African Artifacts
African artifacts is where Beads of Paradise got its start in 1985. In this section you can get a scope of the breadth of our collection. We carry pieces from the following peoples/regions : Ethiopia, Tuareg, Gris-Gris, Baule, Yoruba, Dogon, Chamba, Turkana, Lobi, Bura, Sara, Ngombe, Mumuye, Matakam, Mabo, Fali, Kwele, Bamana, HeHe, Nyamwezi, Makua, Dan, Marka, Zaramo, Senufo and so on!
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- "Wasesile Wise Kuboku"
- 16th to 18th Century
- 19th C. Ethiopian Dowry Ring Set
- 19th Century
- 19th century African bronze figure
- 19th Century Côte d'Ivoire Bronzes 2 Piece Lot
- 19th century terra cotta
- Ada
- Adan
- Adan ancestor statue
- Adan People
- Adan Vodun Altar Figure
- Adangbe
- Ade
- Adja-gbé
- adjustable
- afircan artifact
- Africa
- African
- African Antique
- African antique bronze
- african antiques
- african art
- African Artifact
- african artifacts
- african beads
- african brass
- African brass bead
- African brass pendant
- African Copper Currency
- african couple
- African Currency
- african dance
- African Divination
- African Dowry Wealth
- african fetish
- african fetish figure
- african fetish sculpture
- african guardian sculpture
- African Igbo Alusi Shrine Figure
- African Iron
- African jewelry
- african mask
- african maternity figure
- african maternity sculpture
- african maternity statue
- african power figure
- african ring
- african sculpture
- african shrine figure
- african spoon
- African staff
- african statue
- African symbol
- african textile
- african textiles
- African Tribal Equestrian Figure
- African-made powder glass beads
- Airplane
- Airplane Motif
- akan
- akan female figure
- Akan People
- akan sculpture
- Akié
- Aklama
- Akosa
- Akosa Rare Red Heirloom Powder Glass Beads from Ghana
- Akoso
- Akoso Beads
- Akosu
- Akyé
- Alunga
- Alunga mask
- alushi
- Alusi
- Alusi Guardian Spirit
- alusi shrine figure
- Ambete
- Ambete power figure
- Ambete Reliquary Male Figure
- Ambete Reliquary Male Figure Large
- amulet
- Anago
- ancestor
- ancestor chief figure
- ancestor figure
- ancestor future
- ancestor statue
- Ancestor Worship
- Ancestral Female and Male Figures with extensive scarification
- and the Role of Women as Mothers
- Angola
- Anklet
- Antelope
- antelope mask
- anti sorcery
- antique
- antique African bronze
- Antique Akoso and Bodom Ghanaian powdered glass beads
- antique brass
- antique reliquary
- antique ring
- apron
- arca shell
- arrow
- art
- artifact
- artifacts
- Asante Egg in the Hand Power Symbol from Ghana
- Asante Kingdom
- Asante People and Kingdoms
- Asante people from Ghana
- Asante people of Ghana
- ashante
- Ashanti
- Attie
- attie maternity
- Attie People of Côte d'Ivoire
- Attie Sculpture
- Atyé
- Avenger
- Avenger Figure
- Azande 19th Century Currency Torque from Zaire
- bakongo
- bakongo fetish
- bakongo mask
- Bakongo nkisi
- bakongo sculpture
- Balega
- bamana
- Bamana staff
- Bambole
- Bamileke
- Bamileke Ndop
- Bamileke Ndop Prestige Cloth
- Bamileke stool
- Bamum
- Bamun
- bangle
- Baoule people of Côte d'Ivoire
- Basikasingo
- Bassa
- Bassa People
- Baule
- Baule art
- Baule chief
- Baule Chieftain's Power Emblem/ Flywhisk Regalia Ca. 1940-50 (2)
- Baule Chieftain's Power Emblem/ Flywhisk Regalia Leopard Motif (3)
- Baule male
- Baule Mask
- baule monkey mask
- Baule oracle box
- Baule Paternity
- Baule sculpture
- baule waka-sona
- beaded apron
- beads
- bells
- Bembe
- Bembe / Béembé Female Kitebi Power Figure
- Bembe / Béembé Kitebi Power Figure
- Bembe figure
- Bembe Kitebi Fetish Figure
- Bembe sculpture
- Benin
- Benin / Togo
- Benue River Valley 19th Century Coiled Copper Currency Bangle from Nigeria
- Benue River Valley 19th Century Coiled Copper Currency Bangles from Nigeria
- Benue Valley
- Benue Valley Cultures
- Bimbi
- bird charm
- bird mask
- bishimba
- black iron staff
- Blessed Mother
- Blolo Bian
- board mask
- Bodom Beads
- bolo bla
- bone statuette
- Boyo
- bracelet
- Bronze Currency Bangle from Nigeria
- bronze gold weights
- Bukota
- Bukota Society
- Bulu
- Bulu Male Monkey Figure
- Bulu Male Monkey Statue
- Bulu mask
- Bulu People
- Bundu Society
- burkina faso
- Butoka Society
- Buyu
- Buyu / Basikasingo Mask
- Bwame Society
- Bwami
- Bwami Initiation statuette
- Bwami Society
- Béembé / Bembe
- Béembé / Bembe Nkisi Power Figure
- Béembé / Bembe People
- cache sex
- cache sexe
- Cache-Sexe
- Cache-Sexe in Iron Mofu People of Cameroon/ Nigeria
- Cache-Sexe in Iron Mofu People of Nigeria
- Calabar
- Cameroon
- carved monkey
- carved wood spoon
- cattle currency
- ceremonial bell
- ceremonial blade
- ceremonial dagger
- ceremonial knife
- Ceremonial Regalia
- ceremonial textile
- chamba
- Chamba 19th Century Iron Hoe Blade Currency from Nigeria
- Chamba People
- chameleon
- charm
- charm for power and strength
- Colon
- Colonial Carving
- Colonial Figure
- congo
- Congo DRC
- conus shell
- copper
- Copper Currency
- Copper Currency Anklet from Mbole People in Zaire
- coral
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cote d'Ivoire pendant
- court cases
- cow bell
- cubist mask
- Cult of Twin Worship
- Cult of Twins
- currency
- Currency Bangle
- Currency Bracelet
- currency necklace
- Currency Object
- currency ring
- Currency Torque
- Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia
- Dagger
- Dan
- Dan / Guere
- Dan art
- Dan bird mask
- Dan Dean Gle Mask
- Dan female sculpture
- Dan Ge Gon Avian Mask
- dan mask
- Dan People
- Dan Ritual "Spoon for a Generous Woman"
- Dan sculpture
- Dan Spoon
- Dan We People
- Dan Wobe People
- Dan ZakpeI Mask
- Dean Gle
- Dean Gle Mask
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dispenser of Justice
- Divination
- divination box
- Divination Objects
- Divinatory Ritual
- Divinatory Ritual of Ifa
- Divine Mother
- djelalou zaouli
- Djenne
- Djenne 16-18th Fine Bronze Chain from Mali
- Djenne Bronze
- Djenne Bronze Rings
- Djenne Bronze Rings Large Group
- Djenne Culture
- Djenne Mali
- Djenne Symbolic Funerary Bed Post/ Support Objects from Mali
- Djerma Spiraled Bangles Group from Nigeria
- dogo
- dogon
- Dogon 19th Century Iron Shrine Marker
- Dogon and Senufo People
- Dogon Antelope Mask
- Dogon Blacksmith/ "Hogon" Antique Status Emblem Iron Necklaces from Mali
- Dogon People in Mali
- dogon ring
- Dogon Walu mask
- door lock
- double face mask
- double mask
- dowry
- dowry bangles
- dowry currency
- Dowry Rings
- dowry wealth
- Dowry Wealth Currency Bangles from Nigeria
- DR Congo
- DRC
- DRC / Zaire
- DRC Congo
- Earplugs
- Earth Mother
- earth mother goddess
- Edjo ×
- Edjo Forest Spirit
- Edjo Spirit
- Edjo warrior statuette
- Egg
- Egg in the Hand Symbol
- Egg symbol
- Ejo sculpture
- Elder
- emblem
- Epa Association
- equestrian
- Ere
- Ere couple
- Ere Ibedji
- ere ibeji
- Eshu
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopian
- ethiopian cross
- Ethiopian Headrest
- Ethiopian Sandal Carved Wood Bases ca 1900-1950
- Ewe
- ewe alter fetish
- Ewe Couple
- Ewe Female Shrine Figure
- Ewe Female Venavi "Twin" Figure
- Ewe fetish
- Ewe Kingdom
- Ewe People
- Ewe sculpture
- Ewe twin figure
- Ewe twins
- Ewe Venavi
- Ewe Venavi Twin Figure
- Ewe Venavi Twin Pair
- Eye patterns
- fali
- Fang
- Fang Mask
- Fang Ngil
- Fang Ngil mask
- Female Alusi
- Female Alusi Figure
- Female Ancestor
- female belly mask
- female fertility
- Female Figure
- Female labret
- female Mossi
- female twins
- Feminine Beauty
- Feminine Ideal
- fertility
- fertility charm
- Fertility Doll
- fertility goddess
- fertility symbol
- fertility symbols
- fetish
- Fetish Aklama Ada
- fetish figure
- fetish sculpture
- Fighting Witchcraft
- Figure
- fire
- Fire Mask
- Fire Prevention Mask
- Fire Runner Mask
- fly whisk
- flywhisk
- Fon
- Fon Hohovi
- Fon Hohovi Twin Pair Memorial Figures by The "Master of the Blue Shorts Carver"
- Fon People
- Forest Magic
- Forest Spirit
- Fortune Forever. Smooth Selling. Fortune and Prosperity.
- Fortune Telling
- funeral mask
- Funerary Rites
- Future Fortune
- Future Reading
- Gabon
- Gabon Mask
- Gabon/ DRC Congo
- Gabon/ DRC Congo PROVENANCE
- Gabonese
- Gelede
- Gelede mask
- ghana
- Ghana Brass
- glass beads
- gold
- gold dust
- gold dust weights
- gong
- Grainary
- gris gris
- gris-gris
- guardian
- guardian sculpture
- Guardian Spirit
- Guere
- guere dance mask
- guere mask
- Guro
- Guro Mask
- hair ornament
- hair pin
- Hand
- hand hammered iron
- hand of fatima
- Hand symbol
- Hausa
- He is frequently called upon for issues of injustice and for court cases and legal issues and is considered the patron of police officers and court officials by many followers.
- headrest
- healing illness
- heals illness
- heirloom
- heirloom beads
- heishi
- helmet mask
- helmut mask
- Hemba People
- Hippo Teeth
- Hogon Emblems
- Hogon/ Blacksmith
- hohovi
- Hohovi Twins
- Holli
- Hope of being Cured of Illness
- hornbill bird
- horse
- horseman
- hunter
- Hunter's Charm
- Ibedji
- Ibedji couple
- Ibeji
- Ibeji Cult
- Ibeji Twins
- icon
- Ideal Man
- Ideal Woman
- Idealized Female
- Idealized Female Ancestor
- Idealized Femine Beauty
- Idealized Feminine Beauty
- Idealized Version of Dan Beauty
- Idimu
- Idumo
- Idumu
- Ifa
- Ifa Divination
- Igala
- Igala mask
- igbo
- Igbo Alusi
- Igbo Figure
- Igbo Headdress
- Igbo Ikenga
- Igbo statue
- Iginga
- Ikenga
- Initiation
- Initiation Beggar Mask
- Initiation Ceremony
- Initiation Figure
- initiation mask
- iron
- iron beads
- iron blade
- iron Currency
- iron ritual staff
- iron torque
- ivory coast
- Janus
- Janus figure
- jewelry
- Judge
- justice
- kaka
- kaka paternity figure
- Kakinga
- Kakongo
- Kakula
- Kakula shrine idol
- Kakungu
- Kakungu Figures
- Kasangu mask
- Kasungalala
- kenya
- Kindi
- King of Oyo
- Kirdi
- Kirdi Iron "Cache-Sexe" Apron from Cameroon
- Kitebi
- kitebi figure
- knife
- Kola Nut Offering Figure
- Kongo
- Kongo / Yombe Nkisi Power Figure Chewing Munkwisa Root
- Kongo / Yombe Nkisi Warrior Figural Tableau
- Kongo Mask
- Kongo Nkisi
- Kongo People
- Kongo Power Figure
- Koranic Amulet Case
- Koranic Amulet Cases
- Koranic Prayer Case
- Koranic Talisman
- Korhogo
- Koulango
- Koulango Maternity Statue
- Kran
- Kran mask
- Kran Monkey Mask
- kuba
- Kuba mask
- Kukungu Figure
- Kulango
- Kulango couple
- Kulango statue
- Kumasi
- kwele
- Kwele mask
- Kwifo
- Kwifo Society
- labret
- Large Fine Djerma Dowry Currency Bangle from Nigeria
- Large Senufo 18th-19th Century Soothsayer Divination Ancestor Figures
- Law Enforcement
- leather
- leather bracelet
- leather covered wood
- Lega
- Lega Bwami
- Lega Bwami Lega
- Lega Bwami figure
- Lega Bwami Idimu Miniature Mask
- Lega Bwami Idumo
- Lega Bwami Idumu Mask
- Lega Bwami Initiation Statuette Carved Bone RARE and Fine
- Lega Bwami Mask
- Lega Bwami Society Mask
- Lega Bwami Society Miniature Mask
- Lega Female Iginga Figure
- Lega Female Kakinga Figure
- Lega figure
- Lega Idimu Bwami Mask
- Lega Idimu Bwami Society Mask
- lega idumu
- Lega Idumu Bwami Society Mask
- Lega Iginga Anthropomorphic Statuette
- Lega Iginga Bwami Society Figure
- Lega Iginga Figure
- Lega Kakula ka Mpito Figure
- lega Lukwakongo
- Lega Lukwakongo Bwami Miniature 6" Mask
- Lega Lukwakongo Mask
- Lega Lukwakongo Passport Maskette
- Lega mask
- Lega passport mask
- Lega Passport Miniature Mask
- Lega people
- Lega statue
- Lega statuette
- legal cases
- legal matters
- Legola
- Legola statue
- leopard
- Liberia
- Lobi
- Lobi Bateba
- Lobi bronze
- Lobi Iron
- Lobi Iron Serpent Bangle/ Shrine Object Large
- long life
- longevity
- luba
- Luba "The Ideal Femine Form" Female Statuette
- Luba ancestor figure
- Luba female
- Luba Female Fetish Figure
- Luba People
- Luba statue
- Luba trace descent through the Female Line
- Lukwakongo
- Lukwakongo mask
- Lumbo
- Maasai
- Mabombolo mask
- magic
- magical healing power and medicine skills
- Makonde
- Makonde Ancestral Ceremonial Stool
- Makonde mask
- Makonde Ndimu
- Makonde Ndimu Female Belly Mask
- Makonde People
- Makonde Peoples in Tanzania.
- Makonde vestral mask
- Makua People
- MALE ALUSI
- MALE ALUSI FIGURE
- Mali
- Mali Arca Shell Heirloom Currency Beads
- Mambolo
- Mami Wata
- Mami Wata mask
- mask
- maskette
- maternity
- maternity figure
- maternity sculpture
- maternity statue
- Maternity Stool
- Matriarchy
- Mauritania
- Mayombe
- Mayombe maternity
- Mbole
- Mbole Figure
- Mbole Ofika Bambole Figure
- Mbole Ofika Figure
- Mbole People
- Mbuya
- Mbuya mask
- Mediator between the Human and Spirit Worlds
- Medicinal Figure
- men's
- men's jewelry
- Mende
- Mende female
- Mende helmut mask
- Mende mask
- Mende Sande
- Mende Sculpture
- mermaid
- Metoko
- Metoko Nkudu Mask
- Metoko statue
- Mid 20th Century Tuareg Talismanic Finger Rings Collection
- Military Officer
- miniature mask
- Mituku
- monkey
- monkey mask
- Monkey Passport Mask
- monkey statue
- Mossi
- Mossi sculpture
- mother
- Mother Goddess
- Mother love
- Mother's Love
- motherhood
- Motherhood Charm
- Motherhood Symbol
- motherly love
- Moukouji
- Mozambique
- Mukudj
- Mukuyi Okuyi Mask
- Munkwisa Root
- Mwadi Mask
- mythical warrior
- Nago
- Nail Fetish
- Ndimu
- Ndop
- necklace
- Nganga Ritual Practitioner.
- Ngbaka
- Ngbaka mask
- Ngbaka People
- Ngelima Copper Spiral Currency from Zaire (DRC
- Ngelima Copper Spiral Currency from Zaire (DRC)
- Ngelima Copper Spiral Snake Currency from Zaire (DRC)
- Ngil mask
- ngoin
- ngoin mask
- Ngombe
- ngulu
- niger
- Nigeria
- Nigerian Ring
- Nkisi
- nkisi fetish
- nkisi nkondi
- Nkisi Power Figure
- Nkisi statuette
- nkondi
- nkondi fetish
- Nkondi figure
- Nkudu
- Nkudu Mask
- nomads
- Nomads of Niger
- Nunuma Board Mask
- nursing mother
- Nurturing
- Oath Taking object
- Ochosi
- offering protection from evil and misfortune
- Ofika
- Ogboni
- Ogboni art
- Ogboni seated figures
- oil lamp
- Okuyi mask
- Olorum
- oracle box
- oracle mice boxes
- Orisha
- Orisha Chango
- Orisha of Iron
- Orisha of War
- Orisha Ogun
- Orisha Shango
- Orisha Statuette
- Oromo
- Ouinnaila
- Oxosi
- passport mask
- Paternity
- paternity figure
- pendant
- Pende
- Pende illness mask
- Pende mask
- Pende Mbangu Illness Mask
- Pende Mbuya
- Pende Mbuya Mask
- Pipe
- Pipe Bowls
- Police
- Police Officer
- Pombia
- Poro Piibele
- Poro Society
- Portrait
- Portrait Combs
- portraits
- post
- Pounou
- powder glass
- power
- power emblem
- power figure
- prestige
- prestige cloth
- prestige currency
- Prestige Jewelry
- processional
- Protect From Misfortunes. Safety. Power. Fate. Good Karma.
- Protecting Social Order
- protection
- protection against disease
- protection from black magic
- protection from evil
- protection from evil and misfortune
- protective
- Protective for Mothers
- provenance
- Provenance: Ex collection Sidney and Gae Berman collected in 1960's
- Puna mask
- Punu
- punu art
- Punu figure
- punu funeral mask
- Punu Lumbo
- Punu Lumbo Figure
- Punu Mask
- Pygmy
- Pygmy People
- Pygmy People of Cameroon
- ram
- Rare and Antique Beads
- Red Gold
- represents Power
- Republic of Zaire
- resist dye cloth
- ring
- Ring Collection from Djenne
- rings
- Rites
- Rites of Passage
- ritual medicine figure
- ritual staff
- Ritual Stool
- sahara
- Sakimatwematwe
- Salampasu
- Salampasu Kasangu
- Salampasu mask
- Salampasu People
- Salampasu warrior mask
- Sande
- Sande helmet
- Sandogo Society
- Sceptre
- sculpture
- senufo
- Senufo 18th-19th Century Soothsayer Divination Ancestor Figures
- Senufo Aluminum Copper Inlay Currency/ Dowry Bangle
- Senufo bronze
- Senufo guardian sculpture
- Senufo Hinged Bangle Large and Rare from Cote d'Ivoire
- Senufo maternity figure
- Senufo People
- Senufo Pombia
- Senufo Poro Piibele
- Senufo sculpture
- Serpent
- Shaman's Buffalo Bone Medicine Container From East Timor
- Shango
- Shango Offerings
- Shango Sceptre
- shell
- shell currency
- shrine figure
- shrine idol
- shrine maker
- Shrine Object
- Sierra Leone
- silver
- snake
- Soko Mutu Hemba Mask
- Songye
- Songye mask
- Songye Nkisi
- Songye statuette
- Soothsayer
- soothsayers
- spider
- spider motif
- Spindle whorls
- spirit warrior
- Spiritual Power
- statue
- statuette
- Status Emblem
- Sterling Silver
- Success in Life and helps Removing All Obstacles that you are facing or future obstacles that are yet unseen.
- Suku People
- symbolizing Respect
- Tabwa
- Tabwa ancestor figure
- Tabwa statue
- Talisman of Fertility
- Talismanic Rings
- tamba
- Tanzania
- tent stakes
- tent supports
- Teraout Pendant
- terra cotta
- Terracotta
- Tetela
- Tetela mask
- Tetela Mask
- Tetela Mwadi Mask
- textile
- textiles
- The "Master of the Blue Shorts Carver"
- the Beads of Ewe Kings
- the Judge
- The Ofika are representations of a hanged prisoner
- throwing knife
- Tikar
- tikar mask
- Tikar People
- Tikar statuette
- Timor
- Tiv
- Tiv Ceremonial Dagger from Nigeria
- Tiv Cowbone Finger Rings from Nigeria
- Tiv People
- tobacco box
- Togo
- Torc
- torq necklace
- torque
- trade currency
- trans Saharan trade routes
- Tribal scarification
- Tribal Society
- Tsangui
- Tsangui mask
- tuareg
- Tuareg Cross
- Tuareg cuff
- Tuareg People
- Tuareg Teraout Pendant from Niger
- Twin Cult
- twin figure
- twin statuette
- twin workship
- twin worship
- twins
- two-headed
- Tyepka Society
- Uganda
- unisex
- Urhobo
- urhobo Ejo
- Urhobo Male Figure
- Urhobo Omo Ogun Warrior Male Statue
- Urhobo People
- urhobo sculpture
- Used for Initiation and Funeral Rites
- used in Initiation and Funeral Rites
- Venavi
- Venavi twin
- Venavi twins
- Village Guardian
- waka sona
- Walu Mask
- Warega
- warrior
- Warrior Culture
- warrior mask
- Water Spirit
- We People
- Weaver weights
- wedding
- Wedding Day
- Wedding Day Jewelry
- wedding jewelry
- west africa
- Winiama Board Mask
- Witchcraft
- Wobe
- Wobe People
- Wobé des Wé
- women's
- wood fetish
- wood mask
- Wooden Portrait Combs from Akan People of Côte d'Ivoire
- Yaka
- Yaka Khosi Figure
- Yaka tribe
- Yananyo
- Yela
- Yombe
- Yombe Nkisi Nkonde "Nail Fetish" Guardian Figure
- Yombe Nkondi Anti Sorcery Power Figure
- Yombe People
- Yoruba
- yoruba art
- Yoruba Divination
- Yoruba Divination Bowl
- Yoruba Elder
- Yoruba Ere Ibeji Figure
- Yoruba Female Sculpture
- yoruba fetish
- Yoruba Ibeji
- Yoruba Invocation Staff
- Yoruba Male Equestrian Figure
- Yoruba mask
- yoruba maternity
- Yoruba Maternity Divination Small Altar / Pedestal Stool
- Yoruba Maternity Figure
- Yoruba Maternity Shango Sceptre
- Yoruba Ochosi Double Arrow Ritual Iron Staff Finial
- Yoruba Orisha
- yoruba sceptre
- Yoruba Shango Sceptre
- Yoruba staff
- Yoruba Statue
- Yoruba Tradition
- Young Woman's Spirit
- Zaire
- Zaire with PROVENANCE
- Zakpai
- Zakpai mask
- ZakpeI Mask
- Zakpel
- Zaouli
- Zaouli mask
- zela
- Zela People
- Zrabi Sehifla