Hi there, I have recently acquired a wooden mortar which looks and "feels" quite nice, but haven't yet been able to properly identify it. The dark and heavy...
Greetings, This is such a wonderful group and so knowledgeable. I like this mask for its purely compositional aspects: balance, colors, elegance. Now I...
Hello Collectors, My name is Murtaza, i am from New York. I am having wooden sculpture of East African famous tribe known as Masai, i have 2 pair of these...
Hi group- The trip to Paris to see Parcours des mondes 2006 was fantastic! There was a LOT to see...and a LOT to forget. I actually had "art overload" by the...
Hi Everyone, I moved to Lagos last week after a couple of challenging months in Abidjan. I am looking for some very colourful reproduction Nmje dolls, Mumuye ...
It's always nice to see stories like this, the series of books that are planned for publication look great. "The Getty Foundation announced today a grant award...
Hi Everyone, I'm new to group (have been lurking for past 2 weeks or so). For a while now I've had an interest in Australian Aboriginal and New Guinea art but...
I have recently put my some of my African art collection on my website www.theebonytree.com and am really looking for fellow collectors feedback on the art i...
Dear Ella: Thanks for posting images of the objects about which you are seeking more information. I would suggest that the source or inspiration for the stool...
Bonjour from Paris! We arrived in Paris on the morning of the 12th and were lucky enough to be able to spend the day sight seeing with (member of the group)...
Dear David: The type of figure which your images depict is off the class of, related to or inspired by the Kongo figures known as minkisi minkondi (singular:...
This item was purchased from a well-known collector of New Guinea Art. The only information we have is that he "bought it from some guy" and that it is some...
Hello, I am trying to get more information about two wood carved bird sculptures from the Ivory Coast. I added a photo of them to the photo link on this list...
I have acquired, what i believe are some nice examples of african art over a number of years. However, I purchased them based on what I felt were their...
This might sound stupid! But I'm now starting to collect African art and I have a piece I'm researching the Baule Monkey. My question to someone is why a...
If you are a lover of African headrests like I am, then you'll really love the new web-site linked below. The Calverton Collection consists of over 300 African...
During the months of June, July and August I had the pleasure to work on an exhibition of African, Oceanic and American Indian art from local area collectors...
Hello, I put together a page on my site this morning that is an audience participation page in a sense. It's called: "Beauty....In the Eye of the Beholder?" or...
Greetings, We are mostly mask collectors. We picked these items up in an antique store and the owner could not identify. They appear to be some type of urns,...
Michael Auliso just posted his write up and photographic review of the recent Whitehawk and Historic Indian and World Tribal Arts shows in Santa Fe. I was...
The online and PDF catalog are now available for the Zemanek-Münster Tribal-Art-Auction on September 23, 2006. I briefly glanced through it this morning and...
Hello All: The human body is a mysterious thing, a marvel of evolution, yet so fragile and full of flaws just waiting to cause grief. I am besotted with...
Here is a link from Ari to a very interesting article about Alan Donovan and the African Heritage House in Kenya. While I don't agree particularly with...
Paisarn: The Kunstandel Van Bussel about which you inquire is the same as the fourth detailed listing, Galerie van Bussel on Lairessestraat (165), included...
A couple of weeks ago I posted a note about an exhibition opening for Moyo Ogundipe. I went to the exhibition opening and got to meet him and hear him speak...
I have 2 african bras heads that i need more information about. They were purchased by my father about 20 years ago in botswana. I once had a University...
