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Central and Southern African Tribal Art

 

 

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African Adornment

Axes

Basketry

Beadwork

Beer Cups

Beer Pots

Colonial

Containers

Contemporary

Currency

Dolls

Figures-Statues

Hair Combs

Headdresses - Wigs

Headrests - Neck Rests

Imbenge Pot Covers

Masks - Masques

Meat Platters

Milk Pail

Miscellaneous

Musical Instruments

Pipes

Shields

Snuff  Spoons

S - Bottles

Spoons - Ladles

Staffs

Status Objects

Stools - Thrones

Tobacco Bags

Weapons - Congo

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African Status Objects - Objects of Rank

 

Flywhisks - Knobkerries - Axes

 

 

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Fon - Benin / Togo

 

A beautiful Fon Ceremonial Axe

 

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Most Fon art was commissioned by the royal court.  This object was a royal marker of the king and his authority.  It is old and in pristine condition. The blade and attached decorations are made of brass.

 

 

 

French Postcard - First half of the 20th Century

 

         

              

Stylized animals are symbols associated with particular rulers.

 

The Fon Kingdom of Dahomey, which was ruled by the kings of the Alladahonu dynasty for over 200 hundred years, reached its political and economic peak between the early 18th and the mid-19th centuries. After conquering numerous small coastal states, the Fon monopolized the region's slave trade, resulting in phenomenal economic gains. The income helped to support the wealth of the King whose power was absolute.

 

 

 

Offered and sold at Sotheby's New York Sale - May 16th 2008

 

The Fon king was defeated by the French in 1892, and in 1894 the area now known as Bénin, became a colony of France under the name of Dahomey.

 

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Tsonga / Zulu Disk - Status Knobkerrie

 

Circa 1900

 

       

 

Rediscovered in the UK

 

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This fine old knobkerrie or authorative scepter - staff, has 24 studs which decorate either side of the disk and outer edge. Two sections of partially damaged wirework, are mostly in fine condition.

 

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Tsonga / Zulu  - Flywhisk

 

Circa 1900   

  

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This circa 1900 item was owned by a chief, headman or sangoma.

It was most likely the latter, in that it is surmounted with a head of a meerkat.

 

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Sangomas used the tail of the cow sacrificed at his or her ritual initiation ceremony for their flywhisks.

      

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Flywhisk - Ba Rotze Plain

 

Circa 1920's - Mbunda

 

 

This rare item known as a "mafuka" is surmounted with a lion carved from bone.

 

 

The finial gives the Eskimo feel.

 

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An excellent early collected example of rare and high form.

 

High ranking chiefs, sub chiefs, headmen and traditional healers held these as status objects.

 

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Tutsi - Watutsi Prestige Knives

 

Rwanda - Burundi

 

 

 

The Tutsi of Rwanda and Burundi beaded their knife and scabbards for prestige and status purposes. The brick stitch was used as a beading method, a technique also widely popular in Southern Africa. Its very much Shona related attachment thong is present and the blade forged "ogee' or "blood grooved".

 

 

   Jan Elsen - Tribal Arms Monographs - Vol. I   Nr. 3

 

      

 

Offered as a trio, the two machete type knifes were called mugishu. Larger examples were used for chopping and hacking for centuries regionally by the Hutu, Tutsi, Rundi, Hima, Havu, Hunde, Shi, Fuliru and Lega. Tutsi beaded miniature examples were status objects owned by higher ranked persons.

 

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Hair Combs

Headdresses - Wigs

Headrests - Neck Rests

Imbenge Pot Covers

Masks - Masques

Meat Platters

Milk Pail

Miscellaneous

Musical Instruments

Pipes

Shields

Snuff  Spoons

S - Bottles

Spoons - Ladles

Staffs

Status Objects

Stools - Thrones

Tobacco Bags

Weapons - Congo

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