Old oracle box used for divination by mice. It is composed of a wooden base on which rests a terracotta pot held by basketry ties. It is complete with its earthen interior allowing the mice to travel [...]
Anklet consisting of an open rigid rod with a projecting central edge decorated on both sides with incised rectangular cartouches punctuated with obliques and cupules.
Baule culture, Ivory Coast, 1[...]
MAMBILA MASK, NIGERIA Rare "Suaga Bor" Mambila crest mask (Nigeria). The half-open mouth is topped with prominent eyes. Zoomorphic, this mask is described as a “magpie dog”. It embodies the dog's mout[...]
Pair of Bulul
Pair of Bulul ancestors, rice deities.
They are squatting, arms crossed and hands on their knees, in a characteristic position. The two characters have the same characteristics: same[...]
PENDANT depicting a FEMALE PERSON standing with her arms in an arc holding her stylised loincloth. Suspension ring on reverse.
Senufo culture, Ivory Coast
19th century
Copper alloy
H. 12.[...]
STATUTE of a bearded man seated, his right hand resting on his bent knee. He is wearing a conical headdress and a bearded collar.
Dogon culture, Mali
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 5.[...]
GEMELLAIR COUPLE on HORSE referring to one of the creator Nommos ridden by Hogon, the man seated, holding a dagger in his right hand.
Dogon culture, Mali circa 1900
Copper alloy
H. 9.3 ; L 10 c[...]
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a TURTLE with a domed shell incised with concentric circles, short legs and a small pair of bulging eyes.
Gan culture, south-west Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy [...]
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a TURTLE with a domed shell incised with concentric circles, short legs and a small pair of bulging eyes.
Gan culture, south-west Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy [...]
GOLD POWDER WEIGHING FIGURE showing a CROCODILE incised with geometric designs on the dorsal surface, a FISH in its mouth.
Agni culture, Ivory Coast, circa 1900
Copper alloy
11 cm long, 3.3 cm[...]
GOLD POWDER WEIGHING FIGURE of an ANTILOPE with a large pair of horns incised and arched towards its rump.
Ashanti culture, Mali, circa 1900
Brass
H. 4.6 cm, length 1.7 cm
Magnificent Sami cradle, hollowed out of soft wood and covered with reindeer skin. It is decorated with red and blue pom-poms.
The Sami, a nomadic people of northern Europe (Finland, Norway, Sweden),[...]
Mask – Himalayas / Nepal
A dance mask representing the face of a man.
The sculpture is all in angles: this mask has a modern appearance. The face is rectangular, as are the main facial features: the[...]
I have learned things in just a few hours, in fact since this mask has been in front of me, he has insisted that I read about him... The basha masende are the members of society who hold the necessary[...]
“Ula Tavatava” throwing club – Fiji Islands Powerful throwing club with a head decorated with a ribbed crown, the handle engraved with traditional geometric patterns.
The handle bears an old label in[...]
The halved mask features bulging eyes, a wide and blunt nose, and a mouth with protruding lips open to a perfect dental line. The mask is covered in numerous multi-colored beads that follow the underl[...]
Two knives – Siberia or Alaska Two old hunting knives. The work on the sleeves is particularly remarkable. It is made up of tin inlays in the wood, like marquetry. Small gaps in the handle of the larg[...]
USA Knife Exceptional knife whose white metal pommel (lead or tin?) is decorated with a man's head. The English import blade for the USA is signed “William Jacskon & Co / Sheaf Island Sheffie(ld)” and[...]
Introduction: A Historic and Significant Work of Art Let's explore the mastery and beauty of a large wooden sculpture dating from the end of the 19th century, representing the head of an African with [...]
Beautiful Ntadi/Bitumba funerary statuette depicting a character seated cross-legged.
Democratic Republic of Congo in Amphilobic Shale; erosions of seniority.
These sculpted stone statuettes are kno[...]
This elegant weapon sheath from the Dayak ethnic group (Borneo) is made up of two thin plates of wood linked together by three braids of plant fibers.
A stylized zoomorphic figure decorates the tip.
[...]
Noix amulette, sculptée, bouddhiste chinoise.
Taille: 3,5 cm
Poids: 16,9 gr
Amulette bouddhiste de culture chinoise
Sa patine démontre une grande ancienneté et une longue utilisation.
Les deux [...]
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a stylised SERPENT with a body divided into two symmetrical volutes around a suspension ring.
Gan culture, south-west Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
10 cm lon[...]
PORTRAIT PENDANT with tapering almond-shaped eyes, ears high on the temples and a long nose with protruding nostrils. The whole face is incised with small circles.
Probably Nigeria
First half of t[...]
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a SERPENT with a long sinuous body and a coiled tail.
Gan culture, south-west Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
Length: 8 cm; Length: 5.7 cm
Debira pendants [...]
PENDANT depicting a BIRD with a particularly slender body and wings in the form of two discs with concentric circles. The animal's tail conceals the suspension ring.
Gan culture, South-West Burkina[...]
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a SERPENT with a sinuous body and double suspension rings.
Gan culture, South-West Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
Length: 9.2 cm; Length: 4.7 cm
Debira pe[...]
RING with large ring and bezel depicting an avian figure taking flight, wings spread.
Gan culture, south-west Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 6; L 3 cm
Dignitary cane - Solomon Islands
Dignitary cane, Solomon Islands, Melanesia. Hardwood with a dark brown to black patina. This prestigious staff is very finely decorated and carved. At the bottom[...]
This piece of jewelry is cut from the mother-of-pearl of a shell. It forms the main decoration of a Bawisak earring, formerly worn by the women of the Kalinga tribes on center of the island of Luzon.
[...]
This buckle, which was formerly used to fasten clothing, is made up of two thin plates of silver-plated metal, connected together by their edges.
The front side of the jewel is chiseled with plant de[...]
War club – Plains Indian / North America War club tomahawk made by the Plains Indians in the 19th century. The piece is very similar to the example documented in Harold L. Peterson's 1965 book “Americ[...]
Bear Claw Necklace – USA It is possible that this necklace comes from the Pawnee tribe of the Central Plains in the United States. Twenty-four claws are on the necklace with white glass beads. The pou[...]
Large antique bird knife of the Kota people type osele/musele onzil Gabon
Tribe: Kota
Country Gabon
Period: Late 19th / early 20th century.
Dimensions: 33 x 31 cm
Perfect condition
Museum qualit[...]
EARLY ARTS AFRICAN ARTS FOLK ARTS SCULPTURE AFRICA KENYA KAMBA CULTURE EARLY 20TH CENTURY Beautiful tripod stool called "Kamba", from the ethnic group of the eponymous Kamba people, Bantus of Kenya. M[...]
RING with large ring and bezel animated by two CAMEALS climbing around a striated column.
Gan culture, south-west Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 6.2 ; L 3.8 cm
Reference : 4134[...]
RING with large ring and bezel animated by a coiled snake.
Gan culture, South-West Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 4.5 cm, L 2.5 cm
Ref. : 4128
AMULET RING also called SILENCE RING with a bezel decorated with a stylised BUFFLE head with an angular snout, mounted on a ring incised with fine striations.
Senufo culture, Ivory Coast
19th cen[...]
SNAKE PENDANT referring to the spiritual entity of the Torfan with a sinuous openwork double body. The snake holds a stylised fish in its mouth.
Gan culture, Burkina Faso
19th century
Copper a[...]
RING with bezel featuring SIX radiating SERPENT HEADS referring to the Torfan entity.
Gan culture, South-West Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 3 ; L. 3 cm
Ref : 4125
RING with a bezel featuring an avian figure resting on four incised discs superimposed to form a stylised flower.
Dogon culture, Mali, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 5 ; L 3 cm
Reference : 4[...]
RING with a large ring, the bezel of which is animated by a PHACOCHER head with two pairs of teeth.
Akan culture, Ghana and Ivory Coast, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 5 ; L 3.7 cm
Referen[...]
DEBIRA PENDANT showing a coiled snake
Gan culture, South-West Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 10.7; L 4 cm
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a coiled SERPENT, the head marked with two bu[...]
TORFAN pendant with TWENTY-SIX HEADS
Gan culture, Burkina Faso
19th century
Copper alloy
H. 38 ; L 15.2 cm
Twenty-six-headed snake in copper alloy with a sinuous body punctuated by twist[...]
PENDANT showing a COUPLE sitting side by side, arm in arm, with a large suspension ring above their heads.
Lobi culture, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Burkina Faso
19th century
Copper alloy
H. 14.2; [...]
A dance club called “Napa” whose shape resembles that of a canoe and of which the majority of black and red pigments remain as well as some areas of white pigments. There are shrinkage cracks on two s[...]
Old and very rare short sword from the Ngombe / Ngbandi tribe
A unique museum quality piece
Dr Congo Ubangi region
Period: 19th Century - ca 1900
Length: 49.5 cm
Perfect condition
ANTHROPOMORPHIC STATUETTE
Kotoko culture, Central Africa, Chad
Late 19th century - early 20th century
Copper alloy
H. 7.3 cm
Stylised statuette with incised eyes, standing on short legs with[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHIC STATUETTE
Kotoko culture, Central Africa, Chad
Late 19th century - early 20th century
Copper alloy
H. 7.6 cm
Stylized statuette with pastilated eyes standing on short legs, t[...]
CANE
Yoruba culture, Nigeria
19th century or earlier
Bronze and iron
H. 148 ; L. 4 ; W. 9.5 cm
A cane whose shaft is composed of twenty superimposed FACEs and two anthropomorphic CHARACTERS sea[...]
Ancient ancestral cult statue presenting a seated man, his hands placed wisely on his knees. Beautiful and peaceful expression of the face, whose eyes are formed of two shells (cowrie shells). The pow[...]
MALE CHARACTER standing with his lower limbs stylized as two straight and tapered growths, the penis particularly long. Her hands are clasped on her abdomen, her bust is decorated with a frieze of pea[...]
Bracelet Animated With A Bush Genius Head
Senufo culture, Ivory Coast
19th century
Copper alloy
H. 18; L 12.5 cm
A rigid, closed arm bracelet or armband with a solid cylindrical body and an a[...]
PENDANT depicting an ANTELOPE with twisted horns and dot eyes. Umbilical outgrowth opposite the suspension ring.
Lobi culture, Burkina Faso
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H.: 5.1; Long. : 10[...]
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