Private Collection Visit - African and New Guinea Art
/On April 25, over 50 Bruce Contemporaries were invited to visit a private collection of African and New Guinea art. Comprising over 150 pieces of art which include sculptures, statues, masks, jewelry and weapons, the collection was started by the owner’s parents 55 years ago during their first trip to Africa and they then began adding pieces from New Guinea 50 years ago. The pieces were collected largely during their travels from the late 1960's to early 1990's.
The Contemporaries were treated to a tour of the collection which is displayed by the piece’s origin country or region and type. Pieces pictured include a Dogon horse rider and Senufo rhythm pounder, a Senufo fire spitter dance mask, a Nimba fertility statue, a pupper holder with six wooden puppets from Mali, a royal chair / mask from Cameroon, along with many other African and New Guinea masks and statues.
