Comb
Akan comb topped with a male head with a fine braided goatee.
PNS-23
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Comb with a Cowrie
Comb decorated with a cauri, symbol of female fertility. The comb's body is decorated with drawings whose significance we don't know.
PNS-24
King or Notable with a Sceptre
Seated figure on a stool, holding a thick arrow-shaped sceptre.
TRRC-66
Female Funeral Figurine
Female funerary figure, as indicated by the developing breasts.
TRRC-67
Vessel
Vessel intended for various uses. It is a container from the famous pottery tradition of Katiola, about 50 km north of Buaké.
TRRC-68
Katiola vessel
Two-spouted vessel intended for various uses.
TRRC-69
Katiola vessel
Vessel intended for various uses. It is a container from the famous pottery tradition of Katiola, about 50 km north of Buaké.
TRRC-70
Couple of Tirachinas
Slingshots or slingshots, depending on the region, are actually a small, sling-like, first weapon capable of injuring or killing remotely.
TRCH-33
Women’s Tirachinas
Slingshots or slingshots, depending on the region, are actually a small, sling-like, first weapon capable of injuring or killing remotely.
TRCH-34
Royal tubes
Good size tubes used in court festivities. They're topped up, with two characters who can represent the real couple.
AER-6
Prince Bambougou
Stone
PDR-9
Korhogo fabric
Two poniugo masks dancing around a hut and a symbolic tree of speech.
TPC-15
Baule Cloth
Village scene with two women carrying water and another pounding grain, while a man with a spear evokes hunting, a male activity.
TPC-16
Korhogo fabric
Village scene. A man has just shot a small fawn with his rifle; a woman carries firewood she cut with her machete.
TPC-17
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Korhogo fabric
Cloth consisting of three wide bands with five panels each. In the centre is a tree.
TPC-18
Korhogo fabric
Cloth consisting of three wide bands with five panels each. In the centre is a tree.
TPC-19
Korhogo fabric
Fabric that features two large bands with three frames each.
TPC-20
Korhogo fabric
Fabric painted only in black, depicting a leopard man and a fire-spitting poniugo mask dancing in front of the village huts.
TPC-21
Korhogo fabric
Cloth depicting a guinea fowl and an antelope which, judging by its markings, horns and coat, could be a sitatunga, an animal…
TPC-22
Korhogo fabric
Three masks dancing with the Scarfs in the hands, framed by a series of rectangles in which painted, avce, dogs, fish, butterflies…
TPC-23
Korhogo fabric
Rectangular Korhogo fabric in which two leopard men, two dancing masks and four huts have been depicted, all with black pigmentation.
TPC-24
Furniture Legs
Series of furniture legs of different sizes depicting male and female figures.
ARC-10
Chess
Delicate chess set made by novices in a Congo convent in the first decade of the 20th century.
JGS-9
Commemorative Couple
Highly realistic busts representing a chief and his wife, demonstrating the sculptor’s skill.
PAR-20
