Hi Alex I was confused with Rands post I thought your piece is the one whose picture he has attached to his...
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tkalextkalex
Jul 1, 2005 11:53 am
Hello: This piece came to me from an import shop owner who purchased the shop in 1947 in Florida from a previous owner and this piece was in the shop at the...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Jul 1, 2005 11:54 am
Hi Moyo, could you explain the connection of why a sculptor from Benin or Nigeria (as it says on the bottom of the statue)would carve a representation of a...
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Felix Djerzinski
djerzinski2
Jul 1, 2005 11:55 am
Dear Moyo, Thanks a lot for yours historical precisions about Benin " ateliers " carving ebony. Outside of great lines I am rather ignorant of history of...
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MOYOSORE OKEDIJI
moyosoreokediji
Jul 1, 2005 11:57 am
I hope I did not confuse the issues. In short, my interpretation is that the terracotta portrait posted by Felix is a western artist's orientalism of the...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Jul 1, 2005 2:10 pm
Moyo, my apologies, I think I confused the issue somewhat too. I did read your post and write mine very early in the morning! :-) Cheers Craig ... that the...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Jul 1, 2005 6:15 pm
Chubb has a Valuable Articles policy with interesting cataloguing software called Masterpiece Manager that even allows one to specify works on loan. But I...
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tkalextkalex
Jul 1, 2005 6:51 pm
Hello: I am enlightened by all of the cooperation and sense of community with this site. You all have been most helpfull in my quest to figure the origin of...
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lorimor29
Jul 1, 2005 8:20 pm
Could I please get some input on the cleaning of wooden pieces. Thanks. Lori...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jul 1, 2005 8:21 pm
Hello Lori, This is a topic that often is brought up with collectors, I have a file created on my computer on this topic, as well as many other topics, with...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jul 1, 2005 8:34 pm
Hi all, I hope this message finds everyone in good spirits! I wanted to take a quick moment to thank everyone for their participation in the group, and to...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jul 1, 2005 9:51 pm
Is it possible that these "Mangbetu"; women carved by Nigerians are really Fulani women from Northern Nigeria? ... From: MOYOSORE OKEDIJI <okdg@...> To:...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Jul 1, 2005 9:51 pm
Hi Lori, my advice about cleaning most pieces is "don't"!. All I do is to wave a cloth near a piece to gently blow excess dust from it. If a piece has anything...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jul 2, 2005 12:55 am
Craig's advice to Lori about not cleaning "most" pieces is correct. However, occasionally an exception comes along. Several years ago I acquired a very old...
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agroup4me
Jul 3, 2005 4:10 pm
Hi All: I don't know if the following information will be helpful to many,but I do want to share it with you.I don't have a big collection,but what I have I...
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William Waites
sanibelart
Jul 3, 2005 10:45 pm
We have just posted a new issue of our blog newsletter, Tribal Artery. Subjects range from high-value Australian Aboriginal paintings on eBay to the care and...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jul 4, 2005 2:30 pm
Craig's advice to Lori about not cleaning "most" pieces is correct. However, occasionally an exception comes along. Several years ago I acquired a very old...
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gcroft@...
africanaarts
Jul 5, 2005 12:03 am
I have a question about cracks, that is perhaps much ado about nothing :-). Does inspecting the interior surfaces of cracks provide any clues regarding an...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Jul 5, 2005 11:45 am
Hi Gary, I would love to see a "before" picture if you have one. I don't know if you have devalued the mask by cleaning it, after all I suppose the black...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Jul 5, 2005 11:45 am
Gary, you were right to be suspicious about the pieces you mentioned. It is something I always look at if there is a piece with a crack, if it is an old crack...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jul 5, 2005 2:03 pm
Craig, the mask was so filthy, broken and grease-covered that my first thought was to give it away rather than try to clean it. I received it in a trade where...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Jul 5, 2005 3:12 pm
Definately sounds like you did the right thing!! I think you got yourself a great mask, I've never seen anything quite like it before. Cheers Craig ... first ...
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merrill flam
merrillflam
Jul 5, 2005 3:46 pm
Hello, Whomever posted the Bozo photos, I was wondering if any of them were for sale? ...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jul 5, 2005 5:14 pm
Hi Gary, I also agree with what Craig says. Wood shrinks and cracks for many different reasons, but the most common reason is drying out which can come from...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jul 5, 2005 8:37 pm
Hi Gary, Thanks for sharing the story about your mask. I guess this indeed is one of the cases where the overall cleaning of a mask gave it great benefit...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jul 5, 2005 11:10 pm
Rand, I did have my Malinke mask examined several years ago by James Pascal Imperato, an authority on this area of West Africa, and he told me it was a...
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Felix Djerzinski
djerzinski2
Jul 6, 2005 11:54 am
Dear friends,` On the subject of cleaning of pieces we are divided in two or more categories : Those who wont touch a piece and those who wants to restore the...
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lorimor29
Jul 6, 2005 3:27 pm
The wealth of knowledge of the participants of this site is extraordinary!! If I may tap into it one more time...the mask in picture 3 of my photos...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jul 6, 2005 7:04 pm
Lori, I'm not sure if you have posted the photo in your folder? I can not seem to find an item that matches the description of the item you mention below? RAND...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jul 6, 2005 8:12 pm
Sorry, I needed to look a little harder at your photos. For some reason I thought you were adding a new mask to your photos and not talking about an existing...
