Tribal Art Sale at Heritage

On November 6, 2015, Heritage will hold a sale featuring American Indian, Pre-Columbian, and tribal art. The Pre-Columbian element of the sale is strong in Central and South American goldwork and other jewelry, and Native American beadwork, pipes, and jewelry will also be offered. The centerpiece of the sale will be the Howard and Catherine Feldman Collection, which features more than 350 masks, largely from Mexico and the Himalayas, as well as a substantial number of Congo maskettes. 

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Delaware bandolier bag  -  Ca 1840

Plateau hide dress  -  Ca 1880

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Tribal Art Auction at Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster will present their 81st sale of tribal art and artifacts in Würzburg on October 31.  The  large auction will present a wide array of sculptural works, highlighting a number of beautiful figures from West and Central Africa. Asian art will also be included alongside traditional works from Oceania, the Himalayas and elsewhere.

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Commemorative figure of a king  -  Bangwa, Cameroon Grassfields

Mask, dyodyomini  -  Dogon, Mali

Reliquary figure, mbulu ngulu  -  Kota, Gabon

Power figure, nkisi  -  Kongo/Mayombe/Vili, D.R. Congo

Images courtesy of Zemanek-Münster

Christie's Tribal Art Preview in Paris

On September 8–15, set to coincide with this year's edition of Parcours des Mondes, Christie's is exhibiting a selection of highlights from their upcoming December sale of African, Oceanic and Native American art in Paris. The installation, on view at 9 ave Mantignon, will feature a range of fine tribal works, including a Fang figure from the collection of André Fourquet.

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Male figure  -  Fang, Gabon

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Visions of Humanity in The Exceptional Sale - Christie's

Christie's will present a special selection entitled Visions of Humanity as part of The Exceptional Sale on July 9 in London. While the larger sale focuses on decorative arts and furniture, Visions of Humanity comprises a range of tribal African and classical European works.  Highlights of the special selections, pictured below, include a magnificent Luba bowstand attributed to the Warua Master and a  beautiful Chokwe warrior figure.

For more information, view the online catalogue at the Christie's website.

Bowstand with female figure  -  Luba, D.R. Congo 

Commemorative figure of a warrior chief  -  Chokwe, Angola

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Mossgreen Preview – The Dr. Peter Elliott Collection

On June 25–26, Mossgreen will present a preview of selections from its upcoming sale of the collection of Dr. Peter Elliott at Messum's in London. Amassed over many years of world travel, the Elliott Collection includes a multitude of fine tribal works from Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippine Islands, Vanuatu and the Himalayas. 

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Images courtesy of Mossgreen

Tribal Art Sale at Artcurial

Artcurial will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts on June 22 in Paris. Featuring just 67 lots, the auction will focus on African masks and statuary with a limited inclusion of Oceanic objects.

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Mask  -  Punu, Gabon

Mask  -  Baule, Côte d'Ivoire

Mask  -  Kuba, D.R. Congo

Images courtesy of Artcurial

Tribal Art Sale at Lempertz

Lempertz will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts in Brussels on June 12. Highlighting a wide variety of figural sculpture from central and western Africa, the lots will also include a selection of carvings from Papua New Guinea.

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Yoruba bell  -  Nigeria

Punu mask  -  Gabon

Bambara mask  -  Mali

Suku mask  -  D.R. Congo

Nuna or Bwa mask  -  Burkina Faso

Nuna mask  -  Burkina Faso

Images courtesy of Lempertz

Tribal Art Sale at Eve

Auctioneers Eve will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts on June 1 in Paris at the Drouot Richelieu. Featuring works from North America, Africa, and Oceania, the sale will highlight an array of exquisite Southwest objects, most importantly a number of archaic statues from the Mimbres and Anasazi.

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Figure of a bison  -  Mimbres or Anasazi  -  12th to 14th century

Kachina, Shalako Taka  -  Hopi or Zuni, Arizona  -  1880 or earlier  

Figure of Mother Earth  -  Mimbres or Anasazi  -  Ca 1000 CE

Images courtesy of Eve

Tribal Art Sale at Leonard Joel

Auctioneers Leonard Joel will present a large sale of Asian and tribal art on May 31 in Melbourne. Showcasing the collection of Mark Lissauer, the auction will put on offer an extensive range of works from all corners of Asia as well as Indonesia, New Guinea, Polynesia and elsewhere.

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Poi bowl  -  Hawaiian Islands

Three-bladed katar  -  India

Yam mask  -  Papua New Guinea

Images courtesy of Leonard Joel

Tribal Art Sale at Dorotheum

Dorotheum will present a sale of tribal art and artifacts on May 26. The works on offer will represent a wide variety of cultures across the African continent, as well as a small assemblage of items from the South Pacific and the Americas.

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Mask  -  Vuvi, Gabon

Power figure  -  Songye, D.R. Congo

Ancestor skull  -  Asmat, Papua New Guinea

Images courtesy of Dorotheum

Tribal Art Sale at Mossgreen

Mossgreen of Melbourne will present a sale of fine Australian, Oceanic, and Indonesian tribal art on May 20. The works on offer represent the collecting efforts of Marc & Elena Pinto, amassed during the couple's years of world travel. Featuring over 140 lots, the auction will highlight tribal weaponry, including ceremonial shields, clubs, spears and boomerangs.

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Images courtesy of Mossgreen

Tribal Art Sale at Sotheby's

Sotheby’s will hold its spring sale of art from Africa, Oceania, and the ancient Americas in New York on May 15. It will be led by a rare Pende helmet mask that was featured in the 1984 Primitivism show at MOMA. Also featured will be highlights from the New York estate of the late Helena Segy and, by extension, the personal collection of her noted husband, Ladislas Segy. Significant among these are a rare Ngbandi ivory spoon and an unusually early Kota reliquary. A large and fine Lobi couple from the collection of Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler and an Mbembe figure once owned by Georg Baselitz will also be offered. An unusual highlight of the sale is an extremely early Kanak stone figure from New Caledonia collected by the missionary Père Pierre Lambert between 1856 and 1863. 

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Male figure  -  Luba, D.R. Congo

Monumental head  -  Kanak, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Helmet mask  -  Luluwa, D. R. Congo

Male reliquary figure,  eyema byeri  -   Fang-Ntumu, Gabon

 Images courtesy of Sotheby's

Tribal Art Sale at Bonhams

Bonhams will hold a sale of tribal art and artifacts in San Francisco on May 5 featuring a large and varied assortment of works from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Impressive wood carvings from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and D.R. Congo comprise just a few of the highlights on offer.  

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Standing male figure  -  Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea

Canoe prow  -  Maori, New Zealand

Male figure  -  Hemba, D.R. Congo

 Images courtesy of Bonhams

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

Images courtesy of Auctionata

Tribal Art Sale at Auctionata

Berlin-based Auctionata will hold a sale of art from Africa and Oceania on March 31 from its “auction studio” in New York. This auction house’s mission is to utilize an interactive online presence, so while its sales function as traditional auctions, bidding is done absentee, by phone, or online. This sale features a variety of offerings, the highlight of which is a pre-WWII Senufo figure. 

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Maternity figure  -  Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire

Gbon mask  -  Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire

War club, totokia  -  Fiji

Images courtesy of Auctionata