
Secret Cup
Cup called secrets that belongs to the intimacy of the woman doon, in which she keeps her most intimate and secret objects.
RCPT-20
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Cup called secrets that belongs to the intimacy of the woman doon, in which she keeps her most intimate and secret objects.
RCPT-20

Container intended to store kola nuts to offer visitors, is also used to store tobacco.
RCPT-21

Small glass intended to contain medicinal substances. Patina of time.
RCPT-23

Bronze ceremony scepter, decorated with an embossed, spiral stretcher, in the form of a rolled vine.
BST-14

Anthropomorphic fifura of garn head resting on a disc that simulates the shoulders and that together with the base constitutes the whole…
PDR-3

Little piedar figure depicting a monkey covering his eyes. It is used in divinatory practices.
MYA-16

Cut stone, rather flattened, with two faces opposite the skull and two faces on the lower flat, one on each side.
MYA-17

Old bronze ring depicting the head of a horse, with numerous details.
ANLL-4

An old ankle bracelet or ankle bracelet, oblong and hunched in shape, with ends forming geometric drawings in front of each other…
PYB-14

Ring with a turtle, one of the primordial animals of the dogon cosmogon.
ANLL-6

Large ring with a small base or platform on which stands a man riding a horse representing the Hogon, the dogon's religious…
ANLL-7

Old bronze bracelet made by the beginning of lost wax.
PYB-21

Old dogon rings topped with circular seals.
ANLL-8

Pin intended to hold the hairstyles of women, consisting of three circles in the form of a tree with spiral drawings.
CYA-8

Simple brass slope used by women peul.
CYA-9

Female statue called nyeleniof corpulent features as evidenced by the roundness and strength of his breasts, buttocks and legs.
EFM-72

Woman statue of heavy and hard wood and in spite of everything corroded by xylophages.
EFM-75

An ancestor figure with an expression of sober dignity. Ligirely squatting, with long arms reaching to his knees.
EFM-80

Curious statue of a long-armed dogon ancestor with his hands resting on the knees of slightly bent legs.
EFM-81

Most Dogon statues symbolize the "nommos", spirits of ancestors.
EMS-79

The figure of motherhood is one of the oldest and most representative in Africa.
MTR-48

Figure of ancestor, serene and serious attitude. His long arms rest on his knees.
EMS-80

Small figure of female ancestor greatly deteriorated by the xylophaphs and the passage of time.
EFM-86

Pin intended to hold the hair of women, used in important ceremonies.
JYS-3