Online catalogue for the 51st tribal art auction
11 Two miniature figures
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Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
wood, dark brown patina, with long legs rising from a circular base, the arms crossed in front of the breast, crowned by an oval head with stylized facial features ; squatting, rather flat figure with cap-like headgear, min. dam., small fissures and missing parts, both on base; these statuettes were made by the medicine man to ward off diseases.
H: 5,5 and 7 cm
H: 5,5 and 2.8 inch
Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, p. 31
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12 Seated male ancestor figure figure
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Indonesia - Flores
limestone, lichen, cylindrical stone, rounded at the bottom, the limbs worked in flat relief, the legs shown in profile, both arms resting in front of the body, crowned by a neckless head, the facial features hardly recognizable, slightly dam.; deriving from the Manggarai. Such stone figures were displayed in village shrines, presumably depicting the founder of a village "beo" or of a clan "uku".
H: 63 cm
H: 24.8 inch
Provenance
August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Literature
Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 102
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13 Architectural element
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Indonesia - Nias
wood, dark brown patina, board-shaped with plug-like projection on top, the lower part decorated with a delicately carved figure with crown-shaped headgear and sickle-shaped neck pendant, a lizard above, slightly dam., cracks
H: 1 m; B: 14 cm
H: 1 m; B: 5.5 inch
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
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14 Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
wood, middle brown patina, seated in symmetrical posture, facial features reduced to geometrical forms, a bearded face with creative headgear, paint rubbed off, insect caused damage
H: 1,05 m; B: 25 cm
H: 1,05 m; B: 9.8 inch
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Literature
Nias Tribal Treasures, Delft 1990, p. 203
Douglas Newton, (Hrsg.): Art of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 28
Price: 400 - 600 €
15 Architectural element
Indonesia - Nias
wood, black and reddish brown patina, carved with a crocodile with incised zigzag-pattern on both sides, floral ornament on top, dam. by cracks
96 cm x 23 cm
37.8 inch x 9.1 inch
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Price: 500 - 1000 €
16 Architectural element
Indonesia - Nias
wood, middle brown patina, triangular in cross-section, flattened to the front and decorated with a male figure in half relief, framed by incised zigzag-ornaments on both sides, min. dam., cracks, missing parts
112 cm x 29 cm
44.1 inch x 11.4 inch
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Price: 500 - 1000 €
17 Architectural element
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Indonesia - Nias
wood, dull middle brown patina, a wooden board, decorated with a standing figure, fit in between base and a semicircular protruding ledge, slightly dam.
M: 37 x 30 cm
M: 37 x 11.8 inch
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
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18 Club
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Oceania
wood, reddish brown patina, circular in cross-section, getting thicker to the top, conical-shaped endings, slightly dam., minor missing parts
L: 70,5 cm
L: 27.8 inch
Price: 50 - 80 €
19 Ancestor board "gope"
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Papua New Guinea - Golf, Wapo Creek
wood, dark brown patina, black and white pigment, lancet-shaped board, whitened with kaolin and decorated with incised ornaments accentuated by dark painted raised contours, showing a stylized face in the centre, old collection label backside, slightly dam., crack (at the lower rim); these boards, called "gope" or "kwoi" were kept in special ritual houses for men. Every board got the name of an ancestor, and was said to have special power.
H: 79 cm
H: 31.1 inch
Provenance
Coll. Eugen F. Strobel-Matza, München/Nürnberg, Germany
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, p. 87 ff
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20 Big slit drum
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea
wood, dull patina, cylindrical in form, raised cartouches decorated with incised ornaments, the handle formed like an animals head,dam., cracks, missing parts, traces of weathering; these drums were used for sacred music. Only chosen men were allowed to beat them.
L: 109 cm; H: 25 cm
L: 42.9 inch; H: 9.8 inch
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 181
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