Luba Complex DRC Kusu 19th century 16 cm wood, encrusted patina, metal Provenance Jan Lundberg Private Collection, East Coast Publication Geoffroy-Schneiter (Bérénice), Nicole & John Dintenfass, preface by Heinrich Schweizer, “Intimate Conversations. African Miniatures / Conversations intimes. Miniatures africaines”, Milan: 5 Continents, 2017:258-259 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions […]
Nuna Singe Mask
Nuna Singe Mask Southwest Central Burkina Faso 19th century Wood, fiber 29.2 cm Provenance Peter and Nancy Mikelesen Thomas GB Wheelock Published Traditional Sculpture from the Upper Volta Exhibition of objects from New York Museums and Private Collections African American Institute October 1978-1979 P 15 #189 “Land of the Flying Masks, Art and Culture in Burkina […]
Turtle Form Dogon Door Lock
Turtle Form Dogon Door Lock Northwest Burkina Faso 12” H wood, copper, alloy 19th Century Provenance Thomas GB Wheelock Collection Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Mangbetu Staff
Mangbetu Staff DRC Uele region 19th Century 16” H wood, brass tacks Provenance Thomas Alexander AHDRC #0034742 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Bembe, Bwende
Bembe, Bwende DRC Congo Brazzaville, Upper Bouenza River Region Anthropomorphic Male figure Wood, beads, glass 18 cm AHDRC 0013111 Provenance Josef Herman Thomas Alexander Private Collection US Publications Fagg, William. ‘Miniature wood carvings of Africa’. 1970 p 57 #48 Forward written by Josef Herman Expo Cat ‘Hair in African Art and Culture’. By Roy Sieber […]
Shona Neckrest
Shona Neckrest Appuie-nuque, Shona Zimbabwe 15,5 x 14 cm H 19th Century Provenance Private Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Kongo Power Figure
Kongo Power Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo nkisi nduda Wood, glass, mirrored glass, chicken feathers 10 1/2in (27cm) H Provenance Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Geneva, Switzerland Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, London, 27 June 1983, Lot 56 Jacques Kerchache, Paris Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1988, Lot 121 Private American Collection contact us for more information […]
Luba Knife
Luba Knife 19th Century contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Antique Model Canoe Stern
Antique Model Canoe Stern 19th Century Provenance Sotheby’s London Ex Philippe Goldman Ex John Gilstoff contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Jimini Pulley
Jimini Pulley Ivory Coast 7 1/4″ H 19thCentury Provenance Published Arcade Gallery “An Exhibition of Baule Sculpture” Peter and Monica Wengraf Intimate Converstaions: African Miniatures contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Janus Songye
Janus Songye Democratic Republic of the Congo 19th Century Provenance American Collection Published INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS: African miniatures P. 276-77 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Bembe Figure
Bembe Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo 9″ (24 cm) H 19th Century Provenance Collection #12 American private collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Luba Katatora
Luba Katatora Kashekesheke Democratic Republic of the Congo 6″ H 19th Century Provenance Published: Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History. P. 183 Mary Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Tabwa Axe Shaft
Tabwa Axe Shaft Democratic Republic of the Congo 56.5 cm. long Provenance Maria Wyss, Basel Udo Horstmann, Zug Literature Maurer, E.M. and Roberts, A. F. (eds.), Tabwa The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art, Ann Arbor, 1985, p.257, fig.265 Vogel, S. and Thompson, J., Closeup. Lessons in the art of seeing […]
Senufo Mask
Senufo Mask Côte d’Ivoire 12 3/8 in (31.5 cm) H Provenance JJ Klejmann Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright, New York Literature Dominique de Menil, Constant Companions: An Exhibition of Mythological Animals, Demons and Monsters, Phantasmal Creatures and Various Anatomical Assemblages, Houston, 1965, n.p. Exhibited University of Saint Thomas, Houston, Constant Companions: An Exhibition of Mythological Animals, […]
Bembe Figure
Bembe Figure 19cm H 19th Century Inagaki Base Provenance Private West Coast Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Mende Mask
Mende Mask Sierre Leone Circa 1930 Provenance Private Collection East Coast Exhibited Nassau County Museum, New York, 1979 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Shona Knife Sheath
Shona Knife Sheath South Africa 19th Century Extremely Large 21″ H Provenance Dr. Richard and Jan Baum Collection Collection “22 (collected in the 1950’s) contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Sikasingo-Bembe Miniature
Sikasingo-Bembe Miniature Kivu Region, Eastern Congo 19th Century 6″ H Provenance Pierre Dartevelle Alfred Sheinberg purchased from above 1970’s Collection #6030 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Teke Figure
Teke Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood and vegetal fibers 17 cm H Provenance Private Belguim Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Yombe Maternity Figure
Yombe Maternity Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo Kongo Yombe meta, steel, wood Seated, female / woman, anthropomorphic 26.0 cm (10.2 in) H XIX-XXth century contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Dogon Ritual Container with Horse & Rider
Dogon Ritual Container with Horse & Rider Mali Wood 30 1/2 inches (77.5 cm) H Provenance Ex J.J. Klejman, New York Ex Klaus Perls, New York, acquired from above in 1974 Sotheby’s NY, 8 May 1996, lot 209 Ex John Giltsoff, New York, 1996 Ex Alexander Gallery, Inc., 1996 Sotheby’s NY, 15 May 2015, lot […]
Kongo-Yombe Power Figure
Kongo-Yombe Power Figure of the Name “Mananguna” Democratic Republic of the Congo nkisi n’kondi 24in (61cm) H ‘429’ painted on the reverse Provenance Collected in situ by Father Léo Bittremieux for the Scheut Mission in the Kangu region between 1907 and 1909, with the figure’s name recorded as Mananguna Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, acquired […]
Nyamwezi Figure
Nyamwezi Figure Tanzania 35cm H 19th Century Provenance Old German Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)