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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4312365, member: 8267&quot;]It is curious that the COA is dated 1963, and the letter from Neba Chungong is dated 1933. What was going on with these pieces between 1933 to 1963 to this year?</p><p><br /></p><p>When looking through your documentation, and communicating with the village where they were sold, try to find out the name of the village that they actually came from. If you can identify that, you can search for things like anthropological studies or government reports that may have included photographs of the village and any important artworks there. The ideal thing would be to find photos of the pieces in situ. Otherwise, you must go on style alone, which is less definitive.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might try contacting the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum, which has an object identification service:</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/africa-oceania-and-americas#object-identification" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/africa-oceania-and-americas#object-identification" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/africa-oceania-and-americas#object-identification</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sotheby&#039;s also has a Department of African and Oceanic Art:</p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/departments/african-oceanic-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/departments/african-oceanic-art" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/departments/african-oceanic-art</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They may not recognize your specific objects, but they should be able to confirm their likely origin and potential significance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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