The Frum Collection at Sotheby's

The superb collection of Oceanic art from Polynesia and Melanesia formed by the late Murray Frum and his family is the most significant group to come to market in the last thirty years, with a variety of objects from Indonesia to Polynesia at all ranges of the market. To be held only two days after Parcours des Mondes on September 16, the sale will be highlighted an extremely rare group of pre-contact Polynesian works.

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Figure, pou whakairo  -  Maori, New Zealand

Head of a staff god  -  Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Malanggan figure  -  New Ireland

Images and information courtesy of Sotheby's

Tribal Art Auction at Zemanek-Münster

Auctioneers Zemanek-Münster will host their latest tribal auction in Würzburg on September 7.  Through an assemblage of over 450 lots, the sale will offer an array of traditional art and artifacts from Africa, Indonesia, Oceania, and elsewhere.

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Trophy skull  -  Dayak, Borneo

Malanggan figure with outstretched arms  -   New Ireland

Mask  -  Lula, D.R. Congo

Flywhisk  -  Yaka, D.R. Congo

Images courtesy of Zemanek-Münster