Couple
For the Baulé, at birth we leave another family in the other world, in the blolo, and the spouse we have left…
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Couples and families
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Couple
Probably a real couple or at least high rank as shown by their hairstyles and the fact of sitting on an akan…
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Couple
Classic attie hairstyle with central crest and two side bows in both characters.
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Couple Dan
Statues are less frequent than masks. They are usually commissioned by the chiefs and notables.
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Man Loading With Woman
The Hemba are implanted on the right bank of the Lualba River where they arrived, probably from the territory of today's Tanzania,…
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Couple Asie Usu
Couple of asie usu.
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Couple
Magnificent size Guro of a man and a woman. GuroUnlike masks, it's very rare.
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Betise
They get the name of betise(from French nonsense or silly) statuettes Lobi in which a couple makes love, being a member of…
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Royal couple
Specialists of the statuery more than of the masks Bangwa they are characterized by printing a movement on their figures which they…
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Notable Couple
Couple of notables, sitting on an akan stool, with the son on both legs.
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Asie Usu Maternity
The figure of motherhood is one of the oldest and most representative in Africa.
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Asie Usu
Notable sitting on a stool Akan, fucking the beard and a gesture typically baulé.
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Couple
Dogon primordial couple, each sitting on a stool. At that time, women were represented with beards in respect.
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Couple Asie Usu
It is the geniuses or spirits of nature that can intervene in the world of humans by granting them their favors or…
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Couple
Senufus pair with prominent navel on whose lathe stands the symbol of Katyeleus supreme mother of the Senufus puebos elevated to the…
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Couple
Stylized pair with ringed neck. Body scarifications.
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Couple
Primary couple with raised arms, gesture to implore the rain.
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Primordial Couple
Primary partner Dogon in the traditional position of handing over the woman's shoulder and holding her right breast.
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Commemorative Couple
Busts of a great realism representing a boss and his wife and demonstrating the good know-how of his sculptor.
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Notable Couple
Couple of notable bamileké. The woman has a bowl between her hands, whose edges are decorated with small red seeds.
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Primordial Couple
Dogon couple sitting on a stool of cariatids represented by nommos.
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Couple Arms up
They are statues dedicated to the cult of ancestors. Raised arms go to Amma, God of heaven, asking for rain.
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Notable
A remarkable statue touching her beard with abs hands.
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Couple
These wrought iron figures usually represent ancestors. Here we have a stylized couple made up of a man and a woman.
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