African and Oceanic Art

THREE IFUGAO SPOONSSelections from the Seymour and Alyce Lazar CollectionAfrican, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art dominated every room in Seymour an...

SEPIK LADLE64 cm. longProvenancePeter Hallinan, Broadbeach, QueenslandTodd Barlin, SydneySeymour Lazar, Palm Springs, acquired from the above in F...

MOZAMBIQUE SPOONDated 189825.5 cm. highProvenancePhillips, London, 7 December 1999, lot 150Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

SOUTHERN AFRICA SPOON32 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KULANGO SPOON27.5 cm. highProvenanceChristie’s, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 23Seymour Lazar, Palm SpringsExhibitionsMuseum für Völkerkunde, Vienna...

DAN SPOON42 cm. highProvenanceJulius Carlebach (1909-1964), New York, 1954John Giltsoff, (1947-2014), London/New York/Girona, 1977Robert and Jean ...

ROTSE SPOON35 cm. longProvenancePhillips, London, 7 December 1999, lot 151 (part lot)Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

BIJOGO SPOON26.5 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

PAPUAN GULF COCONUT SPOON13 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

GURO MASK40.5 cm. highProvenanceLoudmer, Paris, 26 November 1983, lot 152Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FANTE ASAFO FLAG87 x 150 cm.ProvenanceProbably Peter Adler, LondonSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FANTE ASAFO FLAG82 x 154 cm.ProvenanceProbably Peter Adler, LondonSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FANTE ASAFO FLAG86 x 121 cm.ProvenanceProbably Peter Adler, LondonSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

BAULE HEDDLE PULLEY16 cm. highProvenanceHarold Rome (1908-1993), New York, no.168, purchased in Paris, 1959Ben Heller, New York, acquired from the...

THREE HEDDLE PULLEYS16 to 19 cm. highProvenancefrom left to right –Mossi heddle pulley with pierced finialJosef Herman, LondonChristie’s, London, ...

LOBI FEMALE FIGURECf. Fagaly, W., "Ancestors of Congo Square. African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art", 2011, p.75, fig.30, for a figure almo...

LOBI STOOL, by Sikire Kambire (1896-1963)59.5 cm. longProvenanceHelena Rubinstein, New YorkParke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1966, lot 94Frieda and...

BIJOGO CEREMONIAL SPEAR180 cm. longProvenanceJoão Pinto Ribeiro, LisbonSotheby’s, New York, 22 November 1998, lot 361Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...

AKAN COMB20.5 cm. highProvenanceSotheby's, London, 3 December 1984, lot 128 Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

BAULE COMB21 cm. longProvenanceBen Heller, New YorkSotheby’s, New York, 1 December 1983, lot 67Sotheby’s, New York, 16 May 1985, lot 90Seymour Laz...

IGALA MASK25.5 cm. highProvenancePierre Robin, ParisCecilia and Irwin Smiley, New York Sotheby’s, New York, 17 May 2002, lot 98Seymour Lazar, Palm...

LOBI MALE FIGURE110.5 cm. highProvenanceJames Willis Gallery, San Francisco 1982 or 1988Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

YORUBA BOWL FOR IFA DIVINATION, agere ifaWilliam Fagg writing about the present lot states: “This beautiful agere ifa might be from almost anywher...

BAULE MASK40.5 cm. highProvenanceSotheby’s, London, 25-26 June 1984, lot 237Peter Adler, LondonSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

YORUBA SHRINE FIGURECf. Auld, I. et al., "Nigerian Traditional Sculpture", Cardiff, 1974, fig.49, for a similar figure from the Ian Auld collectio...

YORUBA GELEDE MASK38 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

MOSSI FEMALE FIGURE42.5 cm. highProvenanceHenri Kamer (1927-1992), Cannes/New YorkJames Willis Gallery, San FranciscoSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs, ...

YORUBA EGUNGUN MASKWilliam Fagg, writing in the Christie catalogue from 1980 states: "This is a rare type of mask for the Egungun Society (mainly ...

BANGWA SEATED FIGURE54.5 cm. highProvenanceGalerie Ratton-Hourdé, ParisChristie’s, Paris, 20 June 2006, lot 166Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[mo...

FANG FIGURE35 cm. highProvenanceCharles Ratton, ParisAndré Derain, ParisSydney Burney, London, 1943 Arthur Rothenberg (1918-2013), New York, acqui...

KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE48.2 cm. highProvenanceCollected by a former Governor General of the A.E.F. in 1935Loudmer, Paris, 22 June 1984, lot 60Seymou...

MBALA ADZE34.5 cm. longProvenanceWalter Power, an engineer for Unilever in the Belgian Congo, collected between 1913 and 1934Christie’s, South Ken...

LUBA FEMALE FIGURE33 cm. highProvenanceChristie’s, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998, lot 20Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE49 cm. highProvenanceMaurice Bonnefoy, Paris/New York, no.1915Christie’s, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 93Seymour Lazar, Palm S...

LUMBO HEAD53.5 cm. highProvenanceAnuschka Menist, Haarlem, The NetherlandsSotheby’s, New York, 29-30 April 1983, lot 46Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs...

FANG RELIQUARY HEAD35.5 cm. highProvenanceSotheby’s, London, 28-30 November 1983, lot 185Possibly Merton Simpson (1928-2013), New YorkSeymour Laza...

KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE64.5 cm. highProvenanceEric Estorick (1913-1993), founder of the Grosvenor Gallery, LondonChristie's, New York, 16 November 1...

LUBA STOOL33 cm. highProvenanceMr and Mrs Schepens Christie’s, 1 December 1993, lot 74Seymour Lazar, Palm SpringsThe stool was collected in the Be...

PENDE MASK24.5 cm. highProvenanceSaul and Marsha Stanoff, Tarzana, CAMarcia and Irwin Hersey, New YorkSotheby’s, New York, 8 May 1989, lot 72 Seym...

HEMBA STOOL48 cm. highProvenanceRobert V. Berg, San DiegoSotheby’s, New York, 29-30 April 1983, lot 62Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

PENDE CUP9.5 cm. highProvenanceStéphen Chauvet, ParisMerton Simpson, New YorkSotheby’s, New York, 15 November 1985, lot 116Seymour Lazar, Palm Spr...

CHOKWE MASK29 cm. highProvenanceMrs. Leukers, BelgiumSotheby's, London, 27 October 1980, lot 153Sotheby’s, New York, 23 October 1982, lot 314Seymo...

LUBA STOOL46 cm. highProvenancePrivate Collection, New YorkChristie’s, London, 17 June 1980, lot 276 James Willis Gallery, San FranciscoBonhams, N...

KUBA BOX AND COVERA-672 painted in white37.5 cm. wideProvenanceJean Willy Mestach, Brussels Harold Rome, New York, acquired from the above in 1965...

SONGYE STOOLThe base inscribed 246./RB.84 in white and RB38 in red, typed label C.86 and 54.145.86 in red40 cm. highProvenanceRaoul Blondiau (b.18...

NINE CHOKWE COMBS8 to 12.5 cm. highProvenanceChristie’s, 29 May 2001, lot 131, for eight of the combsSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

ROTSE LARGE BOWL AND COVER52 cm. longProvenanceReputedly Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, DorsetJohn Hewett, LondonPeter Adler, LondonSeymou...

SHONA KNIFE AND SHEATH47.5 cm. longProvenanceChristie's, London, 28 November 1983, lot 236Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TSONGA STAFFCf. Nettleton, A. et al., "Art and Ambiguity: Perspectives on the Brenthurst Collection of Southern African Art", Johannesburg, 1991, ...

SOUTH-EAST AFRICA FEMALE FIGUREOld accession numbers “173” painted on upper chest and on back of neck and "56.106" on inside bottom of left legIt ...

TORAJA HEAD35 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

MADAGASCAR MATERNITY FIGURE90 cm. highProvenanceLempertz, Brussels, 31 March 2012, lot 103Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TWO DAYAK TRAP STICKS53.3 cm. longProvenanceFor the right hand trap stick -J.J. Klejman, New YorkSotheby’s, London, 30 March 1981, lot 189Mr. and ...

BATAK DATU'S STAFF169 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

NIAS FIGURE24 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

DUSUN SHIELDCf. Evans, I.H.N., "Among Primitive Peoples in Borneo", London, 1922, p.192, for a photograph of “a Dusun man of Tambatuan in war dres...

THREE NORTHWEST COAST SMALL CLUBS27 to 46 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

HAWAII BOWL22 cm. diameterProvenanceChristie’s, London, 3 December 1985, lot 609Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIJI GUNSTOCK CLUB , gata97 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIJI GUNSTOCK CLUB105 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]