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Private collection catalog · April 2026

Twelve countries. Over two millennia. African art that speaks.

From the twelfth-century laterite monoliths of the Nyonyosi to the grassland masks of the Babanki master carvers — 1,401 objects, documented with the precision African art deserves.

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1,401
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1361
Peoples
187
Nok — male shrine statue
Selected
Nok
male shrine statue
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A first look

A curated selection from the ethnographically researched holdings — provenance, terminology, ritual context, sources.

Nok — male shrine statue
No. 0129
Nok

male shrine statue

Nigeriaapprox. 2000 yearsterracotta
Dyula — COLON religious maternity figure
No. 1133
Dyula

COLON religious maternity figure

Ivory Coast1st half of the 20th cent.metal
Tikar — Bronze Figure
No. 144, 144A, 144B
Tikar

Bronze Figure

Cameroon
Kuba — ceremonial rug (Kuba labyrinthine strapwork with checkerboard infills)
No. 0960
Kuba

ceremonial rug (Kuba labyrinthine strapwork with checkerboard infills)

DR Congo1st half of the 20th cent.fibers
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