Necklace
Simple ceramic-paste necklace made of fired-clay balls. Worn as an ornament by Wolof women.
COLL-7
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Ndimu Ventral Mask
They are worn by men during ceremonies intended to celebrate fertility, at a time, in most of the populations of women and…
MVT-3
Sorcerer Mask
Beautiful patina of the time and the use of the mask that presents large eye holes and the mouth semi-open with apparent…
MFANT-115
Double Mask
Kpelié mask intended to honour twinship. It is topped with the head of a hornbill, a mythical bird of the Senufo.
GML-2
Colone
Colon with hairstyle and ethnic proportions. He wears a blackened short.
COL-48
Facial Ndunga Mask
This mask belongs to the secret society Ndunga that exercises a political function and is responsible for maintaining social order.
MFANT-116
Kpelie Mask
Kpelié mask topped by the figure of a teenager, indicating his employment in initiation rites.
MFAZ-45
Kpelie Twinship Mask
Kpelié mask intended to honour twins during twinship rites. The mask is topped with two twins, a boy and a girl.
MFAZ-46
Doll Namji No Arms
The Doayo They live in the Northern Province of Cameroon, in the department of Benué-Garoua.
FRT-17
Facial mask Lukungun
In this mascAra stand out the shades white and black.
MFANT-117
Statuette Bakongo
Small ivory statuette depicting a young woman kneeling in supplication.
MRF-2
Sword
Typical sword of the Salampasu of the South, which have been influenced by the Songyé and of Luba.
ARM-33
Ceremonial Knife
Wide copper blade, in the form of an inverted cup that widens further at the base and rounds the bottom.
ARM-34
Sword
Sword that presents a long control enlarged at the ends and topped by a songyé head.
ARM-35
Sorcerer Mask
Rare baulé sorcerer mask.
MSOAL-4
Sorcerer fetish
Fetish used by the sorcerer in magical and divinatory rituals intended to come into contact with the forces of the afterlife.
FET-37
Tchibinda Ilunga
Mythical hero founder. Tchibinda Ilunga, the youngest son of Grand Chief Luba Kalala Yunga, was a great warrior.
EMS-46
Woman with a Pitcher
Stylized figure of a woman carrying a pitcher over her head in the African way.
EFM-43
Female Head Mask
Voluminous, heavy and strange Ekoi head, in the form of a scimer but whose weight prevents it from being covered, so it…
MSOAL-5
Passport Mask
Small passport mask, reproduction of a Mbuya mask.
MPS-8
Mask Passport
The face of the mask, painted in kaolin white, is heart-shaped as much of the masks of the Central African ethnic groups.
MPS-9
Fetish
The Songyé call bishimba to the magical load that lies within the horn that rises on the head of its fetish statues.
FET-38
Ceremonial Cup
Cup of anthropomorphic figure that by its beauty seems to be destined for ritual libations, possibly palm wine.
RCPT-3
Hunter Mask
It represents an elephant with its trunk raised. The elephant is the representative animal of Côte d'Ivoire.
BR-1
