Young Married woman’s clother , Beads and ornamental beadworks have played an important role in the lives of African people. They reflect group identity, age, gender, social status, fashionable desires and are a vehicle through which people store, exchange and transmit wealth. Nyangatom live on the border with South Sudan…
Kakulu ka Mpito was duped by the adulterous Waiyinda or by Mukobania, ‘the divider,’ who caused trouble by calling together people whom he did not know well for a beer party. Height : 27cm Material : Wood, Leather. Provenance: Collected in Congo Bukavu 1985 ,African Heritage , Private Collection Estimated…
Nyamwezi carvers are famous for their figures, which are usually carved out from a heavy wood with a shiny surface. They tend to have elongated features with the eyes inset with circular white beads. Such elongated figures with distorted limbs were used in water divination ceremonies. Height : 54x17cm Material…