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Place of Origin: Sudanese
African Big Bongo Peoples Stone Female Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
Africa, Bongo Peoples, stone female commemorative figure from Southern Sudan. A fine specimen in naturally weathered condition; hand carved from a porous orange-black stone, 20th century. Similar funerary stone sculptures in various sizes were likely crafted over many centuries.
Original patina from appropriate age.
A nice custom base included.
Dimensions: 30 inches high and 9.5 inches wide and 8 inches deep mounted on a custom iron base.
Provenance: Old Brussels, Belgium collection acquired in 1998.
History:
The Bongo are an ethnic group living in South Sudan, mostly in the Tonj District. They speak the Bongo language, one of the Bongo-Baka languages. Unlike the Dinka and other Nilotic groups, the Bongo are not a cattle herding people and do not use cows for bride price. Subsistence farming is the primary source of food, though money is obtained by working in forestry, building, selling honey, and other various means.
For similar examples see Barakat Gallery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Leather Shield, Taposa/Turkana, South Sudan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Leather Shield, South Sudan
A small leather shield typical of the region known as an upwal, concave hide is attached to a reed spine with plaiting to form a strong grip. Mounted on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
Toposa Shield, Southern Sudan
Located in San Francisco, CA
An early 20th century animal hide, wood and leather tops shield from Southern Sudan.
Category
Early 20th Century Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Hide, Leather, Wood
Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Beri People, Sudan, 19th Century - No 1
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Early to mid-19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in circle form. Intricate graphical geometrical. This type of bracelet was worn/used by the Zaghawa People also called Bé...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tribal Antique Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Woven Parrying Shield, Batammaliba culture, Republic of Benin.
Located in Leuven , BE
This type of shield was used to deflect the strike of sticks or whips in ritual staged fights.Beautifully made from hide and natural fibers with a textural and timeless modern form. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Beri People, Sudan, 19th Century - No 2
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Early to mid-19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in circle form. Intricate graphical geometrical. This type of bracelet was worn/used by the Zaghawa People also called Bé...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tribal Antique Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Dinka Club
By Hassan Rahimi
Located in Glasgow, GB
A very fine Club from the Dinka people of Sudan . A club of this quality was a prize possesion of a Dinka Warrior. Carved from very dense wood ansd striated in classic Dinka form. S...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Sudanese Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
$1,145
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