Online catalogue for the 53rd tribal art auction

1 Seated rice deities "bulul"

This object is not available any more.

Ifugao, Philippinen

blackened wood, with drawn up legs seated on massive bases, the folded arms resting on the knees, a strong neck with accentuated Adam' s apple supporting bowl-shaped heads with big noses and straight chins, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts, small traces of old insect caused damage, on base; showing the seated version of "bululs".

H: 43,5 und 44,5 cm, (4641/001)
H: 43,5 und 17.5 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Graz, Austria

Literature
Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 155, ill. 15

Price: 3000 - 4500 €

2 Pair of rice deities "bulul"

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Ifugao, Philippinen

light brown wood, black patina, a male and a female figure, each rising from a massive, indented base, their bodies nearly identical in shape: short and strong legs supporting a flattened trapezoid upper part of the body merging into extremely broad shoulders, flanked by free carved long arms, short necks with bowl-shaped heads on top, with the faces widely protruding to the front and the chin "cut off" straight, lancet-shaped deepened eyes inset with coix-seeds, dotted scarifications on body and face, slightly dam., cracks (base, head and leg on the females left), minor missing parts, paint rubbed off; the "bulul" represent a class of deities associated with the production of bountiful harvests, capable of miraculously increasing the rice both before and after it is stored in the granary. Aside of this, "bulul" is in fact a generic term for types of consecrated images.

H: 56 resp. 58 cm, (4655/002)
H: 56 resp. 22.8 inch

Provenance
Coll. Alain Schoffel, Paris (1976)

Literature
Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 154 f.

Price: 14000 - 21000 €

3 Sword

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Batak, Indonesien

metal, wood, sharp, slightly curved blade with a bone handle with honey brown patina, black wooden sheath decorated with seven stripes of brass sheet, dam., fissures, stripes of metal sheet missing

L: 67 cm, (4635/009)
L: 26.4 inch

Literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben - BATAK - Menschen in Indonesien, Ausst.kat., Linden-Museum Stuttgart 1990, p. 163

Sold for: 780 €

4 Charm

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Batak, Indonesien

light-weighted wood, with remains of black paint, stylized female figure, carrying a child on the back, slightly dam., missing part (foot zone backside), paint rubbed off

H: 7 cm, (4539/007)
H: 2.8 inch

Sold for: 45 €

5 Jacket of successful warriors "kalambi buri"

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Taman Dayak (Maloh), Borneo (West-Kalimantan), Indonesien

of simple, straight form, with arm holes and a small round neckline, made of two layers of cotton fabric, black fond, framed by red cloth, all over embroidered with nassa snails, forming diamond-shaped compartments, filled with scrolled motifs, metal disks inbetween, decoration with glass beads and metal bells at the seam, slightly dam., tears at the left arm hole, place of repair in the right sholder area, metal bells missing, some spots inside

L: 55 cm; B: 46 cm, (4658/003)
L: 21.7 inch; B: 18.1 inch

Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, p. 18 f.

Sold for: 400 €

6 Sarong for woman "kain manik"

This object is not available any more.

Taman Dayak (Maloh), Borneo (West-Kalimantan), Indonesien

of simple and straight form, two layers of cotton fabric, indigo blue fond, embroidered with nassa snails all over, arranged in horizontal rows, a band of polychrome glass beads in the middle, framed by stripes of red fabric and triangular nassa ornaments, seam of glass beads and brass bells, some tears, some brass bells and nassa snails missing (upper rim)

L: 55 cm; B: 45 cm, (4658/004)
L: 21.7 inch; B: 17.7 inch

Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, p. 18 f.

Sold for: 500 €

7 Post figure "hampatong"

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Borneo (Kalimantan), Indonesien

heavy wood, cross-legged seated on a pale-like base, a bulky torso with broad shoulders merging into angled arms, the finger tips resting on the knees, surmounted by a neckless head with simplified facial features, dam., cracks, traces of weathering, on wooden base (line of breakage, abrasion at the rim); "hampatong" figures had different functions: they were "guardians of the village" designed to ward off malicious spirits and protect against epidemics, a likeness of a servant destined to serve the dead in the next world, or an effigy of the diceased himself.

H: 69 cm, (4661/003)
H: 27.2 inch

Provenance
Coll. Fred ten Houten, Groningen, The Netherlands
Ferry Herrebrugh, Amstelveen, The Netherlands

Literature
Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Aust.kat. Arnhem 2000, p. 48 f.

Sold for: 1800 €

8 Trophy skull

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Apo Kayan, Borneo (Ost-Kalimantan), Indonesien

human skull, coated with a clay-like blackish brown encrusted patina, the upper and lower jaw fixed by rattan strings, loop-like entwining the head, the split up rotan endings forming an abundant coiffure, on metal base; head hunting is one of the oldest rituals at all and was spread all over the world. Some peoples practised it until the beginning of 20th century. So did the Dayak (Borneo), the Naga (India), the Ekoi (West-Africa) and the Suhar (South America). The trophy skulls awarded social prestige and for the head being looked upon as the seat of vital force, the characteristic traits of the victims were said to pass over to the head hunter. In some ethnical groups young men first had to capture a head trophy in order to be looked upon as a man and become a full member of society.

H: 19 cm, (4658/001)
H: 7.5 inch

Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Literature
Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Aust.kat. Arnhem 2000, ill. 12, ill. 17

Sold for: 1600 €

9 Amulet figure

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Dayak, Borneo, Indonesien

wood, light brown patina, male figure in a seated position, short angled arms with pierced arm pits, the eyes inset with black seeds, blackened coiffure, slightly dam., crack, missing part (right foot tip), on base; such statuettes were made by the medicine man to ward off diseases.

H: 11,5 cm, (4634/008)
H: 4.5 inch

Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, p. 31

Price: 1100 - 1500 €

10 Three figural charms

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Dayak, Borneo, Indonesien

wood, blackened, each rising from a small base, two of them carved with eye-lets at the bottom for support, slightly dam., traces of old insect caused damage (the big figure)

H: 7,5; 8 und 10 cm, collected in situ, 1970/71 (4539/006)
H: 7,5; 8 und 3.9 inch, collected in situ, 1970/71 (4539/006)

Sold for: 140 €