venerdì 31 gennaio 2014

Nyanga musical instrument "Mumbira"

62 cm. Nyanga (Congo RDC, nord Kivu) musical instrument "Mumbira"






References: from Mumbira: Musical Instrument of a Nyanga Initiation DANIEL BIEBUYCK (Source: African Arts, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Summer, 1974), pp. 42-45+63-65+96 )



Lobi couple


both 17 cm, collected in the 80ties in Bobo Dioulasso.  Ex Thomas Waigel collection (DE).




Lwena figure

probably the top of a staff or the ornament of a chair. From an old belgian collection in which the items were brought back in 1907. H: 22cm. Eric Baar (Be)






Chokwe masked figure


Old initiation Tchokwe Statue, with nice pigmentation.  35cm. Ex old collection in Porto.  Eric Baar (Be)






Chokwe little figure

From a divination basket a little figure. 11 cm.





Chokwe figure

26 cm  ex Henri Guldemont's collection (Chaudfontaine, Belgium); Eric Baar (Liège – BE)







Kusu power figure




13, 5 cm. Ex Denise e Beppe Berna.