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Place of Origin: Sub-Saharan African
Bronze primitive Christian crucifix "Nkangi Kiditu" made by Bakongo people DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
This crucifix, cast in solid bronze, is known as a Nkangi Kiditu, qui signifie « Christ protecteur », and is from the Kongo people of the Congo. Christ is portrayed with his head inclined to the left, his eyes closed and his mouth shut. The right ankle over the left, with a small loin cloth cast, the nipples marked and with radiating geometric patterns to denote his ribs and hair. The Christ figure is stylized, the face severely abstracted and hands and feet treated as fanlike forms.The Portuguese presence in the coastal regions of west Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries saw the local tribal people absorb European influence. The Kingdom of Kongo, founded in the 14th century, has some of the earliest Christian influence in sub-Saharan Africa. The conversion to Christianity in 1512 of King Alfoso I of the Kongo saw the subsequent creation by Kongolese bronze casters of Christian crucifixes...
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19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Ethiopian Bronze Hanging Coptic Censer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural bronze object is a 19th-century liturgical censer, or thurible, used for guided prayer and ritual ceremony within the Coptic O...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Hanging North African Hanukkah Menorah
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage hannukah menorah. This piece is cast brass that has aged beautifully with an ornate design that is beautiful and inspiring. The pati...
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1960s Folk Art Vintage Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Baule Figure
Located in London, GB
Superb Baule figure
Wood
Very old and well used & authentic object
Provenance:
- Private collection, USA.
Exhibitted:
- Tribal Art London, 2022
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Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Ibibio Mask from Nigeria
Located in London, GB
IBIBIO MASK
Nigeria
Wood
Early 20th Century
Provenance:
- ex Helmut Zake (1918-1995) collection, Heidelberg, Germany
- Native auction, Brussels,...
Category
Early 20th Century Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
Category
1940s Arts and Crafts Vintage Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Post World War II South African Hebrew Inscribed Metal School Supply Box
Located in New York, NY
Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, 1947.
Painted blue and white with the map of South Africa, and...
Category
1940s Vintage Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Metal
Midcentury African Hand Carved Wood Sculpture of Maria with Child
By Par Makengo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Midcentury African wood sculpture wonderfully hand carved depiction of the Virgin Mary with Child, with great detailing and beautiful face sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
Materials
Wood
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Antique Altar Crucifix Detailed Silvered Bronze Sculpture of Christ & Monstrance
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique table crucifix and a wonderful work of religious art.
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Located in London, GB
A huge 7ft 8” steel crucifix. Created in the modernist style circa 1970’s. This enormous steel cross was an unfinished project rescued from a now defunc...
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Hanging Pheasant
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Decorative hanging pheasant.
Fresh taxidermy.
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Vintage Pal Kepenyes Bronze/Brass Necklace, 20th Century
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Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Pal Kepenyes bronze/brass necklace, 20th century.
This Hungarian born artist worked in Mexico for decades, known for free-form sculptural jewelry...
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20th Century Modern Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
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Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Italian Grand Tour marble specimen plaque in original silver-giltwood frame consisting of 20 different rare and ancient marbles, including Porphyry and Jasper, inlaid into a black an...
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African Tribal Yoruba Beaded Ceremonial Crown Altar Headdress
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce large vintage African tribal beaded ceremonial crown altar headdress, the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, Mid-20th Century, featuring intricate sculptural form decorated in polychrome beads and nassa sea shells, depicting central warrior figure mounted on figural horse or donkey animal, flanked by four standing figures, atop cylindrical crown, adorned with lizards and mask.
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American Folk-Art Steam Ship Encased Diorama
Located in London, GB
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Antique Victorian Cast Bronze Orthodox Christian Cross or Crucifix
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
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Ethiopian Bronze Coptic Cross, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricate Ethiopian bronze cross exemplifies a style unique to the region's Coptic subset of the Christian faith. The exquisitely detailed perforated form is connected by a long...
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Large brass Coptic cross, Ethiopia, late 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
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Ethiopian Coptic Processional Cross, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricate Ethiopian processional cross exemplifies a style unique to the region's Coptic subset of the Christian faith. The exquisite...
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Ethiopian Coptic Processional Cross, circa 1900
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Located in Point Richmond, CA
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Croix Copte
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
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Early 20th Century Tribal Sub-Saharan African Religious Items
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Hand Carved Ethiopian Coptic Cross, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
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