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Fine Arts


Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



22 subcategories
Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

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Bronze figure of a woman holding a staff. From Benin H: 10 cm
#300401 6

Bronze figure of a woman holding a staff. From Benin...

Two figures of jurisdiction, man and woman, with spikes to be stuck into the ground to the right and left of the "Oba" or king of Beninwhen sitting in judgement. From Benin H: 28, 25 cm
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Two figures of jurisdiction, man and woman, with spikes to be stuck into the gro...

Head of a Queen mother. It is said that Oba (king) Esigie (ruled up to 1550) was the first to bestow the title of Queen mother on his mother, Idia. From Benin H:45 cm
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Head of a Queen mother. It is said that Oba (king) Esigie (ruled up to 1550...

Memorial head, possibly of an Oba (king). Wood, with metal squares on the brow. Offerings were placed in the opening at the top of the head. From Benin H: 45 cm
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Memorial head, possibly of an Oba (king). Wood, with metal squares...

Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads to an oba (king) or chieftain, were placed on altars. Offerings were put into the opening at the top of the head. H: 24 cm
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Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads to an oba (king) o...

Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads of an oba (king) or a chieftain were placed on an altar; offerings were put into the opening at the top of the head. H: 21 cm
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Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads of an oba (king) o...

"Slave money", bronze fittings for Portuguese sailing vessels which were used to buy slaves. The large piece paid for a man-slave, the small ones for children. From Benin. H ofthe small pieces: 5,5 cm L of the large piece:30 cm
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"Slave money", bronze fittings for Portuguese sailing vessels which we...

Portrait of a Chipewah-Indian, 1851 By Johann Baptist Wengler. Watercolour on paper, 14,6 x 12 cm Ha 290
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Portrait of a Chipewah-Indian, 1851 By Johann Baptist Wengle...

Male figure,sitting.Bidjogo woodcarving from the Bissao Islands. Wood,lead incrustation in one eye,traces of red ochre paint. H:37,7 cm Musee du Quai Branly, Inv.70.1998.8.1
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Male figure,sitting.Bidjogo woodcarving from the Bissao Islands....

Female figure with raised left arm,wood carving of the Dogon people;from the caves with ancestral sculptures in Ireli,Mali. Wood (ficus thonningii) H:48 cm Musee du Quai Branly,Inv.70.1999.7.1
#30040142

Female figure with raised left arm,wood carving of the Dogon people;from th...

Mother and child,the mother with a lip-plug. Woodcarving of the Dogon people from Mali,H:75 cm Musee du quai Branly,Inv.70.1999.9.3
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Mother and child,the mother with a lip-plug. Woodcarving of the Dogon...

Female figure,probably an ancestral figure of the Dogon people from Mali. Woodcarving with metal,H:59 cm Musee du quai Branly,Inv.70.1999.9.2
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Female figure,probably an ancestral figure of the Dogon people from Mali....