Tribal Art Auction - Lempertz, March 31

Lempertz of Cologne will present a sale of fine tribal art in Brussels on March 31. Among the lots will be an admirable selection of beautiful works from Oceania and West and Central Africa, the highlight of which comes in the form of a New Ireland uli figure once owned by the German artist Otto Dix.

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Uli figure  -  New Ireland

Caryatid stool  - Luba, DR Congo

Ancestor skull  -  Asmat, Papua New Guinea

Mask  -  Vuvi, Gabon

Ivory figurine  -  Lega, DR Congo

 

 

 

Zoomorphic bowl  -  Fiji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information and images courtesy of Lempertz

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art at the Met

Currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Coe Collection of American Indian Art features works given and bequeathed to the Museum during the past decade by Ralph T. Coe of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Comprised of some forty objects made in natural materials from stone to animal hide, the installation presents a wide range of Native American objects that come from different times and places, and from numerous distinct peoples.

For more information, visit the exhibition's official website.

Leadership shirt  -  Plains Indian  -  19th century

Basket with feathers  -  Pomo, California  -  Early 20th century

Mosquito mask  - Tlingit, Alaska  -  19th century

Mask depicting a noblewoman  -  Richard Davidson (Haida, b. 1946), British Columbia

Information and images courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Expanding Views of Africa at Stanford University

 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University opened an enlarged and enhanced reinstallation of its African art galleries last year. Expanding Views of Africa includes 200 works from the collection and key loans, broadens conventional views of African art, from ancient cultures before the dynasties of the Egyptian Pharaohs to contemporary artists.

Visit the Cantor Arts Center's official website.

Bushoong mask  -  Kuba, D. R. Congo

Mask, mwana pwo  -  Luvale, Zambia  -  Late 20th century

Sarcophagus mask of a woman  -  Egypt  -  7th–6th century BC

Sengele, D. R. Congo

Head ornament, tcherot or tereout tan'eraf  - Tuareg, Algeria  -  20th century

Information and images courtesy of Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art at Kean University

Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art, on view through April 18 at Kean University’s Karl and Helen Burger Gallery, comprises twenty-eight Yoruba masterpieces from Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, all sourced from the collection of the Newark Museum. The pieces in the show, which were produced from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century, highlight the relationship between art and the spiritual world.

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Staff of authority, ipawo ase  -  Nigeria

Crown, ade abetiaja  -  Nigeria, 1970s

Twin figure, ere ibeji  -  Nigeria, 20th century

Sword of authority, ida ase  -  Nigeria, 19th–20th century

Dance vest with Esu figures  -  Nigeria, 19th–20th century

Divination tray, opon ifa  -  Nigeria, first half of 20th century  -  Attributed to Areogun or atelier

Egungun mask  -  Nigeria, 20th century

Information and images courtesy of Kean University and the Newark Museum.

Expanding Africa at the Newark Museum

For nearly a century, the Newark Museum has been a pioneer among U.S. museums in the collecting and display of African art. Today, the Museum’s nationally known collection includes nearly 5,000 works representing artistic creativity, past and present, from throughout the continent.

Expanding Africa at the Newark Museum: New Visions, New Galleries features exceptional works of art from the Museum’s extensive and ever-growing collection. Bringing together contemporary and historic works in a range of different media, the exhibition seeks to broaden conventional ideas about African art while encouraging dialogue about its constantly evolving definition. The exhibition also introduces the Newark Museum’s initiative to expand its galleries for the exhibit and teaching of African art, the completion of which is planned to coincide with the centennial of this important collection in 2015.

Visit the official website of the Newark Museum.

Female figure  -  Chokwe, Angola  - Late 19th or early 20th century

Many Came Back, 2005  -  El Anatsui

Shawl (lamba akotofahana)  -  Madagascar  -  19th century

Untitled (Seated Woman), 1956–1957  -  Seydou Keita

Text and images courtesy of the Newark Museum

New Acquisitions at Jacaranda Tribal

Our gorgeous assemblage of new acquisitions for February 2012 includes a fine Akan terracotta head; a delicately carved Grebo mask; a pair of beautiful Yoruba ibeji twin figures; a powerful Senufo figurine, and many more.  Visit our online gallery at Jacaranda Tribal for more information on all of the objects below.

Terracotta head - Akan, Ghana 

Maskette - Grebo, Côte d'Ivoire - Early 20th century

Ibeji twin figures - Yoruba, Nigeria - Early 20th century

Female figurine - Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire or Mali - Early 20th century

Stool or headrest - Bongo, Sudan - Early 20th century

Stool - Sudan - Early 20th century

Ivory bracelet - Culture unknown (African)

Masai arm ornament - Kenya or Tanzania - Early 20th century

Headrest - Bari, Sudan - Late 19th or early 20th century

Snuff container - Sotho, Lesotho - Late 19th or early 20th century

Snuff container - Sotho, Lesotho - Late 19th or early 20th century

Pipe with figural bowl - Xhosa, South Africa - 19th or early 20th century

Ladle with figural handle - Zulu, South Africa - Late 19th or early 20th century

Headrest - Tsonga, South Africa - Late 19th or early 20th century

Yoruba Ibeji Twins

Ibeji figures represent deceased twins born to Yoruba mothers, who have the highest rate of twin pregnancies in the world. After a twin's death, this small, wooden effigy figure is fed, bathed, clothed, and offered the same loving care that Yoruba women lavish on living infants and especially surviving twins.

This pair of ibeji, from the Egba clan, present a marvelous example of classic Yoruba art. Darkened with a rich patina and sporting vivid coiffures, their deep tones of brown and blue are heightened by the sparing but effective addition of red beads, providing a gorgeous contrast of elemental hues. Scarifications present on the cheeks, chests, and arms complete the range of detail on these carefully crafted twins, subtly but eloquently evoking living identity and persona.

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