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Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. (New Hebrides) 19th Century or earlier. Stone carved. 30 cm Provenance Private English Collection (label: 548050/06) J. J. Klejman, New York (Label on reverse) Circa 1960 Schlosberg Collection, CA Alex Philips, Melbourne. Acquired from the above. Kevin Conru contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

South African Couple 19th Century Tsonga Provenance Private Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Kwere Staff Tanzania Wood 19th Century Master of the Skirted Lady Height: 14 inches (36 cm) Provenance Pace Inv #53-1227 Privat collection NYC Found by James Stephenson in Bagamoyo region of Tanzania, owned by missionary family contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Tekoteko Figure Pacific H. 74 cm Aotearoa/New Zealand, Maori people 13th Century C-14 dating: ETH Zuerich  Provenance Simon Spierer, Geneva Adrian Schlag , Ibiza Daniel Hourdé, Paris 2012 Published Adrian Schlag. Tribal Art Classics II. Paris, 2006: 54-55. Boike Ina and Simon Spierer. Ein Wald von Skulpturen. Slg. Simon Spierer. Katolog zur Austellung im Hessischen […]

Rooster Mask wan-oraogo Mossi 21” H 19th Century Provenance J. Liotard Thomas GB Wheelock Collection #1817 Published “Land of the Flying Masks, Art and Culture in Burkina Faso.: The Thomas GB Wheelock Collection.” Munich/ Berlin/ London/ New York Prestel New York Prestel 2007. Christopher Roy and Thomas GB Wheelock #131 Mask served as a shrine […]

Songye Nkisi Figure DRC Lomani Basin and Province 10” H sweaty, truncated, wood, metal (brass tacks) 19th Century Provenance Private Collection NYC Ex Sotheby’s AHDRC#0039464 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Gabon Knife Gabon 19th Century 10.4” H Provenance Private Collection Published “Peace, Power & Prestige. Metal Works of Africa” p.231 Fig 25.5 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Songye DRC 6” H Provenance William Douglas McMillan and Helen Lucille Henry McMillan, acquired in situ between 1918-1930 Thence by descent James Stephenson African Art rediscovered this object contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Bobo Mask Burkina Faso 46” H wood, pigments, fibers Provenance Karl Ferdinand Schadler Pace Inventory #54-2602 Thomas Wheelock Sotheby’s Collection #1646, TW0029 Published Gotter, Geister Ahnen, Afrikanische Skupturen in deutschen Privatsammlungen im Museum fur Volkerkunde(an adendum to ‘Gods Spirits Ancestors. Private Collections from Private German Collections exhibition), Vienna, 1994:7-fig218 Schaedler(Karl-Ferdinand)’Afrikanische Kunst. Von der Fruhzeit bis […]

Afikpo Mask, Otogho Nigeria 10” H Provenance aaa Galerie, Rene Rasmussen Isadore and Nancy Marder Estate Purchased in 1972 from above Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Wunda Shield Western Australia 28” H Provenance Amy & Elliot Lawerence Collection Sotheby’s Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Yaka Headrest  DRC 19th Century Provenance William Brill #408a Collected from above 1971 Private collection Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Kuba Cup Kuba Democratic Republic of the Congo cephalomorphic Libation Cup / Palm Wine Cup Wood Provenance Jun 16, 2009, Christie’s – Art Africain et Océanien Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington D.C. May 11, 2021, Bonhams – African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click […]

Dogon 18th Century 12″ H (15″ on base) Provenance Rik Elias collection. (Elias was a scholar in African art from the end of the 1940s. He worked with the Tervuren museum before he became a dealer in the mid – 1950s). Pace Primitive 1990’s Private NYC Collection *Note Rare hairstyle only a few examples in […]

Chokwe Mask Angola 19th Century 8 1/2″ Provenance Collected in situ 1940’s Private American Collection Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Kaguru- Luguru Throne Chair Tanzania Eastern Morogoro Provenance Fred Jahn, Munich Thomas Olbricht, Essen Published Meurant, G., “La Sculpture Tanzanienne Traditionelle Révélée par le Marché de l’Art Primitif”, in “Créer en Afrique”, Paris, 1993, p.38, fig 9 (line drawing) Jahn, J., Tanzania.” Meisterwerke Afrikanischer Skulptur”, Munich, 1994, pp. 338-339. Ewel, M. and Outwater, A. (Eds.), […]

Senufo Heddle Pulley Ivory Coast 19th Century 19 cm Wood, coroza nut, brass tack Provenance Josef Herman Private collection purchased from the above 1970’s Published “Intimate Conversations: African Miniatures.” Preface by Heinrich Schweizer p 160-61 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Makonde Snuff Container Mozambique 19th Century wood, bullet, beads Provenance Private Portuguese Collection Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Bembe DRC 19th Century 12 cm Provenance Private Collection, France Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Senufo Kpelie Mask Ivory Coast 24 cm Provenance Emir Storrer field collected 1950’s Edith Hafter Lucien Van de Velde Guy and Loes Vanrijn Bernard Dulon Published Belgium Collect African art. Dick Beaulieux, Arts and applications, p.324 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Luba Complex Eastern Congo 44 cm Kusu Bankishi Kabeja Wood, fiber, pigments Multi head Provenance James Willis John Giltsoff Bruneaf 2000 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Heddle Pulley Janus Jimini Ivory Coast 19cm Provenance Purchased from Josef Herman 1970’s Published Geoffroy-Schneiter (Bérénice), Nicole & John Dintenfass, preface by Heinrich Schweizer, “Intimate Conversations. African Miniatures”, Milan: 5 Continents, 2017:164-165 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Songye Figure Nkisi DRC Lomami Basin and Province 19th Century 28 cm Provenance William Brill collection Publication Expo Cat:”Wild Spirits Strong Medicine:African Art and the Wilderness” by Anderson(Martha G) and Christine Mullen Kreamer, New York: The Center for African ARt. 1989:124 #83 Expo Cat: “Art and Power in the Central African Savana. Luba/Songye/ Chokwe/Luluwa”by Petridis(Constantin)Brussels:Mercatorfonds & […]

Dan Mask Liberia 19th century 23 cm Provenance Ladislav Segy Private Collection, East Coast Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)