Sotheby's Preview Exhibition

Planned to coincide with the 2015 edition of Parcours des Mondes, Sotheby’s will present highlights of their upcoming December 2 tribal art auction in a preview exhibition at Galerie Charpentier on September 8–12. Some remarkable pieces from Cameroon and Oceania from the well-known René and Odette Delenne Collection will be among these treasures, as will a group of African works from the Frum Collection (Oceanic objects from which were sold by Sotheby’s with resounding success in September 2014). An Ndassa (Gabon) reliquary guardian figure collected before 1930 and which is from the same collection as the beautiful Kota Shamaye sold at the winter 2012 sale will also be on view.

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Tribal Art Sale at Auctionata

Auctionata will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts in Berlin on April 21. Highlights of the sale will include a collection of African fertility dolls; an important Hemba figure from the collection of Paolo Morigi; a Bakota reliquary figure sold by JJ Klejman in the 1950s; Fang Knives from the collection of André Schoeller, and more.  

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Moai kavakava  -  Easter Island

Helmet mask  -  Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire

Figure of a priest  -  Remojadas, Mexico

Reliquary figure, mbulu ngulu  -  Kota, Gabon

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1000 Ways of Seeing at Sotheby's

On March 5, Sotheby's London will present the collection of the late Stanley Seeger. Among the incredibly eclectic lots will be offered a group of tribal works, including a Kota reliquary and Maori hei tiki, pictured below.

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African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art at Sotheby's

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.

Ogbom headdress  -  Eket, Nigeria  -  

Statue of a heroine  -  Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea 

Reliquary figure  -  Kota, Gabon

Seated figure  -  Olmec, Mexico

Ivory figurine  -  Lega, DR Congo

Ceramic figure  -  Chupicuaro, Mexico

Female ancestor figure  -  Mambila, Cameroon

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