Online catalogue for the 47th tribal art auction

11 Suspension hook

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, middle-brown patina, residues of blackish-brown paint, narrow elongated base, on either end carved with mask faces, flattened backside for suspension at the wall, carved with a curved hook with a standing male figure on top, slightly dam., cracks; typical "beak-style", which implies that a mythical spirit is represented rather than a real ancestor.

H: 75,5 cm
H: 29.7 inch

Provenance
Coll. Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden

Price: 1300 - 2000 €

12 Ritual item: painted animal skull

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Maprik

of elongated form with a curved contour, ornamentally painted with red, white and yellow pigment, presumably from a reptile, on base

L: 33,5 cm
L: 13.2 inch

Provenance
Gallery Lemaire, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Price: 1050 - 1600 €

13 Ornament and currency ring "yua"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea, Abelam

tridacna shell, ring-shaped, slightly vaulted in front, eleven notches, on metal base; such rings were used as primitive money but men used to wear them during ritual dances as well. Sometimes they were even given to young girls who were about to marry. They fixed the rings to special bags used to be worn with a headband, and thus made them an important part of their festive costume. They were used for decoration of the big yams root. (According to:Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, S. 146)

D: 13,5 cm
D: 5.3 inch

Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, Abb. S. 146

Price: 750 - 1100 €

14 Breast ornament "pakol"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Highlands

cymbium shell, cord made from plant fibers, red pigment remains, vaulted form, tapering to the end, three drillings at the upper rim, slightly tinged red, min. dam., small fissures, on metal base; cymbium shells of this kind were worn bei Mendi men on special occasions. In the context of important dances they were also used by young women as breast ornament.

H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Literature
Heermann, Ingrid und Ulrich Menter, Schmuck der Südsee, Ornament und Symbol, Objekte aus dem Linden-Museum Stuttgart, München 1990, S. 21, Abb. 9

Sold.

15 Ornament and currency ring "yua"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea, Abelam

ring made of tridacna shell, central opening 8,5 centimeters in diameter, naturally given unevenness in surface structure, on metal base

H: 16 cm; B: 18 cm
H: 6.3 inch; B: 7.1 inch

Price: 550 - 800 €

16 Ornament and currency ring "yua"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea, Abelam

ring made of tridacna shell, central opening 8,5 centimeters in diameter, four notches at the upper rim, small crack and minor missing part at the rim right handside, on metal base

B: 17 cm; H: 16,5 cm
B: 6.7 inch; H: 6.5 inch

Sold.

17 Overmodeled crocodiles skull

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Sepik

the skull is covered by a coarse-grained reddish clay-like mass with cowrie and nassa snails attached to it, shell discs accentuate eyes and the holes of the nose, all the teeth are preserved, slightly dam., aside the mighty lower jaws the mass and shell ornaments are missing; used for ritual purposes.

L: 50 cm
L: 19.7 inch

Literature
Appel, Michael, Ozeanien, Weltbilder der Südsee, München 2005, S. 71, Abb. 69
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, Abb. S. 382

Sold.

18 Breast ornament "pakol"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Highlands

cymbium-shell on a ribbon of plaited plant fiber, vaulted in form, slightly tapering to the end, two drillings at the upper rim to affix a plant fiber cord, signs of usage, on base

H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch

Literature
Heermann, Ingrid und Ulrich Menter, Schmuck der Südsee, Ornament und Symbol, Objekte aus dem Linden-Museum Stuttgart, München 1990, S. 21, Abb. 9

Price: 400 - 600 €

19 Small mask

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, residues of black paint and red pigment, of oval hollowed form, culminating in a middle ridge: a notched forehead turning into a long trunk-like nose with a scrolled ending, chin and forehead are decorated with incised ornaments, eyelet for support on top, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, missing part (left ear); this mask type was not worn in front of the face, but was fixed to a sacred flute.

H: 22,5 cm, B: 9 cm
H: 8.9 inch, B: 3.5 inch

Literature
Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, Abb. 17, S. 200

Sold.

20 Breast ornament "pakol"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Highlands

cymbium-shell, vaulted form, three drillings at the upper rim, min. dam., fissures, small missing pieces, on metal base

H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch

Literature
Heermann, Ingrid und Ulrich Menter, Schmuck der Südsee, Ornament und Symbol, Objekte aus dem Linden-Museum Stuttgart, München 1990, S. 21, Abb. 9

Price: 350 - 500 €