Online catalogue for the 47th tribal art auction
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1 The Mr. And Mrs. Klaus G. Perls Collection
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s New York
Antiquities, Southeast Asian Art, Pre-Columbian Art, Tribal Art, American Indian Art, Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag
(4332/002)
(4332/002)
Sold for: 25 €
2 Arts of Africa, Oceania & The Americas
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s New York
May 17, 2002
(4332/008)
(4332/008)
Sold for: 25 €
3 African, Oceanic & Northwest Coast Art
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s New York
November 16, 2001
(4332/003)
(4332/003)
Sold for: 40 €
4 African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s New York
November 11, 2004
(4332/007)
(4332/007)
Sold for: 25 €
5 African Art from the Egon Guenther Family Collection
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s New York
Saturday November 18, 2000
(4332/006)
(4332/006)
Sold for: 40 €
6 African and Oceanic Art
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s New York
November 14, 2003
(4332/005)
(4332/005)
Sold for: 30 €
7 African and Oceanic Art
This object is not available any more.
Sotheby´s Paris
November 15, 2002
(4332/004)
(4332/004)
Sold for: 25 €
8 Big slit drum
This object is not available any more.
Sepik-Mündungsgebiet, Schouten-Inseln, Papua-Neuguinea
light brown wood, with residues of black and red pigment, cylindrical in form, flattened, raised cartouches decorated with incised ornaments, a snake-like creature forming the central motif, handles in openwork design, depicting male ancestor figures each with a crocodile behind eager to swallow them, cracks, traces of weathering, missing parts (handles), paint rubbed off; these drums were used for sacred music. Only chosen men were allowed to beat them. They were used for communication purposes as well. collected in situ in 1970
L: 1,65 (without handles), H: 52 cm, (4346/001)
L: 1,65 (without handles), H: 20.5 inch
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, Abb. S. 181
Price: 8000 - 12000 €
9 Figurally carved suspension hook
This object is not available any more.
Iatmul, Papua-Neuguinea
wood, dull patina, dark paint, a standing female figure with rounded shoulders and free carved arms, rising from a sickle-shaped zoomorphic base, both hands resting on the hips, a flat head with typical facial features and a tongue stretched out, cord made from plant fibers around the hips, min. dam., on metal base; hooks of this kind, elaborately carved with ancestors and mythical beings, were situated at meeting places for men.
H: 91 cm, (4349/013)
H: 35.8 inch
Provenance
Woelffer, Emmerson, Los Angeles, California, USA, Artist/collector, abstract expressionist painter, see Architectural Digest (Los Angeles) 25 (12), December 1988
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, S. 228/229
Sold for: 4000 €
10 Front- and back prow of a dugout
This object is not available any more.
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
light brown wood, residues of red and black pigment, conical-shaped, the tapering end is carved with a stylized crocodile on the underside, while the upper side is decorated with two mask faces which are arranged one behind the other, incised curvilinear ornaments, recess for insertion into the canoe, damages because of old age and weathering, small insect caused damage, minor missing parts, cracks, indigenous repair (at the base of one of the prows); dugouts were used for transport, fishing and for head hunting in former times. Crocodiles were preferred prow figures in the Sepik area. They played an important part in the religious context as well. (according to: Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, S. 114)
L: 96 und 98 cm, (4346/003)
L: 96 und 38.6 inch
Price: 2000 - 3000 €
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