Tribal Art Sale - Origine

Origine Expert will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts today, December 8, at the Hotel Drouot in Paris. The lots will comprise a wide range of works from Africa, Australia, and the pre-Columbian Americas.

For more information, view the online catalogue.

Images courtesy of Origine Expert

African Masters at the Museum Rietberg

African Masters. Art from the Ivory Coast is a major exhibition now on view at the Museum Rietberg in Zürich through June 1. Spanning 200 years of art and featuring some 200 masterpieces by around forty sculptors, this show is the first to examine African artists of different generations from six major art regions of West Africa and the works attributed to them. It refutes the still widespread view that traditional African art was almost devoid of aesthetic principles and that Africa had no proper artists, only anonymous sculptors working in tribal workshops. Visitors to this ambitious exhibition will be able to discover the great masters of the Guro, Baule, Dan, Senufo, Lobi and Lagoon peoples and admire their most famous works – sculptures and masks of intense power and beauty.

View the exhibition's official website.

Images courtesy of the Museum Rietberg

Jacaranda Tribal Presenting at Parcours des Mondes 2012

In just over two weeks' time, Jacaranda Tribal will make its second appearance at the world's preeminent tribal art fair: Parcours des Mondes.  From September 11–16 we will be in the company of sixty-three distinguished international dealers of traditional arts from Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas, all based in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of Paris.

Jacaranda will be presenting one of the few exhibits of fine antiquities from southeast Africa, including rare and important objects from Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, and South Africa.  Additional selections will represent cultures from West and Central Africa, Polynesia, and elsewhere.  Our presentation in 2011 was eagerly received by attendees, and we have assembled another excellent range of works for the eleventh edition of the fair that is sure to delight both connoisseurs of African art and collectors for whom the art of the region is virtually new.

Jacaranda Tribal will be installed at Galerie ESPACES 54, located at 54 rue Mazarine.  We welcome you to visit us during this very special time––to discover new and beautiful objects, and to share our appreciation of the world's indigenous art traditions.

www.JacarandaTribal.com

www.parcours-paris.eu

Four-legged vessel  -  Sotho, Lesotho  -  Early 20th century

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New Acquisitions at Jacaranda Tribal

Jacaranda Tribal is now exhibiting a beautiful group of new acquisitions from a variety of cultures across the African continent.  A trio of powerful figural objects from Côte d'Ivoire, fantastic beaded hides from Tanzania, a group of three miniature Dogon ladders, and a rare beaded sweat scraper from South Africa are among the many highlights in our exquisite selection of mid-summer offerings. 

Explore our new online exhibition for details on these objects and many more.

Figural pair  -  Baule, Côte d'Ivoire  -  Early 20th century

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

Pipe with horse figure and inlay  -  Xhosa, South Africa  -  Early 20th century

Beaded apron  -  Bayei or Mbukushu, Botswana  -  Early 20th century

Heddle pulley  -  Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire  -  Early 20th century

Beaded sweat scraper (strigil)  -  South Africa  -  19th century

Beaded woman's skirt  -  Iraqw, Tanzania  -  First half of 20th century

Miniature ladders  -  Dogon, Mali  -  Early 20th century

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