Online catalogue for the 47th tribal art auction

1 The Mr. And Mrs. Klaus G. Perls Collection

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's New York

Antiquities, Southeast Asian Art, Pre-Columbian Art, Tribal Art, American Indian Art, Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag

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2 Arts of Africa, Oceania & The Americas

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's New York

May 17, 2002

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3 African, Oceanic & Northwest Coast Art

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's New York

November 16, 2001

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4 African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's New York

November 11, 2004

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5 African Art from the Egon Guenther Family Collection

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's New York

Saturday November 18, 2000

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6 African and Oceanic Art

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's New York

November 14, 2003

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7 African and Oceanic Art

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Literatur: Auktionskataloge, Sotheby's Paris

November 15, 2002

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8 Big slit drum

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Schouten Islands

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
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

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Papua New Guinea, Iatmul

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
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

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10 Front- and back prow of a dugout

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Papua New Guinea - Sepik

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
L: 96 und 38.6 inch

Price: 2000 - 3000 €