http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/rss.php/feed/Specials Specials en-us http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/6/product163.php Our Price: £105.00. late 20 century. Representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through and wide range of style, scale, belief and the function the couples depited share a timeless, serene equality necessary to continuity of their societes. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/11/product125.php Our Price: £250.00. Circa early 20th century; these pots are among the rarest and prized pots in African pottery. They have a four-sided lid cut almost invisibly into the top. They were generally used for storage. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/11/product132.php Our Price: £250.00. Water container. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/11/product87.php Our Price: £150.00. Circa early 20th century.Bariba are the majority population in the ethnically diverse Borgou Province of North Western Republic of Benin.The pottery was central to the domestic life of the Bariba people.  Women made a variety of vessels for a number of different uses; for household and ritual use, for ceremonial use by spirit mediums, for the preparation or storage of traditional medicines and for making offerings to spirits and ancestors. The snakes, crocodiles, and lizards that embelish these pots have an improvisational quality that is akin to the immediacy of gesture drawing. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/4/product92.php Our Price: £150.00. Traditionally, these statues served the function of being the home of a spirit to whom sacrifices were made; they therefore had to be placed with care. These figures were the abode of spirits associated with diviners. In ritual performances, the spirit would come out to possess the diviner, causing a trance. The display of the figures would enhance and support the ensuing dance.These figures show no evidence of age or use and therefore were probably made to be sold. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/17/product50.php Our Price: £325.00. Female seated with long neck and crest. This statue is a representation of an Igbo maiden. This free standing statue possesses several features that are relevant to the Igbo conception of beauty. The long neck (sometimes represented ringed with fat) and the elaborate hair style are both much prized in Igbo tradition.  http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/17/product51.php Our Price: £325.00. Fon Boccio tribal posts such as this one were placed outdoors and sunk into the earth.  Thus, despite their relatively small scale, they manage to gain spiritual monumentality from being fused with the earth and believed in by man. The aim of these figures was to stand at the entrance of a village, a courtyard, house or shrine and act as a decoy for spiritual forces thus protecting its owner and family. (Hamil) http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/17/product52.php Our Price: £260.00. Fetish male with grass skirt. This Ewe fetish statue is believed to have powers to protect the owner and the owners' family from misfortune and evil spirits and as such is kept in the house often on altars. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/5/product53.php Our Price: £215.00. This mask is used in dances by the Igbira Tribe from Nigeria.  Dancers wear it during the ceremonies that follow initiations. On the face it can be seen that there are marks in the wood where the cloth attachment would have been secured. http://www.gatigallery.co.uk/3/17/product62.php Our Price: £210.00. Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect.