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01 JEWELRY FROM SUB SAHARIAN & NORTH AFRICA
02 JEWELRY FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA
03 JEWELRY FROM THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
04 ORIENTAL JEWELRY
05 BEADS & BEADWORKS
06 HEADRESTS & SEATS
07 AFRICAN TRIBAL CURRENCIES
08 ARMS & TOOLS
09 Containers & Household Items
10 AFRICAN TEXTILES
11 CENTRAL ASIAN TEXTILES
13 Elements for jewellery design
14 UNDER CONSTRUCTION -POTERY & EARTH- & STONEWARE
16 Furniture & Architecture elements
17 Ethiopian Christian Art
18 Asian Art & Artifacts
19 AFRICAN TRIBAL ART
20 Contemperary art
21 PIPES & SNUFF BOXES
22 Antiques and excavations
23 Modern designed jewelry
24 Recycling Art
25 BOOKS, VARIA & SALES
29 REGIONAL GALLERIES
01.01 Brass Bracelets & Anklets
01.02 Wearable Brass Bracelets
01.03 North African coast
01.04 Chad, silver alloy jewelry
01.05 West African Finger Rings
01.06 Pubic Aprons from Cameroon
01.07 Ivory Bracelets and Ornaments
01.08 Other Bracelets
01.09 Maure & Tuareg Jewelry
02.01 Rashaïda jewelry from the red sea
02.02 Ethiopian Bracelets
02.03 Ethiopian necklaces & chokers
02.04 Other Ethiopien Adornment
02.06 Ethiopian Christian art & crosses
03.01 Yemeni & Omani Necklaces
03.03 Bracelets, Anklets & Fingerrings
03.04 Ear Rings & Headdresses
03.05 INDEPENDENT JEWELRY ELEMENTS
03.06 RASHAÏDA BRACELETS & ANKLETS
03.07 Under Construction: Varia Yemeni Artefacts
04.01 Turkmen & Kazakh Jewelry
04.02 Tibet & Nepal Jewelry
04.03 Hindukush Jewelry
04.04 Indian jewellery
04.05 Jewellery from the Golden Triangle
04.06 Various other jewellery
05.01 Millefiori & Chevron Beads
05.02 Coral & coral imitations
05.04 Cornelian, agate & bauxite
05.05 Amber, copal & imitations
05.06 Lapis Lazuli beads and necklaces
05.07 Silver & other metal beads
05.09 Antiques Beads
05.10 Westafrican Glass Beads
05.11 Ghanaian recycled glass beads
05.13 Dogon Glass Rings
05.14 Tiny Glass Beads
05.15 African beadwork
05.16 Islamic prayer rosaries
05.17 Various wearable necklaces
06.01 Headrests from Ethiopian Highlands
06.02 Somalia Headrests
06.03 Headrests from the lower Omo valley
06.04 Sudanese & other Headrests
07.01 The area of Guinea
07.02 South and Central Nigeria
07.03 North Eastern Nigeria & Cameroon
07.04 Currencies and throwing knifes Chad
07.05 Congo & Gabon
07.06 Non-Metal African Currencies
08.01 Throwing knives
08.02 Knives & daggers
08.04 Agricultural tools & axes
09.01 Calabashes & Gourdes
09.02 Spice Boxes
09.03 Snuff, Khool & Parfumes
09.04 Milk & Butter Containers
09.04.01 Nepalese Ghurras
09.05 Wooden plates & bowls
09.06 Basketery & various fibres
09.07 Leather bags & boxes
09.08 Cooking pots & ustencils
09.09 Toys, Games & Music instruments
10.01 West African Stripweaves
10.02 Dyes - Tie & Dye, Wax Resist etc.
10.03 Bogolanfini (mud prints)
10.04 Wax & industrial prints
10.05 Embroideries & Clothes
10.06 Kuba textiles & other vegetal fibres
10.07 Ghaneen Kente & Adinkra cloth
10.08 Adinkra stamps from Ghana
10.09 Weaving, Spinning, Dying Tools
11.03 Embroideries and Patchworks
11.04 Silk, batik & ikats
11.05 Felts
11.06 Hand woven fabrics
11.07 Clothing, bags & accessories
13.02 indépendant brass elements
13.04 Various non-brass elements
14.01 African Figurative Pottery
14.02 Pottery Pots & Plates
14.03 Pottery from the Hindukush
14.04 STONEWARE FROM HINDUKUSH
16.01 Furniture and artefacts of the Swat valley
16.02 Nuristan/Kafiristan Art
17.01 Bibles & shrines
17.02 Orthodox Crosses
17.03 Orthodox Retables
17.17.04 Other ritual objects & charms
18.01 Art from Indian sub-continent
18.02 The art of churring butter
18.04 Art from Far East and Pacific
18.05 Tibetan & Mongolian Art
19.03 African masks, statues
19.04 Other African Ritual Objects
19.05 West African Brass Figurines
20.01 Haitien paintings
21.01 AFRICAN PIPES
21.02 ASIAN OPIUM PIPES
21.03 snuff and tobacco containers
22.01 Sao Terracottas
22.02 Sao bronzes
23.01 New designs with African beads
24.00 Gallery Pictures
24.01 GUINEAN RECYCLED MOTORPART STATUES
24.02 Recycled Glass
24.03 Recycled plastic
24.04 Recycled tins and cans
24.5 Recycled metal parts
25.01 Books for sale
25.02 Sales
29.01 West-, Central- & North Africa
29.02 East & South Africa
29.03 Horn of Africa
29.04 Arabic Peninsula & Middle East
29.05 Central Asia - Hindukush
29.06 Roof of the world
29.07 Indian Subcontinent
29.08 Mongolia & Far East
Origin
Africa
Asia
Baltic Countries
Central and South America
Central Asia - Silk Road
East and South Africa
Europe
Far East
General
Golden Triangle
Hindukush/Himalaya
Horn of Africa & Arabic Peninsula
Indian Subcontinent
Near and Middle East
North Africa
North & South America
Not specified
Pacific Islands
West and Central Africa
Not specified
Volta Region
Sahelian region (Mali, Niger Burkina-Faso)
Inner delta of river Niger
Probably
or,
UAE
AFGHANISTAN
Africa
Argentina
North & South America
Asia
Baltic Countries
BANGLADESH
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI
BENIN
Bhoutan/Nepal/Tibet
BOTSWANA
Central Asia - Silk Road
CAUCASUS
CONGO, BRAZZA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
CONGO KINSHASA
Switzerland
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Chile
CAMEROON
Cameroon Grassland
CHINA
COLOMBIA
ALGERIA
EGYPT
ERITREA
East and South Africa
ETHIOPIA
Europe
Far East
GABON
GHANA
GUINEA
Golden Triangle
Horn of Africa & Arabic Peninsula
Hindukush
HAITI
INDONESIA
INDIA
Indian Subcontinent
IRAQ
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
KENYA
KYRGYZSTAN
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
KASAKHSTAN
LAOS
LEBANON
SRI LANKA
Liberia
LIBYA
MOROCCO
MADAGASCAR
MALI
MYANMAR
MONGOLIA
MAURITANIA
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
NAMIBIA
North Africa
NIGER
NIGERIA
Near and Middle East
NEPAL
OMAN
Pacific Islands
Peru
Papua-New Guinea
PHILIPPINES
PAKISTAN
PALESTINE
Russia
RWANDA
SAUDI ARABIA
Sahara & Sahel
Central and South America
SUDAN
SIERRA LEONE
SENEGAL
SOMALIA
SOUTH SUDAN
SYRIA
CHAD
TOGO
THAILAND
TIBET
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TANZANIA,
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VIET NAM
West and Central Africa
MULTIPLE /REGIONAL
YEMEN
SOUTH AFRICA
Afar
Akan (meta ethic groups speaking Tano language)
Akha
Akyem or Twi (sub-group of Akan)
Amang
Amhara
Angas
Anouak
Anuak
Argoba
Arsi
Arussi
Asante (sub-group of Akan)
Ashanty
Bahun
Bamana
Bambara
Bamenda
Bamessing
Bamileke
Bamoun
Bangala
Bankutu
Banna
Bashada
Basongo
Baulé
Bedouin
Berber
Bete
Birh
Bobo
Bole
Boni
Bontoc
Borana
Bornu
Borokoto
Bororo
Bsongo
Bushango
Bwa
Chamba
Chepang
Daasanech
Dadiya
Damor
Dan
Dasanetch
Dhofari
Dinka
Djem
Dogon
Doko
Ekicholong
Ersari
Ewe
Fali
Fang
Fante (sub-group of Akan)
Fellahin
Fon
Frafra
Fulani
Fulbe
Fur
Ga'anda
Gan
Garasias
Goran
Gouin
Gourma
Gourmanché
Gujarati
Gurage
Gurma
Guro
Gurung
Gurunsi
Hadiya
Hamba
Hamer
Hanga
Haussa
H'mong (Miao)
Hutu
Idoma
Igbo
Jilé
Jonga (Onga)
Jukun
Kaara
Kaba
Kaffa
Kafficho
Kafirs
Kalash
Kambata
Kapsiki
Karabora
Karamajong
Karayyu
Kasena (groupe Gurunsi)
Kazakh
Khasi
Kiranti
Kirdi
Kissi
Kotokoto
Koulango
Krobo
Kuba
Kuchi
Kwanja
Kwele
Kyrgyz
Lahu
Lele
Limbu
Lingayat
Lisu
Lobi
Lokho
Lyele
Madjingaye
Mafa
Magar
Magar
Mahratta
Mambila
Mangar
Mangbetu
Marghi
Masaga
Massa
Massaï
Matakam
Maure
Mben
Mbudja
Mbun
Me'en
Meena or Minas
Megal
Mfute
Mien (Yao)
Mofu
Mongo
Mossi
Multiple regional tribes
Mumuye
Mursi
Mutta
Nar
Newar
Newar
Ngala
Ngambai
Ngbaka
Ngbandi
Ngombe
Ngombe
Nkutshu
Not specified
Nuer
Nupe
Nupe
Nuristani
Nyangatom
Olombo
Onga
or maybe
Oromo
Oromo
Oromo
Pashtun
Pokot
Poto
Punjabi
Qaraqalpaqs
Rabanti
Raï
Rashaïda
Rendille
Roman
Sao
Sara
Senufo
Shan
Sherpa
Shilluk
Somali
Somba
Songhay
Songhay
Songo-Meno
Sungu
Sunwar
Swati
Tadjik
Tamang
Tangale
Tekke
Tekke
Tekke
Telem
Tera
Tetela
Thakali
Tharu
Tigrinya
Tikar
Tiv
Tolai
Toma
Topoké
Toubou- Tubu - Teda
Toussian
Tribes of the Cameroon Grassland
Tuareg
Tula
Turka
Turkana
Turkmen
Tutsi
Uzbekh
Vaishnavita
Various Hindukush tribes
Various tribes from Rajasthan
Vere
Waja Tangale
Wodaabe
Yakö
Yakoma
Yakoro
Yamba
Yokoma
Yomund
Yoruba
Zinna
Material
Not specified
00 Composite
000 Tested
0000 Recycled material
1 Metal
1.2.1 High silver content - acid-tested
1.2.5 Silver/nickel or nickel/copper alloy
1.2.6 White metal, silver content not tested
1.2.7 Aloy with medium silver content
2 Mineral & Gems
2.10 Stone
2.11 Imitation and artificial gems
2.12 Not identified gem
2.13 Onyx / Jais
2.4.1 Etched / heated Carnelians
2.4.2 Carnelian imitations
3 Glass and Earth
3.3 Glass powder
4 Vegetal
4.1.4 Other amber imitations
4.2.1 Coral imitation
4.9 Various fibres
5 Animal
5.10 Pashmina
5.9 Silk
6.0 Bakelite and other formaldehyde resin
6.01 Parchment, Paper, Cardboard
6.2 Plastic
1.1 Gold
1.1.1 Gilded or gold foil on silver
1.10 Various metals and aloys
1.2 Silver
1.2.2 Silver 90 - 95%
1.2.3 Silver 85 to 90%
1.2.4 Aloy with poor silver content
1.5 Iron
1.6 Brass / bronze
1.7 Copper & copper aloy
1.8 Aluminium
1.9 Alloy of white metal
2.1 Turquoise
2.10 Amethyst
2.2 Lapis Lazuli
2.3 Jade
2.4 Carnelian
2.5 Various Quarz
2.6 Agate
2.7 Bauxite
2.8 Tourmaline
2.9 Granite & Gneiss
3.1 Glass
3.2 Ceramics and Faience
3.3 Terracotta
3.4 Clay; Pottery
4.1 Resin
4.1.1 Amber
4.1.2 Copal
4.1.3 Amber imitations / phenolic resin
4.2 Coral
4.3 Wood
4.3.1 Bark
4.4 Nuts, seeds, etc.
4.5 Gourds, calabashes
4.6 Bamboo
4.7 Palmacea, Raffia, etc.
4.8 Cotton
5.1 Ivory
5.10 Other animal products
5.2 Pearls
5.3 Shells, coweries
5.4 Bones and horns
5.5 Leather & skins
5.6 Teets, claws
5.7 Wool
5.8 Cashmeere
Quality
Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
High aesthetic value
Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Jewelry ready and easy to wear
Excellent overall condition
Delivered with it's own stand
Original condition
Can be delivered cleaned and polished
Elements for individual jewelry design
Original condition to be restrung if desired
Jewelry for collection or exquisite wearing.
Recycled eco friendly product
Modern local design
Worth to be repaired/restored
Can be delivered with stand (extra costs)
Functional tool
Can be delivered polished
New, based on traditional design
Needs to be restrung and change clasp
Functional household item
Furniture
New never used
SALE
Needs to be washed
Fabrics for fashion design
Product of cooperative or Fair Trade
Didactic material for weaving & dying
Good, few stains that can be washed away.
Fabric in good condition a few small imperfections (holes)
Related documents:
Bibliography
Chenoufi; Collection de Bijoux; Galerie Noir d'Ivoire; Paris 2014
Stappen; Aethiopia. Objets d'Ethiopie; Musée Royale de Tervuren; Tervuren 1996
Wessel; Christliche Kunst aus Aethiopien und Nubien; Völkerkunde Museum Wien; Wien 1964
Hecht; The Hand Crosses of the IES Collection; Institute of Ethiopian Studies; Addis Ababa 1990
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Splendid Ethiopian Orthodox Altar
17.01.612
Origin
Horn of Africa & Arabic Peninsula | ETHIOPIA
Qualities
Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
private collection
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