Items located in Pleasant Valley, NY. Items include Faro, the water genie puppet from Mali; West African double gongs; Ode-lay society head crest mask from Sierra Leone; African sculptures, figurines, masks, textiles, ceremonial robes, copper rod currency, and more.
AFRICAN ART COLLECTION OF MARY SUE AND PAUL PETER ROSEN
Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen have collected African art for over thirty years, making nine trips to Africa to study the art in its cultural setting. The Rosens have published three African art books, curated more than ten exhibitions from their collection, and have given public lectures about African art and culture. They have donated art from their collection to various institutions including the Newark Museum, Temple University in Philadelphia, the SMA Fathers African Art Museum in Tenafly, New Jersey, and the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Monday, April 1 at 3PM.
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AFRICAN ART COLLECTION OF MARY SUE AND PAUL PETER ROSEN
Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen have collected African art for over thirty years, making nine trips to Africa to study the art in its cultural setting. The Rosens have published three African art books, curated more than ten exhibitions from their collection, and have given public lectures about African art and culture. They have donated art from their collection to various institutions including the Newark Museum, Temple University in Philadelphia, the SMA Fathers African Art Museum in Tenafly, New Jersey, and the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Payment is due by Monday, April 1 at 1PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Monday, April 1 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. There is a 15% Buyers Premium for all lots purchased. Payment methods include cash, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice.
*NOTE* Shipping is available on all items.
?EMBLEMS OF POWER. ASAFO FLAGS FROM GHANA? BY M.S. AND P.P. ROSEN IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE AUTHORS AT ppr2001@med.cornell.edu PRICE POSTPAID IN US IS $25.00; OUTSIDE US POSTPAID $35.00.
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Items located in Pleasant Valley, NY. Items include Faro, the water genie puppet from Mali; West African double gongs; Ode-lay society head crest mask from Sierra Leone; African sculptures, figurines, masks, textiles, ceremonial robes, copper rod currency, and more.
AFRICAN ART COLLECTION OF MARY SUE AND PAUL PETER ROSEN
Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen have collected African art for over thirty years, making nine trips to Africa to study the art in its cultural setting. The Rosens have published three African art books, curated more than ten exhibitions from their collection, and have given public lectures about African art and culture. They have donated art from their collection to various institutions including the Newark Museum, Temple University in Philadelphia, the SMA Fathers African Art Museum in Tenafly, New Jersey, and the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Payment is due by Monday, April 1 at 1PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Monday, April 1 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. There is a 15% Buyers Premium for all lots purchased. Payment methods include cash, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice.
*NOTE* Shipping is available on all items.
AFRICAN ART COLLECTION OF MARY SUE AND PAUL PETER ROSEN
Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen have collected African art for over thirty years, making nine trips to Africa to study the art in its cultural setting. The Rosens have published three African art books, curated more than ten exhibitions from their collection, and have given public lectures about African art and culture. They have donated art from their collection to various institutions including the Newark Museum, Temple University in Philadelphia, the SMA Fathers African Art Museum in Tenafly, New Jersey, and the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Payment is due by Monday, April 1 at 1PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Monday, April 1 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. There is a 15% Buyers Premium for all lots purchased. Payment methods include cash, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice.
*NOTE* Shipping is available on all items.
?EMBLEMS OF POWER. ASAFO FLAGS FROM GHANA? BY M.S. AND P.P. ROSEN IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE AUTHORS AT ppr2001@med.cornell.edu PRICE POSTPAID IN US IS $25.00; OUTSIDE US POSTPAID $35.00.
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VERY RARE COMPLETE MEDICINE HEAD FIGURE. Mende people, Sierra Leone. The medicine head is a solid replica of a Bundu Society helmet mask. It serves as an oracle or altar that women consult to cure illness or injury which is thought to occur when a woman fails to obey the rules of the Bundu Society. The illness or injury is attributed to anger of ancestral spirits at the transgression and the figure serves as an intermediary in securing a cure. Although most medicine head sculptures that reach Western collectors consist only of the head, there are rare examples in which the head is part of a full body figure such as this one from the Bonthe district estimated to date from the 1930s. The 9inch tall medicine head has a tri-lobed coiffure drawn to a top knot. Scarifications are indicated on the brow and cheeks. There are red bead earrings. The armless wood body is dressed in a tightly wrapped, hand sewn country cloth fringed robe that is adorned with a variety of very old beads and cowry shells. A kola nut hangs from a rope belt at the waist. Her legs and the pedestal on which she stands have been damaged by exposure to the elements in the poorly enclosed Bundu shrine where the figure was kept. On custom base. Wood, pigment, beads. Cowry shells, kola nut, cloth, string. H 27.5in.
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VERY RARE COMPLETE MEDICINE HEAD FIGURE. Mende people, Sierra Leone. The medicine head is a solid replica of a Bundu Society helmet mask. It serves as an oracle or altar that women consult to cure illness or injury which is thought to occur when a woman fails to obey the rules of the Bundu Society. The illness or injury is attributed to anger of ancestral spirits at the transgression and the figure serves as an intermediary in securing a cure. Although most medicine head sculptures that reach Western collectors consist only of the head, there are rare examples in which the head is part of a full body figure such as this one from the Bonthe district estimated to date from the 1930s. The 9inch tall medicine head has a tri-lobed coiffure drawn to a top knot. Scarifications are indicated on the brow and cheeks. There are red bead earrings. The armless wood body is dressed in a tightly wrapped, hand sewn country cloth fringed robe that is adorned with a variety of very old beads and cowry shells. A kola nut hangs from a rope belt at the waist. Her legs and the pedestal on which she stands have been damaged by exposure to the elements in the poorly enclosed Bundu shrine where the figure was kept. On custom base. Wood, pigment, beads. Cowry shells, kola nut, cloth, string. H 27.5in.
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$450.00 – dominic
Auction Type: One Lot
Quantity: 1
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