Ethnic Design-Bamileke beaded Collar Torque with pendant, Grasslands, Cameroom.

The double-headed snake is the symbol of the Bamum Kingdom. Initially, the King was the only person to wear the belt made of a raffia woven strip covered with cloth and beads. After ...

Marsupial rodents have only four incisors, making large necklaces a symbol of the wearer's hunting prowess. These body ornaments were worn by both men and women.

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private Collection Bordeaux The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colour...

Bamileke Kuosi Elephant masks comprise cloth panels and hoods woven from plantain fiber over raffia. On this background glass beads are stitched in geometric patterns. The basic form depicts salient features of the elephant—a long trunk and large ears. The hood fits tightly over the masker's head, and two hanging panels, one behind and one in front, partially conceal the body. The front panel is the elephant trunk, and the two large, stiff circles hinged to either side of the head are its ears, which flap as the masker dances. While the mask symbolizes an elephant, the face is human. Eyeholes provide visibility, and a nose and mouth with teeth are normally present. The glass beads used on these earlier masks were nineteenth-century trade beads of Venetian or Czechoslovakian manufacture, used as well in exchange for slaves. Elephant mask costumes...

Large heavy Ashanti Akan cast brass elements necklace with two large circular pendants, from Ghana or Ivory Coast, Africa. Finely worked lost wax cast pieces in cascading form from...

Vintage African Urembo beaded necklace choker. Handmade in Kenya by the maasai tribe. Urembo means “beauty” and the handmade pattern and unique ...

Beaded Collar South Africa, South Nguni, Mfengu. Late 19th / early 20th century. Glass beads, leather strips. The colors are a symbolic language, poetic and intimate.

This 'Nifatali-tali' necklace is a type of necklace worn by the people of Northern Nias Island, North Sumatra. This necklace is equally worn by men and w...