Category Archives: Berber doors and various objects

This superb Yam mask originates with the Abelam people, along the Sepik river, in western Papua New Guinea. Dating back to the 1930’s, it was used to dress a big…

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Mumuyé divination statue – Nigeria; this statue is difetent from most Mumuyé statue as it does stand on feet but is built on a wrought iron picket which helps set…

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Egungun wood statue – Ibo – Nigeria. Height: ca 10,5″ ex stand

This pendant shows the Bitis viper; it is made of bronze and originates with the Lobi people in Burkina-Fasso; it is meant to protect its bearer from harmful beings. The…

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This old berber door from the moroccan Anti Atlas comes from a village house in the Igherm Ida Ou Kensous area. Its making is quite straightforward: a frame coming over…

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This is an old house door coming from the Aït Mansour, a tribe living around Tafraout, in central Anti-Atlas, south-west Morocco. Built with a rotation axis part of an external…

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This a nice old rural door, that has long been exposed to the outside elements as its wood shows. It is assembled the traditionnal way, with large hand-made iron nails,…

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