
Queen Mother comb
Prestige comb representing a queen mother of Benin.
RGL-1
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Prestige comb representing a queen mother of Benin.
RGL-1

The handle of the slingshot is a woman sitting with her hands on her knees, a rare position in this type of…
TRCH-35

The slingshot handle represents the zoomorphic Bo Nun Amwin or Bonu Amwin mask.
TRCH-36

The slingshot handle depicts a woman with her hands crossed in an unusual way over her chest, as if protecting her heart.
TRCH-37

The slingshot is topped by a female head with a ringed neck that stands on an inverted Bou Amwin mask that occupies…
TRCH-42

Seated woman with legs hanging over the base of the fork and arms held against her sides.
TRCH-43

Kneeling woman, with her hands on her chest in sign of a next maternity, on a base of Bonu Amwin masks, one…
TRCH-39

Old slingshot depicting a woman kneeling with her hands on her thighs in a prayerful pose.
TRCH-40

Small woman and strong legs but without feet on the fork of slingshots.
TRCH-44

Curious character of relaxed appearance, with arms at the sides.
TRCH-45

Magnificent sculpture for such a small piece. The woman wears an artistic copper hairstyle that carries a pitcher.
TRCH-46

Curious slingshots depicting a young woman whose oval, pointed and oblique breasts are the prolongation of the shoulders.
TRCH-48

The rivers offer the basic food to the ethnic groups settled next to their banks.
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Small bracelets used as currency to pay for transactions by different ethnic groups in the Congo, now the Democratic Republic of the…
MND-31

The masks that represent animals are in almost all ethnic hunter masks or masks that celebrate the most important agricultural festivities.
MFZ-49

A mono mask composed of three parts, the head representing a monkey face on which the basket sits, of braided raffia, shaped…
MFZ-50

Hermaphrodite-sized ventral mask. Hermaphrodite is a figure that often appears in the statuary and African masks.
MVT-6

It is a mahu diomandé mask from the region of Tuba in northwest Ivory Coast.
MFAZ-103

Small stool with a female figure in a kneeling position, carrying a seat base over his head.
TAB-15

This stool represents a woman on an antelope, by the shape of her horns, which serves as a mount.
RECL-17

Benin, or former Dahomey, is renowned throughout West Africa for the effectiveness of its sorcerers, sorcerers, healers and fetishes.
FET-73

The ekoi or ejagam are a Bantu village established in Cameroon and mainly in Nigeria, in the Cross River area.
MCYC-49

Curious mask, of marked influence Guró, that by its style could belong to the Mblo festive masks, but two important elements place…
MFAZ-104

Curious mask Toma It's meant to honor gemelity. The mask features a woman's torso in which nutritional breasts stand out.
MFANT-208