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Songye Figure Nkisi DRC Lomami Basin and Province 19th Century 28 cm Provenance William Brill collection Publication Expo Cat:”Wild Spirits Strong Medicine:African Art and the Wilderness” by Anderson(Martha G) and Christine Mullen Kreamer, New York: The Center for African ARt. 1989:124 #83 Expo Cat: “Art and Power in the Central African Savana. Luba/Songye/ Chokwe/Luluwa”by Petridis(Constantin)Brussels:Mercatorfonds & […]

Dan Mask Liberia 19th century 23 cm Provenance Ladislav Segy Private Collection, East Coast Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Luba Complex DRC Kusu 19th century 16 cm wood, encrusted patina, metal Provenance Jan Lundberg Private Collection, East Coast Publication  Geoffroy-Schneiter (Bérénice), Nicole & John Dintenfass, preface by Heinrich Schweizer, “Intimate Conversations. African Miniatures / Conversations intimes. Miniatures africaines”, Milan: 5 Continents, 2017:258-259 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions […]

Nuna Singe Mask Southwest Central Burkina Faso 19th century Wood, fiber 29.2 cm Provenance Peter and Nancy Mikelesen Thomas GB Wheelock Published Traditional Sculpture from the Upper Volta Exhibition of objects from New York Museums and Private Collections African American Institute October 1978-1979 P 15 #189 “Land of the Flying Masks, Art and Culture in Burkina […]

Turtle Form  Dogon Door Lock Northwest Burkina Faso 12” H wood, copper, alloy 19th Century Provenance Thomas GB Wheelock Collection Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Mangbetu Staff DRC Uele region 19th Century 16” H wood, brass tacks Provenance Thomas Alexander AHDRC #0034742 Price on request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Bembe, Bwende DRC Congo Brazzaville, Upper Bouenza River Region Anthropomorphic Male figure Wood, beads, glass 18 cm AHDRC 0013111 Provenance Josef Herman Thomas Alexander Private Collection US Publications Fagg, William.  ‘Miniature wood carvings of Africa’. 1970 p 57 #48 Forward written by Josef Herman Expo Cat ‘Hair in African Art and Culture’. By Roy Sieber […]

Kongo Fetish Mbwa KONGO FETISH MBWA DRC Wood, Raffia, resin, mirror, textile, rust, pigment L14’’ 19th Century Provenance Helen Leloup, France Private Collection NYC Published “KONGO: Objects de bois, Objets d’ivoire (Cover piece)” Paris, June 1998, p.30 Galerie Leloup Tribal Art Magazine, Spring, 2024 Published “Primitivism Revisited” December 15, 2006- January 27th, 2007 Curated by […]

Igbo Mask Mmwo Mask Nigeria Late 19th Century, Early 20th Century Over 100 years Provenance Private Collection Midwest, United States Toby and Barry Hecht Collection, Maryland James Stephenson Published “Hair in African Art and Culture.” Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman, Museum of African Art, Prestol 2000 #62 “Eastern Nigerian Art from the Toby and Barry […]

Bembe Bwende D.R.C. Mindouli Region 19th Century Inagaki base Provenance American Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Akuaba Ghana 22 cm Provenance Art institute of Chicago Christie’s New York, “Important Tribal Art. Including selections from the collection formed by Alberto Magneli” 22 November  Lot 136 Thomas GB Wheelock Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Dogon Female Figure Wood, encrusted patina, metal Height 18 1/4in (46.5cm) Provenance Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, New York (“61.91” in red written on back of figure and base) Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4 May 1967, Lot 4 Stanley Lederman Collection, New York Thence by descent Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: […]

Zaramo-Kwere Gourd Tanzania 19th Century Provenance Carl and Wilma Zabel Collection Published “The Discerning Eye African Art from the Collection of Carl and Wilma Zabel.” by Bordogna, Charles. Tenafly:The African Art Museum of the SMA fathers 2005, p 34 Exhibited Tenafly, NJ. USA “The Discerning Eye:The Collection of Carl and Wilma Zabel.” The African Art Museum […]

Bwende Figure DRC 19th Century 7 3/4″ Provenance Old Belgium Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Dan-Gio Mano Mask Liberia Height: 8 in (20.3 cm) Provenance Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, October 14, 1977, lot 495, consigned by the above Merton D. Simpson, New York, acquired at the above auction Samir Borro, Galerie Pokou, New York Michael Roth Family Collection Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New […]

Bwende Artist Flywhisk Republic of the Congo Late 19th-early 20th century Wood, pewter, animal hair Height: 12 in (30.5 cm) Provenance The fly whisk was collected by Dr. Herbert William Kirby, who was appointed to serve in Congo by the Baptist Missionary Union in 1901. Kirby departed for Africa and arrived at Kifwa station in […]

Ligbi Artist Mask Ivory Coast Late 19th – early 20th century Wood, pigments Height: 11 inches Provenance Ex Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Dogon Metal Mali 11″ H Provenance Ex Pace Primitive Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Nuna Pendant Burkina Faso Metal Copper Alloy Provenance Thomas Wheelock Collection #4418 Exhibit # 0888 Price on Request contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)  

Shona Neckrest Appuie-nuque, Shona Zimbabwe 15,5 x 14 cm H 19th Century Provenance Private Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Kongo Power Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo nkisi nduda Wood, glass, mirrored glass, chicken feathers 10 1/2in (27cm) H Provenance Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Geneva, Switzerland Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, London, 27 June 1983, Lot 56 Jacques Kerchache, Paris Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1988, Lot 121 Private American Collection contact us for more information […]

Luba Knife 19th Century contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Antique Model Canoe Stern 19th Century Provenance Sotheby’s London Ex Philippe Goldman Ex John Gilstoff contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Jimini Pulley Ivory Coast 7 1/4″ H 19thCentury Provenance Published Arcade Gallery “An Exhibition of Baule Sculpture” Peter and Monica Wengraf Intimate Converstaions: African Miniatures contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)