Online catalogue for the 50th tribal art auction

11 Sword "mandau"

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Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

iron, min. corroded, wood, a slighty curved blade, elaborate handle decorated with fine flower motifs and a small human figure, wooden sheath with stripes of metal sheet, min. dam., signs of usage (sheath); used for head hunting and as a machete in daily life.

H: 66,5 cm
H: 26.2 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Literature
Zonneveld, A.G. van, Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 37

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12 Figurally carved lid of a receptacle

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Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, dark brown encrusted patina, crudely carved, handle in the shape of a squatting stylized figure, crowned by a massive head, the eyes inset with nassa snails, dam., crack

H: 25,5 cm
H: 10 inch

Price: 300 - 450 €

13 Sword

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Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

iron, wood, blade with fine incisions, reddish brown wooden handle of abstract form, sheath made of light wood, partly wrapped in fabric and cord, min. dam., signs of usage, slightly corroded

L: 56,5 cm
L: 22.2 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Literature
Zonneveld, A.G. van, Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 29

Price: 500 - 750 €

14 Stool

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Indonesia - Nias

heavy wood, brown patina, encrusted in parts, of elongated narrow form, resting on two massive legs, carved with a seated figure with high towering head crest, ending up in a kind of toothed metal tool, slightly dam., cracks

L: 75 cm; H: 38 cm
L: 29.5 inch; H: 15 inch

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15 Squatting male figure

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Indonesia - Sumba

chalk limestone, block-like body, seated with the knees drawn up tightly to the body, both elbows resting on the knees, a face with a triangular chin and simplified facial features, bulging coiffure, slightly dam., acrylic base; presumably once decorating the lid of an urn.

H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Munich, Germany

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16 Two figurally carved posts

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Indonesia - Sumba

light-weighted wood, residues of dull, blackish patina, slender posts, square in cross-section, carved with block-like figures, long arms flanking the bodies, with the hands resting aside, only indicated in flat relief, square shoulders supporting heads with flattened facial planes with the features concentrated on a rather small area, slightly dam., cracks, traces of weathering, lichen, on metal base

H: 80/81 cm; B: ca. 5,5/6 cm
H: 80/31.9 inch; B: ca. 5,5/2.4 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Munich, Germany

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17 Two ancestor figures

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Indonesia - Sumba

wood, dull middle brown patina, the bigger figure caved on a narrow, rectangular base, showing an abstract, block-like stature and crudely carved facial features; the smaller half figure, with indicated breasts and reliefed arms, notched zigzag lines on the back, crowned by a diamond-shaped head with pierced eyes and notched mouth, on pyramidal acrylic base; coll. in situ

H: 9,5/10 cm
H: 9,5/3.9 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Munich, Germany

Price: 150 - 250 €

18 Standing figure

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Indonesia - Timor

wood, dull brown patina, white residues of pigments, rising from slender slightly bent legs with dainty feet, dressed with an apron, oval face with a bulging forehead and round protruding eyes, crowned by a flat, cap-like headgear, min. dam., small fissure, on base

H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch

Provenance
Private Coll., Belgium

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19 Keris hilt

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Indonesia - Java

ivory, in form of a human half figure with zoomorphic facial features, completely decorated with elaborate floral ornaments, delicate work, min. dam., fissures; the keris is a dagger found over a large part of the indonesian archipelago with an almost endless variety of blades, hilts, scabbards and decoration. The keris always has an asymmetric double-edged blade broadening to the hilt.

H: 9,5 cm
H: 3.7 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

Literature
Zonneveld, A.G. van, Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 67, ill. 240

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20 Breast ornament

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Papua New Guinea

a pair of boar tusks, fit together by cord material, with a narrow stripe of knotted fabric in the shape of a fish with a tail fin attached to it, the rims set with nassa snails, a cord necklace sewn with overlapping nassa snails

H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch

Provenance
Missionary Coll., Neuendettelsau, Germany

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