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Benin Memorial Head, wood,inlaid coconut
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Pre 1700 item# 466152 (stock# 899)
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Benin, Africa height 24.5cm
The wooden Memorial heads of the Benin are believed to predate the 16th century bronze examples. In over 100 years of research, scholars have not been able to demonstrate otherwise. The eyes and tribal marks above each eye are inlaid with coconut shell. This example has a museum acquisition number (the number seven written in the European fashion). A very similar example can be seen in "The Art of the Benin",catalogue for an exhibition at the C ...click for details
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Drawing,Italian,Rural Landscape,Early 17th Century
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Pre 1700 item# 465236 (stock# 890)
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$8,000
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Italy 17th century, width 39.5cm height 28.5cm
Preparatory drawing for an engraving. On paper with pen,brown ink and wash. A centered tree brings the viewer to the activities of a farm yard. Misty forests on the right. To the left a veiled castle completes the composition. The lower left hand corner stamped with a collector's seal: Vallardi(1784-1863). Framed.
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Double Drawing, 16th Century,Brown Ink,Wash on Paper
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Pre 1700 item# 464486 (stock#891)
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$12,000
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Italy 16th Century, height 25.5cm, width 17.5cm
The recto is a drawing of a beautiful woman wearing a brooch to close her cloak, as did many figures ,both male and female during the early Renaissance. The woman also holds several necklaces in her hand. This is not known to the attribute of a specific individual. Therefore the figure is an allegorical one, namely Charity. Charity signifing the charity of the Church.
Has a fragmentary watermark. At the lower margin of the old moun ...click for details
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Dan Stilt Dancer, Copper Alloy
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Pre 1900 item# 463941 (stock# 898)
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$14,000
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Ivory Coast, Africa 19th Century Height 60cm.
Great skill in metal casting is apparent in this Dan stilt dancer. Even the texture of the binding around his legs, and on the stilts is discernible. The huge head-dress, as long as his head and torso combined, give him an even greater presence than he would have with only being on stilts.
Free standing stilt dancers of the Dan are seldom seen. The Brooklyn Museum is fortunate to have two in its collection. Another one is in a pub ...click for details
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Ibo Maiden Spirit Helmet Mask, Mmwo Cult
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Pre 1900 item# 463073 (stock# 895)
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$15,000
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Eastern Nigeria, age undetermined Height 44cm.
The white-faced wood masks of the mmwo cult represent female spirits. The cult is a men only group which honors their wives who died at an early age. The masks represent women as most beautiful with elaborate hair styles. Most mmwo masks have only hair fashioned in upward dos. This rare example also has braids which stand out from and frame the cheeks. Stylistic scarification and white paint,cowry shells. Pierced around the edges fo ...click for details
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Bobo, Crocodile figure, Wood and Iron
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Pre 1900 item# 461891 (stock# 893 )
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Western Sudan, age undetermined length 82cm.
William Fagg in his "African Tribal Images" 1968, number 34 illustrates an almost identical Bobo crocodile. The carving representing the scale-like skin is done the same way as this example. Hand-forged Iron nails heads serve as eyes and the teeth are hand forged iron as well. Alternating shades of dark brown with a rich natural patina.
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Yoruba Gelede Mask, Carved in the Round
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Pre 1900 item# 461429 (stock# 892)
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$18,000
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Central Africa, age undetermined, depth 49cm, height 39cm, width 45cm.
No other group of Yoruba masks have a greater variety than the Gelede. The Gelede cult was founded to honor the power of elderly women. During festivals, helmet masks carved in the form of a human face and often with various figures performing human activities. This elaborate mask features a farmer with a wart hog and flanked by warriors. Carved from a single block of wood. The surface with white, black, brown, red ...click for details
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Yoruba Staff, Ogboni Cult, Metal Alloy
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Pre 1900 item# 461049 (stock# 894)
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West Africa ,date undetermined. Height of complete staff 88.5cm,height of figure 29cm.
Fine old metal alloy male figure atop iron staff. Hands held in 'Ogboni Clasp'. Plaited bands around neck. Both typical of the bronze alloy art of Ijebu-Ode and other centers of Ogboni art. Noteworthy are the beading around the eyes and the scarification on the face. Kneels on a ritual face bell. An encrusted aged patina.
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Indonesian Magic Horn
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Pre 1900 item# 458839 (stock# 887)
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$4,500
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North Sumatra 19th century
The water buffalo horn is carved on one end as an open mouthed dragon. The eyes are of bone. The back of the horn is carved with a tortoise, upon whose back the world sits. A medicine horn such as this was used for defensive magic by a sorcerer diviner(datu).
The most interesting feature about this horn is that at the base opposite the dragon is what looks like a stupa. Combining a Buddhist monument on an ancient tribal art object is a rarity. Believing ...click for details
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