Online catalogue for the 56th tribal art auction
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1 Spoon
This object is not available any more.
Ifugao, Philippinen
wood, shiny, reddish brown patina, oval spoon, handle in the shape of a standing figure with free carved, symmetrical arranged limbs, crowned by an oval head with schematized facial features, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, fissures, on metal base
H: 31 cm, (4846/004)
H: 12.2 inch
Provenance
Coll. Kreitner, Vienna, Austria
Private Collection, USA
Coll. Dieter Schnurr, Vienna, Austria
Literature
Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 148, ill. 6
Price: 600 - 900 €
2 Ritual implement
This object is not available any more.
Indonesien
wood, brown, partly shiny patina, in form of a laying S, carved with a frog, a laying infant and a bird, small opening with a peg in form of a little bird on top, a kind of wooden bobbin affixed on the underside, min. dam.
L: 26 cm; H: 14,5 cm, (4870/003)
L: 10.2 inch; H: 5.7 inch
Price: 400 - 600 €
3 weaving yoke "por"
This object is not available any more.
Bali, Indonesien
light brown wood, blackened in parts, dull patina, of slightly curved form, middle part and endpiece with floral ornamentations, min. dam., slight signs of usage and abrasion, cracks
L: 106 cm, (4868/003)
L: 41.7 inch
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Price: 350 - 550 €
4 Trophee skull
This object is not available any more.
Dayak, Indonesien
human skull, dyed in dark brown, the lower jaw attached with rattan, the eyes inset with conus snail discs, fixed by a blackish mass, the brain pan decorated with curvilinear and hook-shaped motifs in flat relief, two shell discs attached to the back of the head, the teeth partly preserved, rest.; in former times some of the Dayak people were dreaded headhunters. For religious reasons they used to keep the enemy skulls and display them in their naves. By headhunting the Dayak warrior proved his virility and was able to take possession of the killed enemies soul. A wide-spread motif for headhunting was the animist belief, that the slained had to follow his murder in the herafter as slave. The Dayak used to decorate the skulls with artful engravings, wooden ear-, nose- and eye-discs. The Iban abandoned headhunting much earlier in time than the Dayak, presumably because as coast dwellers they got into contact with european cultures much earlier. In the 19th century headhunting was prohibited by the European colonial powers.
L: 22 cm, (4832/004)
L: 8.7 inch
Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, p. 37
Sold for: 2000 €
5 Small figure
This object is not available any more.
Dayak, Indonesien
wood, dark brown patina, rising from a circular base, long legs without feet supporting a conical trunk with arms carved in relief, an almost neckless head with simplified facial features surmounted by a flat headgear with a longish appendage, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on metal plate
H: 25,5 cm, (4868/017)
H: 10 inch
Price: 400 - 600 €
6 Standing figure with skirt
Flores, Indonesien, Village N-Gela
wood, dark brown patina, a block-like body on a disc-shaped base, the lower part of the body carved with a long wrapped skirt with notched patterns, the arms carved close to the body with both hands clasped together in front of the abdomen, disc-shaped flattened shoulders and a short neck supporting a head with a flat facial plane and typical coiffure, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion
H: 39 cm, (4833/001)
H: 15.4 inch
Provenance
French Collection
Price: 400 - 600 €
7 Spear
This object is not available any more.
Sri Lanka
light wood, polychrome paint, long, straight handle, circular in cross-section, decorated with elaborate delicate ornaments, a slender short blade with two appendages on the side, min. dam., signs of abrasion, traces of corrosion
L: 208 cm, ~ 15 th century (4861/002)
L: 81.9 inch, ~ 15 th century (4861/002)
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Literature
van Zonneveld, A.G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 146, ill. 612
Price: 2000 - 3000 €
8 Spear
This object is not available any more.
Nias, Indonesien
bamboo, metal, long straight handle, circular in cross-section, decorated with elaborate Chinese characters and paintings, endpiece covered by a metal socket, elongated tip with raised middle rim, min. dam., traces of corrosion
L: 180 cm, ~ 19 th century (4861/001)
L: 70.9 inch, ~ 19 th century (4861/001)
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Literature
van Zonneveld, A.G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 128, ill. 514
Price: 2500 - 3800 €
9 Small apes mask
This object is not available any more.
Timor, Indonesien
wood, dark brown patina, traces of kaolin, of round, hollowed form, flattened at the chin and on top of the head, the deepened facial plane heart-shaped framed by a notched line, the eyes arranged close to each other, flanking a conical flattened nose, the snout marked by a u-shaped band ornament with zigzag pattern in flat relief, a slit mouth at the tip of the chin, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts, abrasion, on base
H: 14 cm, early 20th century (4875/003)
H: 5.5 inch, early 20th century (4875/003)
Provenance
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA (1995)
Literature
Irwin Hersey, Indonesian Primitive Art, Singapore 1991, no 29 (similar example for comparison)
Price: 1250 - 1900 €
10 Three theater masks
This object is not available any more.
Java, Indonesien
light wood, polychrome painted, two of the masks - because of their golden paint - presumably representing deities: oval hollowed, showing a beautiful modeled face with well-balanced facial features, dominated by long pointed noses with sharp-edged bridge, openworked eyes and mouth, curls and elaborate worked diadem-like head bands in flat relief, delicately painted, a small leather strap on the back for support, by the wearer of the mask held with the teeth, one of the masks marked "T 1/8 12 P", slightly dam., minor missing parts a the rims, abrasion, crack (left face half); additional: the mask of a demon, dyed in green, dominated by a big teeth revealing mouth, accentuated by red paint, slightly dam., abrasion; the most frequently used wood for masks is mentaos wood, because of its small weight and because it is easy to handle. The javanese theater as a whole goes back to the buffalo-skin figures of "wayang purwa", especially on the round figures of "wayang golek".
H: 17 resp. 18 cm, coll. in situ, ~ 1919/20 (4766/001)
H: 17 resp. 7.1 inch, coll. in situ, ~ 1919/20 (4766/001)
Provenance
Gräfin Matuschka, Starnberger See, Germany
Literature
Heinz Lucas, Java-Masken, Der Tanz auf einem Bein, Kassel 1973, p. 55 f.
Price: 1100 - 1700 €
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