Pipe
Pipe made of light wood, like most mangbetu objects.
PIP-2
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Slave Bracelet
Bracelet intended to be worn by women around the ankle, in the manner of enslaved women in the past, although in this…
PYB-1
Fertility Doll
The Doayo They live in the Northern Province of Cameroon, in the department of Benué-Garoua.
FRT-26
Colono Lawyer
Lawyer dressed in the gown and cap characteristic of the period.
COL-39
Smoking Man
Little old bronze figure to the lost wax representing a man smoking the pipe.
BRN-54
Slot Drum
Small groove drum.
IDIOF-1
Iron lizard
Old iron lizard used in divination and healing rites. Reddish rust from age.
MYA-8
Chief’s Mask
Magnificent representation of a Baule chief. Refined carving, with the majestic and serene expression characteristic of the Baule.
MFANT-133
Young female initiate
Representation of a young Baule initiate, with great purity of line and complete adherence to the ethnic group’s aesthetic canons.
EFM-47
Royal Guinea Fowl
Guinea fowl intended, like the Okpa roosters, to adorn the altars of the powerful Queen Mother in the Oba’s palaces in Benin…
BRN-56
Bateba Arms Open
Little Bateba with open arms representing a dangerous Thil. The Thil is the manifestation of soul power or Thuu.
EFM-48
Androgine Figure
The Baulélike other peoples in Africa, they believe that everyone has a husband or wife in the other world and that they…
EMS-51
Mask
Passport mask elaborated by the procedure of lost wax, with profusion of details for such a small piece.
BRN-137
Kakinga Ya Bubake Figurine
Fourfold figure from the Shabunda area.
MRF-14
Lukili Ceremonial Spoon
Ritual spoon called Lukili or Kalukili.
MRF-15
Pipe
Little pipe in whose bowl is engraved a small Ikhiko, representing a Mbuya mask, which suggests that this pipe belonged to some…
MRF-16
Cup holder
The bearers of a cup or a “loose woman’s statues” usually correspond to the well-known style of Buli, the master craftsman who…
EFM-49
Kuduo lid
Small bronze container with a circular base, measuring around 15 to 20 centimetres.
APO-2
Paleocures
This name is given to cauris, ceramic beads, bronze handles and bracelets, small bronze or iron bars, tools and tools of tillage,…
MND-1
Mintadi
The Mintadi or Bitumba, in singular Ntadi, are small stone statues, usually steatite or soapstone, carved by the Mboma living on the…
PDR-1
Defense Sword
Sword of defense with handle in the form of elongated diabolus, in wood covered with copper grudo thread.
ARM-36
Royal mask Bwoom
A mask considered royal because it represents the king’s brother, who apparently went mad with remorse after killing his nephew.
MYL-12
Arm Mask
Curious and rare arm mask used by Bidjogo in the Dance of the Bull.
MB-1
Kipoko O Giphogo mask
Although the appearance of this mask is that of a face mask it is actually a helmet mask like all Kipoko masks.
MYL-13
