Online catalogue for the 55th tribal art auction

171 Two masher

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, both showing a conical form, one masher with a dark and oily patina, crowned by an abstract ornament, l: 45 cm; the other one surmounted by a human head on a long neck, l: 44,5 cm, min. dam., fissures; probably used to prepare ritual food.

Price: 350 - 550 €

172 Heddle pulley

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, shiny dark brown patina, cord, a u-shaped corpus and a long, columnar neck supporting a round head with simplified harmonical facial features and elaborate headgear, complete with bobbin, min. dam., fissures, slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base

H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Stuttgart, Germany

Price: 400 - 600 €

173 Face mask "mblo"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, dark brown patina, kaolin, hollowed base with an oval mask face to the front, crowned by a fine grooved, three-parted coiffure, schematized facial features, ornamental ears, raised scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam., missing part (at the back of the rim), on base

H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, The Netherlands

Sold.

174 Heddle pulley

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, dark brown patina, in the shape of a female half figure, flat corpus with accentuated breasts, the head showing a coiffure in three lobes and fine incised scarification marks, slightly dam., on small metal plate

H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch

Provenance
Coll. Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany

Price: 650 - 1000 €

175 Fly whisk

This object is not available any more.

Baule/Atutu, Elfenbeinküste

wood, fabric, animal hair, a massive bell-shaped wooden handle with half-spherical protruding knob, carved with two human heads and three animals in relief, entirely decorated with ornaments and covered with gold leaf, animal tail affixed, min. dam., signs of abrasion, small missing parts

L: 103 cm
L: 40.6 inch

Provenance
Michael Grabanier, San Francisco, USA

Literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, Ausst.kat. New York 1997, p. 198

Price: 1800 - 2700 €

176 Heddle pulley

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, reddish brown patina, horseshoe-shaped corpus with incised ornaments, carved with a human head with tribe-typical facial features and high headgear, min. dam., spool is missing, on wooden base

H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, The Netherlands

Price: 350 - 550 €

177 Sceptre

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, brown patina, straight handle, bulging in the middle, carved with four human mask faces, crowned by a standing bird, decorated with elaborate ornaments, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, slight signs of abrasion

H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Literature
Himmelheber, Hans, Negerkunst und Negerkünstler, Würzburg 1960, p. 222, ill. 169

Sold.

178 Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, thick layer of dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, with short legs and big feet rising from a circular base, supporting a cylindrical trunk with narrow, square shoulders, firmly enclosed by long arms carved in flat relief, both hands resting aside the navel on the bulging abdomen, a long neck, getting broader to the top, carrying a head with oval facial plane, marked by oversized circular eyes inset in deep sockets, the small mouth - directly situated below a triangular flat nose - hardly recognizable, grooved chin beard, crowned by a diadem-like coiffure with neck lobe, raised scarification marks on breast, neck and back, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, on base; the Baule believe that for everone there is an otherworldly partner. They are embodied by the "blolo bian" (male) and "blolo bla" (female) figures and they have to be treated well in order not to make them jealous. These very private sculptures were kept in the sleeping room, they received sacrificial offerings, they were fed and caressed.

H: 35,5 cm
H: 14 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Germany
Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, Belgium
Sotheby's New York, Tuesday November 18, 1997, lot 85

Published in
Yale, GVR-Archive, Registration Nr. 0008126~01

Literature
De Grunne, Bernard, Masterhands, Afrikaanse beeldhouwers in de kijker, Ausst.kat., Brüssel 2001, p. 73, cat. 14
Scharf, Dieter (Hg.), Sehen lernen - Eine Sammlung afrikanischer Figuren, Köln 1999, p. 54, ill. 17

Sold.

179 Heddle pulley

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, dark brown encrusted patina, u-shaped corpus, crowned by an oval head supported by an elongated neck, bobbin missing, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on base

H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Stuttgart, Germany

Price: 450 - 700 €

180 Male ancestor figure "blolo bian"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, shiny blackish brown patina, with big feet and strong legs rising from a square base, supporting a cylindrical trunk with rounded shoulders, the arms carved close to the body with both hands resting aside the prominent navel, a strong neck turning into a big egg-shaped head with an elaborate fine grooved coiffure, burled scarification marks in relief on the face, the neck, the belly and the back, min. dam., signs of abrasion, insect caused damage, cracks, on wooden base

H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch

Price: 1200 - 1800 €