THE 2R RITUAL GALLERY,is glad to inform you of the opening of the Exhibition "On The Roads of Congo": http://2r-ritualgallery.com/index.php?page=news 20 Masks...
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Joseph
ironjpa53
Oct 3, 2009 1:34 pm
I have been pouring through my books and other sources trying to figure this one out.I think I see Luba motifs suggested in the geometric patterns. I don't...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Oct 3, 2009 3:13 pm
Joe: Although the symbolic implications of the owl and antelope as surmounting elements on the slit drum are not clearly understood (simpler representations of...
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joseph anderson
ironjpa53
Oct 4, 2009 3:36 pm
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. The slit drum is definitely Yaka. I found double faced examples with animals perched on top of the hood like...
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Paul Nieuwenhuysen
pnieuwen2
Oct 4, 2009 3:37 pm
Hello all, This is an addition to the information about Lulua masks cited below The attached files are photos of a mask in my collection that has many features...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Oct 4, 2009 4:29 pm
For additional on-line access to information pertaining to the Yaka slit-drum and divination practices, also see the example included in "Art and Oracle:...
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Colin
colin.henry18
Oct 6, 2009 12:12 am
Hi I purchased two Chokwe mask some years ago, I was told at the time I purchased them that they were collected by a British Army officer and were a part of...
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Jaime Iglesias Rey
cihongopwo
Oct 6, 2009 12:15 am
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Oct 8, 2009 1:42 pm
This mask seems to display a joining of disparate elements, a synthesis of styles. While the eye region and mouth display Congolese influences, the over-all...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Oct 8, 2009 1:48 pm
Jaime: The most complete work addressing this particular form of mask, the Songye kifwebe, and its myriad manifestations including those variations form the...
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deb1212
Oct 9, 2009 2:32 am
My hope is that someone on this board has had experience moving their collection. I am relocating from Chicago to Boston for a new job, and don't want my...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Oct 9, 2009 2:32 am
Good luck attempting to procure Marc Felix's work "Beauty and the Beasts", ISBN 2-930169-09- 5... It remains unavailable and not an easy book to source (as I...
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M.E.F.
mfliegelmann
Oct 9, 2009 12:07 pm
Here is my own: just for the catalogue. Regards, MF ... From: Lee Rubinstein <LeeRubinstein@...> Subject: Re: [African_Arts] Identify Slit Drum? To:...
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Alexander Bortolot
lyautua
Oct 9, 2009 1:39 pm
Hi Deborah, I was in a similar situation over the summer. Depending on what your contract is with the moving company you've hired for the move, it may make...
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Paul DeLucco
pauldelucco
Oct 9, 2009 1:39 pm
Greetings, I liked Lee's comment concerning the transformation from oracular device to "charm"... reminding us of the changing role and significance of...
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bunumbu
Oct 10, 2009 5:13 am
Contact Bob Koenig at the SMA Father's Museum in Tenafy, NJ. 201-894-8611. They put on the exhibition which was held in conjunction with "Beauty & the Beasts."...
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Jaime
cihongopwo
Oct 10, 2009 5:13 am
I sell a Fang Ntumu Okaka transition reliquary. It comes from a private collection and dating from the early XX century. It measures 40 cm. I enclose...
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michael trupp
mktrupp
Oct 10, 2009 2:04 pm
I am by no way an expert but I have studied Fang art for some time now and I believe these Fang are more recent carvings. .. ... From: Jaime Iglesias Rey...
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bigmuffty
Oct 10, 2009 2:16 pm
Hello, to my opinion they are not authentic....
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lokaart@...
aimeeloka
Oct 10, 2009 2:48 pm
I really hate these sort of queries, because I think that it is extremely difficult to judge the authenticity/age of a piece of African art only from ...
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John Monroe
jwmonroe29
Oct 10, 2009 6:50 pm
... This is a useful observation, but I have to say I disagree. However difficult the category may be to define, and however blurry it is at its edges, we...
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lokaart@...
aimeeloka
Oct 11, 2009 3:24 pm
John writes that he disagrees with what I have said. And yet, when I read what he writes, I must say that I agree with him! I think that there are two points...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Oct 12, 2009 2:00 am
Mike wrote ..."Perhaps we need to show more support and encouragement to fellow collectors, otherwise some people will, I am sorry to say, just be throwing...
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Jan Wade
soultonepoem
Oct 12, 2009 2:01 am
to whom it may concern...african arts group....I am interested in more in depth information about punu masks as I have found what i believe to be two beauties...
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turley19at
Oct 12, 2009 2:50 am
I am researching a black Punu acquired in Cameroon - my info to date (minus images as I am not sure how to post them) is attached below: This mask used by...
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spric1h
Oct 12, 2009 2:45 pm
Hi Ed I enjoyed reading your post - it is thoughtful, insightful, and educational. One question, though. Near the end, you wrote, "... narcissism and...
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Ann Porteus
annporteus
Oct 12, 2009 2:48 pm
Ed Thank you, All that you say is as is - life. If I remember this line follows the question 'is this piece, (Fang or was it Punu) genuine? Think about...
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sanibelart
Oct 12, 2009 2:49 pm
I am troubled whenever this discussion gets going. To differentiate between "authentic" (created for tribal use and so used before finding its way to market)...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Oct 12, 2009 3:01 pm
Hi Steve, That statement is not intended to indicate that "capitalism" is an enemy of collectors. In fact, I do not believe that it is. It depends on "how"...
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zawadi
zawadi4me
Oct 12, 2009 3:14 pm
Hi Everyone, Â I wanted to share a picture with you of a recent trip to the markets here in Dakar...piled high in a corner...gathering dust and maybe even a...
