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Songye Sapo Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, metal 8 inches (20 cm) H Provenance Pace Primitive Ex private collection, New York GVR archive #0152577 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Aborigine Hitting Stick (waddy) Northeast Queensland Fine incised vertical grooves, conical Head set with horseshoe nails 19th Century GVR archive contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Arm Band Yoruba Ijebu-Ode bronze 7 3/4” H 7 3/4” W 19th Century Provenance Michael and Renate Lancaster collection England. Collected in 1958 GVR archive #0152579 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Club Southern/East Africa Possibly Tanzania: Gogo, Sandawe South Africa: Nguni, Sagila, Lingidia 19th Century Provenance Purchased from estate sale in England GVR Archive contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Guro Charm Guro Tribe Ivory Coast 3 1/2” H Janus Charm Provenance Private French collection Ive Baker collection GVR archive #0152581 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Yombe-Vili Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 1/2″ (26.5 cm) H Provenance Collection privée, Paris Gros-Delettrez, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 26 mai 1983, n° 129 Collection Robert et Helen Kuhn, Los Angeles Alain de Monbrison, Paris Collection Shirley et Hy Zaret, USA Pierre Bergé, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, From the Estate of Hy Zaret – Afrique […]

Dan Figure Liberia 19th early 20th Century 30” H Provenance Lucien van de Velde Schwartz Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Ashanti Figure Ivory Coast / Ghana West Coast Wood 9″ H Provenance JJ Klejman Private Collection Midwest contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Zombo Fetish Congo 19th Century 22cm H Provenance Ex Alan Stone Collection Bernard Dulon contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Pende/Tchokwe Tobacco Mortar Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood Provenance Pace Primitive Ex Patric Mestdagh, Bruxelles, acquired 2000 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Dan Mask Liberia 19th Century 6 3/4″ H Provenance Julius Carlebach Bud Rose Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Luba Divination Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood 11″ (28 cm) H Provenance Pace Primitive Ex private German collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Ewe Figure Nigeria Provenance Ex George Chemeche, purchased in the 1960’s contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Zande ande(Azande) Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo Kinshasa) Region: Uele Height: 63.5 cm figure 19cm 19th Century Provenance Alan Brandt sold in the 1970’s GVR archive #0140909 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Mende Mask Sierre Leone 19th Century Provenance Private collection, New York, USA GVR archive #0141427 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Masque, Guéré, Côte d’Ivoire Guere Mask, Côte d’Ivoire Height: 9 1/8 in (23,5 cm) PROVENANCE Hélène Kamer, Paris Collection privée, France EXHIBITED Paris, Galerie Hélène Kamer, Guéré-Wobé-Bété, 26 Octobre – 18 Novembre 1978 LITERATURE Kamer, Guéré-Wobé-Bété, 1978, p. 14, n° 6 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Anang /Ibibio Wood Headpiece Nigeria Standing female figure, with tai-corn braided coiffure, surmounted by a metal loop, and with pigment. Height: 34cm Provenance The Smiley collection, New York, USA GVR archive #0141141 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Kongo Figure Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood Height: 10 3/4 inches (28.5 cm) Provenance Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels John Lens, Antwerp Daniel Hourde Guy Van Rijn Pace Primitive contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Ashanti Kulango Figure Height: 16” Provenance Purchased from Reginald Groux in the 1980’s Noir D’DIvoir Private collection California GVR archive #0141143 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Yoruba Gelede Headdress with Indigo Dyed Cotton Hair Anago, Republic of Benin Wood, cotton, pigment Height: 10.5” Pre-WWII Provenance Young Robertson Gallery GRV archive #0141142 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Mankishi Songye Southeastern Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo Kinshasa) Region: Southeastern Congo Wood, beads, fibers, shells Height: 27 (cm) 19th Century Provenance French private collection By inheritance to the widow Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris, France GRV archive #014005 contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Kashekesheke or Katatora Luba Tribe Democratic Republic of Kongo Height: 4 3/4” 19th Century Provenance Private collection United Kingdom contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Mangbetu Pipe Democratic Republic of the Congo 19th Century 4 3/4″ H Provenance Christies, December 6, 1999, Amsterdam, Lot 243 Jacaranda Gallery contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)

Guro Pulley Ivory Coast 19th Century 5″ H Provenance: Seward Kennedy Collection contact us for more information Back to: New Acquisitions (click image to enlarge)