Hi Dawn and welcome to the group! I am not sure of a list on the Internet that is comprehensive and up to date to be honest with you. The calendar section on...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Dec 30, 2005 10:18 pm
Hi all, I first want to start off wishing everyone a safe and happy New Year’s! I hope that 2006 brings many great things for everyone in the group. January...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Dec 30, 2005 11:05 pm
Hi all, From April to September 2005 the exhibition “Artists and Patrons in Traditional African Cultures – African Sculpture from the Gary Schulze...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jan 1, 2006 3:52 pm
From the moderator: To see Vero's message click on the link below. It is a photo and I accidentally deleted the message but I hosted the image on my website so...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 1, 2006 8:20 pm
Dear Rand ! It is maybe useful to precise that the object on the photo does not come from Cameroon and not even from Africa. It comes from the state of Bihar...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 4, 2006 2:08 pm
Bonjour, Rand ! For this New Year, we received 3 gifts from ourselves. Sort of flat gifts. Here is the first one : a shield made of elephant-hide coming from...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 4, 2006 2:10 pm
The second one is a chalk serving plate, from the IBO. Except the one which is on a photo in "Igbo Arts - Community and Cosmos", p 11, I have not seen any...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 4, 2006 2:12 pm
oops ! The chalk serving plate is 52 x 47cm. The door below (111 x 50cm) does not look like two Ibo doors that we got but still I believe that this one is also...
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claasonen
Jan 4, 2006 2:14 pm
Hi, I found this group when searching the net and since me and my wife are dealing in both modern and old african art and craft it could be interesting to...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 4, 2006 4:21 pm
Rand, It seems that I can't use the computer without making mistakes. Below is the shield made of elephant-hide I was refering to. The first one I sent is made...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jan 5, 2006 4:07 pm
Bonjour Vero! Thanks for sharing the objects with everyone. I especially liked the door (gift # 3) and the geometric patterns on it, very nice! I also hope...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Jan 5, 2006 6:24 pm
Muzi: I have come across a small number of interesting African art/culture projects, exhibitions and sites in Sweden and in the broader Scandinavian region ...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Jan 5, 2006 7:45 pm
Dear Group Members: Posted below this introductory note is a follow-up communication I received from Paul DeLucco, a new member of the discussion group,...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 6, 2006 4:23 pm
Bonjour Rand ! Thank you very much for the informations and the link concerning the Mandara Mountains. Wow : more than 70 communities in such a small area -...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Jan 6, 2006 8:38 pm
Vero: The Mandaras site which Rand posted -- _http://www.mandaras.info/EthnicGroups.html_ (http://www.mandaras.info/EthnicGroups.html) -- with the extensive ...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jan 7, 2006 9:26 pm
Hello group, I think a while back I had posted a link to Part 1 of the interview that Michael Auliso (www.tribalmania.com) did with Antonio Casanovas...
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Claes Laasonen
claasonen
Jan 8, 2006 3:45 pm
Lee, We have this piece that we are missing most information on and maybe you or anyone in this group might be able to help us learn about it. What tribe did...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Jan 8, 2006 4:36 pm
Claes: Some resources to consider with regard to your staff: There is one good example of a Lengola staff -- of uncertain use and meaning -- from the Gelbard...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Jan 9, 2006 5:09 pm
Thank you again, Lee, for taking the time to open all the closed doors that I break my nose on (sort of funny frenchy expression - hein ?) ! Be well, Lee ! ...
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Claes Laasonen
claasonen
Jan 9, 2006 5:14 pm
Lee: Thank you again for this info, the site of Remnants of ritual is very interesting and has got some amazing photos to go through. I will studie further for...
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Mo Okdg
moyosoreokediji
Jan 10, 2006 1:57 pm
Dear Group: See below an example of scam messages that are now floating around on the internet. Sometimes they are about African art. Don't fall fall for them,...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jan 10, 2006 4:05 pm
I'll bet "Susan Bryant" is really located in some other part of the world other than the UK....
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craig lewis
craig_n_emma
Jan 10, 2006 9:14 pm
Definately!! One dead giveaway with these scams (and I've seen about 3 or 4) is that they will always say that the company they own is "Something or other"...
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Mo Okdg
moyosoreokediji
Jan 11, 2006 12:30 am
Dear Group: For the information of those who do not know what 419 means: It is the code name of a special Nigerian police investigation department that...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jan 11, 2006 3:19 am
Hi group, Does anyone know of, or had any experiences with any African art galleries in Arizona? I have a friend traveling through the state this month that...
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Paul De Lucco
pauldelucco
Jan 11, 2006 2:09 pm
A similar Lengola post appeared in the Zemanek-Munster auction of 28 May 2005 as Lot#453 (Re: Catalogue p.173) with a pre-sale estimate of EUR5,700. I don't...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Jan 11, 2006 5:23 pm
I get these all the time, supposedly from Ghana, Sierra Leone, London. I always respond to them in one of two ways - "How is the weather in Lagos?" or "You...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jan 11, 2006 7:01 pm
Hi group, Just about a year ago I bought a large hippo marionette head that I haven't photographed until today. It came with an "interesting" story, which Vero...
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Claes Laasonen
claasonen
Jan 11, 2006 10:07 pm
Is this type of Lengola craft rare, the ones I see on Rands website are quite different to this one. And if it would be worth that amount, how would one go...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Jan 11, 2006 10:32 pm
I don't really have any Lengola or Metoko posts on my website, my Lengola and Metoko objects on my site are mostly figures. As far as them being rare, in my...
