Awale
Although it seems over a thousand years old, awalé’s age is hard to establish.
JGS-4
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Staff of Office
Simple staff of office with the design of a coiled snake and a small head at the end of its handle.
BST-21
Staff of Authority
Artistic chief’s staff topped by a stylized elephant-head mask, above a man holding another mask like the first, but upside down.
BST-22
Staff of Office
Characteristic staff of the ethnic group’s notables, topped with a chief’s head.
BST-23
Staff of Office
Staff topped with a chief’s head with a scarified face, wearing a fez.
BST-24
Staff of Office
Simple staff of office carved with a snake coiled from bottom to top.
BST-25
Staff of Office
Elegant staff with a coiled snake and the head of a chief’s or notable’s wife.
BST-26
Staff of Authority
Staff with a beautiful dark patina resulting from its age. Such staffs are used by dignitaries in major ethnic ceremonies.
BST-27
Sceptre
Sceptre representing a seated woman. Her body is scarified, with traces of Akan gold leaf.
BST-28
Rifle-Shaped Sceptre
European-inspired rifle-shaped sceptre, carved with fine Akan geometric designs.
BST-29
Comb
Seven-toothed comb depicting a young Baule girl with a necklace of red beads around her neck.
PNS-21
Wan Nyaka Helmet Mask
Stylized mask of an imaginary antelope, possibly inspired by the hippotragus, called coba locally.
MFZ-52
Fanfa Scoop
Scoop used in the 19th century to remove foreign particles, such as grains of sand, from gold dust.
APO-6
Fanfa Scoop
Scoop used in the 19th century to remove foreign particles, such as grains of sand, from gold dust.
APO-7
Reliquary
This people is formed by the symbiosis of two ethnic groups, the Ngata, traditionally blacksmiths and forgers and the Ntomba, farmers.
RLC-42
Adze Sceptre
Unusual sceptre shaped like a sculptor’s adze. It represents an imaginary animal with round bulging eyes, its beak forming the adze blade.
BST-31
Ceremonial Axe
Ceremonial axe with an artistic handle carved in the shape of a pipe.
BST-32
Ceremonial Adze Handle
Handle of a ceremonial or prestige adze, topped by a Baule head faithfully following the ethnic group’s aesthetic conventions.
BST-33
Ceremonial Spoon
CEREMONIAL SPOON TOPPED WITH A HEAD WITH A SCARIFIED FACE. DARK PATINA.
CHR-26
Ceremonial Spoon
Ceremonial spoon depicting a fertility doll. A raffia necklace at the waist and in the hair.
CHR-27
Basongo Fetish
Small fetish also serving as a reliquary, of the “with mirror” type.
FET-51
Pestle
Pestle for crushing cereals in a mortar.
VAR-12
Ceremonial Spoon
Ceremonial spoon topped with the head of a hornbill, a mythical bird of the Senufo.
CHR-28
Military Colono Figure
In African art, the term colono applies to small statues originating in the colonial period, notably Baule works from Côte d’Ivoire.
COL-42
