Idimu mask
It participates in initiation ceremonies and is the collective property of the clan.
MFANT-217
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Ancestor
Curious piece representing an ancestor. The statue has no arms but robust legs.
EFM-130
Funeral Mask
Normally metal masks do not have a ritual value, but the iron masks of the Bambara are masks of funerfals, commissioned to…
BR-33
Maternity
The figure of motherhood is one of the oldest and most representative in Africa.
MTR-68
Altar Mask
These masks are kept in the family altars and are intended to honor the deceased.
MSOAL-13
Genius of Nature
Curious and strange, it is the tip of a genius of nature prewsted in the form of a kneeling figure of torso…
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Man Smoking Pipe
Curious piece of a man, probably representing an ancestor, smoking a long pipe.
EMS-119
Man With Fans
Character with an elaborate hairstyle with collar at the neck, bracelets on the arms and elegant dress that has in his hands…
TRRC-76
Baston De Adivino
For the central character who carries in his arms a pumpkin of magical substances, by his dress and by his bearing we…
BST-42
Altar Mbotumbo
Mbotumbo is the name given to the so-called “begging monkey”.
MSOAL-14
Awale
Great game of awalé representing a crocodile. The crocodile is the dispenser of water to the earth.
JGS-10
Mascara De Adivino
The Kongo have produced numerous types of masks that perform different functions.
MFANT-218
Bird
Wrought-iron bird intended for divination practices. The legs are fixed to the body with iron rivets.
MYA-40
Decoration of Pyragua Popa
Decorative figure of canoe used by the Duala. The Duales are mobile canoeers and canoe builders, who like to decorate.
VAR-29
Barn Gate
The barn is one of the main buildings of the West African villages.
PRYCR-24
Stool
Stool artistically decorated with the four pairs of nomos, like cariatides, which are the origin of everything created.
TAB-16
Strap for a Kanaga Mask Costume
Strap forming part of the costume worn by Kanaga-mask dancers.
VAR-30
Coranica Alluha table
The Tables above, hidden tablets on which Allah would have written, are small boards of about forty by twenty to thirty centimetres…
FIGUR-2
Coranica Alluha table
The boards there, hidden tablets on which Allah would have written, are small boards of about forty by twenty to thirty centimetres…
FIGUR-3
Altar Pregnant Woman
For Bidjogo everything sacred or everything that can enclose a mysterious energy is named after Iran.
MSOAL-15
Buffalo Crest Mask
Rare crest mask used by the cabaros in initiation rites.
MFZ-66
Bronze Passport Mask
Protective mask, these small bronze masks, which are a reproduction of the large masks, remain hung on the altars.
BR-38
Kpelie De Bronze Mask
It represents a woman's face and in the wooden masks the protrusion of the forehead in the center of an "X" or…
BR-39
Back Mask, Pajaros
Curious mask formed by four white circles with the black edge, the top two being the largest.
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