dogon ancestor african bronze mali

Dogon ancestor - African bronze - Mali

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Couple of Dogon ancestors (nomos?) - African bronze - Mali

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. These pieces are unique because they were crafted following the ancestral cire perdue (lost wax) casting process. The shape of these bronzes reminds the Lebé snake, which, according to the myths, had guided the Dogon from Mandé until the Bandiagara Cliffs, where they have now settled. Man: height = 12,5 cm; width = 8,5 cm; weight = 205 grams. Woman: height = 12 cm; width = 7,5 cm; weight = 205 grams. Shipment via express parcel (colissimo) with track and trace. Read more

Ancestor statue - Wood - ancien couple DOGON du Toro Mali -

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. FUNCTION: Ancestor figure symbolising the primordial Nommo couple, the man/woman perfect twinning.POPULATION: Dogon from the region of Toro, Bandiagara Cliffs.MATERIAL: hard caecedra wood with rubbed ‘dry’ patina.SIZE: 80 cm high.CONDITION: In good condition, erosion of the wood caused by the years, no damage or restorations performed. DESCRIPTION: in a sitting position, to grab by the neck, this characteristic ‘OGOL’ type Dogon couple with the nose shaped as an arrow, almond-shaped eyes and scarification around the face, are mainly used for rain and fertility rites.ORIGIN: ‘Ambre Noire’ Gallery, former Henri Mizoule collection, Farafi Gallery in Aix en Provence. Careful shipment via registered Colissimo with tracking, visible on site at the Farafi gallery, specialist in the Arts of Mali for more than twenty years.The shipment will be accompanied by an invoice with the above description and a certificate of origin. Read more

Doorlock - DOGON - Mali

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Outstanding rider figure - DOGON - Mali

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Mask - Wood - walu - DOGON - Mali

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Dogon medicine cabinet - Wood - Mali

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Mask - Wood - walu - DOGON - Mali

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Medicine cabinet - Wood - DOGON - Mali

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Mask - Wood - Omono - DOGON - Mali - EX MUSEUM COLLECTION

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. This Dogon mask came from the permanent collection of the Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, USAAccession number: Provenance: - Michael Scanlan collection, USA- The Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, USA- Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Crowley, USAThe Dogon have a vast array of animal masks which include different kinds of antelopes, rabbits, hyenas, lions, leopards, crocodiles, and three kinds ofmonkeys—white, red, and black. In the early years of the century three to four hundred masks might dance during an important drama.This particular mask is the work of a most sophisticated artist. He has reduced the lower face to a slightly concave plane on which the only features are twoholes which are the eyes. Curving forward above this face is the monkey figure, basically a round form atop an oval one. The arms and back encircle ahollow to create a composition both tense and strong. No details intrude on the minimal and simple but tremendously three-dimensional sculpture in whichthe holes and hollows are almost more important than the solid forms.The sculpture will be shipped via DHL Express with track and trace, fully insured. 1-3 days delivery within Europe. 2-4 days delivery to USA. Read more

Dogon - Small door / carved shutter - on base - Bronze

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Ancestor statue - Pierre - Bronze base - Sumba, Indonesia

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Couple Tji-Wara - BAMBARA - Bronze - Mali

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Bronze (2) - African bronze - ogboni - yoruba - Nigeria

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Bronze (1) - African bronze - South Africa

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Bronze African figurines

Bronze African figurines In African dress and holding golden bowls in tribal dress

African Benin Bronze Warrior Figure

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Ring - African bronze - SIDAMO - Ethiopia

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Bronze Plated-African Bushmen Figurines

2 x Beautifully Hand crafted from 1.2mm metal plate. Beaten and welded into shape by craftsmen. Bronze Plated, polished and Varnished 45 cm high, sitting position. Read more

Bronze Plated-African Bushmen Figurines

2 x Beautifully Hand crafted from 1.2mm metal plate. Beaten and welded into shape by craftsmen. Bronze Plated, polished and Varnished 45 cm high, sitting position. Read More

FRENCH ART DECO AFRICAN LADY BRONZE SCULPTURE

ART DECO SCULPTURE WITH EARRING, ON A SOLID PINK MARBLE BASE. BASE IS A LITTLE LOOSE. COUNTRY: France, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: Ca. , MATERIALS: Bronze And Marble WEAR: Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. HEIGHT: 10.5 in. (27 cm) WIDTH: 8 in. (20 cm) DEPTH: 2.5 in. (6 cm) WEIGHT 1.5kg Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Sculpture - African bronze - Yoruba - Ife Head - Nigeria

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Gorgeous life size head in the style of an Oni - IFE - former Kingdom of Benin-NigeriaVery beautiful head of an Oni, former IFE. Height: 33 cm - weight grams Early 21st centuryOrigin: Nigeria Bronze head with a serene expression on the face, and the streaks represent facial scarifications, which are characteristic of the "classic" period of the art of Ife. The holes on the neck are to attach the mask to a wooden dummy for exhibitions to the public during the ceremonies. In the Yoruba tradition, the grooves on the neck, were considered a sign of beauty.This bronze sculpture is of good quality and made using the "lost wax" method, where the mold is lost during the casting process. SHIPPING: - The sculpture will be packaged carefully and sent registered with a Track & Trace code via DHL Parcel. You will receive this tracking code as soon as the parcel has been dispatched, and can track your parcel if you enter your Track & Trace code under 'Shipment Number' on www.dhl.de - If you have any questions regarding the status of your parcel, its current location and estimated delivery time, it's best to contact DHL Parcel directly via Messenger on Facebook. They reply within 24 hours. Contact them here: https://www.facebook.com/dhlforyou/ Read more

two figurative cattle (2) - African bronze - West-Afrika

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Artfully and very decorative designs of two cattle one-piece moulded. A copy with two high forward stabbing horns. an ear is invisible expertly restored in the past. Weighs approx 2.9 kg dimension 35 long, 29 high and 8 cm wide.An instance of a figurative bovine with to backwards facing half moon-shaped horns. One of these horns in the past is professionally repaired. Four birdies and a flat head. Weighs 2.7 kg and is 30 long, 22 high and 13 wide.Will be properly packaged and sent by registered mail. Read more

Chess game figures (32) - African bronze - Akan - Ghana

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