Online catalogue for the 58th tribal art auction
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11 Group of four ethnographic objects
Papua-Neuguinea
bone dagger, Sepik, l: 29 cm, cassowary bone, sharpened on one end, the swivel head pierced and cut on both sides, carved with diamond-shaped ornaments, bone daggers were worn in a band on the upper arm and served as a weapon for hunting and in war times; headband, l: 26 cm, string of plant fibre, with shell discs attached, cut from conus snail, the rings were regarded as means of payment and bridal dowry; comb with feather ornament "mindja", h: 14 cm/41 cm (together with cock-feather), seven teeth, fixed by a handle of knotted plant fibre; comb, h: 24 cm, cut from bamboo, 18 teeth, handle with incised ornaments
(4991/007)
(4991/007)
Literature
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1968, p. 66, ill. 118
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum, Coburg 1986, p. 166
Price: 400 - 600 €
12 Head ornament "naute" and yams mask
Abelam, Papua-Neuguinea
2 pieces, cantilevered disc-shaped ornament of lygodium wickerwork, h: 44 cm, plaited in openwork design with zigzag ornaments, the struts inbetween dyed with red and white pigment, slightly dam., broken in one place (outer rim), paint rubbed off; dance ornament for "big men" ("nimandu"), worn e.g. at the so-called "kagu" dance in the ritual house. By small rods and cord attached to the hair on the back of the head. Yams mask, Maprik, h: 22 cm, lygodium wickerwork, dyed with red and yellow ochre, black and white pigment, showing a stylized mask face, dominated by spherical bulging eyes, paint rubbed off; after the harvest of the big yams used for decorating the fruits.
(4991/006)
(4991/006)
Literature
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1968, p. 63 f., ill. 107
Price: 400 - 600 €
13 Lime spatula
This object is not available any more.
Massim, Papua-Neuguinea
wood, shiny black patina, crowned by an elongated figure in profile, sitting with the ellbows resting on the knees, the hands supporting the chin, showing a deepened facial plane with round eyes and an elongated nose, decorated with ornamental carvings, min. dam., slight signs of usage, small missing parts, on base
H: 36,5 cm, (5005/004)
H: 14.4 inch
Provenance
Wayne Heathcote, Florida, USA
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 137
Price: 2000 - 3000 €
14 Mask of a spiritual being
This object is not available any more.
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
wood, small traces of encrusted brown patina, of oval hollowed form with a rooflike protruding forehead, slanting pierced eyes flanking a hook-shaped nose with pierced septum, the face entirely enclosed by zigzag-shaped projections, animal head on the forehead, plug-like projection at the chin, eyelet on top of the head, slightly dam., crack (left side of the forehead), surface with traces of insect caused damage (below the left eye), on base
H: 27,5 cm, (5016/007)
H: 10.8 inch
Provenance
Missionsmuseum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germany
Price: 1800 - 2700 €
15 Female ancestor figure
This object is not available any more.
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
wood, dull blackish brown patina, small traces of curvilinear painting, rising from thin, fragmentary legs, supporting a strong, block-like trunk with the arms carved close to the body, a massive neck carrying an outsized, elongated head with slanting face halves, culminating in a raised vertical middle ridge, the eyes with nassa snail inlay, flanking a flat nose with broad nostrils, traces of curvilinear paint, repainted (face, right leg), paint rubbed off, on base
H: 51 cm, (5002/001)
H: 20.1 inch
Provenance
Galerie Folkmar von Kolczynski, Stuttgart, Germany
Price: 650 - 980 €
16 Ceremonial axe
This object is not available any more.
Neu Britannien
wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, oval shaft, paddle-shaped flattened at the base, both sides carved in flat relief, showing a stylized human face, trimmed on top for mortising an iron axe blade, dam., rubbed off paint and traces of weathering on the paddle-formed end, axe blade missing
L: 96 cm, (5010/001)
L: 37.8 inch
Provenance
Coll. J. Schotte, Gent, Belgium
Sold for: 900 €
17 Dance requisite "bair"
This object is not available any more.
Tolai, Neu Britannien
light-weighted wood, polychrome natural colours, oval handle, carved with a u-shaped element formed by curved bird necks, crowned by a human half figure with both arms raised aside, coiffure of fur, crowned by a high-towering, lancet-shaped superstructure in delicate openwork design, based on leaf veins or feathers, enlivened by light polychrome paint, grass green, yellow, sky blue..., slightly dam., rep. (left arm), on base; used at the so-called "dance of the young coconut" - "kulau". Just men were allowed to wear such dance staffs. Women had to guide the dancers to the dance ground or accompany them with singing. The "bair" depict ancestor spirits. Their conception is determined by the picture the artist had from the spirit which inspired him.
H: 98 cm, (5002/011)
H: 38.6 inch
Literature
Heermann, I. (Hg.), Form, Farbe, Phantasie, Südsee-Kunst aus Neubritannien, Linden Museum, Stuttgart 2001, p. 39
Sold for: 1300 €
18 Overmodeled ancestor skull
This object is not available any more.
Südliches Malekula, Vanuatu
human skull, narrow in form with a striking lengthened back of the head, aside of the latter overmodeled with a clay-like mass, the curvatures achieved by a bast fibre underlay, the opened mouth revealing five original teeth, the facial plane dyed with red pigment, small cracks within the mass, layer of pigment missing in some areas; the skull presumably was part of a complete ancestor effigy. The body consists of a cane frame overmodeled with vegetable-fibre paste. Subsequently it was painted and decorated with bark belt, breast ornaments, shells etc. The head after all is the overmodeled skull of the ancestor himself. These ancestor effigies were called "rambaramp"
L: 24 cm, (4991/010)
L: 9.4 inch
Provenance
Senta Taft Gallery, Paddington, N. S. W., Australia
Literature
Moritz, Marina, Schierz, Kai Uwe, Reisen ins Paradies, Die Erfurter Südsee-Sammlung im Spiegel der Kunst, Erfurt 2005, p. 52
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 297, ill. 24
Kaufmann, Christian, Vanuatu - Kunst aus der Südsee, Basel 1997, p. 98, ill. 134
Sold for: 4500 €
19 Battle club
Fidji-Inseln, Polynesien
wood, middle brown patina, lense-shaped in cross-section, getting broader to the tapering clubs head, which is provided with a raised vertical middle ridge in the upper section, slightly dam., missing parts at the rim of the clubs head
L: 109 cm, (4991/009)
L: 42.9 inch
Price: 300 - 450 €
20 Club
This object is not available any more.
Samoa, Polynesien
wood, middle brown patina, an oval handle, merging into a diamond-shaped intermediate piece, dissolved in sharpened edges on both sides, a funnel-shaped flattened compartment above, merging into an elongated diamon-shaped clubs head, thickened for increasing the beating power, decorated with notched ornaments on both sides, accentuated by kaolin, rubbed into the deepenings, slightly dam., minor missing parts
L: 66 cm, (5010/002)
L: 26 inch
Provenance
Prof. Schotte, Gent, Belgium
Price: 400 - 600 €
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