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Baule Mbra Cult African Monkey Idol

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African Baule Mbra Cult African Monkey Idol: African Baule Mbra Cult African Monkey Idol. Carved wood with sacrificial patina magic fetish figure holding an offering cup. Size: 19"H (48 cm) on custom display stand.

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A Baule Monkey, Mbra Cult Idol: A carved wooden shrine idol in the form of a Monkey with offering cup Given offerings, to appease the dangerous spirits with an egg in the cup held between the hands, these figures are powerful object

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$Haunting Baule Mbra Cult Monkey Fetish sculpture: A "Mbra\" Baule Monkey sculpture, Cote D\'Ivoire, Africa. Carved wooden sculpture in the form of a Monkey with offering cup. The mask features a highly stylized form and a thick encrusted surface sugg$

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Baule Mbra Cult Monkey Mask: African Tribal Art: Baule People, Cote d'Ivoire: Mbra Cult Monkey Mask, c.1900. The abstracted facial features are smoothed from handling and patinated with the remnants of black and brown coatings. T

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Large Mask With Many Monkeys & Cup, Baule, Ivory Coast,: African Tribal Art: Large Mbra cult monkey mask, Baule People, Ivory Coast. Late 19th-early 20th Century. This unusual mask, with a divination cup held aloft by eight small monkey figures balancing on

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A Baule Monkey: A Carved wooden money sculpture known as "Gbekre" which was part of the Mbra cult, Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The simian iconography placed this statue in the realm of the bush (blo), which t

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A Rare Old Baule Monkey Figure: Published: This is a very rare and powerful old carved wooden effigy of a Monkey, created for use on a ritual shrine by the Mbra Cult of the Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The figure has an encrusted s

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$Baule Mbra Monkey fetish sculpture, African Art: A contemporary \"Mbra\" Baule Monkey sculpture, Cote D\'Ivoire, Africa. Carved wooden sculpture in the form of a Monkey with offering cup. The mask features a highly stylized form, and appears to be a$

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A Baule Mbra Monkey Fetish, African Tribal Art: Tall carved wooden effigy of a classic Mbra Monkey statue , a Shrine sculpture that are also referred to as Gberke. This sculpture features the monkey with hands in gesture of offering with a piece of

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Vintage African Wood Art Figure Baule Monkey Mbra 16 inches height: Vintage African Wood Art Figure Baule Monkey Mbra 16 inches height. size: 16 x 10 x 10

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Vintage Baule Monkey Mbra figure, African Art: Carved wooden Monkey totem from the Baule , Ivory Coast, West Africa. Adorned with old bell, fetish bundle and thick organic pigment. Measures 17.5 inches tall.

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AFRICAN IVORY COAST BAULE BRONZE MONKEY FIGURE: A cast bronze figure of a monkey, Baule peoples, West Africa, Ivory Coast. These monkey figurines known as Mbra and sometimes referred to as Gbekre by the Baule, are considered as power figures used i

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A Rare Mambilia Tadep Cult Idol, African Art: This is a very nice older carved wooden idol with highly stylized form and features. Known locally as "Tadep" such idols were kept in small groups in sacred huts and were associated with the Suaga, a

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Early 20th C. African Baule Monkey Wood Figure: **Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a monkey, shown standing on a large, thick, discoid pedestal

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West African Baule Monkey Figure: Ivory Coast. 23" H x 7" W x 7" D.

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A Baule Mbra Cult African Monkey Idol Carved wooden magic fetish figure of a monkey holding an offering cup. A Highly stylized example with a heavy sacrificial patina. Artists commissioned with the creation of these Gbekre Monkey sculptures used in the Mbra cult had to follow close instruction. Size: 19"H (48 cm) on custom display stand.