
Facial Mask
Loa Djimini They paid an expensive tribute for opposing Samory's canquest, which is why very few artistic manifestations have come to us,…
MFAZ-52
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Loa Djimini They paid an expensive tribute for opposing Samory's canquest, which is why very few artistic manifestations have come to us,…
MFAZ-52

Small passport mask to be worn in the belt or hanging of the neck, in some sack like amulet, in the traditional…
MPS-12

Lawyer dressed in the gown and cap characteristic of the period.
COL-39

Little old bronze figure to the lost wax representing a man smoking the pipe.
BRN-54

Magnificent representation of a boss baulé. Refined sculpture work.
MFANT-133

Representation of a young Baule initiate, with great purity of line and complete adherence to the ethnic group’s aesthetic canons.
EFM-47

The Baulélike other peoples in Africa, they believe that everyone has a husband or wife in the other world and that they…
EMS-51

Passport mask elaborated by the procedure of lost wax, with profusion of details for such a small piece.
BRN-137

This name is given to cauris, ceramic beads, bronze handles and bracelets, small bronze or iron bars, tools and tools of tillage,…
MND-1

Small and old hand mask with heart-shaped face of a great purity of lines.
MMN-4

Fire mask of western Ivory Coast, belonging to the village Dan.
MFANT-135

Figure of ancestor named Bandeguele. In this case it is a female family ancestor.
EFM-50

Divination hammer with a handle carved in a twisted shape and a male head on the side opposite the striking face.
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Hammer that on the opposite side of the percussion has a mask represented bonu amouinOne of the most important sacred masks of…
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Patina altered by the course of time, with a slightly crusty appearance.
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Female hammer whose handle represents a woman initiated as proved by her tribal scarifications on the chest and back.
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A hammer of divination whose handle represents an initiated man as proved by the tribal estrifications he presents in torso and back.
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It is the classic oracle of mice copied in small size to be used with crickets in the same way.
OYA-4

Zauli mask made of polychrome wood in which dominates an orange yellowish tone.
MFAZ-55

From each of the temples part a stylized kalao in a drinking or eating attitude from a drinking trough that stands on…
MFAZ-56

The Dyé masks, from the name of the secret society to which they belong, present a human face or elephant head.
MFAZ-57

The Guro In addition to great sculptors, they perfectly manage polychrome.
MFAZ-58

The Kple Kple mask is a Goli mask.
MFAZ-59

The N'gnanbelé mask intervenes in the cult dedicated to the twins, at the time of birth or death.
MFAZ-60