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Hello fellow enthusiasts. Is anyone able to suggest a tribal origin to the stool, of which images, I have uploaded to my album. Kindly view at ...
2 Mar 27, 2013
12:47 pm

ockbrook
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Hello all, For those still working on getting reference books, there is a sale going on here: http://www.tribalartbooks.com It is reaching its final days, but...
1 Mar 25, 2013
7:43 pm

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Hello is anybody knows where this mask is coming from ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/699853136/pic/1692043051/view? thank you very...
11 Mar 21, 2013
4:24 am

Lee Rubinstein
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Dear scholars, collectors, friends and colleagues, my name is Martin Vorwerk and I´m a visual artist and student of african art history. I do need your help...
1 Mar 19, 2013
1:15 pm

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Hi All, I live in SA at the moment, however was born in Zimbabwe and grew up between Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. I love African Art and love...
8 Mar 8, 2013
2:08 pm

tamlyn31
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Hello members! I am moving homes and am selling a 72" tall New Guinea wooden orator stool, from the Korogo village in the Sepic river valley. The orator stool...
1 Mar 7, 2013
1:47 pm

guy.viner
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Hello group. I have the opportunity to purchase a Luba ceremonial ax (sorry no photo) at a reasonable price. My concern is that it is very lite. I have no idea...
4 Mar 4, 2013
2:08 pm

Joseph Anderson
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I am helping my grandfather sell off his African collection of items that he collected in the 1950s and 1960s while he was living in Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya and...
2 Mar 4, 2013
2:07 pm

exquisite_african_art
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Hello, I'm looking for any info on these Masks, I picked them up at an auctions recently and I don't know anything about them any help of direction would be...
3 Mar 3, 2013
6:11 pm

bunumbu
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CORRECTION - There was a error in the posting below. This outstanding Tanzanian art exhibition in Queens, NY is on the lower floor of the Art Gallery and will...
1 Mar 3, 2013
6:06 pm

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shangaa: Art of Tanzania: A Rare Display of African Art at QCC Art Gallery (Bayside, NY) Tanzania—home to _Mount Kilimanjaro_ ...
3 Mar 3, 2013
5:35 pm

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Interesting collection of African tribal art going under the hammer at the Mealys auction house on March 5th 2013: ...
1 Mar 3, 2013
3:37 am

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Is there anyone who knows where I can find some information about this strange luba object ...
8 Feb 19, 2013
8:58 pm

renaud riley
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Hello everyone, new here and ready to learn about African Art. Starting off, how can you tell a high end mask from one sold to tourist. I recently purchased...
3 Feb 19, 2013
1:48 am

berzgallery
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I purchased this mask about ten years ago at an African street festival in Brooklyn. It's quite large and is made of very heavy wood. I've always assumed that...
2 Feb 19, 2013
1:47 am

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dear all, a little help with this antelope mask i acquired in Ouaga? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/463723406/pic/list rgds iosif...
5 Feb 16, 2013
3:06 pm

josephescu
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Hello, Anybody can tell me if this is an ancient sculpture or whether on the contrary it is a trade item created for tourists? What do you think? ...
2 Feb 13, 2013
8:34 pm

gayle degregori
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Greetings. I have two bronze Yoruba figures (Eban Staff) that I got from my father. I'm pretty sure I know what they are, but what I'm not sure of is the...
4 Feb 12, 2013
3:37 pm

chaoslimited
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Hello, I hope you can help me to identify the object in the photos I have posted in the folder "African club or sceptre": ...
1 Feb 11, 2013
4:23 pm

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Hello, I wonder if any of your knowledgable people, can tell me what area you think this mask may be from? I am thinking Hemba or Lega, but am having...
4 Feb 8, 2013
3:35 am

Paul DeLucco
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i recently purchased some Masks and a Vessel at a local auction, the auction house didn't have any information on them, I'm new to African art and was hoping...
1 Feb 6, 2013
4:43 am

PVL
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Hi, I have an old Head Dress Mask collected in kaveing New Irland in PNG by my parents back in the early 1950s & I am wondering if any one can give any idea of...
1 Feb 5, 2013
3:05 am

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Heelo, can somebody tell me if this is an african figure ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/1137556674/pic/list The person , male female...
3 Feb 3, 2013
4:21 pm

Lee Rubinstein
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Just to let you know that I am organising an exhibition of Adan art at the Postmodern Gallery, Theatre Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The exhibition...
3 Feb 2, 2013
6:54 pm

Paul Nieuwenhuysen in...
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First, thank you for any information given on the following piece. I have attached a link to some photos I took today. A friend has given this to me to grace...
5 Jan 27, 2013
8:44 pm

Ed Jones
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Hello, Is that this sculpture is Mumuye, told me the person who sold it to me, but I would like to know something about the mask he wears fantastic sculpture. ...
1 Jan 22, 2013
5:07 pm

lucasanart
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Hi all, Can you give me information about this sculpture? I recently acquired this sculpture Mumuye of 1.15 meters. It seems like a rare sculpture because it...
3 Jan 17, 2013
3:00 am

Lucas San
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Some of you may already have seen the NY Metropolitan Museum's exhibit on "African Art, New York and the Avant-Garde." It's a small but very interesting...
8 Jan 17, 2013
12:33 am

rpearsonpeaol
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Hello, i have a shoulder mask , and i would like to know if it is made for tourists or not. I googled for these shoulder masks, and i only found masks wich in...
4 Jan 16, 2013
8:49 pm

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Hello Everyone -- Since the time-honored "authenticity discussion" seems to have resurfaced, as it inevitably does here from time to time, I thought you all...
1 Jan 15, 2013
6:50 pm

Monroe, John W [HIST]
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