tribal art
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phenician bone doll
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Pre AD 1000 item# 978061 (stock# 153)
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galerie Cecile Kerner
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a fine phenician bone doll normally restorated with fillings and reglued .on each side holes for articulated arms
The elaborate coiffure of this doll replicates the Salonina Empress, second wife of the emperor Gallienus (ruled from 261 to 268 AD. AD): wavy hair, parted in center, organized in two symmetrical bands falling to below the ears and then goes back to the back of a sheet of matted hair attached to the top of the skull, where the effect of crown visible in front view.
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Parthes bone figure
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Pre AD 1000 item# 978064 (stock# 154)
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
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bone figure 5 cm
ex collection of doctot felix lauwers
Who is who in african art says :
Lauwers, Felix & Maria [1924 - 16 February 2002]
Coll. Antwerp-Belgium. Medical doctor. African, Indian, Archeaological, PreColumbian and European art. Started collecting in the 1950s. The foundation of his collection is a colonial collection from Jean Batiste Constant Vandewalle. Mangbetu figure in expo cat.: Manbetu. Afrikaanse hofkunst uit Belgische privé-verzamelingen. Brussels, 1992. ...click for details
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a bura head
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Pre 1492 item# 1048504
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galerie Cecile Kerner
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a nice bura head ,terra cotta 17cm
round flat head with coffee-bean eyes, a large angular nose, three scarification marks on each cheek, a small mouth and an ornate hairstyle decoration. Detailing is significant below the neck, with ornamental designs as well as scarification The Bura people are an unknown paradox and almost nothing is known of this shadowy Nigerian/Malian group. They are said to have existed between 1100 AD and 1500 ADD, however the only excavated site (Nyamey) dates between t ...click for details
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a nice wooden phurbu,nepal
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Pre 1940 item# 1048574
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galerie Cecile Kerner
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a nepalese phurbu ,nice glossy patina
26cmsometimes called a "magic dagger", is a tantric ritual object used to conquer evil spirits and to destroy obstacles. It is utilized in magic rituals by high level tantric practitioners. The word phurpa is used primarily in Central Tibet, while the word phurbu is used more often in Kham, Amdo and Ladakh.
The component phur in the word phurpa is a Tibetan rendering of the Sanskrit word kila, (meaning peg or nail).
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a curved tibetan chopper
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Pre 1940 item# 1059796
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
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a vajra top curved iron knife .topped with a vajra .
it has a row of flames around the edge of the blade ,going towards different directions reveals its undetructible nature (vajra)
old belgium collection
Also known as the knife of the dakinis (space traveller who is immersed in the realisation of emptiness)The three main attributes of the dakinis are the skull cup,the curved knife or damaru,and the khatvanga.The curved knife held in the right hand symbolise wisdom.It is held above the skull ...click for details
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