Online catalogue for the 58th tribal art auction
31 Female Idol
This object is not available any more.
Serbien, Vin?a Culture (?)
red clay, a cylindrical trunk with indicated breasts rising from three tapering feet, ornamental arranged arms and ears, provided with incised geometrical and punched circle ornaments, dam., missing parts (right ear), surface peeled off, rest. can presumably be assigned to the Vinča culture, stretching around the course of Danube in what today is Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Vinča Culture derives its name from the village of Vinča, located on the banks of Danube.
H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch
Sold.
32 Ceremonial stool or "orator's pulpit"
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
wood, middle brown patina, dyed with red and yellow ochre, black paint, a circular, vaulted base, carved with a free standing male and female figure, arranged back to back, with raised arms supporting a massive seat on top, both wearing grass fibre skirts, the male adorned with typical breast ornament and the female with earrings, expressive faces, painted in black and white, the eyes inset with cowrie snails, coiffure of human hair, pressed into a clay-like mass, slightly dam., minor missing parts (coiffure of the male figure), hairline cracks and fissures (base, seat); figural stools belong to the most important sanctuaries among the people of the Middle Sepik. Despite, or maybe even because of that, it is not clear, what precisely was their meaning. They were kept in ritual houses and where used as orator pulpits, above all in cases of conflict. The respective orator strikes the top of the lectern with a bundle of leafes, in order to give rhythm to their speech or lay stress on certain points of his discourse.
H: 86 cm; D: 40 cm
H: 33.9 inch; D: 15.7 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 87
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 222
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33 Mask "mwei"
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Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
wood, painted with red, white and black pigment, of narrow elongated form, the long slender nose sculpted as an openwork handle touching the tapering chin, which is prolonged by a birds sculpture, the rim entirely spread with clay-like mass, abundantly decorated with cowrie- and nassa snails, the plane inbetween painted with curvilinear ornaments, coiffure of real hair; local mask type of Tambanam - about 160 kilometers from the Sepik river mouth upwards. The mask depicts a clan ancestor, who is looked upon as the master builder of the Tambanam houses. Therefore the mask appears, whenever a new house is erected and shall bring happiness to its inhabitants. The remaining time the masks were kept in the spirit's house.
L: 53 cm
L: 20.9 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 56 f.
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 224
Sold.
34 Mask in the shape of a crocodile
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Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
wood, painted with red, black and white pigment, a human face on top, tail and hind legs of a crocodile growing out of its mouth, merging into an elongated narrow head with conical-shaped eyes and bow-shaped projection up to the chin, carved with a hornbill, plant fibre for support
L: 90 cm
L: 35.4 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Sold.
35 Money pig
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Massim
heavy wood, reddish brown patina, stylized depiction of a pig with fine notched ornaments on the back, carved with a human figure, with outstretched arms hanging at the pigs tail, both legs stemmed against the hind legs of the animal, slightly dam. throughout Melanesia pigs represent an important food source. Everyone who owes a great number of pigs, is not only sane, but enjoys a good reputation as well.
L: 31 cm; H: 11 cm
L: 12.2 inch; H: 4.3 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Literature
Art Papou, Austronésiens et Papous de Nouvelle-Guinée, Ausst.kat., Musée d' Arts Africains, Océaniens, Améridiens Marseille 2000, p. 135
Sold.
36 Two small paint bowls
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
wood, dark brown patina, a narrow oval-shaped bowl, carved with a crocodiles head, coated with fine notched ornaments, accentuated by kaolin, rubbed into the deepenings, the underside delicately carved, so that the reversed bowl forms a small animal sculpture; the second one in the shape of a turtle, carved with head, fore- and hindlegs, slightly dam., minor missing parts, fine cracks
L: 22 resp. 17,5 cm
L: 22 resp. 6.9 inch
Provenance
E. Junkelmann, Schloß Lustheim bei Schleißheim, Germany (1963)
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 251
Sold.
37 Lime container
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
pumpkin, of narrow, elongated form, pyro-engraved, sharpened bone as lime spatula, the flat squivel head carved with a hornbills head with curved beak halves; aside of tobacco the betel palm is extremely popular throughout New Guinea. Betel nut, the leafes of the betel-pepper-bush and lime were mixed together, forming the so-called "betel-bit". Such calabash containers were used for storing the daily used portion of lime.
L: 35 cm
L: 13.8 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 161
Price: 200 - 300 €
38 Standing male figure
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
wood, horseshoe-shaped legs, supporting a slender trunk which is flanked by free carved arms, both hands resting aside the upper legs, an oval head with stylized facial features and slanting eyes, min. dam., fissures, small missing parts
H: 84 cm
H: 33.1 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Sold.
39 Janus-headed ritual implement
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
wood, dark brown patina, stool-like base with four angle-shaped legs, supporting a janus head with shell inlaid eyes and cap-like headgear; additional: three plugs of different size, two of them carved with human figures, one showing a mask face with the typical long beak, grained wood, kaolin and red ochre in some areas
H: 25 cm; L: 43, 30, 21 cm
H: 9.8 inch; L: 43, 30, 8.3 inch
Provenance
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Price: 300 - 450 €
40 Portrait of a spirit's head, suspension hook and a wickerwork mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Group of three objects, spirit's head, Maprik, h: 38 cm, wood, dyed in black and yellow ochre, painted with red and white pigment, of oval hollowed form with a disc-shaped flattened beard and diadem-like head ornament, slightly dam., minor missing parts; depicting a clan spirit, attached to the front of ritual houses; suspension hook in the shape of a squatting female figure, Sepik, h: 63 cm, wood, dull, dark brown patina, carved on a triangular base with mask face and crocodiles aside, their tails forming the hooks for suspension, place of repair (ankle), spread with blackish mass; such hooks were used to hang up baskets and nets with food in order to protect them against mice and rats; small wickerwork mask, h: 19 cm, spread with red, white and blackish mass, ears, eyes and nose worked separately, Middle Sepik,
Provenance
Kleine Flechtmaske: E. Junkelmann, Schloß Lustheim bei Schleißheim, Germany (1965)
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 82 (spirit's head), p. 90 f.
Price: 300 - 450 €
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