Sotheby's presented an exquisite sale of tribal art from Africa, Oceania, and the pre-Columbian Americas today in New York. A selection of the sale's highlights, noted below, includes an Eket Ogbom headdress, Olmec seated figure, Lega ivory figurine, Mambila female ancestor figure, and more. For full sale details,
visit the Sotheby's website.
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Ogbom headdress - Eket, Nigeria - |
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Statue of a heroine - Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea |
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Reliquary figure - Kota, Gabon |
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Seated figure - Olmec, Mexico |
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Ivory figurine - Lega, DR Congo |
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Ceramic figure - Chupicuaro, Mexico |
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Female ancestor figure - Mambila, Cameroon |
Images courtesy of Sotheby's
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