Pilgrims-icon. Thin wooden panels, covered in leather. Fresco-painting. 2nd Half 20th Cent. Dim. 15 x 11 cm. Orthodox-Christian Church. Ethiopia.

"Magic scroll" ; a folded parchment with magical and spiritual drawings, ment to protect the bearer. 12 parchment pages with biblical texts on both sides. Decorated with 7 drawings. L. 97 cm. Orthodox-Christian. Ethiopia.

Three wooden finials, worn on top of chief staffs or umbrella's. Covered in goldpaper. H. 28-34 cm. Ashanti, Ghana.

"Asin"- staff used on ancestral altars. Made of sheet-metal and representing a tribal chief. H.93 cm. On steel socle. Fon, Benin.

Set of flying birds, given to a decorated farmer; “meillieur cultivateur”. L. 56cm. Senoufo,Ivory Coast. On steel socle.

A pair of wooden stilts, with traces of decorations. H.200cm. Dogon.Mali.

Large buffalo-marionette, used in performances by the Bozo of Mali.L.183cm.On steel socle.

Brightly coloured fish-marionette, used by the Bozo-fishermen in their performances on the river Niger. Mali, L.102cm. Height incl. steel socle 50cm.

Two Neolithic grindstones, 35 and 46 cm. long with extra tools, used to grind wheat or maize or to grind hematite for its ocre colour. Northern-Mali/Sahara.