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Baoulé mask, mid-20th century
€380.00Very beautiful Baoulé mask, mid-20th century from Ivory Coast of the Baoulé tribe.
A unique piece
The single item shown in the picture is the exact item you will receive.
The Baoulé are part of the Akan people. They moved to western Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago and adopted the masking traditions of their neighbors, the Guro, Sénoufo and Yaure peoples.
There are three basic types used in a special dance of rejoicing called Goli, symbolizing social order.
Most of these masks are Kpan – with elaborate hairstyles and exquisite carvings, and represent the elderly woman during ceremonies.
Another mask – Kple kple – represents the junior male. It is round and flat and is one of the most abstract traditional African masks.
A third type – a Goli Gulin – represents the senior male.
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Ere Ibeji Figure, Nigeria
€420.00The unique piece shown in the picture is the exact item you will receive.
Ibeji male figurine with pleasant features and facial scarifications. He has a sensitive expression. The character wears a traditional high-bonnet hairstyle. The surface has a nice brown patina. It is decorated with pearls around the waist and arms.
Material: Wood
Age: mid-20th century
Origin: Nigeria
Tribe: Ere Ibeji - Yoruba
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Ceremonial Seat, Chokwe Tribe
€1,400.00Chair from the Chokwé Tribe, mid-20th century.
The single item shown in the picture is the exact item you will receive.
Most seats in sub-Saharan Africa are low stools carved from a single block of wood. However, as early as the 16th century, Portuguese traders and explorers introduced back chairs to southern and eastern Africa. Chokwe artists soon began producing similar chairs by adding sculptural scenes and Chokwe motifs.
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Chief Stool, Guinee Bissau, Mid XIXth Century
€1,200.00A unique piece. The items shown in the picture are exactly the items you will receive.
Superb chef's stool hand carved from a single piece of wood by the Baga tribe of Guinea-Bissau.
Stools are a minor art form for the Baga whose large masks and snake figures are among the largest and most impressive in Africa.
Striking modern pumpkin shape with intricate decorative carvings around the top edge.
It shows signs of wear due to aging but remains remarkably solid.
Material: Wood
Age: mid-20th century
Origin: Guinea Bissau
Tribe: Baga
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Set of 2 Ancient African Stools, Gabon
€1,200.00Two unique pieces. The items shown in the picture are exactly the items you will receive.
Chairs and stools are prestigious objects for the Kota people of Gabon.
You can notice how they use similar characteristics on all of their sculptures and other subjects that they create. L
The seat is decorated with various geometric patterns engraved in what appears to be copper and brass.
It shows signs of wear due to aging but remains remarkably solid.
Material: Wood, Brass and Copper
Age: mid-20th century
Origin: Gabon
Tribe: Kota
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Male King Figure, H156cm, Mid XXth Century
€3,200.00The unique piece shown in the picture is the exact item you will receive.
Wooden male king (Ndop) figure.
The figure sits cross-legged on a square platform (yiing) carved with a representation of a climbing vine.
Ndop statues are idealized representations of the Nyimi or kings of the Kuba kingdom.
Material: Wood
Age: mid-20th century
Origin: Congo
Tribe: Kuba Bushoong
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Ancestor in Terracotta, Nigeria, Mid XXth Century
€440.00The unique piece shown in the picture is the exact item you will receive.
Little is known about the Nok culture, which is defined largely on the basis of its stunning terracotta artwork.
Aesthetically, the sculpture is both naturalistic and expressionistic, with very distinctive elongated forms, triangular eyes, pierced pupils and nostrils, and elaborate hairstyles.
The function of this art is unclear, although the care with which they are executed has led some to claim that they represent nobility.
Material: Terracotta
Age: mid-20th century
Origin: Nigeria
Tribe: Nok
Tribe: Kuba Bushoong
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Large Statuette, H63,5cm, Etruscan Art
€460.00Large statuette presenting a reproduction of an "Ombra della Sera", a masterpiece of Etruscan Art dating from the 3rd century BC. BC, from ancient foundries in the Volterra region of Italy, and preserved at the Guarnacci Museum.
The story goes that Giacometti, in love with these statuettes, was inspired by them to design his emblematic sculptures.
Its workshop bronze patina gives it a warm and authentic appearance.
Material: bronze finish metal.
A very beautiful contemporary artisanal work for this beautiful object of Art.
For a refined and eternal interior decoration.
