes and stylized features. Dogon masks evoke the form of animals associated with their mythology. Yet their significance is only understood by the highest ranking cult members whose role is to explain the meaning of each mask to a captivated audience. In the West, the most famous of these masks is certainly the Kanaga mask. Its stylized face is set beneath two pairs of geometric arms directed towards the sky and the earth. The crocodile mask, carved with a long jaw, is thought to protect the Dogon from the Nyagma or vital fluids which emanate from a slain crocodile. Bird masks, known as Dyodyomini, evoke the captured bird in Dogon mythology. Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of the artists I admired. Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or hed
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States He then gives it to his fiancée, who wears it in a baby carrier on her back. The man gives the doll the gender that he desires for his first-born. Remarks: ... moreStylized sculpture simple form fertility symbol aged surface.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States There are the one million Bamileke spread over the southwestern plateaus. The Bamileke resisted slave raids with suicide or rebellion, contributed very ... morelittle to the Black population of the New World.
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Exquisite African Nigeria Mumuye Iagalagana Figure Inches: Height: 22.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 57 Centimeters Measurements Sculpture Only Material: Wood br Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized carving distinctive elongated features reddish brown patina Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $18.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration. Worn areas, chips and scrapes, age cracks, larger chips to feet, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Mumuye people live in northeastern Nigeria. On the left bank of the Benue River. They cultivate sorghum, millet, and yams. Due to the difficulty of access to their lands of rocky hills and savannas, the Mumuye remained in near total isolation until the end of 1950th. Few were known about them before the 1960s. Mumuye artists are famous for their unusual wooden statues discovered only in 1968. The wooden statues came to be known as Iagalagana. These figures vary from 30cm to 160cm in height and display elongated features and exaggerated ear lobes. Carved by blacksmiths or weavers, they are kept in a separate hut located on a family compound, and are entrusted to the family member who has magical powers. Even though the Mumuye show great respect for the ancestors, their statuary does not depict ancestors but rather incarnates tutelary spirits. These statues were used by both diviners and healers, whose professions included diagnosis and cure of ill health and other kinds of misfortune. The figures were used to greet rainmaker’s clients, guard the house, and as the owner’s confidant. They are also used in trials when men in dispute swear on the statue, which
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Striking Large African DRC Gabon Fang Ngil Judicial Mask Inches: Height: 49 Inches Centimeters: Height: 125 Centimeters Measurements Mask Only Material: Wood. Pigment Estimated Age: Early– Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized large mask elongated features white kaolin pigmented finished aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $25.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration. Chips and scrapes, age cracks, worn areas, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Fang constitute a vast mosaic of village communities. Established in a large zone of Atlantic equatorial Africa comprising Cameroon, continental Equatorial Guinea and nearly the whole north of Gabon. Historically the Fang were itinerant, and it is relatively recently that they have settled into this broad area. The Ngil masks are tied to the association of Ngil, which played judiciary and political roles among the Fang, assuring peace and hunting witches. These masks had the task of punishing those guilty of vices and criminals. The characteristics of the face do not express a composed serenity, but the deformation of anatomic characteristics reveals its superhuman character. This character is also reasserted by the use of white; for the Fang it is the color of death and of spirits. The accentuated vertical development of the mask is underlined by the long line of the nose. The calm expression of the Ngil, masks stands in striking contrast to the extremely frightening, threatening character of the masked performers who only performed at night in the light of torches. These masks were a part of paraphernalia of a hierarchically-structured male society
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Striking African Liberia Dan Tribal Mask– Zoomorphic Form Inches: Height: 18 Inches Centimeters: Height: 46 Centimeters Measurements Mask Only Material: Wood. Encrusted Material, Pigment, Vegetal Material, Metal, Metal Bells Estimated Age: Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Stylized mask zoomorphic form exaggerated features dark brown patina Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $18.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration. Scrapes and chips, worn areas, age cracks, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Dan people live in the western part of the West Coast and into Liberia where the land is forested in the south and bordered by savannah in the north. They make their living from framing cocoa. Rice and manioc. Before unifying secret societies were set up at the turn of the century, each Dan village was an autonomous socio-political unit governed by a chief elected on the base of his wealth and social position. Slaves were finally emancipated in the USA, after centuries of brutal oppression and exploitation. Some of these people came back to Africa and live in present day Liberia. Although they still practiced some of the traditions, they were a mixed group of people that practiced different customs. Neighboring tribes mainly from the West Coast influenced them and the dominant Dan tribe took root in Liberia. Today, the leopard society acts as a major regular of Dan life and initiates young men during their isolated periods of three to four months in the forest. Dan masks are some of the most famous art in the Western world. There are numerous type of Dan masks and their functions are unique Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Superb African Cameroon Northern/ Mambila Assemblage Figure Inches: Height: 7.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 19 Centimeters Measurements Sculpture Only Material: Wood. Pigment Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized carving unique 3 part body polychrome finished aged encrusted surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $12.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece. CONDITION Wood deterioration. Age cracks, worn areas, chips, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Mambila occupy the region bordering Cameroon and Nigeria. To the north of Grassland. Land, every family’s property, is distributed by the group’s chief. The primary cereal crops include sorghum, rice, and millet. They also grow bananas, yams, maize, manioc, peppers, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and tobacco. They acquired the practice of milking cattle from the Fulani and also use manure from the cattle as fertilizer. Goats, chickens, dogs, and sheep are raised for meat. Some hunting and fishing is done, but neither contribute significantly to the daily economy. Labor is divided between men and women and children begin to work at the age of twelve. A society of mutual assistance, the Kurum, participates in clearing land, harvesting, and building houses and facilitates social contacts during celebrations and dances. The men are in charge of weaving cotton, metal- and woodworking, and braiding fiber. Merchants and blacksmiths are separated from the rest of the community. The trade is passed from father to son. They practice the ancestor cult and agrarian rites. The Mambila only worshipped family ancestors. According to their beliefs, at one’s death the ancestors take awa
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$30.25 Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Online Offering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Beautiful ... moreAfrican Ghana Fante Figure Measurement: Height: 12.75 Width: 4 Depth: 3 Inches Measurement: Height: 32.5 Width: 10 Depth: 7.5 Centimeters Measurement Statue Only Material: Wood. Paint Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Very Good Remarks: Stylized figure elaborate coiffure blacken finish aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Please click on small pictures for enlarged version Documentation of Authenticity/ Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Minor wood deterioration. Faded areas, worn areas, minor chips, overall condition very good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Fante peoples. Along with Asante, comprise two of the largest and best known ethnic groups that make up the Akan. Akan is a generic term used to refer to a large number of linguistically related peoples who live in southern Ghana and southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. The rise of the early Akan centralized states can be traced to the 13th century and is related to the opening of trade routes established to move gold throughout the region. It was not until the end of the 17th century, however, that the grand Asante Kingdom emerged in the central forest region of Ghana, when several small states united under the Chief of Kumasi in a move to achieve political freedom from the Denkyira. The Asante confederacy was dissolved by the British in 1900 and colonized in 1901. Although there is no longer a centralized Akan confederacy, Akan peoples maintain a powerful political and economic presence. Woodcarving includes stools, which are recognized as"seats" of power, and wooden dolls(akua’ba) that are associated with fertility. There are also extensive traditions of pottery and weaving throughout Akan territory. Kente cloth, woven on behalf of royalty, has come to symbo
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States The people known as Nyamwezi are a large, loosely connected agrarian group with shared cultural traits but diverse origins who live in north-central Tanzania. ... moreShortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection.
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers ... moreOffering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Superb African Sierra Leone Mende Bundu Helmet Mask Inches: Height: 14.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 37 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood Estimated Age: Mid 20th Century Condition: Fair- Good Remarks: Highly stylized helmet mask ideal beauty elaborate coiffure neck folds blacken finished aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration. Scrapes and chips, worn areas, age cracks, overall condition fair to good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Mende settled in Sierra Leone during the 16th century. Having migrated from the north. Today, the Mende live mostly from rice and cocoa farming and are organized into different chiefdoms. Social order and structure are regulated through the Poro male and the Sande female societies. During ceremonies associated with the latter, women wear Bundu masks which embody idealized female beauty and represent an ancestor of the society. These masks are typically of helmet hollow form with elaborate coiffure. The facial features are delicately carved with multiple folds on the neck area representing robustness of health and wealth. The surface of these mask are usually of blacken finish. Painter Fred Uhlman words- Most of the artists I admired. Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle- pulley which is after all only a functional ob
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Free Shipping Location: Huntersville, United States Fine African DRC Zaire Chikunza Mask. The Chokwe, a matrilineal Bantu population, originally lived in the Serra de Muzamba, in central Angola. From the ... morefifteenth century up to the middle of the nineteenth, the Chokwe lived in independent chiefdoms ruled by a monarch of divine right.
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States Most often they are objects of play for girls who are priming themselves for motherhood. The carved styles will differ but all will adhere to Namji traditional ... morecustom. The dolls perform one basic function, which is to promote fertility.
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Free Shipping Location: Brooklyn, United States The Asante confederacy was dissolved by the British in 1900 and colonized in 1901. Although there is no longer a centralized Akan confederacy, Akan peoples ... moremaintain a powerful political and economic presence.
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GothamGallery Fine African Art - Ivory Coast Baule Tribal Dance Mask
Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers Offering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Fine African West Coast Baule Tribal Mask Inches: Height: 16.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 42 Centimeters Measurement Mask Only Material: Wood. Pigment Estimated Age: Early- Mid 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Beautiful Baule art fine carving delicate features elaborate coiffure aged surface Shipping: US East Coast- Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity/ Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Minor wood deterioration. Chips and scrapes, age cracks, worn areas, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND ... moreThe Baule represent one of the most important tribes of the West Coast. Their name is testimony to their birth– according to legend. Queen Aba Pokou led her people on an exodus towards the gold mining areas during the 18th Century and had to cross a river where she was obliged to sacrifice her son to the river god, thus giving her people the name Bauli, the son is dead” During the 19th Century, the queendom disintegrated due to internal conflicts and by the beginning of the 20th century, when the French colonials arrived, they found only a network of villages, headed by councils of venerated men. The Baule people use three types of masks: The first is a helmet mask in the shape of a buffalo head, Bonu Amwin; the second represents a human face with rounded, fairly realistic features; and the third type includes masks related to the Goli festival. This mask here belong to the second type and is characterized by a rounded face with realistic features, pointed chin, T-shaped nose, semi-circular eyes, raised scarification and an elaborate coiffure. They do not appear to have any sacred function and are worn only during festivities related to visits by important dignitaries.
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