SELECTED PIECES
Bryan Reeves
Amsterdam
Art and artefacts from Africa, Asia and Oceania
23 - 26 October
De Duif | Prinsengracht 756 | Amsterdam
Makonde Culture, Tanzania
Ex Private Collection, UK
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century
H: 43 cm
2. Doll
Mossi Culture, Burkina Faso
Ex Pascal Vernimmen, Ghent
Ex Private Collection, Belgium
Estimated Period: Mid 20th Century
H: 32 cm
Igbo Culture, Nigeria
Estimated Period: Early 20th Century
Ex Private Collection, UK
D: 36 cm
4. Upper Arm Adornment
Unknown Culture
Lower White Nile Region, Sudan
A similar example can be seen in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. With inscription - ‘Men’s wrist band, White Nile. Coll. by Major W. S Lennon 19 Feb. 1928’
Estimated Period: 1st Quarter 20th Century
Ex Private Collection UK
5. Figure
Chumba Culture
Benue Region, Nigeria
Ex Private Coll.
Hermann Sommerhage, Germany
Ex Louis Nierijnck, Maastricht
Estimated Period: 1st Half 20th Century
H: 42 cm
Gan/Lobi Cultures, Burkina Faso
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: 1st Quarter 20th Century
H: 15.5 cm
H: 13.5 cm
7. Mask
Mumuye Culture, Nigeria
Ex William Ohly (1883-1955), Abbey Museum, UK
Estimated Period: 1st Half 20th Century
H: 62 cm
Kulango Culture, Northern Ivory Coast
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: Early 20th Century
H: 5.5 cm
9. Miniature Bronze Pendant
Dogon Culture, Mali
Ex Private Collection, France
Estimated Period: 1st Half 20th Century
H: 4 cm
Kerewe Culture
Ukerewe Island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century
H: 31 cm
11. Mother and Child Figure
Kwere Culture, Tanzania
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century
H: 28 cm
12. Small Granary Door
Dogon Culture, Mali
Ex Clive Loveless, London
Estimated Period: Early 20th Century
H: 26.5 cm
Bwaka Culture, DRC
Ex Private Collection, Belgium
Ex Rob Temple, Gent
Estimated Period:
1st Half 20th Century
H: 50 cm
14. Iron Fetish Figure
Ex Emmanuel Ameloot, Belgium
Estimated Period:
Early-20th Century (or before)
H: 36 cm
15. Traditional Medicine Container with Two Sitting Figures
Kaguru Culture, Tanzania
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century
H: 28 cm
16. Body Mask ‘Ndimu’
Makonde Culture, Tanzania
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century
H: 49 cm
Mossi
Ex English costume designer and Academy Award winner, Anthony Powel (1935 – 2021)
Estimated Period: 1ST Half 20th Century
H: 125 cm
Ex Private Collection, UK
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century or Before
H: 64 cm
19. Bush Cow Mask
Bamileke Culture, Cameroon
Ex Christie’s London (Lot 151, July 1981)
Ex Private Collection, London (until recent times)
Estimated Period: Early 20th Century
H: 64 cm
20. Female Figure with Mask
Chokwe Culture, DRC
Ex John-Paul Raad Collection, London
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century or Before
H: 25 cm
21. Miniature Bronze Pendant
Dogon Culture, Mali
Ex Private Collection. UK
Estimated Period: 1st half 20th Century
H: 7.5 cm
22. Miniature Bronze Charm
Kotoko Culture, Chad
Ex Private Collection, France
Estimated Period: 1st Half 20th Century
Height: 5 cm
23. Spoon
Unknown Culture, Somalia
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century or Before H: 23 cm
(The amazing feature of the spoon is the way the decorative rings with small spoons have all been carved from the same piece of wood as the body of the spoon)
24. Mask
Vuvi Culture, Gabon
Ex Private Collection, London
Ex Emmanuel Ameloot, Belgium
Estimated Period: Mid-20th Century or Before
H: 40 cm
Baule Culture, Ivory Coast
Ex Private Collection, France
Estimated Period:
Mid-20th Century or Before H: 28 cm
