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Jacaranda Tribal Art Blog is a blog for collectors of traditional African art with a focus on art from southeast Africa. We review auctions, books and other current events.
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Bonham\'s Lot No: 4105Y
A Maori whalebone club, wahaika, Rotorua area, North Island, New Zealand with haliotis shell inlaid eyes. Length 15.5 inches.Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 ...
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Bonham\'s Lot No: 4049
A Santa Cruz Island currency roll, tevau, Solomon Islands. Height 15inches, width 33inches.Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000...
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Bonham\'s Lot No: 4259
A Pende deformation mask, mbangu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Height 14 inches.Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000For a discussion of this type of mask, see Stother, Z.S., "Pende (Visions of Africa)", 1998, pp. 139-53: "Mbangu, the bewitched is one of the...
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Bonham\'s Lot No: 4073
A Hawaiian koa wood canoe constructed of koa wood except for outrigger; signed with engraved "P" on the hull.length. 25 feet, 3 inches.Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Footnote: Originally made in Kona in the early 20th century, this canoe was one of seven ...
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Bonham’s Lot No: 4005
A Dayak Kenyah/Kayan shield, klau or kliau, Borneo with painted decorations on both sides and inset human hair on the front. Height 49 inches. Old British Colonial Collection.Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000 ...
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Marc & Denyse Ginzberg Collection Offered at Jacaranda Tribal
Two years ago, in September 2007, the Marc & Denyse Ginzberg Collection of African Forms went on sale at the Sotheby’s auction house in Paris. The auction was unlike anything that had ever been offered before at Sotheby’s – there was no fig...
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Zemanek Tribal Art Auction Results
Zemanek held its tribal art auction last week in Würzburg, Germany. The auction had a disappointing turn out in terms of persons bidding and also the lots available for sale. The sale fared just slightly worse than their last auction in March 2009 -...
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Christie's and Sotheby's Tribal Art Sale Results
Christie's tribal art auction had a lackluster performance last week. While 196 lots sold (around 64% of all lots offered), the sale garnered just €1,017,787. This is a trifle, considering that Sotheby's pulled in nearly the same amount of money fr...
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Sotheby's African and Oceanic Art Auction Preview
Hot off the heels of yesterday's Christie's sale in Paris, Sotheby's sale happens today. There are some interesting contrasts between the two sales from the top two auction houses in the world. Whereas Christie's had only two objects for sale above ...
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Christie's Tribal Art Sale in Paris Preview
The Christie's Art Africain et Oceanien sale is going on at this very moment. The auction, comprised of 227 lots total, has some very fine pieces in the sale. A few we'd like profile include Lot 236, a Rare and Magnificent Maori Statue that is estima...
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A Talk With Susan Kloman
A few weeks ago we had the privilege to sit down and speak with Susan Kloman of Christie’s about tomorrow’s Art Africain et Océanien auction in Paris and other relevant topics. Susan is the International Specialist Head of Christie’s African a...
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Lempertz Tribal Art Auction Results
It's been quite a while since we wrote about the tribal art auction at the Lempertz Auction House and they took quite some time getting the results of the auction processed and up on the web. They're now available and so we wanted to do a quick rundo...
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Sotheby's Tribal Art Auction Preview
Sotheby’s is offering a second tribal arts auction in addition to the Chaim Gross auction on 15 May. This sale will focus on African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art – though a majority of the best pieces are Oceanic. The sale is slated to fetch mo...
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Sotheby's Chaim Gross Tribal Art Auction Preview
Sotheby’s is offering a sale of tribal art from the collection of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation. Chaim Gross, well known Modernist sculptor, and his wife Renee collected African and Oceanic tribal art during the 1940s and 1950s. They were so...
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Lempertz Tribal Art Auction
25 April 2009 marks the annual Lempertz Tribal Art Auction in Cologne, Germany. Lempertz is one of the most well recognized art auction houses in Europe and the oldest family-owned one in the world. It has a rich history in the tribal arts field. 18...
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Zemanek-Münster Tribal Arts Auction Results
The bi-annual Zemanek-Münster tribal arts auction failed to attract the attention it has become accustomed to. Despite a few major pieces, the quality of objects up for auction this March was generally weaker than we have seen at this auction house ...
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Rago Arts Auction Results
Rago Arts is a Philadelphia based auction house that has been in operation since 1994. They began specializing in 20th century design and have since expanded their reach far beyond that. In fact, on 1 March, 2009, the auction house debuted their firs...
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Zemanek-Münster Tribal Arts Auction Preview
The 56th Zemanek-Münster Tribal Arts auction will be held on Saturday 14 March, 2009 in Würzburg, Germany. The auction house specializes in African and Oceanic tribal arts from private collection. Bidders can preview the collection from Wednesday 1...
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Bonhams African and Oceanic Auction November 13, 2007
Bonhams, New York holds its inaugural New York African and Oceanic auction on November 13, 2007.Session 1 is a various owner sale comprising 269 lots. Of interest to the Southern African collector are lots 2267, 2268 and 2269. Lot 2268, estimated a...
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Zemanek-Munster Auction results - Sept. 22, 2007
The 51st Zemanek-Munster Tribal art auction was held today in Wurzburg, Germany. Below are some noteworthy results :Lot 114 - Ashanti comb - 3,500 EURLot 155 - Senufo staff ex...
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Upcoming Exhibitions and Auctions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited show Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary opens October 2, 2007 and runs through March 2, 2008. Curated by Alisa LaGamma, the shows features over 150 works from European and Americ...
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Marc & Denyse Ginzberg auction at Sotheby's Paris - September 2007
On Monday September 10, 2007 the much anticipated sale of Marc & Denyse Ginzberg's African Art collection took place at Sotheby's Paris.Unfortunately I was unable to attend but I am told the attendance was very good. The auction was well promote...

