Shoulder Mask
Little Lukwan mask-Kongo Bwami society.
MRF-38
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Shoulder Mask
Little Lukwan mask-Kongo Bwami society.
MRF-39
Cup
Cup depicting an arm with an extended hand whose palm contains the chalice while the shaft is the same arm.
RCPT-34
Oba Bust
Bust of an Oba whose date is difficult to determine. A heavily oxidized piece with some small casting defects.
BRN-140
King Buso
It is a bust of Oba or king of Benin that is difficult to define.
BRN-141
Initiated
A woman initiated as shown by her scarifications, standing on a stool with her hands in her belly as a sign of…
BRN-142
Ancestor
Curious figure of an old man kneeling and sitting on his heels, with his hands in his belly, a torso totally disproportionate…
BRN-143
Mask Tiburon, Raya and Fish Sierra, Bidjogo (Bisago Islands)
Front mask composed of elements representing the shark, the ray and the sawfish, aquatic animals that appear very frequently in the masks…
MCYC-55
Mask Tiburon, Raya and Fish Sierra,
Front mask composed of elements representing the shark, the ray and the sawfish, aquatic animals that appear very frequently in the masks…
MFR-4
Tiralleur (Thrower)
Representation of a Senegalese "tirailleur".
EMS-126
Mscara Kifwebé Kikashi
Used by the society of initiates Bwadi Bwa Kifwebé is the best known mask, in its male and female versions.
MFAZ-119
Mwana Pwo Mask
These masks. mwana-pwo represent the beauty of the young woman who evokes, at the same time, the ancestral mother, Pwo, the first…
MFANT-222
Guitar
Guitar acquired in the mid-1960s in Abidjan.
CORD-10
Guitar
Guitar acquired in the mid-1960s in Abidjan. It is formed by the bark of half pumpkin, covered in lambskin, wood and cauries.
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Guitar
Guitar acquired in the mid-1960s in Abidjan. It is formed by the bark of half pumpkin, covered in lambskin, wood and cauries.
CORD-11
Altar Orebuko Okoto
Family altar intended to worship ancestors.
OYA-15
Staff of Office
Important staff of office of a notable, normally used in major ceremonies and festivities.
BST-53
Ancestor
Curious piece depicting a bambar ancestor with extremely short legs.
ESFE-7
Antecedent Sitting
Figure of woman who appears sitting on a stool to enhance the importance of this ancestor.
EFM-136
Antecedent Yanieleni
Nyeleni stauas are female figures, with frequently broad and flat shoulders, and conical and large breasts, usually upright, contrary to this…
EFM-137
Female Pombibele
In the rites dedicated to the cult of the ancestors and in the funeral honors of the members of the Pore participate…
1
Forge Bellows
Two-nozzled bellows used by a blacksmith at the forge.
VAR-35
Female Pombibele
In the rites dedicated to the cult of the ancestors and in the funeral honors of the members of the Pore participate…
EFM-138
Cimera mask
They have four types of bovid masks: The GNOPARA female mask representing the sacred cow, is the symbol of fertility and corresponds…
MCYC-56
