07 African Tribal Collection - STUNNING BETE NYABWA MASK, Cote D\'Ivoire Dan
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07 African Tribal Collection - STUNNING BETE NYABWA MASK, Cote D\'Ivoire Dan:
$162.80
07 African Tribal Collection - STUNNING BETE NYABWA MASK, Cote D\'Ivoire Dan 07 African Tribal Collection - STUNNING BETE NYABWA MASK, Cote D\'Ivoire
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Descriptionsale AT REDUCED PRICE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MOSQUITO NETS AND MALARIA TREATMENTS FOR THE ORPHANAGES AND VILLAGES WE SUPPORT IN LIBERIA
It has been over a year since Fine Tribal Gallery (Michaela3254)
set off to dig 2 wells and build 2 infants schools in Cote D\'Ivoire and Ghana in West Africa. It is good to be back home and we have lots of amazing tribally used antique African treasures to list on behalf of the Chiefs we work with.
Google \'volunteer to change\' TO SEE OUR LATEST AID PROJECT IN 2017
Please also note, all our masks and figures have been \'treated\' by African customs fumigation teams and we have permission from relevant Museums to export all our tribal pieces.
REDUCED PRICE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MOSQUITO NETS AND MALARIA TREATMENTS FOR THE ORPHANAGES AND VILLAGES WE SUPPORT IN LIBERIA
Additional pictures of other masks found in the village shown for interest purposes only. This listing is for mask07 only (see studio pictures)
BETENYABWA MASK
Cote D\'Ivoire
WAS PREVIOUSLY FOR SALE IN OUR GALLERY FOR £395
ItemNumber:07Originates from:Cote D\'IvoireTribe:BeteApproximate age:Mid 20th CenturyField-collected by usMeasurements (cm):height 32 Width 21 Depth 18Materials:Wood, Rubber, Metal, Raffia, Faded Kaolin PaintCondition:Fair. No evidence of old local repairs
Note:This is a tribally used Nyabwa mask. It has some minor chips / cracks, and excellent signs of use. Biting stick present. We witnessed adance ceremony (not for tourists) before we bought this and several other masks.
BETE
Bete carvers are renowned for one particular type of face mask, the gre or nyabwa , which has exaggerated, grimacing distorted features – a large protruding mouth, facial protuberances, bulging forehead, elongated nose, with nostrils sometimes extending to each side of the face, and globular or bulging slit eyes . In earlier days, this mask presided over the ceremony held when peace was restored after armed conflicts and it participated in sessions of customary justice. This type of mask was also worn to prepare men for war; the masks offered magical protection by instilling fear and terror in potential enemies. Nowadays, it is worn for a variety of ceremonies, including entertainment dances.
Sources: A History of Art in Africa / Africa - The Art of a Continent
The money raised from this sale will goa littleway to help some impoverished children and villagers.
We are aiding the \'SOS childrens villages\' charity efforts to help the villages in the Lake Buyo & Moyen-Cavally region where a lot of displaced villagersare suffering. Much of the proceeds of ourtribally used pieces from Cote D\'Ivoire will be shared between these efforts, & the orphanage we help run near the border withLiberia.
Thankyou.
If anyone has further question, please feel free to to see and find out more about our aid prjects
We ship Worldwide from the UK
YOUR BEST RESOURCE FOR EXQUISITE AFRICAN ANTIQUES...
AT THE BEST PRICES.
*Please see our other listings for more tribal offerings from Africa, updated every few days...
We sell genuine tribally-used African masks and carvings,using most of the profitsto support some villages in West Africa.*
PaymentPayPal Accepted as are other methods including cheques,
bank transfers, and postal orders.
Payments can alsobe sent directly to our charitable fund in Cote D\'Ivoire
via ourAid Manager\'Osman Moro\', or through our charity partner \'Volunteer to Change - Ghana\'
Please contact us to discuss any options
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BIGPOSTAGEDISCOUNTS -IFYOUBUYMORETHAN1 ITEM
We do not charge for packing, and always try toestimate the minimum postage, but we send pieces \'recorded delivery\' which usually means a signature is required by the buyerWe reserve the right to relist items not paid for within 7 days.Tribal Pieces are packed carefully by us, andnormally shipped by
\'24 or 48 hour \'tracked\' delivery\' service in the UK, by our courier.
Normally we use, \'World Parcel Service tracked\' (UPS) for Internationaldeliveries
We welcome requests from customers as to your specific
postal / customs requirements
Packages are normally insured during transit
and will need to be signed for
** If shipping rates are not displayed for your country,
please contact us before buying as shipping costs to you may be higher **
Terms of Sale MASKSSTANDS ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY (NOTINCLUDEDINSALEUNLESSSTATED)WE ONLY BUY TRIBALARTPIECESFROM VILLAGES- LOCAL REPAIRS
We will endeavour to point out or photograph any \'significant\' damage in our listings
Many pieces, even in some villages have been made to be sold one day, but with experience you can weed out the obvious pieces and find the genuine tribally used pieces..We have found that ahuge amount of \'established\' sellers and big tribal galleries have never even been to Africa! They rely on so called \'antiques\' dealers in Africasending them pieces, or most buy pieces from smaller local sales in Europe, flea marketsandthe like, and just reference such pieces to old magazines and books for prices& styles and assume they are \'genuine\'. Wehave pieces appraised by, and regularly go to many of the big sales in Paris, at Sotheby\'s, Christie\'s, Bonham\'setc, and visit friends at the well establishedTribalArt galleries there. We have spent many years studying TribalArt styles and visiting exhibitions and museums in Europe.The \'style\' and \'movement\' of pieces is important to us, as is supplying quality art at \'sensible\' prices. We sell to established collectors, and even other sellers in Europe and the USA to help fund our aid projects in West Africa.\'Provenance\' is all fine and well, and although we do have established collectors offering us pieces to sell for our projects, there are stillmany gems to be found hidden away in Africa. The same piece we and others may offer for £5000 may be £25000 or £50000 in Paris or New York, because \'X\' documented it in the 1940\'s!!TribalArt is a growingarea& big sale house prices are soaring, as you may have seen recently.\'Fine Tribal Gallery\' is not a \'registered\' charity. We are passionate about Africa andtribal Art andweare doingwhat we canto support various villages inGhana,Cote D\'Ivoire, Mali, Liberiaandelsewhere in West Africa. We are currently working with several \'registered\' aid agencies in country, including \'SOS Childrens Villages, \'WaterAid\' and with severalNGO\'s such as\'Volunteer to Change\'as well as many local Chiefs. We generate the fundsthey need for specific projects, from the sale of Tribal Art.We arein Africa several times a year working on our aid projects, and of course hunting for new treasuresfrom \'untapped\'sources. Sometimes we go deep in thebush to remote villages - our passion is for rare tribally used artifacts with excellent \'style\'and \'patina\', not merely antiques.Our sources forthetribal pieces wehave for sale, stretch out across Africafrom Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D\'Ivoire, Mali,etcdown as far as the Congo...We have awarehouse and shipping outlet situated in Ghana, where we initially store allthe \'finds\' from our hunting trips around West Africa. We then check and fumigate all the pieces ourselvesthere, and when they arrive in the UK -before we send to ourworld-widecustomers.Africa is rife with \'copies\' and so we do not rely heavily on external sources to supply ourpieces (as many sellersdo!)as wewould then not be able toreliably assure our buyers of the \'provenance\' and \'authenticity\' of our items. We choose all the pieces ourselves, anddo our best to verify the \'age\' and \'use\' of pieces we find, and we regularly testpieces to verify authenticity.We have local experts in West Africa who help us to assess pieces we find, regarding age and authenticity, utilising their knowledge of the woodusedand the carving styles of the relevant tribes. Weregularly send many tribal piecesfor\'spectroscopy\' age dating tests, at the Museum of Arts and Science in Milan. This can not only date the wood accurately, but can also ascertain if the piece was recently carved from an old piece of wood!
We don\'t just believe everything we are told by villagers and chiefs...This is how we oftentest pieces- \'Spectroscopy\' via the Museum of Art & Science (Italy & Germany) - It confirms type of wood, and age of carvingPlease note that we do not always take pictures in a professional studio Environment - weoften take pictures in or just outside the villages in Africa, often with the owner or a village dancer. Normally, it is even exactly where we find the items... (Quite often this is behind a hut, in a tree, or in a clearing in the village,sometimes wejust useawhite or black sheet hung from a tree). We do not polish or \'clean\' the items, so our customers receive them as they were found by us. This, we believe,is part of the authentic African experience we try to offer.
Thanks for looking. Steve, Michaela, Sharon & Petro.We always welcome questions, please email us via Contact Us
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07 African Tribal Collection - STUNNING BETE NYABWA MASK, Cote D\'Ivoire Dan:
$162.80