Generations of creatives have been inspired by African tribal art, from Pablo Picasso’s stylized abstractions to Amedeo Modigliani’s masklike portraits. It also captured the imagination of designer , whose London home is decorated with ritual masks, classic sculptures, and ancestor statuary from Côte d’Ivoire. “I’m attracted to African art,” he says. “I love the symbolism, the shapes, the spirit. It has inspired and permeated my designs.”

Over several years, Spiro and his wife, Arabella, have worked with Parisian gallerist Lucas Ratton to build their African tribal-art assemblage. Along the way he also acquired smaller relics, such as finely detailed 17th-century Baoulé gold fragments and old bronze pieces, which he incorporated into last year’s Materials of the Old World jewelry collecti

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