Reliquaries wood central africa
List reliquaries wood central africa
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Oxfam books & music wells full title: trees of central africa painted by olive coates palgraveinside cover pages have a few marks and previous owner inscriptionhard cover is worn at corners and spine has black marks at edgesthis heavy volume will be dispatched by courierillustrated throught (mostly full page) b/w and colour platesthe back cover has opened from spine (see photo), but pages are held firmlyfirst edition second impression see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Kota reliquaries from gabon wood + metal sheetscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storebeautiful, of very nice qualityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitean opportunity to seize
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The kota owe their fame to their ancestor figurines, reliquary guardians, whih are often reproduced; a set of reliquaries in vegetable fibres of the ndumu was revealed to the readers of the weekly le tour du monde dĂšs , by savorgnan de brazza, during his travel in west africacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehowever, kota art is not limited to its ancestor figurinesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea collaborator mentions quite precisely this diversity, listed in two categories, the âpersonal fetishesâ and the âidols and the mbouĂ©ti [which] generally belonged to the villageâ; masks were reserved for ceremonies, which organisation would be avoided by the villagers in the presence of the kota
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The baga live along the atlantic coast of the republic of guinea, in west africaalthough she was excelling in her job in west and central africa and collecting artworks in situ, most of her collection comes however from âcuriosity cabinetsâ which abounded in european capitals during the scatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablenevertheless, they have left a vast artistic legacy, which includes crests, figurative sculptures, masks and objects of daily use, like musical instrumentsduband who is currently retired, she used to be a consultant for a french company in the middle of the 20th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethese masks were divided into two groups with the names mosolo kombo and sangaran, each one provided with specific functionsprivileges of initiated men and incarnating a spiritual entity, baga sangaran masks only assisted at circumcisions, every 24 years according to the ethnologist denise paulmeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea few cracks, wonderful eroded patina (source: baga, david berliner)during certain dances, the mask was placed on the head, maintained in balance thanks to a bamboo structure and by the arms of the wearer himself, who is covered with cloth and a raffia wraparound skirtfrench collection of african art (mrspolychrome baga mask from the vast collection of tribal art from mrsfurthermore, this piece comes from our prestigious galleries (paris, brussels, london, new-york)their design was shaped in an esoteric context, at night in the forestserpentiform initiatory sculpture-mask, mainly used by the bulongic (village of kifinda), a baga subgroup from the guinean coast, its size can vary between 1 and 2to be picked up on site in paristhey form one of the smallest ethnic groups of guinea, and have lived relatively isolated from their neighbours because of the vast swamps surrounding them
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2, covering west africa, central africa and southern africaset of 4 michel catalogues africa part 5also 2 older catalogues one from south africa and one older yvert tellier one, which is useful to compare the numbering of the french speaking countriescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisee pictures, will be sent as a packageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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British east africa, rhodesia north and south, nyasaland and british south africa company and a number of stamps from zanzibarcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenice lot with beautiful stampsthe photos provide a good impression
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A similar object can be found at the royal museum of central africa in tervuren, belgium (see photo)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeold proverb pot lid from the province of kasai in the dplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Map of western central africacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiold border coloured steel engravingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storein good condition, centrefold as publishedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteinsured shippingsee also the photospublished in weimar by csmall tear on the bottom of the centrefold running just into the mapthe top right corner with loss of the marginat the bottom is a light spot
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetribal statue all in finely carved wood, early 20th century, with circular metal earrings, screwed on a metal platefine craftsmanship of african tribal art
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Nice display of reliquaries, with 16 medallions and reliquaries included, several of them sealedthe measures of the exhibition case are: 55 x 36 x 5 cm the inner dimensions are: 39 x 28 cm the reliquaries measure between 2catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 and 6 cm read more
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"central and north africa"northwestern africa or the sultanate marocco " sheet noon offer here is a collection of 4 partially coloured maps, which all show western africa"northwestern africa in the scale of of the natural dimensionsâ published around by the publishing house of the geographical institute in weimarare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished in by justus perthes in gothaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"carte de l'algerie par charle" published as sheet nodimensions: 45 x 37 cm 4size - 45,5 x 36dimensions: 34 x 2327 of an atlas work not known to me, around46 published around in meyer's handatlas from the bibliographic institute of hildburghausen in amsterdam, paris and philadelphiacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablewestern part" sheet noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store5 cm at the bottom a little wrinkled and torndimensions: 71 x 59 cm folded in the middle 2specifically, these are the following cards: 145a from stieler's hand-atlas5 cm all four maps are in very good condition except for the described defect of the second map
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Rough guides: usa bulgaria south africa, lesotho and swaziland the gambia first-time latin america mallorca and menorca the dominican republic lonely planet: central africa cuba canada central america best of athens greek islands europe on a shoestring iceland, greenland and the faroe islands thomas cook travellers: jordan romania others: insight pocket guide madrid insight guide taiwan
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Birds of western africa (helm, ) was the firstsingle-volume guide to cover all species of this region, whichcomprises all countries from senegal and southern mauritania east tochad and the central african republic and south to congosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the firstcomprehensive field guide to cover the birds of this exciting region,and will enable birders to identify any species found in any of thecountries coveredthe book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species,conveniently placed on interleaved pages within the colour platesanumber of new images have been painted for this new field guide andseveral of the plates have been replacedoxfam bookshop glossop road cover heavily creased with slight tears and sellotape repair attempts, pages very slightly creased, good overall condition this new field guide uses all of the plates from birds of western africa, with a concise, authoritative text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all species found in the region
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This white ritual blusher is still used in equatorial africathe nine frontal keloids represent the punu founder myths, the central point represents the creator spiritcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethere are more details on the picturesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemukuyi mask - punu / pounou - gabonsign of communication with the supernatural world, the white clay is used by men and women, especially during the rites of the bwitimukuyi masks, commonly named âwhite masksâ are smeared with kaolin, which formerly was mixed with crushed human bonesi ensure a shipment with track & trace within maximum 3 daysthere are used in all the events that are vital for the community, rites with a social aspect (mourning, funerals, illnesses), purification or fecundity rites (birth, adolescence, virginity), reconciliation and justice rites (to restore the authority of the chief, harmony within families, or to solve generation conflicts), or finally protection rites (which specifically aim to attract the good graces of ancestors or spirits
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storefurthermore, references to their warrior past abound in their reliquaries, rituals and masked celebrationsijo masks depict creatures which were born out of the imagination, the latter are usually related to the aquatic lifeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteindeed, the ijo-kalabari mainly live from fishing and their small villages are established on marshy areas at the east of the nun river, their cosmogony is naturally focused on this environment
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An important reference work on africatravels and discoveries in north and central africa including accounts of tripoli, the sahara and bornu - ward lock - - hardback - 18 x 13 cm - xxxii - 608 pp + index green cloth with black letteringcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine endsclear protective wrapsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store3/4 leather with matching end papers, edges gilt, marbled boards, hinges & spine sl rubbed almost vgboards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and markingbinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spineextraordinary early accounts of travels along mountains rivers and basins,cities and remote villagesmeetings with tribes and traders are described in detail together with descriptions of their trading methodsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehenry barth, phcontains black and white illustrations
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Beautiful and large map of africa, hand-coloured, vintage colours period, central atlas fold, with its complete marginscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful print on thick laid paper
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Originally from eastern and central africa, including kenya, tanzania, uganda, cameroon, south africa, namibia and zimbabwecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableproper protective packaging to prevent any damages during transport and tracked shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease, look carefully at the pictures that are an integral part of the description and show the condition of the itemsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeblack rhinoceros - single burnished brass castingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 kg dimensions: 11 x 10 x 28 cm beautifully detailed skin and muzzlehis name in swahili is kifaru, in zulu language it is bhejane
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableproper packaging to avoid any damages during the transportare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease look carefully at the pictures, that are an integral part of the description and show the condition of the itemface mask of the ângontangâ - fang society: gabon/cameroon/equatorial guineaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe ângontangâ society takes its name from ânlo - ngon - ntĂ nâ, which means âhead of a white girlâ or âdead young womanâ (perrois, , page 149)without having a particular sacred meaning, this type of mask probably danced only during male initiationssize: 33 x 21 x 15 cmmasks are reminiscent of deceased people and have two purposes: keeping the evil and destructive forces away from the village, and making all that is negative ineffectivethe ângontangâ dance society used white masks with a rounded forehead and with the arches of the eyebrows drawing a heart-shaped facepunu mask hand-carved on wood, decorated with vegetable pigmentsaccurate and trackable shippingthe mask was sometimes a helmet with four faces
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Magnificent shona or tsonga headrest in dense wood with a dark patina, southern africacombining geometric and anthropomorphic motifs, this piece combines several features of headrests in this region of africacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteunique and original piece
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A really nice pair of wooden candle sticks made from ebony wood by the tribes people of the masia marra in africa, one is a man and the other a woman, all beautifully carved in great detail also i have included an antique victorian piece of treen in the shape of a lovely finial, made in burr wood, this comes apart to reveal a little trinket box in the centre, price for all ÂŁ15, however am prepared to split if either one only wanted
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A really nice pair of wooden candle sticks made from ebony wood by the tribes people of the masia marra in africa, one is a man and the other a woman, all beautifully carved in great detail also i have included an antique victorian piece of treen in the shape of a lovely finial, made in burr wood, this comes apart to reveal a little trinket box in the centre, price for all ÂŁ9 however am prepared to split if either one only wanted
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Turned and carved, central italy, 17th centurya classic example of central italy ecclesiastical craftsmanshipbeautiful walnut stained poplar wood candlestick, completely restoredthe triangular plinth is carved with rounded curled volutes and rests on three feet; the central part has a spherical wooden motif with six carved bulges, repeated in smaller size from the bottom to the topcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe top ends with a rounded cup with a candle-holding spike 7
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This piece illustrates one of the rarest headrests of south africacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe very lovely balance of forms is accentuated by the two circular feetthese personal and intimate possessions were commissioned by young wives on the occasion of their nuptials, and would accompany the owner throughout his life
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Fashioned from african yellow wood with dark stinkwood legsafrican yellow wood is the national tree of south africa and much sought after in furniture making because of its unique colour and durabilitythis furniture will last forever! chairs are dark stained pine wood to match table legsbuyer to arrange transportdark stinkwood is similarly valued because of its robustness and fine graina beautifully impressive piece of furniture10 chairs, of which 2 carversbeautiful large dining tableit is being sold because, sadly, it is too big for our new housethis lovely piece of furniture had been the centrepiece of our family dining and celebrations for 20 plus years
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Re-converted from oil to wood burningan endless supply of hot water and central heatingthe movable fire bricks expose more of the boiler to the fire during the winter to supply the extra heat needed for the central heatingnew wraparound boiler (ÂŁ800) with movable fire bricks for summer/winter use, full new set of fire bricks, new riddling grate, new ash pan, new polished reflectors inside top covers and new towel railthis cooking range is very efficient doing all cooking with large 4 pan hob, full size oven and warming oven (ideal for "proving" bread)
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Solid wood circular table with carved central pedestal and 3 legs (chairs not included)can deliver within 15 mile area, otherwise collection read more120cm (48in) diameter 69cm (27in) hightoo big for my refitted kitchenoff white shabby chic or easily painted if that's not your thingheavy and sturdy, table top can be unscrewed and removed for ease of transport
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Riveting and certain to become essential reading for anyone looking to understand central africawall street journal perice includes pnp
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The map is in good condition, as per photos, with minimal presence of marginal browning and a small centralcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis is the extremely rare edition of pplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website" a beautiful and very large map, published in paris, france, with stunning colouring, wide margins and provided with very precise geographical details at every pointdressĂ© conformĂ©ment au texte de cet ouvrage et sous les yeux de l'auteur, par mmalte-brun, featured in in the atlas: "atlas complet du prĂ©cis de la geographie universellethis rare map is an original copper engraving frommap overall dimensions: 35x26 cm read more
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At port-la-nouvelle, on the parched terrain of central africa, drwhen there is a trickle on the local airstrip, and soon a river, the obsessed mallory claims it as his own creationmallory watches as his clinic fails and dreams of discovering a third nile that will make the sahara bloom
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