Again, I am coming to the group for information. I have what I believe to be a Dogon Aduno Koro (ark) see photos in folder titled Dogon Aduno Koro: ...
The reptiles appear to be sun lizards. There is a fair degree of size variation but older ones tend to be larger judging from the ones I have seen. Age-wise I...
This mask was identified as possibly Mambilla. About 15" long, hard wood, made to be worn on top of the head. In researching books I did not find anything...
It is a sculpture made to honor "Wala" (The God creator of that ethnic group). If I remember correctly, in the COA that I did for this sculpture, I wrote this...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6936919&l=e8a5bdacf0&id=655665766 Long overdue, a shot of my Bruce Onobrakpeya: Emete Igboro, the first of a series of 30...
Two new pieces: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/1244148616/pic/list The Madonna is 12" or so, nicely carved, but probably not old. The...
Three photos of a Namji Doll/Fetish: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/1241444222/pic/list Very basic face but the most elaborate...
Writes its current owner, " Figure was found in and around the year 1972 during excavation at an old gas station in St Catharines ON. The girls fought over it ...
Just saw a great show at the Steven Kasher Gallery in NYC (Mar 2 - Apr 2, 2011) featuring masqueraders from all over West Africa. The photos are beautiful and...
I see stylistic elements of a Fang N'gil mask. See: http://www.randafricanart.com/Fang_ngil.htmlRalph Shaffer ... From: rpearsonpe <RPearsonpe@...> ...
Hello, I got a chance to visit the IFE exhibit at the VMFA this past week. It is highly recommended to say the least. It's there until May and is absolutely...
Hello, today I had a chance to visit a museum I didn't know existed until just recently: The AFRICAN ART MUSEUM OF MARYLAND, which has been in Columbia, MD...
Yes. The Queensborough Community College Art Gallery in Bayside, Queens, which has the finest permanent collection of traditional art in NYC after the ...
Hi Gary, I am quite familiar with that Gallery in Queens and also with your fine catalogue. I have thumbed through the catalogue of your exhibition but I was...
Hello. Thanks for your response. You're right, the QCC Art Gallery is not exclusively devoted to African art but with the permanent African collection (on...
Hi People Michael Yates has prepared a wide-ranging essay touching on every significant issue in African arts and collecting. I don't use the word "important"...
Hello, last year i aquired this chokwe / lovale mask. the mask characters from the mukanda initiation camp have a very great fascination on me and build a...
The title of this interesting essay in the "subject" line of the email notice of it is a bit misleading, as it is only marginally about weapons. regards --...
Hi You're right; I must have been having a senior moment when I wrote the message. The essay isn't about African weapons. The one it replaced on the...
I need help in identifying what this gold Weight actually is, is it a spear head, a dagger or something else?Your co-operation regarding this will be highly...
Can somebody give me more information about this soapstone statue ? It's probably Bakongo (Ntadi), but I never saw a prisoner as statue. Is there an...
It¹s a dagger. One of the proverbs by a dagger says ³ a dagger can not be at the same time inside the home and killing a sheep outside.² -- Gi Mateusen ...
In "Zambian Makishi Masquerades and the Story of Categories," Manuel Jordån provides an interesting Table of Makishi categories on pages 9 through 18 which...
Through The Eyes of Our Ancestors: African Art from the James and Marjorie L. Wilson Collection Opening Reception Date: May 19, 2011 5:00pm – 8:00pm ...
Can anyone help determine whether the headdress imaged in the photo album entitled "A Dinga, Congo, Funeral Mask - Mukungula"? is indeed a Chieftain's or...
