Kongo Fetish Mbwa KONGO FETISH MBWA DRC Wood, Raffia, resin, mirror, textile, rust, pigment L14’’ 19th Century Provenance Helen Leloup, France Private Collection NYC Published “KONGO: Objects de bois, Objets d’ivoire (Cover piece)” Paris, June 1998, p.30 Galerie Leloup Tribal Art Magazine, Spring, 2024 Published “Primitivism Revisited” December 15, 2006- January 27th, 2007 Curated by […]
Igbo Mask
Igbo Mask Mmwo Mask Nigeria Late 19th Century, Early 20th Century Over 100 years Provenance Private Collection Midwest, United States Toby and Barry Hecht Collection, Maryland James Stephenson Published “Hair in African Art and Culture.” Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman, Museum of African Art, Prestol 2000 #62 “Eastern Nigerian Art from the Toby and Barry […]
Bembe Bwende
Bembe Bwende D.R.C. Mindouli Region 19th Century Inagaki base Provenance American Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Akuaba
Akuaba Ghana 22 cm Provenance Art institute of Chicago Christie’s New York, “Important Tribal Art. Including selections from the collection formed by Alberto Magneli” 22 November Lot 136 Thomas GB Wheelock Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Dogon Female Figure
Dogon Female Figure Wood, encrusted patina, metal Height 18 1/4in (46.5cm) Provenance Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, New York (“61.91” in red written on back of figure and base) Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4 May 1967, Lot 4 Stanley Lederman Collection, New York Thence by descent Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: […]
Zaramo-Kwere Gourd
Zaramo-Kwere Gourd Tanzania 19th Century Provenance Carl and Wilma Zabel Collection Published “The Discerning Eye African Art from the Collection of Carl and Wilma Zabel.” by Bordogna, Charles. Tenafly:The African Art Museum of the SMA fathers 2005, p 34 Exhibited Tenafly, NJ. USA “The Discerning Eye:The Collection of Carl and Wilma Zabel.” The African Art Museum […]
Fetish Bocio
Fetish, Bocio Fon Benin Late 19th-early 20th century Wood, metal, cloth Height: 13 1/2 inches (34.3 cm) Pace # 54-5387 Provenance Ex Jacques Kerchache Ex private collection, New York Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Bembe Charm
Bembe Charm DRC 19th Century 5″ Provenance Old French Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Bembe Fetish Figure
Bembe Fetish Figure DRC 14.6 cm 19th Century Provenance Alain Lecomte Private Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Songye Figure
Songye Figure DRC 19th Century 9 1/2″ Provenance American Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Bwende Figure
Bwende Figure DRC 19th Century 7 3/4″ Provenance Old Belgium Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
Songye Figure
Songye Figure 19th Century 9 1/2″ (on base) Provenance American Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)
A Macana Hand Club
A Macana Hand Club Guyana Vegetal Fibre, Wood 38.4 cm (15.1 in) Provenance René D’harnoncourt, New York Anne D’harnoncourt, Philadelphia Joseph J. Rishel, Philadelphia Nov 21, 2022, Sotheby’s- Art of Africa, Oceania. and The Americas Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)