Online catalogue for the 53rd tribal art auction

91 Club "alafolo"

This object is not available any more.

Solomon Islands - Malaita

heavy wood, reddish brown patina with residues of black paint, handle with two bulges, the corpus lense-shaped in cross-section, getting broader to the top, raised middle ridge carved with sharp-edged nose-like projections on eithr side of the beating area, the upper area decorated wtih zigzag ornamentation in relief, accentuated by kaolin rubbed into the deepenings, dam.

L: 1,10 m
L: 1,10 m

Provenance
Jan Ferrandin, Paris, France

Price: 2000 - 3000 €

92 Dance wand in the shape of a frigate bird

This object is not available any more.

Solomon Islands - Malaita

wood, dark brown patina, flattened, the handle getting thinner to the top, crowned by a stylized birds figure: it's bulging body forming a half circular curved contour on one side, while the contours are dissolved on the opposite side, forming tail, wings and crown, on both sides painted with dots and lines in white colour, slightly dam., rest. (beak), on base

H: 39,5 cm
H: 15.6 inch

Price: 600 - 900 €

93 Club "supe"

This object is not available any more.

Solomon Islands - Malaita

wood, reddish brown patina, residues of black paint, lense-shaped handle, merging into a diamond-shaped corpus, cross-shaped divided by a raised vertical middle ridge and horizontal deepened line, slightly dam., hairline cracks, on base; used in combat and during ceremonies.

H: 80 cm
H: 31.5 inch

Literature
Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 277, ill. 17

Price: 1500 - 2250 €

94 Spear thrower

This object is not available any more.

Australia, Cape York Peninsula

fine grained wood, reddish brown patina, thorn thrower, lancet shaped, a wooden plug of 8 centimeters on top, fixed by plant fibre and a blackish resin-like mass, which is wrapped around the handle as well, oval shell discs, in a thick layer filled with blackish mass at the bottom, slightly dam., minor missing parts (mass), rest., on base

H: 78 cm
H: 30.7 inch

Literature
Brüll, M., Die Kultur der Traumzeit, Museum für Völkerkunde Freiburg o. J., p. 55, ill. 15
Davies, S. M., Collected - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, Sidney 2002, p. 72, ill. 82

Price: 800 - 1200 €

95 Two figures and blowtube

This object is not available any more.

Australia

high-legged figure with flat body, H: 50 cm, entirely dyed in red, ornamentally painted with kaolin and yellow ochre, slightly dam., crack backside fixed by metal clamps, on base, depiction of an ancestor; blocklike, cylindrical figure, H: 43 cm, of heavy wood, entirely painted in black, white, red and yellow, showing dotted and striped patterns, crowned by a big head with feather ornament, slightly dam., crack (left side of the body), depiction of the "Big Hunter", used at mourning ceremonies; blowtube, L: 48,5 cm, of heavy wood, painted with yellow and red ochre, showing fish motives, the rims blackened, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion

Literature
Bodrogi, Tibor (Hg.), Stammeskunst, 1. Band: Australien, Ozeanien, Afrika, Budapest 1981, ill. 14, ill. 13

Sold.

96 Two implements (for fishing ?)

This object is not available any more.

Canada, Inuit

bone (walrus ?), pin-shaped, slightly curved, tapering to one end, notched on the other (slightly broken), slitlike pierced, old collection number "302"; the second object in the shape of a clamp, two identical pieces, arranged opposite to each other, fixed by plant fibre, old collection number in black letters "18G", both on metal base

L: 17 cm
L: 6.7 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, New York, USA

Price: 1300 - 2000 €

97 Model of a boat

This object is not available any more.

Canada, Inuit

slender kayak, frame of delicate wooden strips, fixed by nails, corpus of birch bark, the entrance coated with leaf material, prow and steven sewed with grass fibre, crack at the bottom

L: 29 cm
L: 11.4 inch

Provenance
Missionary Collection

Price: 400 - 600 €

98 Anthropomorphic figure

This object is not available any more.

Mexico, Olmeken

jadeit, standing, free carved arms, both hands resting aside the upper legs, a neckless oval head with narrow eyes and a big opened mouth with the exterior angles pierced, old collection number in black letters backside "329-4" (?), acrylic base

H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch

Provenance
Alex Gordon, Illinois, USA
Max Eglington, New York, USA

Literature
I. Bernal Y García Pimentel, M. Simoni-Abbat, Mexico, Von den Frühen Kulturen bis zu den Azteken, München 1987, p. 86, ill. 54 ff.

Price: 10000 - 15000 €

99 Head sculpture

This object is not available any more.

Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala

greyish-green stone, polished, oval vaulted form with two drilled holes, pierced eyes, a triangular flattened nose, notched lines marking the facial features, encrustations, missing part backside, on base

H: 9 cm, ca. 100 BC
H: 3.5 inch, ca. 100 BC

Sold.

100 Small club

This object is not available any more.

South America

wood, blackish brown patina, circular handle zone, merging into a lense-shaped cross-section, while getting broader to the top, coated with a grass fibre cuff, bicoloured, forming diamond-shaped patterns, cotton thread with tassels aside, old collection label, missing parts (clubs head, knob)

L: 85 cm
L: 33.5 inch

Sold.