Weight 440 gr.
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This rare artifact from Papua New Guinea is ideally displayed in a setting that honors its cultural and historical significance. With its exquisite beauty and profound cultural importance, this antique adze axe is a prized addition to any display of tribal art and artifacts.
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Likely origin: Nigeria mid 1900. Lavorazione artigianale. Such pieces were commonly used as ancestral reliquaries, ritual symbols, or signs of spiritual authority in traditional West African societies.
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A superb example of a ritual object(Cheringa or Tjurunga) of the indigenous people of central Australia.
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Good large old West African Benin carved wooden decorative panel with a palm tree & elephants.
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A nice koulango bronze.
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Gu masks, this example represents a young woman with features that correspond to traditional Guro ideals of feminine beauty. The Guro find aesthetically pleasing a narrow, well-proportionned face with a small chin, a high forehead with an undulating, presumably shaven hairline, arching eyesbrows, lowered eyelids, a narrow nose with delicate nostrils, and slightly open mouth with filed teeth.".
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Length 41 cm.
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