Domestic Scenes
Various domestic scenes: a woman winnowing grain, another piling up millet, and a man with his basket under his arm and a…
PFG-12
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Rectangular Weight
Rectangular gold-weighing weight from the arithmetic series.
PGM-38
Various weights
Ancient and rare geometric weights that denote an influence of the passage of Muslim merchants.
PGM-6
Miscellaneous Parts
Various geometric weights.
PGM-7
Geometric weight
Weight in the shape of a rectangular prism.
PGM-8
Kuduo
Small bronze container with a circular base, called kúduo, measuring about 15–20 centimetres; without its lid, it rarely exceeds 10–15.
APO-11
Akan Gold-Weighing Spoons
Several spoons to take the gold and put it in the scales.
APO-13
Akan Gold-Weighing Spoons
Several small spoons for placing gold dust on the scales to be weighed.
APO-14
Diamond-Shaped Weight
Diamond-shaped weight with relief spirals placed face to face, their elongated arms touching in pairs.
PGM-39
Awale
Although it seems to go back more than a thousand years it is difficult to specify the age of awalé or mankala,…
JGS-5
Grain container
Braided raffia container to put the grain safe from rodents.
VAR-22
Chess
Chess set with black pieces made of ebony and white pieces of a light-coloured wood.
JGS-8
Ty Wara mask, Bougouni style
Tyi wara, ty or ti wara, chy, ci or cy wara: many names are used for the best-known crest mask of the…
MFG-63
Ty Wara Mask, Segou Style
Tyi wara, ty or ti wara, chy, ci or cy wara: many names are used for the best-known crest mask of the…
MFG-64
Ty Wara, Segou Style
Tyi wara, ty or ti wara, chy, ci or cy wara: many names are used for the best-known crest mask of the…
MFG-65
Ty Wara mask, Bougouni style
Tyi wara, ty or ti wara, chy, ci or cy wara: many names are used for the best-known crest mask of the…
MFG-66
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-17
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-18
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-19
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-20
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-21
Primordial Couple
Dogon primordial couple in the traditional pose of reaching over the woman’s shoulder and holding her right breast.
PAR-19
Pwoomitok Facial Mask
The large brow ridges evoke the buffalo horns that once adorned warriors’ heads.
MFANT-166
Hawk Mask
The hawk mask or Dourô and the butterfly mask or Yehotiare very similar both in shape and size.
MFG-69
