abstract:Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples. Also known as Ethnographic art, or, controversially, Primitive Art,Dutton, Denis, Tribal Art.
"I can tell you almost all of the major masks I have sold in my career have been not to tribalart collectors -- they've been to modern collectors, " he said.
Guest-curated by Ellen Taubman, the former head of Sotheby's American Indian and tribalart department, "Changing Hands" departs from the usual museum surveys of Indian art by focusing solely on work that is innovatively contemporary.