Yaka masks were mostly worn during initiation ceremonies. Yaka Congo Wood mask, pigments. Presents a stylized human face, with strong features projected in high relief, enhanced with blue and yellow p[...]
Among the traditional figurative statues, this effigy embodies a Baoulé ancestor, Baulé whose hair is gathered in braided shells. The protruding patterns on the body and face correspond to the usual t[...]
Senoufo - Ivory Coast Executed in the classic ethnic style, the character is represented seated on a small stool. The beautiful balance of the body of the statuette magnifies the expression collected [...]
Standing female figure, camped on powerful legs with outlined feet, supporting a massive torso, arms glued to the body, the large cylindrical neck supports a conical head, the face treated on a convex[...]
Ces effigies stylisées en bois étaient portées par les femmes enceintes, serrées dans leur pagne, afin d'assurer la venue de beaux enfants. L'écrasante majorité de ces statues est féminine, dotées de [...]
This mask comes from the Dan culture of Ivory Coast. Also known as the Yacouba, the Dan live in the west of the Ivory Coast and in the east of Liberia, in a wooded region. This culture is organized ar[...]
Primitive Maldives surfboard brought back to France by one of the pioneers of surfing in the archipelago. This board is an incredible document of history, because it dates from before the arrival of m[...]
Cercueil anthropomorphe, ou statue funéraire Efomba Ntombe, vers 1950
Nommés Bonganga ou Efombe selon les auteurs, ces cercueils anthropomorphes étaient destinés à accueillir la dépouille de dignita[...]
The succession of our Pau scholar has led us to many researches to discover the use of certain objects.
In all honesty and objectivity (I am dropped off at the Pavillon de Breteuil as a standard of o[...]
This Nepalese mask dates from the end of the 19th century or the very beginning of the 20. The roughly sculpted lines give it a rough appearance where the subject seems busionne with very worm-eaten a[...]
Sculpted statues, dressed but the clothes are also carved in wood. Funeral art. Reference, video of the exhibition on quai Branly September 18, 2018 to January 1, 2019: Madagascar, art of the big isla[...]
Statue of a man standing with his arms and hands folded over his body.
He is wearing a hat.
Circa 1930.
Ibibio people, Nigeria.
Small accident on one of the hands (see photo).
Old mother of pearl chest ornament « Kina » from Pinatada Maxima, fibers and shell
Mendi people, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Base made in patinated brass
Inv. # 3454
Old Ibeji female statuette, Yoruba people, scarified face with hands resting on thighs, beautiful headdress, she was used in the cult of twins. Beautiful patina of use. Provenance: private collection.[...]
Couple of lions FON BENIN, beginning of century European pedestals, undoubtedly French. Missing the tails of each of the lions, but there remains the hole.
Igbos is one of Nigeria's three great nations. They are mainly located in the south-eastern part of the country (bordered by Benue to the north and the Niger River to the west), but they also constitu[...]
If it happens that sometimes we find in Europe of these jugs or milk pot, they are most often new or unfortunately unfortunately stripped and polished, thus losing their patina of use. If, by putting [...]
PLEASE SEND ME YOUR OFFER.....To say that I'm complaining about my memory foam pillow ... I should try this pose Chokwe ethnic neck, brought back from Africa in 1959. Okay, my photos are blurry, I'm d[...]
Pair Of Scepters, Votive Ritual Statuettes, South West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire). Circa 1950/60. Employed during a ritual ceremony, concerning the fertility of a couple. carved ebony wood decorated with [...]
Old Turkish Ottoman coffee bean mortar late nineteenth or early twentieth. In the manner of a coffee grinder, this mortar was used to crush the coffee, in order to reduce the seeds in very fine grindi[...]
The conch triton is a shellfish commonly used as a traditional musical instrument or call horn. This Polynesian conch, recognizable because the mouth is on the side of the exit, can be held with one h[...]
Painted wood figure, bird-shaped, on a modern base Length: 53,5 cm Height: 8 cm (with the base: 21 cm) Thickness 10 cm Object dating from the end of the 19th century Good condition
.PLEASE SEND ME YOUR OFFER....I am a valiant Ifugao warrior, on my beautiful island of Luzon, ... you know ... to the Philippines. In my family, we have warm blood ... and if you hurt me looking at my[...]
Luba people, Democratic Republic of Congo, first half of the 20th century, extremely rare carved wooden mask carrier bracelet in the round of two Kifwebe lunar masks presented head-to-tail so that a m[...]
Brain teaser. Jet club. Kenia nineteenth / twentieth. Hardwood with red carved red patina, spherical head. Length 48 cm. Good condition, with traces of use, see photos, The presentation support is not[...]
The term oliphant (whose etymology comes from oliphant for elephant), designates a trumpet, instrument of "music" to a single note modulable by the blower which was used during the battles.
Carved mo[...]
Canoe from from Lower Sepik. Its shape represents a stylized protective bird in the front, and on the bottom a squatting character typical of the representation of ancestor in Sepik.
Late XIX / Early[...]
This African sculpture is out of the ordinary. It sounds like a hunter's trophy.
Essence of indeterminate wood (but it is not ebony). The tusks are ivory.
Statuette representing a female character standing.
Wood has dark patina Senufo people, Ivory Coast Beautiful use patine, slits and a lack in the right buttock (see photo)
H: 25 cm
circa 1960
Superb and rare wooden mask with thick sacrificial patina height 31cm width 15cm Authentic dance mask DAN Côte d'Ivoire thick patina or we can see chicken feathers, the beard is composed of monkey hai[...]
Female worship statuette of the Kusu people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Very beautiful atin of use. The hole at the top of the head served to put the magic charge. Wood Slope
H.: 13.5 cm
[...]
Statue representing a naked woman kneeling and hands joined at the navel.
The face bears the traditional scarifications of the Youruba.
Youruba people, Benin / Nigeria
Brown patina wood, blue pig[...]
Statue representing a head.
This object was used during initiatory rites.
Lega people, Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire)
Honey patina wood, traces of kaolin, crack and lack at the base
. H.:[...]
Statue of the Bembé people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire).
It represents a standing man wearing certain colonial attributes. Beautiful patina honey. This kind of statues served to c[...]
. PLEASE SEND ME YOU OFFER...An oshe shango, or wand of dance, is worn by the faithful at the annual festival of Shango, the god of thunder and lightning. The double-bladed pattern on the head of the [...]
I have often bought bookends, objects which, for a bibliomaniac of my kind are totally useless, but which constitute a mini-museum of sculptures at reasonable prices!
Here, to maintain your collecti[...]
Peigne africain
Corne
XXe, première moitié
Exotique beau peigne africain en corne, en forme de taureau surmonté perpendiculairement d'une figurine de femme qui en constitue le manche. Évoquant s[...]
Very beautiful Bamoun mask carved and patinated wood cowry and human hair in good condition height 40cm width 30cm Mask crest Cameroon free and fast shipping
Betel nut cutter (tool for cutting areca nuts) in bronze or cast brass, with steel blade. Of Indian origin and dating from the late nineteenth century. Beautiful patina. Good condition. Anvil well adj[...]
Ritual chef's headdress in patinated wickerwork of conical shape, marked by three successive stages defined in rings. This prestige headdress has a hammered brass disc hollow bound on the front. Ekond[...]
High-grade headdress linked to the Bwami initiation society. This mixed institution constitutes the essential of the socio-political economic organization among the Léga but unlike many West African s[...]
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