Online catalogue for the 47th tribal art auction

21 Mask of an ancestral spirit

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Ramu River

wood, dull dark brown patina, of elongated oval form with pluglike prolongations on either end, a facial plane in the centre, showing rounded cheeks and small eyes arranged close to each other, flanking a big nose, slightly dam.

H: 64 cm
H: 25.2 inch

Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, Abb. S. 174

Price: 350 - 550 €

22 Canoe prow

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Sepik

light-weighted wood, dull brown patina, on the underside carved with a crocodile head, 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

L: 44,5 cm
L: 17.5 inch

Price: 350 - 550 €

23 Mortar and pestel

This object is not available any more.

Oceania

two different kinds of greyish stone, mortar in the shape of a slightly moulded oval stone, 19,5 cm in diameter; the pestel, 6 centimeters in diameter, with a length of 15 cm

Provenance
Coll. Prof. E. J. Gübelin, Luzern, Swiss

Price: 350 - 530 €

24 "Mwei" mask

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik

wood, dull middle-brown patina, painted in black with curvilinear ornaments, extremely narrow and elongated in form, rising to a raised middle ridge, the eyes inset with conus discs, a curved nose with a bow-shaped prolongation turning into a stylized birds head at the chin, coiffure of human hair, on both sides and at the forehead originally decorated with nassa and cowrie snails, which were stuck into a reddish brown clay-like mass, slightly dam., crack (right hand side of the face), missing parts; this mask type represents an ancestor who is looked upon as the builder of Tambaran Houses. Thus it was used when a new house was build to bring good luck to its inhabitants.

H: 71 cm
H: 28 inch

Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, Abb. S. 224;
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, S. 57 ff

Sold.

25 Drum

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea, Asmat

wood, reptile skin, plant fibers, hollowed log, drum and handle carved in one piece, in the shape of an hourglass, upper and lower rim with ornamental decorations, reptile drum skin (probably "varanus indicus"), signs of abrasion

H: 64 cm
H: 25.2 inch

Provenance
Old German Coll.

Sold.

26 Breast ornament "bipane"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea, Asmat

two c-shaped pieces of cymbium snail (melo amphora), fixed by cord or rotan strings, spreaded with a loam-like mass which is decorated with nassa-snails and abrus beens which are pressed into it, cotton string for support

B: 14 cm; H: 11,5 cm
B: 5.5 inch; H: 4.5 inch

Literature
Helfrich, Klaus u.a., Asmat, Mythos und Kunst im Leben mit den Ahnen, Musuem für Völkerkunde, Berlin 1996, S. 199, Abb. 13.16

Sold.

27 Axe

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea

wooden shaft, a polished blade of greenish stone affixed on one side, a plug-like wooden projection opposite to it, both fixed by an elaborately plaited rotan cuff, slightly dam., cracks (shaft), minor missing parts (blade)

L: 57,5 cm
L: 22.6 inch

Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, S. 147 ff

Price: 200 - 300 €

28 Staff

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, long, straight handle, broadening to the top, upper part carved ornamentally and painted in red and blue, min. dam., on metal base

H: 107,5 cm
H: 42.3 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Antwerpen, Belgium

Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, S. 124, Abb. 256

Price: 200 - 300 €

29 Head of a Yams-spirit figure "wapinyan"

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea - Maprik

wood, painted with pigment in yellow ochre, red, white and black, post-shaped, the face is defined by a disc-shaped beard and a diadem-like coiffure, the brows and nose forming a T-shaped zone with a notched mouth underneath, the facial plane is covered by ornamental paint, slightly dam., indigenous repair (brows), cracks (neck), paint rubbed off in some areas

H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch

Literature
Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Hg.), Abelam, Kunst und Kult in Papua-Neuguinea, Ausst.kat. Detmold 1989, Abb. S. 40/41

Sold.

30 Bowl

This object is not available any more.

Trobriand Islands

wood, reddish-brown glossy patina, residues of pigment, of longish rectangular form, rim and handles carved with elaborated ornaments, slight signs of usage

L: 36 cm, H: 8 cm
L: 14.2 inch, H: 3.1 inch

Sold.