Tribal Arts

How Bamanas intercepted the Force

On December 3 in Paris, Sotheby's will auction a mask from Mali which is qualified to get a good result, and for which the estimate of 300 K€ may seem conservative. First, it is a mask of a secret...

Tagged: Bamana

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki 1 day ago.

The Spirit of the Equatorial Kwele Ancestor 2 Replies

In the rainforest at the boundary of Gabon, Cameroun and the current Congos, magic and funerary practices have generated masterpieces. In their search for perfect beauty, Kota and Kwele artists sou...

Tagged: Kwele

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Kuesta Oct 29.

The War Dagger of the Native American Chief 1 Reply

This is an object both beautiful and impressive, measuring over 50 cm overall. This is a great dagger manufactured in northern British Columbia between 1790 and 1830. Its long blade of iron or stee...

Tagged: BritishColumbia

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 3.

Dat So La Lee was a Basket Weaver 1 Reply

The identified artistic career of Dat So La Lee extends from 1895 until her death, very old, in 1925. It provides the earliest and best example of successful collaboration between an American India...

Tagged: DatSoLaLee

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 21.

The God of Papuans survived 1 Reply

The art of the Papuan Gulf area, in New Guinea, has long been misunderstood. What remained of indigenous cultures has suffered. The objects were burned, broken, buried, moldied, gnawed. So it is u...

Tagged: Papuans

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 16.

An Old African Hermaphrodite 2 Replies

Tropical Africa is a moist continent, not conducive to the conservation of objects. The remainings of ancient civilizations are scarce. It will be noted in the sale of Sotheby's in New York on May...

Tagged: Soninke, Mali

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 16.

2009 Auctions

AUCTION HOUSES referred below : Bonhams Site Press Enchères Rive Gauche Drouot Presse Rieunier Site Drouot-Presse Sotheby's Site Press NEXT SALES Sotheby's, Paris, December 3 a Bamana mask (lot ...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Feb 14.

2008 Auction History

All Results in BOLD Drouot Presse announces a Vili power figure from Congo, estimated at 200 K € by Binoche Renaud Giquello in Paris on December 17, lot 49. (UNSOLD) In the sale of a collection b...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 24, 2008.

Rivalry between two Songye power figures 1 Reply

Christie's and Sotheby's are used throughout the world to hold their major specialty sales at the same time in the same city. Still do not believe they work together so closely that two Songye Kale...

Tagged: Congo, Songye

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 5, 2008.

A male Moai from Easter Island 1 Reply

The large stone statues of Easter Island are universally known. They are the symbol of a people who, having lived alone for about 5000 years, nearly disappeared in the decades that followed their d...

Tagged: Easter, moai

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 15, 2008.

A Sepik carved board 1 Reply

My today's highlight is a board of the Sawos group in the region of New Guinea east of Sepik River. It is probably large, but the press release from Sotheby's does not give such information, and th...

Tagged: Sepik

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 15, 2008.

The Primordial Couple of the Senufo society 1 Reply

As early as June 20, Sotheby's, in a press release, announced a very important pair of Senufo statues, for sale in New York on November 14. To learn more, I waited for the catalog, in which it appe...

Tagged: Senufo

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 15, 2008.

Prince Maya 2 Replies

On September 12, in a sale to be held at Drouot Montaigne (Paris) jointly with two other companies, Pierre Bergé et Associés presents a very important piece, at number 6. It is the head of a Maya ...

Tagged: Maya

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep. 29, 2008.

A Boomerang comes back 1 Reply

The boomerang that Christie's is selling on September 25 in London is one of the first objects of this type that have been seen by Westerners. He belonged to the widow of Captain Cook, and Christie...

Tagged: Aborigine, Cook

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep. 25, 2008.

Artcurial prepares its first sale of Aboriginal Art 2 Replies

Some sectors of the art market are at the intersection of contemporary art and tribal art. In fact they trend rather toward the contemporary art, with known and required artists, even if their name...

Tagged: aboriginal, australia

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul. 9, 2008.

An Afro Portuguese Ivory 1 Reply

Surfing on the web provides an opportunity to get acquainted with extraordinary objects, especially when you visit the sites of the two major auction groups. At Sotheby's, as I did not find a press...

Tagged: africa, ivory, sierraleone, portugal

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun. 11, 2008.

A Tempter Snake endeavours to reach Paradise 1 Reply

The Baga ethnic group of Guinea is not among those whose artefacts make the highest prices. Browsing into the archives of Sotheby's made me find two Baga serpents. Top of its 1,65 m, one of them h...

Tagged: baga, guinea

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May. 17, 2008.