ARTEMIS x ARTE Tribal, Ethnographic, Ancient

Guro Gu Female Dance Mask | Coiffure Scarification

Pair Egyptian Faience Ushabtis, ex-Bonhams

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Louisville, CO, United States

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ARTEMIS x ARTE Tribal, Ethnographic, Ancient

Artemis Fine Arts

Artemis Fine Arts and Arte Primitivo are delighted to present their second joint auction - a carefully curated 2-day sale celebrating the world's most captivating artistic traditions. Day 1 features Pre-Columbian and Native American Art, while Day 2 brings together African, Tribal, Ethnographic Art, Fossils and Antiquities. United by a shared passion for quality and connoisseurship, the principals of both galleries have spent decades building relationships with collectors who trust them for their expertise and personal touch. That same commitment guides every lot in this sale. We warmly invite collectors, colleagues, and friends to join us for the May 20-21, 2026 auctions - and look forward to sharing these remarkable objects with you. Convenient in-house shipping available upon request.

Auction Curators:

Bob DodgeArtemis - Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Ancient Art

Charles MooreArte Primitivo - African, Tribal & Ethnographic Art

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Amazonian Feathered Headdress, ex-Eugene Lions: Amazon. Mid 20th century. Feathered headdress composed of blue and gold macaw feathers, with a lower row of yellow and green macaw tips and a lower border of dark brown duck feathers, with a

0251: Amazonian Feathered Headdress, ex-Eugene LionsEst.

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Amazonian Feathered Headdress, ex-Eugene Lions: Amazon. Mid 20th century. Headdress composed of mostly green and dark brown long Caique feathers with two red-orange Macaw feathers in the center. All set in a woven cotton string head band with

0252: Amazonian Feathered Headdress, ex-Eugene LionsEst.

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16th C. Spanish Colonial Copper Jug, Hispaniola, Early Exploration: Caribbean Sea, Hispaniola, early Spanish Colonial period, ca. 16th to early 17th century. Remarkable early exploration period copper jug of a type you would normally find in Spanish ship wrecks.

0254: 16th C. Spanish Colonial Copper Jug, Hispaniola, Early ExplorationEst.

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Lot of 5 Vintage Kuna Mola Textiles | Panama San Blas Reverse Applique: Central America, Panama, Kuna (Guna) people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A vivid group of five mola panels showcasing the celebrated reverse applique tradition of the Kuna women of Panama's San Blas

0255: Lot of 5 Vintage Kuna Mola Textiles | Panama San Blas Reverse AppliqueEst.

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17th C. Spanish Colonial Mexican Signal Cannon (Thunder Mug): Spanish Colonial, Latin America, Mexico, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. An exceptionally preserved Spanish colonial thundermug, cast in copper alloy by a provincial New Spain foundry and dating to the

0256: 17th C. Spanish Colonial Mexican Signal Cannon (Thunder Mug)Est.

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1950s Mexico Saltillo Revival Weavings - Navajo Storm Pattern: Latin America, Mexico, ca. 1950 to 1970 CE. A pair of Mexican wool weavings produced in the Saltillo revival tradition, each interpreting Navajo design vocabularies for the mid-century Southwestern

0257: 1950s Mexico Saltillo Revival Weavings - Navajo Storm PatternEst.

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3 Vintage Mexican Folk Art Masks | Carved Painted Wood: Early to mid 20th century. All are carved of lightweight wood and painted. Two largest with bright colors, smallest in black with red and white detailing. All have cut-out eye holes. All have some

0258: 3 Vintage Mexican Folk Art Masks | Carved Painted WoodEst.

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19th C Mexican Carved Wood Masks + Votive Head: Mexico. Masks: ca. 19th century. Votive: 1st half of 20th century. Three different carved wood examples, including two different festival masks. The largest depicts a bearded old man, with a large

0259: 19th C Mexican Carved Wood Masks + Votive HeadEst.

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Early Mexican Ceremonial Dance Mask | Bone Horn Tile Mosaic Inlay: Mexico. Ca. 1st half of 20th century. Carved hardwood ceremonial or festival dance mask depicting a stylized human face, which has been completely covered with small individually cut mosaic bone and

0260: Early Mexican Ceremonial Dance Mask | Bone Horn Tile Mosaic InlayEst.

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Pair of Mexican Folk Art Painted Wood Candelabras: Latin America, Mexico, ca. mid-20th century CE. A matched pair of large painted wood candelabras of arched, fan-shaped form, each constructed from rounded wooden members joined at angular intervals

0261: Pair of Mexican Folk Art Painted Wood CandelabrasEst.

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Boiken East Sepik Wood Bowl | Five-Point Star Medallion: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Hardwood, deep convex circular bowl engraved with a five pointed star enclosing a circle in raised medallion. Relief ridge surrounds rim with perforated handle,

0262: Boiken East Sepik Wood Bowl | Five-Point Star MedallionEst.

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Boiken PNG Shallow Carved Bowl | Abstract Frog Medallion: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Wide shallow wood bowl carved with a raised central medallion containing an abstract motif, possibly a frog. Perforated handle on one side of rim and relief

0263: Boiken PNG Shallow Carved Bowl | Abstract Frog MedallionEst.

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Samoan T-Paddle War Club | Lime-Inlaid Engraving: South Pacific. War club or dance wand carved with rhomboid cross-section, t-shape paddle surface engraved with linear patterns and inlaid with white lime. Some lime loss, surface wear at edges. Light

0264: Samoan T-Paddle War Club | Lime-Inlaid EngravingEst.

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Kiribati Tebute Shark Tooth Club | Gilbert Islands: Gilbert Islands, Micronesia. “Tebute”, well preserved rare sword club carved of single piece of coconut palm wood with serrated edges from evenly placed shark’s teeth secured with sennit

0265: Kiribati Tebute Shark Tooth Club | Gilbert IslandsEst.

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Sumatran Amber | Quatrefoil Pendant Disc & Prism (3): Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, ca. 20th to 21st century CE. A lot of three polished Sumatran amber objects comprising a quatrefoil-form pendant with a drilled central aperture suspended on a

0266: Sumatran Amber | Quatrefoil Pendant Disc & Prism (3)Est.

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Papua New Guinea Woven Fiber Dream Spirit Pig: Papua New Guinea.Woven fiber and cane internal structure in form of a wild pig standing on four slender legs with elongated head, curved small ears, cowry shell eyes, fringe tail, and painted with

0267: Papua New Guinea Woven Fiber Dream Spirit PigEst.

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Suriname Bushinengue Maroon Wood Stool | Engraved Motifs: Suriname, Northeast South America. Separately carved cylindrical and concave seat with metal tacks at center and concentric engraved motifs. Seat fitted in tongue and groove with rectangular panel

0268: Suriname Bushinengue Maroon Wood Stool | Engraved MotifsEst.

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Timor Shamanic Engraved Bone Container | Figural Stopper: Indonesia. Carved bone vessel with engraved motifs, and a carved wood stopper in form of an anthropomorphic head. Surface wear and blackened deposits on bone. Dark brown patina. Size: 8" H (20.3cm)

0269: Timor Shamanic Engraved Bone Container | Figural StopperEst.

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Thai Rattan Fish Trap Basket | Zoomorphic Form: Thailand.Expertly woven container in form of a bulbous zoomorph on short pointed legs with a short loop tail, fiber strand attachment in front at flared neck with flexible opening. Tan-brown rattan

0270: Thai Rattan Fish Trap Basket | Zoomorphic FormEst.

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Cordilleran Philippines Bontoc Sangi + Ifugao Harvest Pack: Northern Luzon, Philippines. Bontoc “sangi”, backpack finely woven with fitted lid, bamboo band, carved wood curved finial and rectangular base. Fiber suspension straps and woven corners

0271: Cordilleran Philippines Bontoc Sangi + Ifugao Harvest PackEst.

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Homo Erectus Acheulean Hand Axe Algeria | Bifacial: Northwestern Africa, Algeria, Sahara Desert, Ternifine, Acheulean, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 1.7 million to 500,000 years ago. A hand-knapped bifacial tool used as hand axes made by

0272: Homo Erectus Acheulean Hand Axe Algeria | BifacialEst.

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Guro Gu Female Dance Mask | Coiffure Scarification: Ivory Coast. Dance mask carved of heavy hardwood, of a female character possibly Gu, with fine detailed coiffure with central part, and idealized face with small slit eyes, long straight nose, small

0273: Guro Gu Female Dance Mask | Coiffure ScarificationEst.

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$Large Dan Deangle Laughing Mask \ Wood Teeth: Liberia. Fine large deangle mask, with trade cloth covered headband embroidered with cowry shells, the ovoid face with relief vertical ridge along forehead, slit eyes, and projecting full lips with$

0274: Large Dan Deangle Laughing Mask \ Wood TeethEst.

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5 West Africa Figural Bronzes | Ivory Coast Burkina Faso: Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Group of figural bronzes, a male and female couple, a man carrying bowl on his head and holding a pipe and rifle, a mother carrying three children, a nude male figure,

0275: 5 West Africa Figural Bronzes | Ivory Coast Burkina FasoEst.

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