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NAK 0619-2 Chokwe Ivory Sculpture of a Tshibinda Ilunga, Southwestern Congo/Angola/Zambia This remarkable ivory sculpture designed as a flute and worn as a pendant was made in Angola by the Chokwe group and is in exceptionally good condition. It is a standing male figure with powerful tattoo over abdomen, a very highly patinated surface and … Continue reading Ivory Sculpture
NAK 0619-3 Anthropomorphic Ivory Amulet Mask “Ikoko”, Pende, Dem. Rep. of Congo. This fine, old ‘Ikoko’ ivory pendant figure has a beautiful yellowish patina due to age. Stylistically it is cut as a ‘Mbuya’ chief’s mask with traditional hairstyle with three jags, closed eyes with hanging eyelids, ornamented headband and with holes for suspension. Among … Continue reading Ivory Mask
VKK 1112-6 Bakuba King, Hippopotamus Ivory Figure, Congo. This is a unique, classic representation of a Kuba king, also named Ndop carved in hippopotamus-tusk. Most probably Kuba King Miko miKyeen [Mikope Kena] (1901 – 1902) in his artistic and ritual traditional regalia. A ndop is made whenever a new king is invested with office; it … Continue reading Bakuba Ivory King
Bakuba King, Hippotamus Ivory Figure, Congo VKK 1112-5 This is a unique, classic representation of a Kuba king, also named Ndop carved in hippopotamus tusk. Most probably Kuba King Kok Mabiintsh III in his ritual traditional regalia (1902 – 1916). A ndop is made when a new king is invested with office; it is supposed … Continue reading Ivory Bakuba King
[izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] HCC 1207-15 Kalaha Game, Tanzania H: 19 cm (7,5″), W: 53 cm (20,9″)
[izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] LCC 0604-01 Old Luba Bao Game (Kalaha), Luba, Congo H: 15 cm (5,9″), W: 25,5 cm (10″), L: 64 cm (25,2″) Provenance: Italian collection, Nairobi, Kenya
[izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] Pare-fetishfigur, Tanzania H: 26 cm (10,2″), W: 9 cm (3,5″) The Nganga (shaman) wrapped the figure with a cloth to bind the spiritually powerful materials to its torso. This is the East African equivalent of the Nkisi statues of the Congo people. The Pare people are indigenous to the Pare Mountains … Continue reading Pare-fetishfigur
[izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] JLK 1007-4 Kasango-figur, DR Congo H: 24 cm (9,4″), W: 6 cm (2,4″) Proveniens: Dansk samling. Købt i Paris i 1976.
[izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] Kashimiri Matayo Shetani I det østlige Afrika syd for Zanzibar og Dar-es-Salaam ved grænsen mellem Tanzania og Cabo Delgado i Mozambique lever Makonde-folket. Et folk som indtil for ca. 100 år siden levede på deres plateau helt isoleret fra andre stammer. Man ved således meget lidt om deres hemmelige ritualer og … Continue reading Kashimiri Matayo
[izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] [izoom][/izoom] TMK 1011-1 – SOLGT Medicine Powder Altar, Kuba (Showa), Zaïre (DR Congo) Træ H: 7 cm (2,8″), L: 29,5 cm (11,6″), W: 4 cm (1,6″) Used for the Medicine Man to put a powder on top of this ‘alter’ and rub it back and forth to ‘suck’ out the power. The patient … Continue reading Medicinalter
[izoom] [/izoom] [izoom] [/izoom] [izoom] [/izoom] [izoom] [/izoom] NIK 0602-24 Kuba Drinking Cup, Zaïre (D. R. Congo) H: 20 cm (7,9″), Ø: 9 cm (3,5″) Today, plastic cups or glasses are used for drinking, however, during the 19th and early 20th centuries decorated wooden cups were carved by several tribes across the Southern Savanna. The … Continue reading Chaplo-kop
