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![NO RESERVE Christian Mystical Writing.- N[iclaes] (H[endrik] [Henry Nicholas], founder of the Family of Love, 1502 - c. 1580)](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/617e85a2-abc5-41d1-97ac-ab6e00a6bdf6/969e31fe-b45b-451a-a6c5-ab6f00a16a8b/468x382.jpg)
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NO RESERVE Christian Mystical Writing.- N[iclaes] (H[endrik] [Henry Nicholas], founder of the Family of Love, 1502 - c. 1580) A ffigure of the true and spirituall Tabernacle, according to the inwarde temple or House of God in the Spirit... Set forth by H.N. and by him perused, and more evidently declared, manuscript, title and 133pp., 5 pen and ink illustrations in the text, ruled, slightly browned, front pastedown with tears, front front free endpaper torn away, original vellum, yellowed and marked, [cf. Wing N1125], sm. 8vo, [c. 1650].⁂ The Family of Love. "The name of Hendrik Niclaes's sect was derived from the third and last of the divisions of history before the millennium, originally propounded by Joachim da Fiore, corresponding to the spirit and the theological virtue of charity." - Oxford DNB.Although Niclaes was based in the Low Countries his works became extremely influential in England, especially during the Commonwealth. The above title was printed in London for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the west end of Pauls in 1655.
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Margaret Rutherford signed album page. (11 May 1892 - 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, television and film. She first came to prominence following the Second World War in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 126
NO RESERVE Wine & spirits.- Dent (Major Herbert C.) Wine, Spirit & Sauce Labels of the 18th & 19th Centuries, one of 250 copies, signed by the author, frontispiece, full-page photographic illustrations, A.L.s from author tipped-in concerning his two-day sale of Piqué at Sotheby's, original cloth, gilt, rubbed and marked, Norwich, 1933 § Simon (André L.) The History of the Wine Trade, 3 vol., plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, Holland Press, 1964; and 12 others, mostly bound vol. of Wine Label Circle journals, with original photographs, v.s. (16)
Lot 673
NUNGESSER CHARLES: (1892-1927) French Ace Pilot. Ranked third French ace with 43 air combat victories during World War one. Best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh. Nungesser disappeared in May 1927 when attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York. Extremely rare signed and inscribed 5.5 x 8 photograph by Nungesser, the Henri Manuel image, from Paris, showing the French ace pilot standing in a three quarter length pose, wearing his military uniform. Signed in bold black ink `Ch.Nungesser´, and inscribed in French, to the upper clear part of the image `To my friend Martin, souvenir of a brave Gospel 1906´, also dated in his hand beneath the signature `24th October 1918´. Signed to the photographer´s mount by Henri Manuel. Matted to an overall size of 6.5 x 10. Signed photographs of Nungesser are rare and desirable as a result of his early death at the age of 35. VG £1500-2000 Nungesser mysteriously disappeared on an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, 8th May 1927, flying with wartime comrade François Coli in L´oiseau Blanc (The White Bird). The aircraft was last time sighted over Ireland, and then was never seen again. The disappearance of Nungesser is considered one of the great mysteries in the history of aviation. Two weeks after Nungesser and Coli's attempt, Charles Lindbergh successfully made the journey, flying solo from New York to Paris in Spirit of St. Louis.
Lot 725
‘Rest assured that the struggle will continue to be waged’ HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. T.L.S., A Hitler, one page, 8vo, Berlin, 13th February 1933, to Oberst von Baligand, on personal printed stationery, in German. Hitler writes, in full, 'Congratulations coming from the revered commander of my old Regiment afforded me particular pleasure. Rest assured that the struggle will continue to be waged in the spirit of our List Regiment'. With blank integral leaf. One very small, neat split to the right edge of a central fold, and a couple of extremely light creases, not affecting the text or signature, VG £600-900 Maximilian von Baligand (1869-1945) German Oberleutnant whom Hitler served under in the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16 (1st Company of the List Regiment) during World War I. Adolf Hitler's service during World War I with the List Regiment, which he described as 'the greatest of all experiences' and resulted in him being present at the First Battle of Ypres and the Battle of the Somme, changed the directionless youth into a fanatical German nationalist. Before the outbreak of war, Hitler had failed in his attempt to study art in Vienna and was reduced to begging in the streets of the Austrian capital. He managed to support himself by selling painted postcards, but his life was purposeless until he moved to Munich and petitioned King Ludwig III of Bavaria to allow him to join the Bavarian Army. Hitler's almost suicidal daring during the war won him many decorations for valour, but his spirits sank as Germany's fortunes waned. He had, however, already begun to formulate his ideas for a Germany of the future, ideas which he eventually expressed in Mein Kampf. The present letter was signed by Hitler just two weeks after having assumed power as Chancellor of Germany on 30th January 1933.
Lot 905
PITT WILLIAM to WILBERFORCE: An exceptional and historical content correspondence set of twenty three A.Ls.S., `W. Pitt´, by William Pitt the Younger to William Wilberforce, 78 pages in total, 4to (19 letters), and 8vo (5 letters), twelve of them from Downing Street, also from Pembroke Hall, from the House of Commons, etc.., dated from 31st July 1782 the first to 14th August 1800 the last. Few of the letters are docketed by Wilberforce. Plus one copy of a letter also docketed. WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER (1759-1806) British Statesman, one of the most prominent politicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He held the post of Prime Minister for close to twenty years, 1783-1801 & 1804-1806. The youngest Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24, and the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. To the 2nd October 1785 letter, Downing Street, at the time of Wilberforce´s conversion, an extremely important and exceptional content letter, referred to by William Hague in his work William Pitt the Younger (2005), Pitt states in part `..I am indeed too deeply interested in whatever concerns you, not to be very sensibly affected by what has the appearance of a new Era in your Life, and so important in its consequences... I will not disguise to you that few things could go nearer my heart than to find myself differing from you essentially on any great principle. I trust and believe that it is a circumstance which can hardly occurr.. They are sentiments engraved in my heart, and will never be effaced or weakened…´ further saying `..You will not suspect me of thinking lightly of any moral or religious motives which guide you.. But forgive me if I cannot help expressing my fears that you are nevertheless deluding yourself into principles which have but too much tendency to counteract your own object, and to render your Virtues and your Talents useless both to yourself and Mankind… But why then this preparation of solitude, which can hardly avoid tincturing the mind either with melancholy or superstition? If a Christian may act in the several relations of life, must he seclude himself from them all to become so..´, and further again and before concluding `..You do not explain either the degree or the duration of the retirement which you have prescribed to yourself… And if you will open to me fairly the whole state of your mind on these subjects, tho´I shall venture to state to you fairly the points where I fear we may differ, and to desire you to re-examine your own ideas, where I think you mistaken..´ To the 19th December 1785, Pitt states in part `.. as much as I wish you to bask on, under an Italian sun, I am perhaps likely to be the instrument of snatching you from your present paradise, and hurrying you back to “The Rank Vapours of this Sin-Worn World”.´ To the 8th April and 28th June 1788 letters, and referring to the Slave Trade cause early first motions, Pitt states in part `..As to the Slave Trade, I wish on every account it should come forward in your hands rather than any other. But that in the present year is impracticable; and I only hope you will resolve to dismiss it as much as possible from your mind. It is both the rightest and wisest thing you can do. If it will contribute to setting you at ease, that I should personally bring it forward (supposing circumstances will admit of it being brought forward this session) your wish will decide… In one word however be assured, that I will continue to give the business constant attention, and do every thing to forward it..´, further in June saying `..The business respecting the Slave Trade meets just now with some rub in the House of Lords.. I wonder how any Human being can resist... There seems not a shadow of doubt as to the conduct of the House of Commons next year, and I think with good management the difficulties in the other House may be got over..´ Further again in Spring 1789, `..to have the day for the Slave Trade postponed.. Grenville and I have formed a project, of reducing the case.. into a string of resolutions.. The more we consider the Case, the more irresistible it is in all its parts.´ To the 8th August 1792, referring to King George III, `..I must be at Windsor on Sunday.. Immediately on Lord Guildford´s death the King has written to me in the most gracious terms to say that he cannot let the Wardenship of the cinque Ports go to any one but myself.. in the manner in which the offer came, I have had no hesitation in accepting, and I believe you will think I have done right.´ To the 7th September 1796, referring to continental Europe and war, Pitt states in part `..The message of the Directory confessing in such strong terms their distress, and the Archduke´s recent Victory on the 22nd give some chance that our overtures may be successful. In the meantime it will be indispensable to take very strong measures indeed both of Finance and Military Defence; and if the spirit of the Country is equal to the exigency, I am confident all will yet end well. An immediate Spanish War is I think nearly certain. The only motive to it is the fear of France preponderating over their fear of us; and the pretexts as futile as could be wished.´ Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G, 24 £15000-20000 William Wilberforce (1759-1833) British Politician, a 45 years member of Parliament 1780-1825. Philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. One of the leading English abolitionists who headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for twenty years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. His first campaign proved to be the world's first grassroots human rights campaign. On 2 April 1792, Wilberforce brought again a bill calling for abolition. The memorable debate that followed drew well-remembered contributions from the greatest orators in the house, William Pitt the Younger and Charles James Fox, as well as from Wilberforce himself. Lord Melville as Home Secretary, proposed a compromise solution of so-called "gradual abolition" over a number of years. The bill was passed. In 1785 Wilberforce underwent an evangelical conversion, resolving to commit his future life and work to the service of God. At that time, religious enthusiasm was generally regarded as a social transgression and was stigmatised in polite society. Wilberforce's conversion led him to question whether he should remain in public life. Both John Newton, a leading evangelical Anglican and Pitt counselled him to remain in politics, and he resolved to do so with “increased diligence and conscientiousness”. Wilberforce also championed causes such as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His campaigns led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire. Wilberforce died just three days after hearing that the passage of the Act through Parliament was assured. The leading members of both Houses of Parliament urged that he be honoured with a burial in Westminster Abbey, and while tributes were paid, both Houses of Parliament suspended their business as a mark of respect. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his friend William Pitt the Younger.. William Wilberforce said about William Pitt, "For personal purity, disinterestedness and love of this country, I have never known his equal." Grenville William (1759-1834) British Prime Minister 1806-07. He succeeded Pitt who died being still in office. Home Secretary 1789-91 & Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1791-1801 under Pitt´s Prime Ministry. George III (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent, Sussex and Essex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes.
Lot 993
COCHON DE LAPPARENT CHARLES: (1750-1825) French Politician and Minister of Police. Member of the National Convention and of the Committee of Public Health. Cochon de Lapparent was one of the Commissars in charge of the King´s indictment, voting in favour of the King´s execution. An excellent and rare A.L.S., `Cochon´, four pages, 4to, Paris, 22nd October 1796, to General Hoche, in French. The document bears the printed heading, and an ink stamp, of the Minister of Police of the Republic. A very cleanly written lengthy letter, Cochon stating in part `I watch, my dear General, with same sadness as you, the direction that since a while the sense of Public spirit is taking, and am ready to prove with all my correspondence that I have done all I could with the power I hold to prevent the malicious trying to take advantage of the recent events…The government only wishes, and can´t do anything else but wishing, the consolidation of the Republic, and I support this as much as my poor capabilities allow me to do so. I am indignant reading about the horrors and the lies against the Republic that all these Royalist journals, paid with foreign gold, are vomiting. Several have been arrested and denounced to the Public Prosecutor…but they are released by the tribunals, and this will keep on happening until we have a repressive law for press abuses.´ further again saying `..I am fully aware of the dangers that the Republic is facing, with enemies under different masks ready to attack from the inside of the country. In Lyon, in the department of the Calvados, the Royalists are showing up audaciously.. What else can I do? Tribunals are not under my competence, and the police has so short capacities that it is even astonishing that they can achieve what they do.´ Cochon de Lapparent also responds to Hoche´s questions regarding the last executions and the Colonnes Mobiles, stating `You talk to me about the way the last conspirators have been judged. We have material evidences and also written ones of their conspiracy…and regarding the formation of the Colonnes Mobiles I have issued a circular, sent to all departments, according to the Directory orders…The Colonnes Mobiles could be very useful…and I am going to send orders to the Chouanne departments..´ Paper with watermark. A letter of very interesting content. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG £400-600 Lazare Hoche (1768-1797) French General of the Revolutionary army. Best known for his victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. Minister of war. The Colonnes Mobiles, also called Colonnes Infernales (Infernal Columns) were operations led by the French revolutionary in the War in the Vendée. The National Convention approved laws allowing the extermination of anti-Republican terrorists in the Vendée. Army columns were formed and sent through the Vendée to exterminate the anti-republican population. The actions of these "Infernal Columns" continue to be a subject of heated debate in France.
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`Fortune uplifts the spirit when it is the result of a useful work, but shrinks it and soften it when it is only the result of chance.´ VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) François-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Rare L.S., `Votre tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur Voltaire´, with a two lines holograph annotation his hand, sending regards, two pages, 4to, Prangins Castle, Pays de Vaud, 28th January, n.y. (1754-55) to Monsieur de Bordes, Director of the Lyon Academy, in French. An interesting letter, Voltaire starting saying `How kind are your verses monsieur, and how precious your friendship is to me! There is so much beauty in your work that I forgot I was the object of it, I only felt the charm of your poetry ..´ and continues stating in part `Lyon, you say likes the glory in the bosom of Plutus…Fortune uplifts the spirit when it is the result of a useful work, but shrinks it and soften it when it is only the result of chance.´ Voltaire further refers to God Plutus and to the city of Lyon, saying `It is true that Plutus is at the rank of your Gods… he can´t have a better asylum, elsewhere he is blind…he was once the richness God, and you make him the God of arts..´ further again about Lyon `..you make me miss Lyon more than ever..´ With blank address leaf bearing a partial attractive red wax seal in fine condition. Folded. Overall minor age wear and creasing. G £3000-4000
Lot 458
DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p, n.d., to a friend, in French. Dumas states in part `..I receive also a letter from Mme Cassin who gives you carte blanche, and who is delighted with your spirit and your talent.´ and concludes with an amusing `Say now that you do not have a friend in me..´ Very small creasing to the edges, otherwise VG £80-100
Lot 537
‘Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future’ DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A scarce original mimeograph typed manuscript, unsigned (although with nine words of holograph text in the form of a correction to the second page, marked in bold within this description), four pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1930), marked 'Confidential' in Doyle's hand at the head of the first page. The typescript states, in part, 'These various forecasts of the immediate future of the world should be used with the utmost discretion. We have above all to avoid sensationalism and undignified newspaper stunts. We have to remember that there have been alarms before which have come to nothing…..They have also been accompanied by a notable increase in the seismic activity of the world which shows itself in those very quarters with which the warnings deal. It is impossible in my opinion not to take them seriously for they represent in themselves a psychic phenomenon for which I know no parallel. Our circle seems to have been chosen as the clearing house for these messages, for though we would not venture to claim that all have reached us still it is very remarkable how they have converged upon us from all quarters. Some have been oral but taking the whole series it would not be an exaggeration to say that we have had one hundred messages all independent of each other. But these must be taken as supplementary to our own direct information got during the last four or five years through my wife with the aid of my own control Pheneas. These cover in detail every phase of my predicted crisis. As to time we never have had anything really definite in our own circle such terms as "soon" and "very soon" being always used. It is a belief that the control sees things in pictures and not in terms of worldly time. My American coooperators working with a proved and excellent medium were told on the 8th of Jan that six months of preparation from that date could be relied on. They did not say that that was an absolute minimum and clearly they have placed the date too early. We have ourselves always been given the autumn as the time of year. If we state the course of events as outlined in these various documents and check them with our own information the result is overwhelming. It would entail a period of terrific natural convulsions during which a large portion of the human race would perish. Earthquakes of great severity, enormous tidal waves would seem to be the agents. There is mention of war but that would appear to be only in the early stages and to be in some way the signal for the crisis. What makes the matter more difficult to understand is that we are always told that the deaths are not indiscriminate but selective. One could only explain this by supposing that it is the gases released from the earth which are fatal and that some are rendered immune……The following general details may be gathered. That the crisis will come in an instant. That the general destruction and utter dislocation of civilised life will be beyond belief. That there will be a short period of utter chaos followed by some reconstruction. That the total period of the upheavals will be roughly three years. That the chief centres of disturbance will be the Eastern Mediterranean basin where not less than five countries will entirely disappear. Also the Atlantic where there will be a rise of land which will be a cause of those waves which will bring about great disasters upon the Americans, the Irish, and the Western European shore involving all the low lying British coasts. There are indicated further great upheavals in the Southern Pacific and in the Japanese region. These are the main points indicated some in one corroboration some in another and all in our messages. It is however continually rubbed in that the really important side is the psychic side and that all the physical is subservient to that. During the whole course of events there is a psychic accompaniment with manifestations of spirit power which is to culminate in a complete rending of the veil so that spirit and matter will be face to face for a time. When they separate again a great number of those who have worked in the same cause will be privileged to pass over with their spirit friends and without death in the ordinary sense of the word. Others of the "Elect" if I may use the current word are retained for a few years to establish the new order on a solid basis. Thus the race may be divided into three sets - the hopeless material who are swept away, the "Elect" who change their sphere, and the central body who carry on under picked leadership. The whole object of the spiritualist movement from the beginning has I think been to prepare a body of thought which will understand and be able to cooperate in such a crisis. In the course of these world shaking events there will be on earth a single strong spiritual influence which working either directly or through others will control events. At the supreme moment this high spirit will be visible to all and will command the reverence of all. This would seem to correspond with the idea of a second coming. Indeed the whole course of events ending in a happier world will follow the general line of what was vaguely seen by the prophets of old. When these things come it will be the duty of all who have any knowledge of spiritual facts and the meaning of these events to go forth and devote themselves entirely to the comfort and instruction to the terrified and bewildered human race. Therefore we must cultivate knowledge and spiritual strength ourselves to meet what may be a very great strain. Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future. I repeat that I have no certainty over these events. I can but pass on what has been passed to me but I would not take the responsibility of doing that if I were not deeply impressed by the facts which have actually occurred. A huge conspiracy to deceive upon the other side would seem to be the only alternative and that is hardly consistent with the lofty teaching which goes with the messages. I need not ask you to handle this paper with discretion. We want no hysterical developments, nor do we wish to commit the spiritualistic movement to a prophecy which may not materialise. At the same time without publicly committing the movement in any way I should wish to let individuals know [what] my own individual point of view is so that they may now watch the course of events for themselves and form their own conclusions and the line of action. Let those hear who have an ear to hear but let it not be broadcast'. A manuscript of remarkable content, seemingly Doyle's own retained copy with a few corrections to be made before distribution between presumably only a very small circle of like-minded Spiritualists. The four pages are joined with the original brass fastener to the upper left corner. Together with a scarce unsigned printed 8vo pamphlet entitled A Word of Warning by Arthur Conan Doyle, published by The Psychic Press, London, n.d. (February 1928). Some very light age wear and creasing, otherwise VG, 2 £400-600 Doyle's manuscript prophesying the end of the world was not published in his lifetime and first appeared in The Sunday Express on 20th July 1930 under the title How the World Will End. The newspaper reported that the 'extraordinary document' was presented to them 'in the form of a letter written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle some time before he died to Mr. S. Fowler Wright, the author of "Deluge", the much-discussed novel which gives an imaginary description of the end of the world'.
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Doulton & Watts reform bottle, the two-tone body inscribed "The true spirit of reform" together with two Doulton & Watts reform flasks, one inscribed "Brougham Reform Cordial" and the other "Fullers Cream", both inscribed "The true spirit of reform", factory marks verso, the bottle 38cm high (3). Note: For the bottle see Desmond Eyles, The Doulton Lambeth Wares colour plate iv
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African art Bavong tchitcheri sakwa, MobaTogo. . Cm 14,00 x 81,00. representation of ancestral spirit, made of heavy and compact wood. The tchitcherik sculptures, partially buried in the ground and placed to protect the village, or, in the cases of small specimens like this one, preserved inside the houses above altars dedicated to them, constitute one of the most suggestive artifacts among African statuary.
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African art A monumental sculpture tchitcheri sakwa, MobaTogo. . Cm 20,00 x 152,00. An abstract human figure depicting an ancestral spirit. Sculpture of exceptional size carved in heavy and compact wood. The tchitcherik sculptures, partially buried in the ground and placed to protect the village, constitute one of the most suggestive artifacts of African statuary.
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African art Igalagan sculpture, Mumuye Nigeria . . Cm 66,00. A Mumuye wooden sculpture with brown patina and traces of white pigment. The subject, a stylized and pointy humanoid figure, most likely represents a protective spirit. These sculptures, associated with various functions in Mumuye society, are used by healers and diviners. The ear lobes are perhaps the only clue to define the figure's gender, in this casethe wide and dilated ear lobes indicate a female subject.
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African art A monumental Igalagan sculpture, Mumuye Nigeria . . Cm 20,00 x 104,00. A large Mumuye wooden sculpture with brown patina. The subject, a stylized figure characterized by a crest-like coiffure, most likely represents a protective male spirit. The determination of the gender in this type of artifacts is mainly determined by the shape of the auricles (the male has small cone shaped ones).These sculptures, associated with various functions in Mumuye society, are used by healers and diviners.
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African art A monumental iagalagana figure, MumuyeNigeria. . Cm 100,00. black patina wooden sculpture. The subject, belonging to a specific category within the corpus of these works, represents an anthropomorphic protective spirit with traits related to the animal world. The face, characterized by a curved beak, is framed by the large conical hairdress, while the elongated and slightly bent arms, recall with their perimetric serration, the legs of an insect.NOTE - An almost identical specimen appears in the catalog of the exhibition, organized by J. Kerchache, "Homage to A. Malraux" 1986, p. 159.
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African art Igalagan sculpture, Mumuye Nigeria . . Cm 68,00. A small Mumuye wooden sculpture with brown patina. The subject, a stylized figure characterized by a round face and an accentuated nose, most likely represents a male protective spirit. In this case, in fact, the ears (characterizing element of gender) are small and conical in shape. Such sculptures, associated with various functions in Mumuye society, are used by healers and diviners.
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African art Nwantantay “plank†mask, Bwa or Wimiana Burkina Faso. . Cm 34,00 x 173,00. “à planche†mask, with engraved geometric decoration, depicting Bayiri, protective spirit of both groups, Bwa or Wimiana. Carved wood in lively polychromyNOTE: for similar examples see University of Iowa, Stanley Museum of Art, USA, cat. 2011.27 a-c.
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African art Kobiay mask, Bwa Burkina Faso . . Cm 29,00 x 72,00. decorated with geometric pattern in lively polychromy, with applied edging of shells. The kobiay masks, made by the village blacksmiths, embody the spirit of Hombo, the eel-god who lives in the swamp, ancestral protector of the Bwa people.
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African art Okoroshi oma mask, Ibo Nigeria . . Cm 19,50 x 29,00. Ceremonial mask linked to the cult of Owu, the spirit of water. The Okoroshi Oma masks characterized by the white color and linked to femininity are worn during the ceremony as a counterpart to the Okoroshi Ojo masks, painted in dark and linked to the male part of the Owu cult.
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African art A Kpelie mask, SenufoIvory Coast. . Cm 13,00 x 25,00. Bronze kpelie mask associated with the initiatory society Poro among the Senufo people. These masks were worn by men during ceremonies or to honor deceased ancestors. As in other similar works, with geometric elegance and symmetry, there is an idealized female face, finely represented with signs of scarification, surrounded by animal and symbolic attributes. The two "legs" on the sides of the chin, symbolize the contact of the spirit with the earth.
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African art Nwantantay “plank†mask, Bwa or Wimiana Burkina Faso. . Cm 26,00 x 85,00. Mask of the so-called “à planche†type, with engraved geometric decoration, depicting Bayiri, protective spirit of both groups, Bwa or Wimiana. Carved wood with traces of lively polychromyNOTE: for similar examples see University of Iowa, Stanley Museum of Art, USA, cat. 2011.27 a-c or J. Kerchache, J.L. Paudrat, L'art africain, ill.914, coll. Ilia Malichin.
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