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  • Wooden Ethiopian Headrest
    Located in Chicago, IL
    So as not to muss their intricate hairstyles, tribal leaders would rest their heads on these petite wooden stands. The combination of conic base and concave rest gives these function...
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    Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Abstract Sculptures

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  • Ethiopian Carved Headrest
    Located in Chicago, IL
    So as not to muss their intricate hairstyles while sleeping, Ethiopian women would traditionally rest their heads on these petite wooden stands. The combination of conic base and con...
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    Early 20th Century Ethiopian Primitive Abstract Sculptures

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  • Ethiopian Milk Vessel
    Located in Chicago, IL
    The Borana Oromo people of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are historically a cattle-keeping culture, and each household keeps a number of traditional vessels for storing and ch...
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    Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Bottles

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  • Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
    Located in Chicago, IL
    This graceful sculpture of a long-necked bird is a headdress known as "a-Bamp," worn during ritual masquerades of Baga adolescents in Guinea. With strong themes of defiance, these ma...
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    Mid-20th Century Guinean Tribal Animal Sculptures

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  • African Yoruba Painted Gelede Headdress
    Located in Chicago, IL
    This painted mask was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a tradition known as Gelede. A blend of ritual and artistic spectacle, Gelede pays homage to the women of their Community, understood to possess spiritual powers capable of the benefit or the destruction of society. The Gelede masquerade is an opportunity to honor or condemn behaviors within the Community, through dance, art, satire, and poetry. Worn by veiled dancers, Gelede masks...
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    Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures

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  • Yoruba Painted Veranda Post
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Hand carved with a figurative design, this TOTEM-like wooden post was crafted by an artisan of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. Resembling the tall houseposts used to support the roof of a home, this shorter post would have been placed on a veranda courtyard as a symbolic and decorative element and did not bear weight. This veranda post...
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    Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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