African Art
Bovine figure (Karagwe). Tanzania. Iron, height: 41 cm. Felix Collection. According to legend, this figure was created by the ki ...
Statue (Lengola). Wood, height: 194 cm. Private collection. Pigment covered, Lengola and Bembe statues are meant to embody spiri ...
Staff (Zulu), 19thcentury. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Wood, 109.2 x 11.4 x 6.3 cm. Kevin and Anna Conru. In the 19thand 20thce ...
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nated by the name of “father” or of “grandfather”, but often, also, simply by that of “old”: that is, “the elder”. He exercises ...
Dance costume (Bamileke). Cameroon. Fabric, fibres, dye, cowries, goatskin, height: 100 cm. Dr and Mrs Henri Tranier Collection. ...
Ncaka kot woman’s overskirt (Bushoong), early 20thcentury. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Raffia, 162 x 63 cm. The Trustees o ...
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PPoollyyggaammyy Polygamy is everywhere authorised, but it is not a constant practice. In fact, the number of wives is proportio ...
TS_Art of Africa_4C.qxp 10/17/2011 3:51 PM Page 190 Mask (Punu). Gabon. Wood, pigments, height: 31 cm. Private collection. The “ ...
TS_Art of Africa_4C.qxp 10/17/2011 3:52 PM Page 191 Mask (Bidjogo). Wood, pigments, and plant fibres. Private collection. Worn d ...
SSllaavveerryy Slavery has undoubtedly existed at all times among the Negroes, although it has been especially developed at the ...
Mask (Lulua). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, height: 28 cm. Private collection. Used during male circumcision ceremonie ...
TS_Art of Africa_4C.qxp 10/17/2011 3:52 PM Page 194 Do yeleni statue (Bamana). Mali. Wood, height: 52.5 cm. Aura Collection. In ...
Basikasingostatue (Pre-Bembe). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, height: 70 cm. Felix Collection. Ancestral figure. These ...
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IIssl laamm, , CCh hr riisst tiiaanni ittyy, , aanndd AAn ni immi issmm In general, a very exaggerated role is accorded to Islam ...
Statue (Yaka, Suku). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, polychromia, height: 60 cm. Private collection. The Suku and Yaka p ...
Statue (Mumuye). Nigeria. Wood, height: 100 cm. Private collection. A spirit or tutelary ancestor meant to protect the wellness ...
of breath or vital fluid, has no other role than to animate the material part and to communicate life and movement to it; it is ...
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