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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 597873, member: 10171"]I have a vast over-simplification that might help -- b/c I am still trying to wrap my head around the same thing, e.g., why it is so hard to identify tribes and when something might be really valuable -- and so African art collecting is mystifying to me, yet, at the same time, obviously simple: to be collectible 'tribal art' and not 'tourist', and thereby command the attention of dealers and collectors, it has to be ... (here's the over simplification ...) something that the tribal member used as part of their lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Short of that, it's garbage (another oversimplification, to make the point). How do you prove a 'tribal' piece? Methods, materials, location, provenance, etc, etc, etc, ... and Africa is a HUGE place. And experts in any of these things are had to come by. And the internet is full of misinfo... and... then there's this, that might sum it up best:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://nationalmuseum.ghana-net.com/traditional-african-masks.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nationalmuseum.ghana-net.com/traditional-african-masks.htm" rel="nofollow">http://nationalmuseum.ghana-net.com/traditional-african-masks.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>l[ATTACH=full]177591[/ATTACH]</p><p>so, "good luck widdat" from somebody who sympathizes... I still remember an african art dealer keeping it painfully simple for me: "it's tricky". Little did I know... [and still don't].[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 597873, member: 10171"]I have a vast over-simplification that might help -- b/c I am still trying to wrap my head around the same thing, e.g., why it is so hard to identify tribes and when something might be really valuable -- and so African art collecting is mystifying to me, yet, at the same time, obviously simple: to be collectible 'tribal art' and not 'tourist', and thereby command the attention of dealers and collectors, it has to be ... (here's the over simplification ...) something that the tribal member used as part of their lives. Short of that, it's garbage (another oversimplification, to make the point). How do you prove a 'tribal' piece? Methods, materials, location, provenance, etc, etc, etc, ... and Africa is a HUGE place. And experts in any of these things are had to come by. And the internet is full of misinfo... and... then there's this, that might sum it up best: [URL]http://nationalmuseum.ghana-net.com/traditional-african-masks.htm[/URL] l[ATTACH=full]177591[/ATTACH] so, "good luck widdat" from somebody who sympathizes... I still remember an african art dealer keeping it painfully simple for me: "it's tricky". Little did I know... [and still don't].[/QUOTE]
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