Mask Passport
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks.
BR-21
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Votive Figure
The statues, offerings, votive figures and exvotes are not in Africa an offering dedicated to God or to the gods for a…
FIV-33
Kpelié mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks.
BR-22
Kpelié mask
Among the enormous multiplicity of African ethnic groups few have made metal masks.
BR-23
Spear Tips
Spearheads of the Nigerian Neolithic period, when people subsisted on agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing and became increasingly…
ARM-42
Spear Tips
Spearheads from the Congolese Neolithic, a prehistoric period of agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing, with an increasingly settled…
ARM-43
Spearhead, Axe and Arrowhead
Spearhead, arrowhead and axe of the Congolese Neolithic, when agriculture, husbandry, hunting and fishing sustained an increasingly settled…
ARM-44
Maternity
Maternity figure seated on a stool, indicating a high-ranking woman.
MTR-65
Byeri Reliquary Guardian
Ancestor worship is based on the relationship between the living person’s offering to the deceased and the deceased’s protection of the living.
RLC-70
Young Female Initiate
Young female initiate, as shown by her facial scarification.
EFM-112
Kpelie Altar Mask
Small Kpelié altar mask topped by a female figure whose clearly marked navel and umbilical scarifications can only represent Koultyolo, ancient…
MSOAL-11
Calao
It is the primordial bird of the Senufo, protector par excellence and sacred bird of the society of the pore.
-17
Female Votive Figure
The statues, offerings, votive figures and exvotes are not in Africa an offering dedicated to God or to the gods for a…
FIV-34
Androgine Votive Figure
The statues, offerings, votive figures and exvotes are not in Africa an offering dedicated to God or to the gods for a…
FIV-35
Gold Dust Box Or Adakawa
Little bronze box to keep the gold dust.
APO-16
Notable Couple
Small bronze figures of a Dogon seated on a stool and holding a staff in his right hand.
BRN-78
Sceptre
Heavy solid-bronze sceptre shaped like a hoe, belonging to an important dignitary.
BST-37
Thinker
Small figure of a man seated on the ground, resting his left elbow on his knee and his hand on his head…
BRN-79
Maternity
Small bronze maternity seated on a stool.
BRN-80
Female
Small, unusual bronze figurine depicting a woman with twisted arms.
BRN-81
Kuduo or jewellery box
Small bronze container with a circular base, measuring around 15 to 20 centimetres.
APO-17
Pygmy
Small female figure protecting the family. A huge striated beak-shaped breast occupies the chest and belly of this pygmy figure.
-18
Statue of Ancestor Tadep
These statues have different sizes. They are recognizable by their heart-shaped face and disproportionate head.
-19
Small statue Ndebele
Small Ndebele or Pombibele statue. Such small ndebele figures serve diviners of the women’s Sandogo society; large figures protect initiates.
MYA-29
