Androgynous Figure
Androgynous figure following the ethnic group’s stylistic conventions: abrupt features, slender limbs, scarified face and stylized expression.
HYA-1
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Pearl Doll Of Fertility
The Doayo They live in the Northern Province of Cameroon, in the department of Benué-Garoua.
FPR-5
Beaded Ancestor Figure
Ancestor statue of clay covered with ceramic beads in turquoise, blue, red, yellow, green, maize yellow and white.
FPR-6
Coversex
The essential function of African sex covers, especially when they are artistically decorated, is not what their name indicates but rather to…
FPR-7
Coversex
The essential function of African sex covers, especially when they are artistically decorated, is not what their name indicates but rather to…
FPR-8
Coversex
The essential function of African sex covers, especially when they are artistically decorated, is not what their name indicates but rather to…
FPR-9
Balafon
Small balafon consisting of two gourds serving as resonators and five wooden slats.
IDIOF-2
Maraca
Maraca topped with a small statue at the top of the handle. The figure seems to be listening very attentively.
INM-13
Underarm Drum
Small drum used in various festive and funerary ceremonies.
IDIOF-3
Underarm Drum
Mid-20th-century drum.
IDIOF-4
Drum
Elongated, honey-coloured tam-tam, engraved all around with animals, a turtle and an elephant, and warriors.
IDIOF-5
Slot Drum
Slot drums have been used in large areas of Africa.
IDIOF-6
Harp
The figure above the string-tuning pegs represents Disumba, the first female ancestor and mother of all things.
CORD-4
Drum N-Def
The Drum Baga with female (or male) cariatids belongs to the SIMO society, as does the NIMBA mask.Caryatids drum of the drums…
MEMB-1
Mukoku-Ngoombu Slot Drum
Slot drum called Mukoku-Ngoombu.Slot drums have been used in large areas of Africa.
IDIOF-7
Bell
Bells and bells, both metallic and wooden, besides having their use in playful and religious ceremonies are a valuable instrument used by…
IDIOF-8
Bell
Bells and bells, both metallic and wooden, besides having their use in playful and religious ceremonies are a valuable instrument used by…
IDIOF-9
Maraca
Body decorated with multicoloured ceramic beads and thin leather strips bearing large white beads.
IDIOF-10
Maraca
Body decorated with red ceramic beads and thin raffia strips bearing large white beads.
IDIOF-11
Maraca
Maraca topped with a head reminiscent of masks Sangu. Used in playful and religious ceremonies and also to mark divinatory rhythms.
IDIOF-12
Bell
Bells and bells, both metallic and wooden, besides having their use in playful and religious ceremonies are a valuable instrument used by…
IDIOF-13
Notable Woman Sitting
Kulango art is influenced by Akan peoples.
EFM-124
Trompa
Former cross-bone tube finely chiseled in ivory, topped with the figure of a woman in which her breasts and her belly stand…
MRF-19
Horn Trumpet
Small buffalo-horn trumpet carved with warrior figures.
AER-3
