Hello all, I am writing this time to request help in identifying a piece that I collected some years ago. It came from the collection of a Lega dealer who...
Hi Group! Was able to purchase a few pieces the other day and wanted to ask about this figure. I beleive it is Fante , but was wanting the opinion and input of...
Hello African art lovers, Can somebody help me to indentify this sculpture? It looks very old to me, has cracks and traces of woodworm and all kind of small...
I would like to know if the smaller Lega masks/maskettes (lukwakongo)should typically have a flat back. Is there a convention for these masks with regard to...
I purchased this mask in the open air art market south of Luanda in 2005: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/2030710420/pic/list I bought...
New user, Hello to all, I am handling a collection of about a 1000 africain objets mainly from the République démocratique du Congo - RDC (Kongo). Of this...
Hello all, Im a new into African art. I have the opportunity to buy the following Nkisi, which I found very attractive. Could someone help me to see if it...
A little background first! I work at a Zoo and am the assistant buyer for the gift shop. We carry an unusally large amount of African art, the smaller things...
Dear All I have recently been charged with the task of writing up some objects in an old collection. Attributions are sometimes questionable. I shall do my...
I thought this may interest you all. Enjoy the read! http://io9.com/5874044/ancient-african-sculpture-discovered-after-2000-years-in-the-mud ~Brooke I...
I've just come back from a trip part exploring / part collecting in Burkina Faso and there were a couple of masks acquired intrigued me so I thought others...
The Circle-Dot design (symbol 26:8) used in Lega decoration can also be found in Luba, Pende and Songe pieces, as well as Ashante weights (where it seems to be...
Hi, I bought 12 years ago a statue in Kenya, near Mt. Kenya at a "souvenir shop". It lied in the dim background among some dusty objects in the dark. I have...
My husband is from Cameroun and we have a vision of selling his villages art old and new to the USA. Do any of you think this would be a good business plan? We...
Hi all, I like to recommend a book: It is all about the way traditional artists viewed the first missionaries,soldiers,explorers and traders [full of...
Ann, Thanks for the reply. I loved that story about the carved figures for the casino. And you helped me understand the Africa Art market a little bit more. Of...
Hi Bob, I have not seen high end carving done in the city workshops. There are some very good carvers who can make a very good copy of any picture (especially...
Dear Group Members: I have received a request for assistance in identifying the origins of two bronze objects. The first is a 13" high casting of a mother and...
Hi, There are couple of objects that I came across recently from DRC. I usually get offers from a reliable source and I've buying from the same person for the...
Can anyone tell me anything about my African art? I was told by the store that it was painted using feathers and dye. The media is a woven piece of cloth 44"...
Hello Everybody, I have posted a picture, in the album "mende statue" of a statue which I have. I believe it may be a Mende statue. It is about 20 inches tall...
I am fairly new to the group so hope this is ok to ask. My grandparents were missionaries to areas near nairobe and kenya in the late 1940's and early 1950's....
Hi! I've been reading here for a little while now, and I'm curious about some items that were given to me as a gift about a year ago. I've done a little...
Is there anyone here that knows about the Pende Tribe? We have this mask that we are trying to identify and have been given, already, some great leads.....
Hi All.. I am new here..I am a collector of mainly Polynesian and Melanesian art but I recently acquired a nice Pomdo or Sapi (Guinea/Sierra Leone) stone...
