Football Colone
Tirachinas representing a footballer holding the ball with both hands, kneeling on the base of the handle.
COL-27
Slingshots
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Slingshots or slingshots, depending on the region, are actually a small, sling-like, first weapon capable of injuring or killing remotely. The slingshot replaces the slingstrings with two elastics that are tied to the tips of the fork of the slingshot, which is but a handle from which two arms in the form of “Y” depart, the other tip of the elastics is tied to a small piece of leather of a few centimetres squares in which the projectile will be housed, usually a stone. Tirachinas have been widely used throughout West Africa, possibly introduced by the early colonizers. Many date from the middle of the century XX. As in all African objects, aesthetics have been attached to the utilitarian aspect and as with other objects, ceremonial spoons or stools, the beauty of the object denotes the rank of its owner. The slingshot of the son of a chief or a notable must be more beautiful than that of the son of a simple farmer. They are as varied as imagination can reach. This object is highly appreciated by African children who use it to play, to hunt small animals or kill vermin.
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Women’s Tirachinas
Colony style slingshots whose handle represents a woman with a short white set and red body follow the classic style.
COL-28
Women’s Tirachinas
Tirachinas depicting a woman without arms, in the style of the Biiga dolls.
TRCH-2
Biiga Fertility Doll
They are fertility dolls of abstract traits.
FRT-11
Uniformed Colone
Character in typically colonial dress. Hands in pockets and colonial cap, in unwrapped attitude.
TRCH-3
Tirachinas
The handle of the slingshot represents a woman, in the style of the Biiga dolls, with a small face in the center…
TRCH-4
Kneeled Woman
Wood-coloured slingshots with patina for use whose handle is formed by the figure of a woman with a kneeling knee and hands…
TRCH-5
Slingshots Masks
Light wood slings. The amngo has a mask carved in the lower area and a larger one superimposed in the upper area.
TRCH-6
Black Woman Colono
A figure of a woman in the classic "colon" style.
TRCH-47
Mango A Lo Jano
End of the handle with a double face, male and female, like Janus.
TRRC-54
Women’s Tirachinas
The handle represents an elongated torso woman with arms and hands resting on the mules.
TRCH-41
Tirachinas Fist
Slingshots carved in clear wood representing a fist. Piece purchased in country baulé.
TRCH-9
Bonu Amwin mask
Natural light wood with shiny patina. The handle of the slingshot reproduces a Bo Nu Amwin zoomorfa mask, representing the buffalo.
TRCH-10
Kneeling Woman Colono
The handle of this slingshot is formed by a woman kneeling and sitting on her settler-style heels. sculpture painted in brown.
TRCH-11
Sitting Woman
The mango is sculpted by a sitting woman, a rare position in this type of onjet.
TRCH-12
Woman With Hands In The Chest
The handle represents a woman with her hands on her chest, one on top of the other, in a position to be…
TRCH-13
Woman Praying
Woman kneeling and sitting on her own legs, with her hands in her belly, praying.
TRCH-14
Tirachinas Fusil
Former slingshots representing a rifle, with marked patina of use.
TRCH-49
Woman with Conico Hairstyle
The handle of the slingshot represents a woman in a rare position.
TRCH-50
Doll Biiga
Calling Dolls Biiga are manufactured by the Mossi Bulsa region.
TRCH-16
Tirachinas Fusil
Tirachinas of the Colonization period, used by children to hunt birds and small animals.
TRCH-17
Men’s Tirachinas
The slingshot depicts a young hairstyle backwards, with a short-sleeved polo and short pants, in the Euro`peo style of the colonial era.
TRCH-18
Tirachinas Jano
Small mango of slingshots with two heads opposed to Jano, the female face with a frontal scarification and the male with wrinkles…
TRCH-19
Tirachinas Bonu Amwin
Slingshots or slingshots, depending on the region, are actually a small, sling-like, first weapon capable of injuring or killing remotely.
TRCH-20
