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Wooden bowl and pestle originating from Cameroon.

Dogon people take pride in creating works of art that represent their ancestors and mythical heroes as their presence can symbolize and create a sense of order. As in these examples, the human body is rendered in a simplified but essential manner.

The Fang people are known to attach objects to their figures such as presented in this example of a fetish figure with a long coiffure at its back. Attached to a calabash and having additional amulets, there is compactness in the form which is a…

This sculpture is beleived to be from the Igbo people of Nigeria. The Igbo live in the Niger-Benue River Valley in eastern central Nigeria. This environment is rich in agriculture. They have absorbed the influence of surrounding neighbors, and today…

This simple abstract figure is one of a kind. It is made from hand-forged iron with a black encrusted patina with red accents.

This one-of-a-kind male ancestral totem features a male wearing a cap and a pendant seated on a stool, with serpents writing on the stool’s legs. The bronze figure has a dark brown and green pat-ina and was made by lost wax casting.

This female figure sits on a bench. She has a three braid coiffure, a lip plug and a necklace with a round pendant. The bronze figure is made from lost wax casting.

Luba figures tend to have a polished surface with a deep patina. Sculptors attach considerable significance to detail creating naturalistic proportions along with intricate hair patterns.

Male and female figures stand back to back on this totem. Both figures have caps on their heads and are similarly at-tired and posed. This is a one of a kind bronze figure made with lost wax casting, and having a dark brown patina.

This U-shaped ankle spur has the head of a female and is flanked by chameleons. At either end of the spur is a round cast ring for attaching to a boot. This bronze spur has a rich patina and was made with lost wax casting.