NAK 0117 -4 Sukuma Terracotta twin figure, Tanzania These two Clay Twins are from the Sukuma tribe a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern African Great Lakes region in Tanzania. The children are formed in hard-burned clay, they have a sweet innocent look with pouting mouths, and tied together around the waist by a cloth … Continue reading Sukuma twin
HCK 0616-1 Lobi Bateba Terracotta Couple Figure, Burkina Faso This grotesque, but beautiful couple depicts a mother holding a child and the proud father from the Lobi Tribe, Burkina Faso. The meaning and use of theese incredible fetish/power figures are unknown, as similar examples to our knowledge have not been collected. Theese figures are made … Continue reading Lobi Couple
NAK 0117 -3 Nok Terracotta Head, Nigeria This classic Nok terracotta head was found in a village about 160 kilometres northeast of Baro in Nigeria in 1947 and estimated to be from around 500 BC till about 200 AD. In 1943 during mining near the village of Nok (hence the name), in Nigeria, Bernard … Continue reading Nok Head
HCK 1116-6 Nok Terracotta Head, Nigeria This little ‘Nok’ terracotta head was found in a village about 160 kilometres northeast of Baro in Nigeria in1947 and est. to be from around 500 BC. till about 200 AD. Notice the decorative and classic little head with slanted, walleyed drilled eyes under arched eyebrows (which are often … Continue reading Nok Head
EJC 0615-01 Nok Terracotta Head, Jos Plateau region of Nigeria Terracotta head mounted on pedestal H. 22 cm (8,7″)/32 cm (12,6″), W: 16 cm (6,3″), Weight: 2,45 kg This unusually well protected head was probably attached to a full figure like most Nok Antiques. Now only the head remains, as it was discovered in … Continue reading Nok Head
CAK 9901-59A Bura Head, Siera Leone H: 14,5 cm (5,7″), W: 7,5 cm (3″) Little is known of the Bura civilization (ca. 3rd – 11th centuries), first discovered in 1975, excavations began in 1983. Most of the archaeological sites are in what is now Sierra Leone. Most of the objects dug up are terracotta … Continue reading Bura Head
CAK 9901-59B Bura Head, Sierra Leone H: 18 cm (7,1″), W: 5,5 cm (2,2″) Little is known of the Bura civilization (ca. 3rd – 11th centuries), first discovered in 1975, excavations began in 1983. Most of the archaeological sites are in what is now Sierra Leone. Most of the objects dug up are terracotta … Continue reading Bura Head
Zigwa Chief Milk Container Tanga, Tanzania H: 21 cm (8,3″), L: 27 (10,6″), W: 17 (6,7″)
HCK 1113-1 Zande/Mangbetu Ceramic, Congo. H: 50 (19,7″), Ø: 36 (14,2″) This clay vessel decorated with a female bust comes from the Azande/Zande people or the Mangbetu who lived in the Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the region of savanna and forest. Pots like this were either made for daily use for … Continue reading Zande Ceramic
HCK 0609-1 Vintage Berber Container, Marocco H: 35 cm (13,8″) This very delicate and well protected terracotta container from the banks of the River Abu Reg Reg in the Rabat region in Morocco was probably used to store the local cheese called jbna. In a land of great natural beauty, Moroccan ceramic and terracotta … Continue reading Berber Container
HCC 0805-12 – SOLD Songye Ceramic Container, Congo H: 18 cm (7,1″) Writing in 1905 and 1906, the German ethnographer Leo Frobenius praised Songye pottery, attributing to it a “plainly astonishing beauty and a copious but measurable abundance of forms.” Indeed Frobenius recorded over two hundred different types of Songye pots, many of which … Continue reading Songye Ceramic
HCC 0805-11 Songye Ceramic Container, Congo H: 25 cm (9,8″) Writing in 1905 and 1906, the German ethnographer Leo Frobenius praised Songye pottery, attributing to it a “plainly astonishing beauty and a copious but measurable abundance of forms.” Indeed Frobenius recorded over two hundred different types of Songye pots, many of which were variations … Continue reading Songye Ceramic
HCC 0805-5 Mangbetu Figurative Vessel, Zaïre (D. R. Congo) This fine, round, dark gray vessel depicts a caricature of a Mangbetu woman. The Mangbetu or Monbuttu lives in the Orientale Province in the north-eastern corner of what was once the Belgium Congo, formerly Zaire – currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC. … Continue reading Mangbetu Vessel
KSJK 0809-2 Koma Figure, Ghana H: 15 cm (5,9″) Teracotta Komaland figures like this have been dated to between approximately 500 and 1300 AD. Using computed tomography scanning techniques they may have had a medicinal function, used for liquid ritual offerings. Provenance: From a famous old Danish collection. Literature: Anquandah, James and Laurent van … Continue reading Koma Figure
