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Antique Japanese Bamboo Kayakuire-Powder Flask , Edo Period.
Located in Leuven , BE
This artifact is an antique Kayakuire (火薬入れ), or gunpowder flask, a fascinating example of traditional Japanese craftsmanship. In feudal Japan, gunpowd...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Natural Specimens
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Ethno Design early 20th Century, Drc, Selection of Three Bark Cloth Beaters
Located in Leuven , BE
Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Didactical Model of Cockchafer or May bug sold by the “ Denoyer-Geppert Company
Located in Leuven , BE
Beetle model (Melotontha vulgaris), strongly enlarged. One side shows the outer shape, the other the inner constitution and the viscera, legs and wings ca...
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Early 20th Century German Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Yombe Chief Staff "Mwaala", Publ: Kongo Art Magique, Yann Ferrandin, Paris 2009.
Located in Leuven , BE
A Wooden Yombe Mwaala Chief Staff, with three globular elements. The Finial is a finely carved female figure kneeling, the hands resting on the knees and with raised scarification ma...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Inuit Male Statues carved in Caribou bone-probably Nunivak, 20th Century
Located in Leuven , BE
This pair is a fine example of carving done by Inuit natives. Native Americans who live within and just below the Arctic Circle. Hand-made tools were improvised for carving and bow...
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Antique Early 19th Century Canadian Natural Specimens
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Bone
Mountain Gorilla 1 - Contemporary Unique Handmade Sculpture, Portrait
Located in Leuven , BE
Designed and sculpted in France by a regional artist, each Gorilla head is meticulously crafted from clay. This process brings forth a piece that embodies both dynamic movement and a...
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2010s Belgian Natural Specimens
Materials
Clay, Paper
Ethno Design Mbole People, DRC, Chief Scepters Collection Made of Palmtree Leaf
Located in Leuven , BE
The Sceptres are made of the Midrib of Palm tree leaves. They were uses by the members of the Lilwaa Secret Society of the Mbole Tribe that live in the ...
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Vintage 1920s Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Ethno Design Selection of 7 Cache-Sexe Made of Palm Leaf, Mangbetu People, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Back aprons (negbe, pl. egbe) such as these were particularly popular among upper-class Mangbetu women at the turn of the 20th century. This distinctive kidney-shaped ornament pad wa...
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Vintage 1930s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
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