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 palgravethis heavy volume will be dispatched by courierinside cover pages have a few marks and previous owner inscriptionthe back cover has opened from spine (see photo), but pages are held firmlyhard cover is worn at corners and spine has black marks at edgesfirst edition second impression see oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated throught (mostly full page) b/w and colour plates
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Kota reliquaries from gabon wood + metal sheetsbeautiful, of very nice qualityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storean opportunity to seizeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 africaa 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 kotaour 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 figurinesare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 sa few cracks, wonderful eroded patina (source: baga, david berliner)to be picked up on site in parisserpentiform 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 2duband who is currently retired, she used to be a consultant for a french company in the middle of the 20th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storetheir design was shaped in an esoteric context, at night in the forestduring 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 skirtpolychrome baga mask from the vast collection of tribal art from mrsfurthermore, this piece comes from our prestigious galleries (paris, brussels, london, new-york)they form one of the smallest ethnic groups of guinea, and have lived relatively isolated from their neighbours because of the vast swamps surrounding themprivileges of initiated men and incarnating a spiritual entity, baga sangaran masks only assisted at circumcisions, every 24 years according to the ethnologist denise paulmefrench collection of african art (mrsare 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 websitecatawikiâs 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 instrumentsthese masks were divided into two groups with the names mosolo kombo and sangaran, each one provided with specific functions
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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 storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesee pictures, will be sent as a package
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British east africa, rhodesia north and south, nyasaland and british south africa company and a number of stamps from zanzibarthe photos provide a good impressionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablenice lot with beautiful stamps
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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 storeold 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Map of western central africaat the bottom is a light spotour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepublished in weimar by csee also the photosold border coloured steel engravingin good condition, centrefold as publishedsmall tear on the bottom of the centrefold running just into the mapthe top right corner with loss of the marginare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinsured shipping
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Fine craftsmanship of african tribal arttribal statue all in finely carved wood, early 20th century, with circular metal earrings, screwed on a metal plateour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 store5 and 6 cm read moreare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 weimar"carte de l'algerie par charle" published as sheet nosize - 45,5 x 3645a from stieler's hand-atlas5 cm all four maps are in very good condition except for the described defect of the second mapspecifically, these are the following cards: 1please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewestern part" sheet noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions: 45 x 37 cm 4dimensions: 71 x 59 cm folded in the middle 25 cm at the bottom a little wrinkled and torndimensions: 34 x 23our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepublished in by justus perthes in gotha27 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 philadelphia
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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 congoanumber of new images have been painted for this new field guide andseveral of the plates have been replacedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 coveredoxfam 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 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 storesign of communication with the supernatural world, the white clay is used by men and women, especially during the rites of the bwitithere are more details on the picturesmukuyi 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 catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemukuyi mask - punu / pounou - gabon
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Furthermore, references to their warrior past abound in their reliquaries, rituals and masked celebrationsindeed, 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 environmentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs 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 life
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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 letteringmeetings 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 villageshenry barth, ph3/4 leather with matching end papers, edges gilt, marbled boards, hinges & spine sl rubbed almost vgbinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecontains black and white illustrationsmoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine endsboards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and markingclear protective wrapsare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Beautiful and large map of africa, hand-coloured, vintage colours period, central atlas fold, with its complete marginsbeautiful print on thick laid paperour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Originally from eastern and central africa, including kenya, tanzania, uganda, cameroon, south africa, namibia and zimbabwe5 kg dimensions: 11 x 10 x 28 cm beautifully detailed skin and muzzleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehis name in swahili is kifaru, in zulu language it is bhejaneproper protective packaging to prevent any damages during transport and tracked shippingplease, look carefully at the pictures that are an integral part of the description and show the condition of the itemsare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableblack rhinoceros - single burnished brass casting
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Without 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 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)please look carefully at the pictures, that are an integral part of the description and show the condition of the itemthe ângontangâ dance society used white masks with a rounded forehead and with the arches of the eyebrows drawing a heart-shaped facethe mask was sometimes a helmet with four facesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeproper packaging to avoid any damages during the transportmasks 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 ineffectivepunu mask hand-carved on wood, decorated with vegetable pigmentssize: 33 x 21 x 15 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiface mask of the ângontangâ - fang society: gabon/cameroon/equatorial guineacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableaccurate and trackable shipping
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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 africaunique and original pieceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 topthe top ends with a rounded cup with a candle-holding spike 7our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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This piece illustrates one of the rarest headrests of south africathese personal and intimate possessions were commissioned by young wives on the occasion of their nuptials, and would accompany the owner throughout his lifeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe very lovely balance of forms is accentuated by the two circular feetare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 legsdark stinkwood is similarly valued because of its robustness and fine grainbuyer to arrange transportbeautiful large dining tablethis lovely piece of furniture had been the centrepiece of our family dining and celebrations for 20 plus years10 chairs, of which 2 carversit is being sold because, sadly, it is too big for our new housea beautifully impressive piece of furniture
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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)heavy and sturdy, table top can be unscrewed and removed for ease of transport120cm (48in) diameter 69cm (27in) highcan deliver within 15 mile area, otherwise collection read moretoo big for my refitted kitchenoff white shabby chic or easily painted if that's not your thing
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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 centralthis is the extremely rare edition of pour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis rare map is an original copper engraving fromdressĂ© conformĂ©ment au texte de cet ouvrage et sous les yeux de l'auteur, par mmap overall dimensions: 35x26 cm read more" a beautiful and very large map, published in paris, france, with stunning colouring, wide margins and provided with very precise geographical details at every pointmalte-brun, featured in in the atlas: "atlas complet du prĂ©cis de la geographie universelleare 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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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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