Online catalogue for the 59th tribal art auction

1 Shield

This object is not available any more.

Philippinen/Vietnam

light wood, brown patina, black paint, of round form, decorated with concentric circles and triangular motifs, two massive handles on the rear, framed by a bamboo stripe running around, repaired with metal clamps, cracks, slight signs of abrasion

D: 65 cm, ~ 19th Century
D: 25.6 inch, ~ 19th Century

Provenance
Private Collection, USA
Scott Rodolitz, New York, USA

Price: 3000 - 5000 €

2 Rice god "bulul"

This object is not available any more.

Philippines - Ifugao, Kababuyan Village

wood, partly encrusted, blackish brown patina, rising from a massive, indented base, short and strong legs supporting a flattened trapezoid upper part of the body merging into extremely broad shoulders, flanked by free carved long arms, crowned by an oval head with tribe-typical facial features, hole on top of the head, min. dam., cracks, slight sign sof abrasion; the "bulul" rice gods should guarantee a good harvest. They are said to be able to increase the quantity of rice both before and after it is stored in the granary. Aside of this, "bulul" is in fact a generic term for types of consecrated images.

H: 50 cm, beginning of the 20th century
H: 19.7 inch, beginning of the 20th century

Provenance
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria

Literature
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 156

Sold.

3 Lid of an urn

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Philippines - Mindanao

greyish stone, oval slab, decorated with a saurian in half-relief, naturalistic appeal, slightly dam., minor missing parts (crest)

M: 48 x 41 cm; H: 9 cm, 16th - 18th Century
M: 48 x 16.1 inch; H: 3.5 inch, 16th - 18th Century

Price: 1000 - 2000 €

4 Utensil for scraping coconuts "kenaru"

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia

wood, blackish brown patina, iron, in the shape of a stylized dragon with beautiful modelled head, an upturned bow-shaped projection growing out of its mouth, an iron scraper with toothed rim on top, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts; sitting on a small bench the coconut purée inside the nut was grated with the toothed rim of the iron scraper.

L: 95 cm; H: 30 cm
L: 37.4 inch; H: 11.8 inch

Literature
Barnes, Ruth, Ostindonesien im 20. Jahrhundert: Auf den Spuren der Sammlung Ernst Vatter, Frankfurt am Main 2004, p. 168, ill. 256

Price: 600 - 1000 €

5 Equestrian figure

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia, Batak-Toba

wood, blackish brown patina, an oval moulded base, carved with a stylized animal, supporting an equestrian with elongated upper part of the body, both arms stretched to the front, with the hands resting aside the animals ears, coiffure of blackish mass with animal hair attached, eyes with shell inlay, slightly dam., mass missing in some parts, on base; because of the residues of mass spread fabric at the stopper it can be assumed that the object was used as closure of a medicine receptacle, called "perminaken". Magicians preserved magic material, called "pupuk", in different receptacles. The Toba especially used buffalo horn ("nasa marsarang") for it. They were closed by such stoppers. Similar equestrian figures were fixed on top of magic staffs, called "tungkot malehat", but in that case they were mostly accompanied by "singa" and several smaller figures.

H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch

Literature
Sibeth, Achim, Batak, Kunst aus Sumatra, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 107 & 131

Price: 3800 - 7500 €

6 Mask

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo-Iban

wood, small residues of spotty, blackish patina, of hollowed form, the brows raised in a horizontal ridge, provided with incised lancet-shaped eyes with drilled holes for looking through, three incisions at the chin (for insertion of a beard), slightly dam., paint rubbed off, water spots, on metal base; the Ibans are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo. In Malaysia, most Ibans are located in Sarawak, a small portion in Sabah and some in west Malaysia. They were formerly known during the colonial period by the British as Sea Dayaks. Ibans were renowned for practising headhunting and tribal/territorial expansion. In ancient times the Ibans were a strong and successful warring tribe in Borneo. The Iban population is concentrated in Sarawak, Brunei, and in the West Kalimantan region of Indonesia.

H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch

Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, ill. 39

Sold.

7 Figural stopper

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Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

light brown wood, brown, fine encrusted patina, in the shape of a seated figure with tucked up legs and folded arms, crowned by an oval head with harmonical facial features and a cap-like headgear, min. dam., fissures, small missing parts, slight signs of abrasion, on metal plate

H: 12,5 cm, early 20th century
H: 4.9 inch, early 20th century

Provenance
Erik Farrow, California, USA

Price: 600 - 1000 €

8 Ornamental comb

This object is not available any more.

Oceania

Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea, h: 24 cm, split bone with two tapering endings, decorated with hook ornaments in flat relief, the three-parted swivel head forming a decorative component, on small metal base, provenance: Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany; additional: gong support and charm of the Ifugao, Philippines, both made of blackened wood, h: 8 and 7,5 cm, each showing two sitting figures arranged back to back, slightly dam., the charm on small metal base, provenance: André Kirbach, Düsseldorf, Germany

Price: 800 - 1500 €

9 Spear

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Papua New Guinea

wood, middle brown patina, of tapering form, carved with barbs, shaft decorated with elaborate geometrical incisions, min. dam., small missing parts (barbs), fissures, signs of abrasion

L: 201 cm
L: 79.1 inch

Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum, Coburg 1986, p. 168

Sold.

10 Bone dagger and stone mace-head

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Papua New Guinea

bone dagger, l: 37 cm, cassowary bone, split and sharpened to a point, blackish brown patina, in flat relief showing a standing ancestor figure, abrasion; stone mace-head, l: 54 cm, flat wooden shaft, crowned by a star-shaped clubs head of massive, heavy stone, dyed in red, fixed by square rotan cuffs, enclosing the stone on top and at the bottom, closely tied together by rotan strings aside, thus fixing the stone to the shaft, slightly dam.

Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany

Price: 750 - 1500 €