A fine quality old casting of an Indian deity, early 20th century, with good detail. Height: 28 cm 

Price including postage in a poster tube Printed on hand made mulberry paper. These posters have a very interesting background described below. Propoganda posters such as these have been used throughout recent history as tools to promote and publicise war, social unity or...

Musicians and dancing ladies entertaining a couple. There appears to be more to this story! The great Safavid buildings of Isfahan are covered in ceramic tiles which are made using similar materials and examples from the same workshop as this...

Dogon statue - Mali The unique leaning figure departs from the usual Dogon rigid totemic forms. Magically seen in the twisted trunks of trees by a Dogon spiritual leader they were described to the village carver, who then "liberated" the...

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Chokwe Mask The Chokwe female mask, pwo, is an archetype of womanhood, an ancestral female personage who encourages fertility. As an ancestor, she is envisioned as an elderly woman. The eyes closed to narrow slits evoke those of a deceased...

Bete mask - Ivory Coast War mask. The Bete are an agricultural group who live in relatively major villages in southwestern part of the country, between Bandama and Sassandra rivers. They grow what is needed for a subsistence economy and...