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A Malinke wooden low chair
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Pre 1940 item# 804989 (stock# C82)
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Michael Cichon Tribal Arts
941.224.0440
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A low chair, used every day, usually reserved for an adult male. This type of chair was also borrowed by young females for use during coming of age initiations and ceremonies.
Its origin ultimately came from the first European colonists who arrived in the region as early as the first half of the 16th century AD, bringing with them furniture made up of various, separately carved sections, completely unlike traditional African seating made from a single piece of wood (monoxylous carving).
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A rare Nande wooden face mask
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Pre 1940 item# 802540 (stock# K365)
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Michael Cichon Tribal Arts
941.224.0440
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The cubistic form of this hardwood mask leads me to believe its origin is from the eastern edge of Maniema, along Lake Idi Amin, where the Nande people live. Stylistically, this mask resembles those made by the Kumu, those made by the Pere, and some known to have been made by Twa Pygmy groups. Not coincidentally, all of these peoples are neighbors with the Nande. Most likely, this mask was used by a village diviner, aiding him while performing various, enigmatic rituals. Indeed, its archetypal, ...click for details
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A fine wooden Mexican dance mask
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Pre 1950 item# 802117 (stock# M618)
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Michael Cichon Tribal Arts
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The face of a Spaniard (Moro) is shown in a naturalistic manner, his long sideburns and carefully combed hair lending a regal look to the folk carving. Carefully marked, open eyes are placed below the cutout sections where the actual dancer's eyes would have been positioned. From the Mexican State of Veracruz, carved from a native pine wood and with well-patinated oil painted surface showing good age and use. Probably once part of the Dance of the Moors. Ca. 1940. In excellent condition. Ex- ...click for details
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A rare Nyanga helmet form mask
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Pre 1950 item# 787719 (stock# N320)
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Michael Cichon Tribal Arts
941.224.0440
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Related to the Lega , Kumu, Pere, and Nande peoples, the Nyanga group is part of the northeastern tradition of D.R.Congo. Friendly relations exist between all of these peoples and they share many cultural beliefs. They have no supreme being but rather numerous cults including ancestral, twin, fire, river spirit etc.
The concave, whitened face plane of this rare object has been liberally powdered with a micaceous kaolin pigment while the rest of the sculptures patina is a gray-brown. This mos ...click for details
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