SOTHEBY’S Important African and Oceanic Art – Superb Kongo figure, nkisi - $20 - (River Forest, IL)

Up for consideration is a Sotheby’s Important African and Oceanic Art auction catalog (no. 7221) from November 22, 1998…261 lots on 133 pages…catalog in very good condition…featured lots include: · A fine and rare Middle Yuat River, Biwat, (Mundugamor), sacred flute-stopper figure ($40,000-60,000) · A fine New Ireland Malagan mask ($25,000-35,000) · A rare New Guinea Highlands ancestor plaque ($45,000-55,000) · A superb Maori bugle flute ($25,000-35,000) · A magnificent Maori figure (estimate upon request) – on catalog cover · A superb Djenne kneeling terracotta figure, circa 12th-16th century ($20,000-25,000) · A rare Ibo Ikenga figure ($15,000-25,000) · A Yoruba female figurative vessel ($20,000-25,000) · A rare Fang anthropomorphic harp ($10,000-15,000) · An unusually large Songe Kifebwe mask ($20,000-30,000) · An unusual Songe prestige stool ($40,000-80,000) · A superb Kongo chief’s staff ($30,000-50,000) · A superb Kongo figure, nkisi ($800,000-1,200,000) · A superb Luba female cupbearer ($40,000-60,000) Catalog securely shipped in a rigid cardboard mailer. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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