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A fine Zulu wooden meat tray
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Pre 1940 item# 1196076 (stock# Z551972)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
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Showing much use on the natural, undecorated interior of the bowl, this four-footed prestige tray shows a blackened underside with ridges and bumps in typical fashion. This was actually the more visible side seen while the bowl hung awaiting its use during rituals and important feasts. The thin-walled vessel measures 12.75" in length (handle to handle) and is 8.50" wide. Height is 2". The condition is fine but with an old split in one handle (stable), and a small loss to rim from ...click for details
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A fine Zigua or Pare medicinal horn
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Pre 1960 item# 1193971 (stock# T33071)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
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Some scholars of African art have suggested the use of such animal horns to hold magical, medicinal substances shows East African contact with Indonesia, possibly as early as the first millennium CE. This prime example shows an anthropomorphic wooden stopper with beaded eyes. The wood used to make these stoppers comes from the medicinal tree whose leaves, bark or roots are typically part of the contents of the horn. From northeastern Tanzania, Zigua or Pare peoples, mid 20th century. 21" in ...click for details
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A Manus Island wooden handled Kundu drum
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Pre 1950 item# 1193962 (stock# P92316)
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michael cichon tribal arts
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This finely carved dance drum comes from Manus Island, the largest island of the Admiralty Islands chain off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Most adult participants in ceremonies throughout Melanesia play such hand drums, but the smaller scale of this example might indicate it belonged to an adolescent or child. Rich, textured, surface patina achieved with a thick, white pigment, then painted in black; carved areas painted in red ocher. Unusual use of lizard skin head shows legs of repti ...click for details
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A fine Bernard Matemera stone sculpture
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Pre 1980 item# 1193917 (stock# S77423)
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Considered one of the greatest Shona sculptors of contemporary Zimbabwe, Bernard Matemera (1946-2002) created images of animals, spirits, people and the creatures which inhabited his dreams. These beings faithfully provided him with subject matter throughout his career. As can be seen in this classic example, and as described by the respected critic of Zimbabwean stone sculpture, Celia Winter- Irving, “There is in these sculptures an unspent power and reserve of energy. They speak both of the fo ...click for details
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A Turkana or Karamajong wooden headrest
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Pre 1960 item# 1193842 (stock# K56211)
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This type of East African headrest is one of the most common, but in the example here, the larger proportions and horizontal orientation distinguish it from others. A warm, honey-brown tone patina is complimented by a string of various glass and natural beads attached to the braided, leather cord, no doubt linked to its owner's status. From the Kenya/Uganda border region, early-mid 20th century. Very fine condition. Provenance: Fedel collection, 1970's.
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An early painted bark carrier (angum) by Lily Karadada
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Pre 1970 item# 1193758 (stock# A47610)
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The 'coolamon' form by Mindindil(Bubbles), aka Lily Karadada (born circa 1937), in thick eucalyptus bark material showing four(4)images of the creator god 'Wandjina', with radiating halo-like head surround and similar eyes, schematic nose, and hunched shoulders. Smaller, masked dancer figures, serpents and sprouting flowers separate the deity busts. Painted in organic white, red, and black pigments. 26"L x 12.5"W x 8"H. In very fine condition overall, with some fla ...click for details
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Songye pair of wooden sandals for a dignitary
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Pre 1930 item# 1193619 (stock# S652907a-b)
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The imprinted, ghostly images of the owner's feet can still be seen on this fine pair of regal sandals. The tongs, or posts, are made of ivory and each feature typical Songye heads with serious faces showing an expression of composure and dignity. From the D.R.Congo, early 20th century. 12" each in length. Very fine condition with slight losses and varied, natural patinas. Quite rare. Provenance: Florida private collection since the 1980's.
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