Tribal material was given its first stand-alone section at garden sculpture and statuary specialist sales at Summers Place (25% buyer’s premium) in the June 13-14 auction at Billingshurst.
“Having realised these items are popular with our buyers, we thought we’d make a bit more of a feature of tribal art,” said auctioneer Rupert van der Werff.
The 107 lots covered most of the globe and a wide price range. For example, from South Dakota, a pair of c.1870 Sioux beaded and buckskin moccasins took £1400.