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10% OF THE SALE PRICE OF THIS ITEM WILL BE DONATED DIRECT FROM
This mask has also been reduced from £750
1488 African Tribal Collection - Stunning Nafana Bedu Plank Mask, Burkina Faso
Authentic African antiquities & artefacts
for discerning collectors
We receivedour shipment from Africa last year ofmanystunningold pieces we have found in remote villages over the past few years.
We will be listing these pieces over the next few weeks...
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A TRIBALLY USED NAFANA BEDU
Similar mask sold by us in our Gallery recently for from: Burkina Faso / Cote d\'Ivoire border
Tribe: Gurunsi
Approximate age: Early to Mid C20th - field collected by us
Measurementscm Height 110 Width 51
Materials: Wood,paint pigment.
Condition: Weathered, evidence of small old local repairs
Provenance: Full signed certificate of authenticity from a creditable tribal Gallery will be providedwith this mask along with any relevant pictures of this piece taken in Africa.
The Nafana are a Gur-speaking people who are considered part the Gurunsi group. Though they are a small culture, less than 50,000, they are widely scattered, with the bulk of their population found in Burkina Faso. Their arts show a strong link to the Burkina traditions of opposing colors and geometric patterns. Primarily hunters and fishermen, they are well-known for their huge and splendidly decorated vertical plank masks such as this one. They sometimes exceed 6 feet in height and are known as \"Bedu\".Bedu masks were danced in different ceremonies including during the purification ceremonies to rid the village of evil and to celebrate life. They were also danced during the annual ceremonies after the yam harvest (zaurau) and at funeral rites. During the masquerade Bedu masks usually appear in male and female pairs.
Much of theprofits raised from this sale will go alittle way to help some impoverished children and villagers in the Moyen Cavally Region of Cote D\'Ivoire and Liberia. We are supporting an orphanage there as well as several villages to which we supply seeds, food, malaria nets, madicinesand clean water solutions.
Please see the last few pictures in our listings showing problems & recent aid efforts
and GOOGLE finetribalgallery to see more pictures of our efforts...
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About Us
WELCOMETO
THE AFRICANTRIBALCOLLECTION
Excellent quality Tribal Art at sensible prices
We are a husband and wife team based in the UK with strong personal links to Ghana and much of West Africa. Over the past few decades we have been passionate collectors of African antiqueswith particular interest in tribally used ceremonial masks and figures. Wehave both previously lived in West Africa formore than15 years and have an extensive personal collection from our travels around Africa.
My husband Steve is also the \"tribal expert\" and appraiser for the European based \'Fine Tribal Gallery\'.Headvises new and established collectors, other dealers and museums on tribal art and also conducts exhibitions and seminars.
African tribal art has been verysought afterover the past decades and it is commonly known thattribal art has been plundered during this timeand many \'copies\' have entered the market. However, with the right knowledge and expertise it isstill possible to findnice authentic tribal art piecesin Africa.
We arein Africa several times a year looking after our aid projects, but also searching for tribal treasures from \'untapped\'sources. This is what we love,and our travels involve going deep into bush to theremote villages. Our passion is for rare tribally used artefacts with excellent \'style\'and \'patina\' which move us. The sources forourtribal pieces stretch across Africafrom Sierra Leone,Cote D\'Ivoire, Mali,Nigeria etcand down as far as the Congo.
We have awarehouse andan outlet situated on the beachfront in Accra in Ghana where everything is shipped to us from. We initially store the treasures from our African hunting trip here, andall pieces are vetted by Nationaal Museum curators and fumigated prior to shipment. Upon arrival in the UK, the pieces are re-checked for mould and any evidence of insects before we enter them into our collection.
We have local experts in West Africa and we utilise their knowledge of the woods used and the carving styles of the relevant tribes to help assess the age and authenticity of the pieces.
To keep up to date with the tribal art market weregularly attendsales worldwide such as Sotheby\'s, Christie\'s andBonham\'s and we have hadmany of our pieces appraised by other well known collectors, like the eminent\'Jean Baptiste Bacquart\' in Paris.
The African TribalCollection although part of \'Fair Trade Ghana\' is not a registered charity in the UK, but we are nonetheless passionate about Africa andtribal art andweare doingwhat we canto support various villages inGhana,Cote D\'Ivoire, Maliandelsewhere in West Africa.Michaela alsouses \'FairTradeGhana\' to help support local artisans and villages.
We also work with and support 2 other amazing charities \'WaterAid\' \'SOS Childrens villages\' helping toprovide \'clean water\' solutions to many villages and supporting orphan children refugees and those whose parents have died from Aids.
Please Google \'finetribalgallery\' for more info on our projects.
Please note that we tend not to take pictures in a studio environment. We try to take the pictures in Africa where we find the items. Prior to shipment from Africa we fumigate the pieces but we do not polish or clean them with chemicals, meaning that buyers receive the pieces as they were found. This, we believe,is part of the authentic African experience we try to offer.
We always welcome questions, please email us via or michaelaberko@hotmail.com
We send pieces securely packed andby recorded delivery + insurance
We reserve the right to relist items not paid for within 7 days
Thank you very much for looking
Michaela &Steve
Us
Please send us a message via or
alternatively via michaelaberko@hotmail.com
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Michaela or Steve on +44 (0) 7833 717017
We are happy to discuss most things
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