The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited show Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary opens October 2, 2007 and runs through March 2, 2008. Curated by Alisa LaGamma, the shows features over 150 works from European and American collections. The works are from Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.
Interestingly, the show also features sacred relics from other world cultures, drawn from the Met's vast collections. This show is not to be missed. A catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
San Francisco Tribal, comprised of 18 dealers from the San Francisco Bay area, are holding their 3rd annual tribal show from October 12 -14, 2007.
On the auction front, Lauritz.com is auctioning pieces from the Hernsheim collection on September 30, 2007, including an important Uli figure (estimate 532,000 EUR) - see illustration above.
Zemanek is holding an auction on September 22, 2007 and Skinner is holding an American Indian and Ethnographic Auction on September 23, 2007.
Daniel
JacarandaTribal.com
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