Sotheby's will put an exquisite group of African and Oceanic art and artifacts before the bidders in Paris on June 12. Highlights of the sale will include a stunning black Bete mask, a Fang reliquary figure, a cephalomorphic Igala head crest, a Yoruba Oshe Shango maternity figure, and a range of other sculptural masterworks from West and Central Africa, New Ireland, and elsewhere.
View the online catalogue.
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| Mask - Bete, Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Reliquary figure - Fang, Gabon |
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| Head crest - Igala, Nigeria |
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| Oshe Shango maternity figure - Yoruba, Nigeria |
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| Ivory cup with figurines - Sapi-Portuguese, Sierra Leone |
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| Mask - Gere, Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Power figure - Kongo, D.R. Congo |
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| Female figure - Tiv, Nigeria |
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| Malanggan mask - New Ireland |
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| Canoe prow ornament - Solomon Islands |
Information and images courtesy of Sotheby's
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