3 cuts sent 4-30

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Singkiang, Chester, N.J., Bukov, silver, set carnelian, rare design, Ersari Turkmen, Uzbekistan, Nineteenth Century.

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Barist Primitive Art, New York City, young girl’s mask with elaborate Coiffeur Ibo, Nigeria, 19 inches high.

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Martin Gallery, New York City, Ilgigch (decorative hanging); Central Asia, Lakai people late Nineteenth Century; chain and ladder stitch silk embroidery on a (rare) green  wool; 23 by 21½  inches.

for 5/9

NY TRIBAL, TEXTILE ARTS SHOW BACK AT ARMORY MAY 14–18, 3 CUTS

AVV/GS SET 4/30 #737

NEW YORK CITY — After nine years at the Park Avenue Armory, the 14th annual presentation of the New York International Tribal and Textile Arts Show returns to its original locale at the 69th Regiment Armory, Lexington Avenue at 26th Street, from May 14 to 18.

The show will move to a Wednesday opening with preview from 6 to 9 pm, $60 per person. Show hours will be Thursday and Friday, from 11 am to 8 pm; Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; and Sunday, from 11 am to 5 pm.

The New York Tribal and Textile Arts Show, which coincides with an important tribal auction at Sotheby’s on May 16, was lavishly praised last year by New York Times critic Holland Cotter, who wrote, “…when something is hot at this fair, the most beautiful one in New York, it’s superhot.”

Such praise made the decision to return to the 69th Regiment Armory a difficult one, but 2008 was destined to be a year of transition for art fairs in New York. The show’s producers, Bill Caskey and Elizabeth Lees decided the time was right to return the lavish textiles, sculpture and statuary, jewelry and tribal objects shown by 77 galleries to the venue just east of Chelsea and a block uptown from Gramercy Park.

The move back to the 69th Regiment Armory also gave the International Tribal and Textile Arts Show a more reasonable schedule. “At the 69th Regiment Armory,” Caskey said, “we will have time for a more elaborate show set up, and can open the Tribal and Textile Arts Show on a Wednesday night and run through the weekend.”

The loan exhibit for the 2008 show is “Cameroon 1931–1934: The Photography of Paul Gebauer,” curated by Jonathan Fogel, editor in chief of Tribal Arts Magazine. An article on this special exhibit, written by Jonathan Fogel will be published in the show catalog. General admission is $15 per person for the run of the show and includes the catalog.

For information prior to the show, 310-455-2886; information during the show, 212-532-1516.