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

Images courtesy of Heritage Auction

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 Auction at Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster will present their 79th sale of fine tribal art and artifacts on March 21 in Würzburg. The wide array of traditional works to be put before the bidders represent cultures from Central and West Africa, New Guinea, Central and South America, and elsewhere.

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Mask  -  Bembe, D.R. Congo

Bird mask  -  Dan, Côte d'Ivoire

Bird pectoral  -  Tairona, Colombia

Images courtesy of Zemanek-Münster

Tribal Art Auction - Arte Primitivo

Arte Primitivo presents a new auction of fine pre-Columbian, African and tribal art and classical antiquities, including items from the Allan Stone Collection and other owners. Over 500 lots will be on exhibition in the Arte Primitivo gallery beginning February 16. All works are also viewable online at www.arteprimitivo.com

MATA NYC - November 2014

A new edition of Madison Ancient and Tribal Art will be presented at Arader Gallery on 1016 Madison Ave in New York on November 8–11. Among the participating dealers will be Marc Assayag, Bruce Frank, Patrick Mestdagh, James Stephenson, Michael Oliver and Michael Rhodes. 

For more details, please, visit the official MATA website.

Tribal Art Auction at Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster of Würzburg will present its 78th tribal art auction on October 18. The lots will comprise a wide array of fine traditional objects from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

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Power figure  -  Kongo, D.R. Congo

Skull hut  -  Solomon Islands

Power figure  -  Songye, D.R. Congo

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Tribal Art Sale - Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster will present its 77th sale of tribal art and artifacts on June 28 in Würzburg.  The large group of offerings (numbering over 560) will include works from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, South Asia, the Americas, and all over Africa.

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Reliquary figure  -  Fang, Equatorial Guinea

Bronze figure  -  Benin, Nigeria

Rice god, bul'ul  -  Ifugao, Philippines

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Tribal Art Sale at Neumeister

A sale of fine tribal art and artifacts will be presented at Neumeister in Cologne on May 17th. A guided tour through the auction's lots with Dr. Karl-Ferdinand Schädler and Dieter-Maria Scheppach, Neumeister's expert on tribal and African art, will be held on Thursday 15th between 6 and 8pm. A wide range of material will be offered, from ancient Mexican stone reliefs to Oceanic masks.

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Images courtesy of Neumeister

Sotheby's - The Collection of Allan Stone Pt. 2

On May 16, Sotheby's New York will present two important sales of tribal art: The Collection of Allan Stone: African, Pre-Columbian & American Indian Art - Volume Two and African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Including Property from the Krugier and Lasansky Collections, featuring a wide selection of exquisite works from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Highlighting the second and final auction of The Collection of Allan Stone is a group of Songye power gigures and Kongo nail power figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo, including several by known hands.

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Power figure, nkisi nkondi - Kongo, DR Congo

Power figure, nkishi - Songye, DR Congo

Power figure, nkisi nkondi - Kongo-Yombe, DR Congo

Mask  -  Ibibio, Nigeria

Power figure - Kongo-Vili, DR Congo

Images courtesy of Sotheby's

Pre-Columbian Art - Binoche et Giquello

Binoche et Giquello will present a sale of fine pre-Columbian antiquities in Paris on March 28. Over 150 lots will be put before the bidders, ranging from ancient Mexican masks to South American ceramics.  

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Standing figure  -  Olmec, Mexico  -  1150–550 BC

Phallic urn  -  Brazil  -  400–1400 AD

Funerary mask  -  Teotihuacan, Mexico  -  450–650 AD

Seated figure of Macuilxochitl  -  Mixtec, Mexico  -  1300–1521 AD

Figure  -  Aztec, Mexico  -  1400–1521 AD

Mask  -  Teotihuacan, Mexico  -  300 BC–200 AD

Images courtesy of Binoche et Giquello

Tribal Art Sale at Bonhams

Bonhams will present an autumn sale of fine African, Oceanic and pre-Columbian art on November 14. The show's major highlight - among the range of other exquisite offerings - is a magnificent Baga shoulder mask representing a beautiful mother from Guinea, estimated between $400,000–600,000.

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Image courtesy of Bonhams