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Hand Crafted Baule Ram Mask. Zoomorphic. Stunning. Cote d’Ivoire. Africa

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The Baule are one of the Akan peoples who moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago. They adopted masking traditions from their neighboring tribes such as the Guro, the Senufo and the Yaure. During the 18th century, Baule queen, Aura Poku, was in… Continue reading →

Item Number: M-2134
Provenance/Origin: Cote d'Ivoire. Circa 1970s
Composition: Wood
Dimensions: 15" tall x 12" wide x 7.5" deep
Weight: 3.75 pounds
Price: $ 335.00 USD

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Funerary Pottery Head. Akan. Ghana

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Such terracotta and clay sculptures were made to serve a strictly funerary purpose, honoring – as well as commemorating – the dead. This head may represent a deceased man. It may have stood alone or have been part of a group of figures in or around the… Continue reading →

Item Number: S-1054
Provenance/Origin: Akan. Ghana. Circa early 1900s
Composition: Clay
Dimensions: 7" tall x 5" wide x 5" deep
Weight: 2 pounds
Price: $ 185.00 USD

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Ashanti Funerary Head. Sculpture. Ancestral. Akan. Central Rain Forests. Ghana. Africa

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Ashanti peoples – a major ethnic group of the Akans – transformed physicality to their beliefs about death and the afterlife through the medium of clay. From the second half of the sixteenth century, terracotta sculpture produced primarily by Ashanti women played a role in funerary rites .… Continue reading →

Item Number: S-3945
Provenance/Origin: Central Ghana. Ashanti. Age unknown.
Composition: Clay
Dimensions: 8" tall on base x 5" wide x 4.5" deep
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Price: $ 115.00 USD

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Rare and Very Fine Ornate Ashanti Cast Bronze Kuduo Pot. Lid. Funerary. Ghana. Africa.

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The Asanti or Ashanti live in central Ghana in the rainforests of West Africa approximately 150 miles away from the coast. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans (Ashanti and Fanti) in Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast. The Ashanti are best known… Continue reading →

Item Number: V-5472
Provenance/Origin: Ghana. Early to mid 1900s
Composition: Bronze / Brass
Dimensions: 11.5" tall with lid on x 9" at widest point
Weight: 7 pounds
Price: $ 535.00 USD

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