Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-24
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Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-25
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-26
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-27
Passport Mask
Small masks also called “Saint Christopher”, used by travellers abroad or outside their region.
MPS-28
Oil Lamp
Oval oil lamp with embossed characters dancing around the lamp body.
TRRC-61
Kabila or Mendicant Statue
This name is given to female statues holding an offering cup, often kneeling, squatting or sitting on their ankles, and possessing divinatory…
EFM-109
Priestess of the Gelede Cult
The Gelede cult, practiced mainly by the Yoruba Westerners, it is a cult in honor of living or deceased elderly women.
MYA-30
Ancestor
Kongo ancestor in an explanatory pose, right index finger pointing forwards as if indicating or explaining something, mouth open as if speaking.
EMS-113
Ancient Blolo Bla
Small and very old Blolo bla statue. The feet and part of the legs have been lost over time.
EFM-118
Boli
The Boli is built on a base of wood, bamboo or a piece of horn, covered with a mixture of active materials…
FET-67
Female Ancestor
Old female ancestor figure showing insect damage and wear from time, mainly at the back.
EFM-110
Kuosi Elephant Mask
The elephant is a symbolic animal in Africa.
MFG-67
Kuosi Elephant Mask
The elephant is a symbolic animal in Africa.
MFG-68
Ceremony Spoon
The baulé spoon, of small capacity, whose handle represents a female character with a serene face and that fulfills the stylistic canons…
CHR-31
Woman With Offering
Mother figure without a child, holding an offering cup in her hands.
MTR-61
Drum Altar
Altar formed by a couple of baulé in an attitude of recollection before the drum destined to call the spirits.
OYA-12
Maternal Figure
Finely carved maternal figure breastfeeding her child, who rests on her lap.
MTR-62
Facial Mask
Colon-type face mask painted red with industrial paint; eyebrows and hair black, eyes black and white.
MFANT-168
Passport Mask
Bronze passport mask that may also have been intended to hang.
BR-16
Facial Mask
Unusual bronze mask whose lost-wax model required meticulous work.
BR-17
Headrest
Small headrest with a circular base for greater stability. Heavy, reddish wood.
RECL-15
Circumcision stool
Old Ashanti stool heavily worn by use. Boys’ circumcisions and girls’ excisions were performed on such stools.
TAB-13
Crest Mask
Crest mask of a horned human head surmounted by a seated red female figure gripping the horns.
MCYC-45
