Ghurra - Nepal - early 20th century
Ghurra are traditional elements of the daily life of the mountain populations of Nepal, used to stabilize and guide the pole used for churning milk into butter. [...]
Bringing this Dokra tribal art into your home means discovering another culture, an original, ancient but still very much alive know-how: it is participating in the perpetuation of a traditional, fami[...]
Iron statuette in a seated, crouching position with clasped hands. REGION: Burkina Faso MATERIAL: Iron PERIOD: Late 19th - early 20th century DIMENSIONS: 28 x 10cm
Initiation chair, Dan, Republic of Ivory Coast Elegant and understated, this initiation chair is a testament to refined artistic know-how. Its rectangular seat rests on four sculpted legs, while its a[...]
Particularly aesthetic painted double bark (pangal), collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. These paintings on sago palm bark decorate the internal faces of roofs as well as the pedi[...]
Very beautiful patina of use for this canoe prow in the shape of a crocodile head collected on the banks of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. The canoe remains today the most used means of transpor[...]
Very Bobo Fing scepter of authority, with a character characteristic of their statuary. Very beautiful and old patina of use, blows and small losses, cracks and wear ... glass paste necklaces. These f[...]
Beautiful Christ in finely carved ebony, origin Makonde Tanzania, framed, circa 1960/70. Very good condition, dedicated and dated on the back. Very pure, minimalist, almost abstract lines! Height Chri[...]
The Lwena Bantu people settled in Zambia (Angola) in the 19th century, under threat from the Chokwe. According to Wikipedia, they have many names: Balovale, Baluvale, Chiluvale, Louvale, Lovale, Loval[...]
Very interesting statue in natural wood, representing a standing woman, height 59 cm including base, beautiful patina of use, washed, missing the tips of the feet, numerous traces of blows. Dayak Born[...]
Very interesting Pwo mask, finely carved with beautiful reliefs, volumes and polychromy. These masks represent a feminine ideal. It still has its large braided headdress, mounted on a wicker structure[...]
Representation of a wooden snake with many hooks probably evoking hornbill beaks. Animals are present in many founding myths of clans. Some totemic animals represented and sculpted thus refer to these[...]
Male fetish, magic object, from the Songye culture, Congo. The object has many charges, antelope horns, animal skins, cords, metal bracelets, ... The eyes are symbolized by inclusions of cowries (shel[...]
Large and very decorative "Fang" mask from the secret society "Ngil" of Gabon. Made of light wood and whitened with kaolin. Good used condition. Symbolist art, taken up by many sculptors, such as Modi[...]
Dance mask Helm, Oceanian art, Papua New Guinea, Mid 20th century. Braided set (basketwork) with its Nassas (shells) and natural fibers. Height of the basketwork: 40 cm Diameter: 38 cm Beautiful condi[...]
This wooden sculpture from the Trobriand Islands is a traditional work of art reflecting the rich cultural heritage of this region. It features stylized motifs and figures that evoke the ancestral bel[...]
Wooden Statue From The 'suku' Tribe Of Congo - Africa/African - Early 20th Century Ex. Belgian Colonial Collection Ex. Kellim Brown, Brussels Ex. Zemanek Munster est. 3000-5000 euro Including wooden b[...]
Very beautiful and rare Koufiya, Tunisian conical headdress worn by Jewish women of notables and patriarchs in cotton, gold embroidery and pompom at the end. Also called Ras or Tadj chéchia. It is als[...]
Wooden votive board from a ceremonial house. Collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. These boards, placed in the men's house, show drawings that are the abstract representation of anc[...]
Fine Silver "Somt" Omani Pectoral Necklace circa 1900-1930. 92.5 Sterling Silver with genuine Maria Theresa Thalers silver coins from 1780. This Omani necklace, which would have been a large part of a[...]
Mask of the Gèlèdé ritual society, illustrating the cult of the "Mothers", or witches, originating from Hollidjè (Nigeria), with red and blue pigmentation (color used in the Vodoun religion) based on [...]
Rare ceremonial shield of a pirogue collected in the village of Kadangaï in Papua New Guinea. This type of shield symbolically decorated the prows of pirogues in times of tribal wars. Representation o[...]
Old wooden dish with a beautiful patina of use. This type of dish, now replaced by enamel bowls, was used as a culinary dish, especially during food sharing organized during certain traditional ceremo[...]
Ex-French FLB collection, the name will be communicated to the purchaser.
African tribal art linked to the Byeri cult is distinguished by its numerous anthropomorphic sculptures that serve as "guar[...]
Yemeni dagger (Jambiya) and its Arabian Peninsula belt. Curved steel blade, horn handle decorated with cabochons and a ring with granules, the scabbard covered with silver plates with alternating geom[...]
Fiji Islands or Tonga Polynesia WAR MASSUE in wood, cylindrical shape of the "Bowai" type with the top ending in a sphere entirely engraved with elegant and fine registers of alternating geometric pat[...]
Finely carved slingshot, representing a seated female figure. The long arms are stretched towards the sky in a symbolic gesture, while the rounded belly and youthful chest evoke motherhood or fertilit[...]
Very beautiful patina of use for this hand drum or "Kundu" collected in the Blackwater area in Papua New Guinea. Entirely engraved with tribal drawings evoking totemic plants and animals. Hand drums o[...]
Important Kanak bird's beak club New Caledonia, in Gaiac wood in the shape of a Cagou bird's beak, a species endemic to New Caledonia. Very elegant, well proportioned, the curved projection at the bac[...]
Old Tutsi Basket Type Ibeseke/Igiseke - Rwanda / Burundi
Very rare / A superb piece of exceptional quality and aesthetics African basketwork
Late 19th / Early 20th century
Height: 31 cm
Perfect co[...]
Mblo masks used in entertainment dances are one of the oldest forms of Baoulé art. The forehead is high, symbolizing intelligence and the lowered eyes respect for the surrounding world. REGION: Ivory [...]
Eskimo harpoon for children in wood and walrus tooth with decorations of two walruses and balls (allowing a better grip).
Steel tip.
Dimension: length 49.7 cm.
Greenland dating from the begin[...]
Rare wedding headdress made of braided plant fibers and shells collected in the Upper Sepik area in Papua New Guinea. Sold with a presentation base. Approx. 90 x 18 x 18 cm / €370 base and shipping in[...]
Fon fetish, Benin, wood, bottles, fabric, cowries and pearls Anthropomorphic sculpture associated with a medicinal composition, mixing bottles that contained alcohol or a mixture of pharmacopoeia. Thi[...]
Gelede Yoruba Anago mask, wood and mineral polychromy, dry patina. This helmet mask danced during the Gèlèdé daytime ceremonies, dedicated to the cult of Mothers and witches so that they bring fertili[...]
Dance crest from the Wurkum in Nigeria which represents a kind of figurative mask with the eyes and mouth represented by the inclusion of cowries (shells symbolizing wealth). We also find two small ci[...]
Ceremonial adze made of wood, plant fibers and stone. Collected in the village of Wewak in Papua New Guinea. Sold with a presentation base. Approx 45 x 47 cm stand and shipping costs included.
Very beautiful statue representing the Buddhist deity of fortune and wealth, "Jambhala". Member of the "jewel family". REGION: India MATERIAL: Bronze PERIOD: 17th century DIMENSION: 24 x 13cm
Mwisi Gwa So'o MASK
Hemba culture, Democratic Republic of Congo
First half of the 20th century
Wood
H. 21 cm, 16 m long
A monoxyle wooden mask depicting a stylised monkey, with a mouth openwor[...]
French collection.
Traditional Kachinam dolls, for the Pueblo Native American peoples (notably the Hopi, Zuni, Tewa Village, Acoma Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo), serve as educational tools offered to c[...]
Belgium / 16th century / wooden sculpted panel / oak / Gothic / Rustic / Antique
A panel in oak wood enriched with Gothic graphic carvings. Hand carved in Belgium in the 16th century. This exquis[...]
MASSUE Mukmuk
Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain
19th century
Wood
Length : 113 ; L. : 9 cm
A monoxyle wood head with a shiny patina, cylindrical handle, curved in the middle and carved at e[...]
Headdress
Mursi culture, Ethiopia
First half of the 20th century
Warthog teeth, skin and metal
Length: 44 cm
This head adornment is made up of braided skin strips forming rows, decorated with [...]
Yak butter lamp engraved with floral motifs. The cup is slightly flared and pierced in its center, it is placed on a high foot with a leafy and stepped crown. An openwork ring connects these two parts[...]
Representation of 4 faces with several faces modeled in plant material,
and natural pigments and bamboo.
Collected on the island of Malakula
Vanuatu
Height: 80 cm excluding reeds
"Khosi" statuette with bitiki (abdominal loads) from the "Kusu" ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
This statuette has the particularity of being double-sided "Janus" a[...]
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