Showing posts with label Bembe figure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bembe figure. Show all posts

Friday, September 12, 2014

Preview at Christie's Paris

Christie's Paris is presenting a preview exhibition of its winter tribal art sale through the 25th of September. Set to offer another gorgeous array of works from Africa, Oceania, and North America, the December 11 sale will include notable pieces once held in the collection of Saul and Marsha Stanoff.


Male figure with flywhisk  -  Bembe, D.R. Congo

Image courtesy of Christie's


Friday, October 12, 2012

New Online Sale Exhibition at Jacaranda Tribal

Jacaranda Tribal is now presenting a new sale exhibition of exquisite tribal art from Africa, Oceania, and elsewhere. Our fifteen new offerings include a marvelous Bembe female figure collected by Edmond Dartevelle in the 1930s; a large, lustrous Gambier Islands fish hook carved of a single piece of pearl shell; an astonishingly detailed Javanese keris knife; a beautifully designed Ethiopian processional cross dating from the 13th–14th century; wirework prestige objects from Zimbabwe and South Africa; and more. A selection of highlights from the assemblage are below. For detailed information on these beautiful works and many more, please visit www.jacarandatribal.com


Female figure  -  Bembe, D. R. Congo  -  Early 20th century
Fish hook  -  Gambier Islands  -  Late 19th century
Keris  -  Java  -  Late 19th or early 20th century
Heddle pulley depicting an avian figure  -  Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire  -  Late 19th or early 20th century
Processional cross  -  Ethiopia  -  13th–14th century
Woman's hat  -  Zulu, South Africa  -  Early 20th century
Pair of stools (one featuring a cache box)  -  Nupe, Nigeria  -  Early 20th century
Prestige knife with wirework  -  Shona, Zimbabwe  -  Late 19th or early 20th century