Thanks for your report. We normally see objects when they are "dead" in a glass case or in our homes or galleries. It is evocative and nice to hear of them in...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Apr 1, 2008 5:56 pm
The discussion about "walking sticks" brought back an experience I had with a "runner" in 1992. I received a call saying this fellow had just come from Liberia...
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michael trupp
mktrupp
Apr 1, 2008 7:00 pm
Gary, would you be able to post a pic of this stick as your story was very interesting I too would like to see it. Thank you in advance. Michael ...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 1, 2008 7:45 pm
For the sake of accuracy, I should more clearly indicate that works formerly from the Corneille collection do not constitute all of the "provenanced" or...
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M.E.F.
mfliegelmann
Apr 2, 2008 2:24 pm
Wow, Gary, what a story! Thanks, M ... From: "GARYGLS2000@..." <GARYGLS2000@...> To: African_Arts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 8:28:12...
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DZ Levine
davidzl_2000
Apr 2, 2008 2:24 pm
Gary, very interesting story. Thank you. I, too, would appreciate seeing a photo of the staff. David Levine David Levine 360-535-3875 ... You rock. That's why...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Apr 3, 2008 2:13 am
I am posting pictures under "Paramount Chief's Staff" http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/browse/4dde **************Create a Home Theater...
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ari birnbaum
arib100
Apr 3, 2008 2:16 am
Included in this exhibition are african works of art pre-dating European arrival... ...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Apr 3, 2008 6:25 pm
Thomas Fowell Buxton's speech in the House of Commons in 1823 does not sound much different from arguments and "justifications" of the US Supreme Court Chief...
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Aaron Weston
impex7
Apr 3, 2008 7:08 pm
That's a rhetorical question, right? Ed Jones <bucit@...> wrote: Thomas Fowell Buxton's speech in the House of Commons in 1823 does not sound...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Apr 4, 2008 12:22 am
David, I posted pictures of the Sierra Leone Paramount Chief's Staff under "Pictures"; on the African-Arts website. **************Planning your summer road...
Gary, Thanks, I checked it out yesterday. Quite a wonderful thing! I admire your efforts to repatriate the staff. David David Levine 360-535-3875...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 5, 2008 2:49 pm
Now at the Musée Jacquemart-Andr in Paris: "Art d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Barbier-Mueller." To view images from the...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 9, 2008 3:15 am
Opening today in New York is Pace Primitive's "Masks of Africa" exhibition including a fine selection and range of masks from the following origins: Bassa...
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debbied_arthistory
debbied_arth...
Apr 12, 2008 5:24 pm
Just found your site--wonderful images that will be a great resource for teaching African art, which I have been doing in Kansas City for a decade (I traveled...
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doc47
davidzl_2000
Apr 18, 2008 12:53 pm
I'm not much of one for self-promotion, but I'd better get used to it. In anticipation of publishing my book on my experiences in West Africa I've created a...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 18, 2008 1:52 pm
"I have a different idea of a universal... It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 18, 2008 2:23 pm
“Until Lions write their own history, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” -- African proverb. quoted in Melford Ita's article below. Amid...
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Mo Okdg
moyosoreokediji
Apr 18, 2008 3:15 pm
Thanks, Lee, for posting this important notice. Moyo...
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ari birnbaum
arib100
Apr 19, 2008 1:39 pm
New Exhibition at the Smithsonians National Museum of African Art:Ivory Powers ...
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doc47
davidzl_2000
Apr 19, 2008 4:15 pm
I apologize for the faulty link to the blog. Try: http://toubabdoc.blogspot.com/...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Apr 20, 2008 2:21 pm
Thought provoking: Did they drink ataya in America?...Breasts, they are not considered sexy here... He answered that they didnt consider it crime when...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 21, 2008 3:01 pm
Although this particular article has just recently appeared (and there are some conflicting reports regarding when the events described occurred -- July or...
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johnsonmelissa50
johnsonmelis...
Apr 21, 2008 4:45 pm
Smooth very tall geometric cone-shaped headdress, bulging eyes with heavy lids, standing female, holding child with cone-shaped headdress in left bent arm,...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 21, 2008 5:29 pm
Melissa: Both the figural style and the application of blue pigment help to suggest that the origin and/or inspiration for your figure is, broadly speaking,...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Apr 21, 2008 5:48 pm
Probably Yoruba ! johnsonmelissa50 <johnsonmelissa50@...> wrote: Smooth very tall geometric cone-shaped headdress, bulging eyes with heavy lids,...
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Coleman E. McCaskey III
CEMTHIRD
Apr 23, 2008 1:19 pm
I have a large collection (around 500 pieces at last count) consisting of mostly African pieces (some Oceanic and assorted other odd items). The African...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Apr 23, 2008 3:21 pm
The catalogue of objects offered in the May 15, 2008 Bonham's 'Fine African and Oceanic Art" auction (Sale 16124) is now on-line. 199 African lots --...
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Jan De Clerck
koelan2003
Apr 24, 2008 2:15 pm
Hi group, Thanks to Lee for pointing out to the upcoming Bonhams. In 1 word: WOW! Very very decent overall quality and interesting selection of mostly the more...
