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. 

View more auction and preview information here.

Images courtesy of Mossgreen

Tribal Art London 2014

The only London show specializing in tribal art is getting a makeover this year. It is being renamed Tribal Art London and will henceforth be held at Mall Galleries, where it will include twice as many participants as previous years. This should also double the chances that its attendees will be able to find the masks, figures, textiles, ornaments, and ethnographic photographs they are looking for. Books and publications will also be available, and Tribal Art Magazine will have a presence at the event as well.

More information can be found at the fair's official website.

Parcours des Mondes 2014

For its 13th edition, taking place September 9–14, Parcours des Mondes will have the pleasure of presenting 68 exhibitors, half of them coming from outside of France, and with the exceptional participation of nine American art dealers, including the Thomas Murray, Bruce Frank, Jacaranda, and Donald Ellis. Arts from Africa will have the place of honor, but also the arts of Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, as well as arts of the Himalayas, Indonesia, India, and elsewhere. Also to be noted is a clear and natural expansion into archaeological works with classical antiquities from Egypt and the Near East. 

Visit the official website.

Pipe bowl  -  Mangbetu, D.R. Congo  -  Late 19th or early 20th century
On view at Jacaranda, exhibiting at 54 rue Mazarine

Tribal Art Auction at Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster will present a discovery auction of more than 700 lots from European estates on Thursday, September 4. The lots will comprise a vast array of traditional objects from Africa, Oceania, Indonesia, and elsewhere.

View the online catalogue.

Mask  -  Dan, Côte d'Ivoire

Helmet mask, epa  -  Yoruba, Nigeria

Guardian figure, hampatong  -  Dayak, Borneo

Images courtesy of Zemanek-Münster

Paris Tribal

The first annual edition of Paris Tribal will be held on April 3–6 in the Beaux-Arts/Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris. The event will bring together twenty-six galleries located in the uncontested capital of the tribal art world. The complete list of participants can be seen on the show’s website: www.paristribal.com. This will undoubtedly be an opportunity to discover any number of exceptional tribal works from Africa, America, Asia, Indonesia, Oceania, and elsewhere.

Visit the event's official website.

Image courtesy of Paris Tribal

San Francisco Tribal and Textiles Arts Show

Featuring more than 100 dealers under a single roof, the 28th annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show, will be held, as always, in the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center on February 6–9, 2014. For nearly three decades, this vetted show has brought together a remarkable selection of tribal art and textiles from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The intro exhibition for this year’s event will be titled Masks Then and Now: Inspiration and Interpretation, assembled by dealer Thomas Murray and featuring antique tribal masks from the Himalayas and Indonesia together with contemporary works by sculptor Mort Golub from his “Shamanic Mask Series.”

Visit the official SFTTAS website.

Image courtesy of Caskey-Lees/San Francisco Tribal Art and Textile Show

Tribal Art Sale at Zemanek-Munster

Auctioneers Zemanek-Münster of Würzburg will present their 75th sale of tribal art on November 30.  The extensive array of lots will include fine works from across the world, spanning traditional carvings from Africa, Oceania, Indonesia, Asia, and elsewhere.

View the online catalogue.

Image courtesy of Zemanek-Münster

Madison Ancient and Tribal Art 2013

Madison Ancient and Tribal Art will be held this month at New York City's Arader Gallery from November 13–16. MATA is an alliance of International dealers specializing in the art of traditional cultures, among them such highly regarded names as Marc Assayag, Kellim Brown, Bruce Frank, Jacaranda, Charles Moreau, James Stephenson, Tamabaran Gallery and Pace Primitive. The Fall MATA exhibit will run concurrently with the exhibition and sale of the Allan Stone collection of African, Oceanic and Indonesian art at Sotheby's, and the auction of fine tribal art at Bonhams. 

Jacaranda Tribal will present a range of antique tribal works from cultures across the globe, from gorgeous Hawaiian fish hooks to Congolese power figures.

For more information, please visit the official MATA website.

San Francisco Tribal

From October 25–27, the sixteen-member dealer group San Francisco Tribal will hold its annual group show at the Fleet Room of Fort Mason Center, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. Artworks offered will include a wide array of African, Oceanic, pre-Columbian, Asian, and Indonesian sculpture, masks, jewelry, and textiles. This show always reveals unexpected treasures at rational prices. 

For more information, visit the official SF Tribal website.


Image courtesy of SF Tribal

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.

View the online catalogue for more details.

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

Chasses Magiques

Fifty-five tribal masterpieces on loan from the collections of 
the Musée du Quai Branly will be on show for four months at the Château de Vogüé in the French county of the Ardèche. Chasses Magiques (Magical Hunts) immerses visitors in the materials and icons of ancestral and universal practices: hunting over time, across the continents and through a range of traditional cultures in Africa, Oceania, and America, revealing their symbolic value - the mystical relationship between the hunter and his prey.

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Zoomorphic mask  -  Dogon, Mali

Hunting trophy  -  Mentawai Archipelago, Sundas Islands

Drum  -  Asmat, Papua New Guinea

Headdress  -  Bobo, Burkina Faso

Information and images courtesy of the Château de Vogüé and Musée du Quai Branly

Een Huis vol Indonesia – De Liefkes Collectie

Ending its run tomorrow at the Rijksmuseum voor Volkerkunde is Een Huis vol Indonesia – De Liefkes Collectie (A House Full of Indonesia – The Liefkes Collection), an exhibition honoring keen-eyed collector emeritus Frits Liefkes, who was also a curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and who left nearly 1,000 objects from all over the Indonesian Archipelago to the Leiden Museum in 2010. The objects, ornaments, and weapons of gold, as well as the textiles, furniture, and ritual objects presented, are grouped together in three categories: body ornaments, spatial decoration, and the sacred and ritual sphere. All of the objects testify to the great aesthetic refinement of the cultures in this part of the world, ranging from Aceh in the west to Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea) in the east.

View the exhibition's official website.

Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden

Tribal art auction at Zemanek-Münster

On May 25, auctioneers Zemanek-Münster will present another sale of fine tribal art and artifacts in Würzburg. This spring's auction will highlight the private collection of Walter Hekster, full of notable objects from Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and elsewhere.

For more information, visit the online catalogue.

Dance mask, hudoq  -  Dayak, Borneo

Mask  -  Fang, Gabon

Pibibuze mask  -  Kwele, Gabon

Kifwebe mask  -  Luba, DR Congo

Canoe shield, kaminimbit  -  Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Images courtesy of Zemanek-Münster

Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam 2012

The 2012 edition of Amsterdam's Tribal Art Fair will be held on October 26–28 at its traditional location at De Duif. Nineteen respected dealers will be in attendance, offering tribal objects from Oceania, Africa, Indonesia, South America, Tibet and elsewhere. Comprising a world of jewelry and sculpture, textiles, masks, implements and furniture, the event will be vetted by experts in each region.

Find out more at the official TAF website.

Information and images courtesy of Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam

Tribal Art Auction - Castor Hara, March 26

Auctioneers Castor Hara will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts at Drouot Richelieu in Paris on March 26. The nearly 400 lots on offer will feature a panoply of traditional objects from Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania, and the Americas, including a particularly compelling range of Pre-Columbian antiquities.

Visit the official website.

Polychrome vase  -  Maya  -  600–900 A.D.

Tripod vessel  -  Maya  -  600–900 A.D.

Seated figure  -  Jama-Coaque, Ecuador  -  500 B.C.–500 A.D.

Zoomorphic gold pendant  -  Diquis-Chiriqui, Costa Rica  -  1000–1500 A.D.

Female figure  -  Chancay, Peru  -  1100–1400 A.D.

Images courtesy of Castor Hara