Online catalogue for the 55th tribal art auction
181 Standing female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Ivory Coast, Baule
wood, brown patina, encrusted in some areas, short legs with strong thighs, supporting an elongated waisted trunk with accentuated breasts, both hands resting aside the abdomen, a columnar neck carrying a head with a wide facial plane and a fine grooved, diadem-like coiffure with neck lobe, raised scarification marks, slightly dam., missing parts (foot zone), cracks (face), on base; embodyment of the ideal female in Baule culture. Elaborate coiffure and scarifications are signs of her beauty. The extremely strong thighs should be a hint that she diligently tills her fields and that her house never lacks water and firewood.
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Provenance
Coll. Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany
Private Collection, Cologne, Germany
Literature
Dr. Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, München 2001, ill. 36 f.
Price: 1800 - 2700 €
182 Standing female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Baule
wood, dark brown shiny patina with residues of black paint, rising from short legs, supporting a cylindrical trunk with round shoulders and with the arms carved close to the body, a short neck carrying a big head with long projecting chin, crowned by a fine grooved diadem-like coiffure, separated from the wide facial plane by a three-parted headband, the face dominated by heavy lowered lids below arching brows, raised scarification marks on the face, upper part of the body and at the back, slightly dam.
H: 40,5 cm
H: 15.9 inch
Provenance
Coll. Gerald Dannenberg, New York, USA
Published in
Yale GVR-Archive, Registration Nr. 0080568-07
Sold.
183 Amulet mask
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Baule
brass, oval hollowed form, coiffure of small plug-like lobes, forming the chin beard as well, round eyes arranged close to each other, a pierced mouth, eyelet on top for support
H: 6 cm
H: 2.4 inch
Price: 1200 - 1800 €
184 Standing male figure "blolo bian"
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Baule
wood, brown, spotty patina, rising from a circular base with both arms carved close to the body, both hands resting on the abdomen aside a prominent navel, raised scarification marks on body and face, an elongated bearded head with delicately carved coiffure in fine grooves, min. dam., cracks (forehead, left side of the head, foot zone/base), insect caused damage, on base
H: 40,5 cm
H: 15.9 inch
Provenance
Coll. Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, Ausst.kat. New York 1997, p. 250 f.
Sold.
185 Heddle pulley
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Baule
wood, dark brown patina, horseshoe-shaped, a long neck carved with a head with crested coiffure and heart-shaped facial plane, showing reduced, harmonical facial features, sickle-shaped scarification mark on the forehead, slightly dam., crack (corpus), paint rubbed off in some areas, old collection label backside "Baoulé Cote d'Ivoire Jaafoué Bouaké" and on the underside of the base; the weaver who uses traditional methods employs so-called heddle pulleys to guide his cotton thread. They are decorated with motifs taken from the ancestral cult or tribal symbols. However, heddle pulleys do not embody ritual meanings.
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Provenance
Coll. Jean Cadenat, France
Price: 1200 - 1800 €
186 Mask "kplekple bla"
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Baule
wood, slightly encrusted reddish brown patina, kaolin, of oval form, surmounted by curved horns, small, slightly protruding eyes with painted pupils, drop-shaped framing and circular drillholes below, a rectangular mouth with raised rim and visible rows of teeth, pierced around the rim, missing parts because of insect caused damage, fissures, slight signs of abrasion, on metal base; the "kplekple" masks accompany masks of the buffalo god "goli". They are of lowest rank and serve to announce the appearance of the other masks of the "goli" family - "goli glin" and "goli kpwan".
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, Ausst.kat. New York 1997, p. 170
Price: 600 - 900 €
187 Face mask
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Bete
wood, blackish brown patina, shiny in some areas, kaolin, of oval hollowed form, pierced eyes, deepened in a horizontal line, a flat rising forehead protruding rooflike to the top, the ears forming a flat half-circle, folded to the front, a protruding mouth with visible rows of teeth, the eyes, mouth and scarification marks accentuated by kaolin, pierced hole on top of the head and at the chin, pierced around the rim, broken in some areas, slightly dam., paint rubbed off (forehead), on base; the Bete are an ethnical group of around 800 000 people, living in the southwestern part of the Ivory Coast. They are most known for a mask type with several protruding horns, resembling a knights helmet with ventail. The present mask type, combining stylistical elements of neighbouring ethnical groups, is much rare to be found. The deepened eye zone reminds of the Dan, the mouth with bared teeth of the Guro.
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, Italy
Literature
Dr. Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München/Berlin 1994, p. 79
Price: 4200 - 6300 €
188 Mask "zakpai"
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Dan
wood, shiny black patina, of oval hollowed form with a pointed chin, pierced circular eyes flanking a small nose, a triangular protruding mouth underneath, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion; such masks are called "running juju", they are worn by the fastest runner of the village for admonishing the people to be careful and running for help in case a fire breaks out.
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Provenance
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Literature
K. F. Schädler, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, München 2001, p. 60
Price: 850 - 1300 €
189 Miniature mask "ma go"
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Dan
wood, shiny brown patina, of oval form, a slightly protruding forehead with small sickle-shaped eyes below, flanking a flat nose, min. dam., small missing parts, slight signs of abrasion, on base; miniature masks represent significant mask figures and were taken along to keep in touch with the helping spirit even when leaving the village.
H: 8 cm
H: 3.1 inch
Literature
Tagliaferri, Aldo, Miniature masks from West Africa, Mailand 1997, p. 25, ill. 2
Sold.
190 Mask "zakpai"
This object is not available any more.
Ivory Coast, Dan
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, of oval hollowed form, a slightly protruding forehead with horizontally deepened eye-zone below, open worked circular eyes flanking a flat nose with broad nose bridge, a slightly opened mouth with full lips underneath, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Provenance
Coll. Arends, Bad Godesberg, Germany
Coll. Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany
Literature
Fischer, Eberhard/Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Museum Rietberg Zürich 1976, p. 80, ill. 53
Sold.
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