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 palgraveillustrated throught (mostly full page) b/w and colour platesthis heavy volume will be dispatched by courierfirst edition second impression see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe back cover has opened from spine (see photo), but pages are held firmlyhard cover is worn at corners and spine has black marks at edgesinside cover pages have a few marks and previous owner inscription
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Kota reliquaries from gabon wood + metal sheetsan opportunity to seizeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebeautiful, of very nice qualityare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 africaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablehowever, kota art is not limited to its ancestor figurinesa 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 kotaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 sserpentiform 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 2our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletheir design was shaped in an esoteric context, at night in the forestthey form one of the smallest ethnic groups of guinea, and have lived relatively isolated from their neighbours because of the vast swamps surrounding themare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrench collection of african art (mrsa few cracks, wonderful eroded patina (source: baga, david berliner)these masks were divided into two groups with the names mosolo kombo and sangaran, each one provided with specific functionsduring 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 skirtto be picked up on site in parisduband who is currently retired, she used to be a consultant for a french company in the middle of the 20th centuryfurthermore, this piece comes from our prestigious galleries (paris, brussels, london, new-york)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprivileges of initiated men and incarnating a spiritual entity, baga sangaran masks only assisted at circumcisions, every 24 years according to the ethnologist denise paulmenevertheless, they have left a vast artistic legacy, which includes crests, figurative sculptures, masks and objects of daily use, like musical instrumentspolychrome baga mask from the vast collection of tribal art from mrs
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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 countriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesee pictures, will be sent as a packageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 zanzibarnice lot with beautiful stampsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 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)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableold proverb pot lid from the province of kasai in the dare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Map of western central africaold border coloured steel engravingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished in weimar by cin good condition, centrefold as publishedsmall tear on the bottom of the centrefold running just into the mapinsured shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiat the bottom is a light spotplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe top right corner with loss of the marginsee also the photos
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Tribal statue all in finely carved wood, early 20th century, with circular metal earrings, screwed on a metal platefine craftsmanship of african tribal artour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 2our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5 and 6 cm read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 weimar5 cm at the bottom a little wrinkled and tornour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storedimensions: 45 x 37 cm 4size - 45,5 x 36specifically, these are the following cards: 146 published around in meyer's handatlas from the bibliographic institute of hildburghausen in amsterdam, paris and philadelphia5 cm all four maps are in very good condition except for the described defect of the second mappublished in by justus perthes in gothacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"carte de l'algerie par charle" published as sheet no27 of an atlas work not known to me, arounddimensions: 34 x 23dimensions: 71 x 59 cm folded in the middle 2western part" sheet no45a from stieler's hand-atlas
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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 congooxfam 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 regionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanumber of new images have been painted for this new field guide andseveral of the plates have been replacedthe book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species,conveniently placed on interleaved pages within the colour platesthis 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 covered
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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 spiriti 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 spiritsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemukuyi masks, commonly named âwhite masksâ are smeared with kaolin, which formerly was mixed with crushed human bonesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimukuyi mask - punu / pounou - gabonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethere are more details on the picturessign of communication with the supernatural world, the white clay is used by men and women, especially during the rites of the bwiti
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableijo masks depict creatures which were born out of the imagination, the latter are usually related to the aquatic lifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 environmentfurthermore, references to their warrior past abound in their reliquaries, rituals and masked celebrations
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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 letteringbinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spineboards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and markinghenry barth, phour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablecontains black and white illustrationsmoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine endsclear protective wraps3/4 leather with matching end papers, edges gilt, marbled boards, hinges & spine sl rubbed almost vgare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimeetings with tribes and traders are described in detail together with descriptions of their trading methodsextraordinary early accounts of travels along mountains rivers and basins,cities and remote villagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Beautiful and large map of africa, hand-coloured, vintage colours period, central atlas fold, with its complete marginsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 zimbabweplease, look carefully at the pictures that are an integral part of the description and show the condition of the itemsblack rhinoceros - single burnished brass castingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihis name in swahili is kifaru, in zulu language it is bhejaneproper protective packaging to prevent any damages during transport and tracked shipping5 kg dimensions: 11 x 10 x 28 cm beautifully detailed skin and muzzleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The ângontangâ society takes its name from ânlo - ngon - ntĂ nâ, which means âhead of a white girlâ or âdead young womanâ (perrois, , page 149)size: 33 x 21 x 15 cmaccurate and trackable shippingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemasks 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 mask was sometimes a helmet with four facesthe ângontangâ dance society used white masks with a rounded forehead and with the arches of the eyebrows drawing a heart-shaped faceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipunu mask hand-carved on wood, decorated with vegetable pigmentswithout having a particular sacred meaning, this type of mask probably danced only during male initiationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease 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 guineaproper packaging to avoid any damages during the transport
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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 africaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiunique and original pieceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 centurybeautiful walnut stained poplar wood candlestick, completely restoreda classic example of central italy ecclesiastical craftsmanshipthe 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 topour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe top ends with a rounded cup with a candle-holding spike 7please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This piece illustrates one of the rarest headrests of south africathe very lovely balance of forms is accentuated by the two circular feetour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethese personal and intimate possessions were commissioned by young wives on the occasion of their nuptials, and would accompany the owner throughout his lifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 transportbeautiful large dining tablea beautifully impressive piece of furniturethis lovely piece of furniture had been the centrepiece of our family dining and celebrations for 20 plus yearsit is being sold because, sadly, it is too big for our new housedark stinkwood is similarly valued because of its robustness and fine grain10 chairs, of which 2 carvers
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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 heatingthis cooking range is very efficient doing all cooking with large 4 pan hob, full size oven and warming oven (ideal for "proving" bread)new 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 rail
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Solid wood circular table with carved central pedestal and 3 legs (chairs not included)120cm (48in) diameter 69cm (27in) highheavy and sturdy, table top can be unscrewed and removed for ease of transportoff white shabby chic or easily painted if that's not your thingcan deliver within 15 mile area, otherwise collection read moretoo big for my refitted kitchen
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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 centralmalte-brun, featured in in the atlas: "atlas complet du prĂ©cis de la geographie universelleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is the extremely rare edition of pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimap overall dimensions: 35x26 cm read moredressĂ© conformĂ©ment au texte de cet ouvrage et sous les yeux de l'auteur, par m" a beautiful and very large map, published in paris, france, with stunning colouring, wide margins and provided with very precise geographical details at every pointthis rare map is an original copper engraving fromplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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At port-la-nouvelle, on the parched terrain of central africa, drmallory watches as his clinic fails and dreams of discovering a third nile that will make the sahara bloomwhen there is a trickle on the local airstrip, and soon a river, the obsessed mallory claims it as his own creation
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