Fetish Songye
Small fetish that also serves as a reliquary. It is one of the so-called “mirror”.
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Soothsayer
Few manifestations of the statuary chamba are known, usually simple figures and devoid of any ornamentation.
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Knight Mbigou
This steatite known as Mbigou stone is extracted in the quarries of the town of the same name, in the province of…
FEC-17
Gentlemen. Bambara
It seems that the horse was introduced to Africa, especially to the south of the Sahara, according to archaeological excavations and some…
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Women with Offerings Cup
The Yoruba statues of cup bearers are related to divination, serving for a part of a cup of offerings and welcome cup…
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Priestess
A woman kneeling with her hands on her thighs, near the rhodollas, in a position to pray.
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Protective Figure
A protective figure in the shape of Deblé.
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Statue Nimba
It is the statue corresponding to the best known of the baga.
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Priestess of Cult Gelede
The Gelede cult, practiced mainly by the Yoruba Westerners, it is a cult in honor of living or deceased elderly women.
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Mbotunbo
These are the names with which the so-called “monkey beggar” is known.
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Mbotunbo
These are the names with which the so-called “monkey beggar” is known.
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Mbotumbo
These are the names with which the so-called “monkey beggar” is known.
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Mbotunbo
These are the names with which the so-called “monkey beggar” is known.
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Motinu Bmamba
This fetish Teke comes from the Calaba region of Nigeria. It was used as a receptacle of traditional medicine.
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Iron Ritual Figure
Ancient iron piece from northern Togo depicting or kneeling character in offering position.
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Statue of Worship
An ancient statue of bembe worship, representing an ancestor as indicated by his beard and the dignity that emerges from the figure.
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Crocodile Nkissi De Claves
Fetish intended for divinatory practices. Covered with nails as well as Koso dogs.
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Fetish with Mirror
Fetish with a mirror on the left hand and a bouquet of feathers on the right.
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Ritual Snake
The Gan, ancient kingdom in southwestern Burkina faso, apparently originally from Ghana led by its king Kerumono in the century XVI, and…
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Fetish Yombe
Fetish intended for divinatory practices and protection.
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Nkissa-Nkondi
Fetish with a tiny magical load on the belly covered with a cauri and small colored beads, sack collar on the neck…
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Panther Man
Articulated arms. Fetish of the secret society of panther men.
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Articulated fetish
Rare senufo fetish of unknown use, probably protective. Articulated arms that can rise up to the cheeks and stay fixed.
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Nkissa-Nkondi
Fetish with glass eyes, straw cap. Shell carrier and many amulets.
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