African Art
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Nkisi nkondistatuette (Kongo). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, mirror, iron, ropes, feathers, cotton, height: 61 cm. Mus ...
Nkisi nkondistatue (Kongo). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, metal, height: 82 cm. Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Ter ...
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officiating priests during certain ceremonies when they are felt to incarnate the divinity itself. The altar, as well as the obj ...
Mask (Bwa). Burkina Faso. Polychromic wood, height: 510 cm. Private collection. This very long mask represents a protective snak ...
Gbekre mouse oracle (Baoulé). Ivory Coast. Terracotta, wood, bones, metal, height: 21.5 cm. Musée d’ethnographie, Neuchâtel. Thi ...
Sumboor Simbo Koromask and costume (Bwa or Gurunsi). Burkina Faso. Mask: Wood, polychromia, fibres, height: 48 cm. Costume: Fibr ...
Cihongomask (Chokwe). Angola. Fabric, fibres, height: 72 cm. Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. Symbolising p ...
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NNeeggrroo TTaalleennttss It is indisputable that the artistic sense is highly developed in the black race. This is a truth that ...
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Panel (Holo). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood, 34.1 cm. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. ...
of the Negro statuettes, if it corresponds badly enough to the anatomy of a normal Negro, singularly recalls that of the Negrill ...
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Dance shield (Kikuyu), early 20thcentury. Kenya. Wood, 60 x 42 x 8 cm each. Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp. Initiation is an impor ...
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With regard to some specific objects, especially those of leather or fabrics of cotton and embroideries, the superiority of the ...
Hominoid harp (Nbaka). Wood and skin, 81.5 cm. This extraordinary harp proves the great imagination of African artists. Hominoid ...
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