Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction
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1 Rice god "bulul"
This object is not available any more.
Ifugao, Philippinen
wood, black patina, encrusted in some areas, a stylized body, arranged frontal and symmetrical, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, foot zone and base showing severe traces of insect caused damage; 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: 73 cm, (5108/003)
Provenance
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria
Sold for: 900 €
2 Comb
Indonesien
tortoise shell, metal sheet, regular worked teeth, handle of elaborate punched metal sheet with coloured enamel decorations, min. dam., small missing parts
H: 7 cm; B: 9 cm, (5125/014)
Price: 600 - 1000 €
3 Standing male miniature figure
Dayak, West-Borneo, Indonesien
wood, reddish brown patina, the face characterized by a broad lancet-shaped mouth with framing groove and glass bead eyes, prominent male gender, slightly dam., crack (left side of the head), on pyramidal base
H: 12 cm, (5112/010)
Provenance
Private Collection, Italy
Coll. J. Knorpp, Munich, Germany
Price: 1600 - 3500 €
4 Mother figure
Dayak, West-Borneo, Indonesien
wood, reddish brown patina, half figure, supporting a child in front of the body and a second one on the back, the face characterized by a broad lancet-shaped mouth with framing groove and glass bead eyes, slightly dam., minor missing parts, pyramidal base
H: 9,5 cm, (5112/011)
Provenance
Private Collection, Italy
Coll. J. Knorpp, Munich, Germany
Price: 1600 - 3500 €
5 Small standing amulet figure
Dayak, Indonesien
wood, spotty, brown patina, the right arm stretched to the side, crowned by an oval head with cap-like headgear and knob-shaped projection, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base; such statuettes were made by the medicine man to ward off diseases.
H: 10 cm, (5125/011)
Price: 1300 - 2500 €
6 Standing male ancestor figure
Nias, Indonesien
light brown wood, mat, brown patina, short stump arms, a head with flat beard, nose plugs and earrings, surmounted by a high-towering curved coiffure, min. dam., fissures, small missing parts; probably an ancestor figure called "adu zatua". The people of Nias believed that the spirits of the dead possess supernatural powers and are capable of influencing the living in a positive or a negative way. They thought to appease and influence them by honouring "adu zatua", wooden images carved in their likeness.
H: 28,5 cm, (5125/008)
Literature
Nias, Tribal Treasures, Cosmic reflections in stone, wood and gold, Delft 1990, p. 214 f.
Price: 1000 - 2000 €
7 Standing ancestor figure "tau-tau"
This object is not available any more.
Sulawesi, Toraja, Indonesien
carved from the wood of the jackfruit tree, skin-coloured, greyish-white patina in parts, the body consisting of several parts: legs and head plugged into the torso, the two-parted arms movable fixed with wooden pegs, the head showing nearly naturalistic features, the eyes with wooden inlays and separate worked pupils, the coiffure blackened, ornamental ears (one of them rest.), clothed with patterned cotton fabric, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts (right hand, both feet), mounted on wooden plate; such figures were made only for the largest funeral rites, held for nobility or the wealthy. Only upper class people were allowed to be represented by an effigy after their death.The articulated members are moved in a life-like manner during the funeral procession. The piece, which is fully-dressed to resemble the deceased, is then installed in a gallery cut into the cliff-face where the corpse rests. A row of these "tau-tau", leaning against a balustrade hewn in a cliff, conveys an out-of-the-world impression: they are standing between heaven and earth, between god and men. They have their arms stretched out, the palm of their hands up, as if they were demanding gifts from men. And the souls that are housed in their bodies, the spirits of the deceased, have, in turn, the power to bestow their benevolence on men.
H: 135 cm, (5108/002)
Provenance
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria
Literature
Stöhr, W., Art of the archaic Indonesians, Genf o.J., p. 91, ill. 48
Barbier, Jean Paul, Newton, D. (ed.), Islands and Ancestors, Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia, München 1988, p. 264, pl. 36
Sold for: 5000 €
8 Head sculpture
Sulawesi, Toraja, Indonesien
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, columnar prolongation of the neck for plugging the head into the body, the head beautiful modelled (form of the head, cheekbones), eyes with shell inlay and painted pupils, ornamental arranged ears, blackened coiffure, gap-like deepening in the head, slightly dam. (nose tip), cracks, on wooden plate; the head was formerly part of a nearly lifesize puppet called "tau-tau".
H: 48 cm, (5125/002)
Provenance
Baum & Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Literature
Barbier, Jean Paul, Newton, D. (ed.), Islands and Ancestors, Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia, München 1988, p. 264, pl. 36
Price: 1900 - 3500 €
9 Big food bowl
Mentawei-Inseln, West-Sumatra, Indonesien
nippa palmwood, dark brown patina, of elongated oval form, reduced decor with linear incisions, diamond-shaped base, slightly dam., missing part (part of the handle), paint rubbed off; there is a diverse array of wooden bowls and trays in Mentawei. Some of them are specifically ritual and used during important ceremonies. Others are food trays with more utilitarian purposes. All embody the simplicity of form and beauty of Mentawei arts and crafts.
L: 77 cm, (5118/004)
Literature
Wiggers, F. Mentawei Art, Editions Didier Millet, 1999, p. 92 f.
Price: 800 - 1500 €
10 Spoon
Ozeanien
coconut, oval hollowed spoon, carved with ornaments and a human face, coloured pigments rubbed into the deepenings, l: 13 cm; additional: a similar spoon, carved with ornaments, with partly open worked handle, l: 16 cm; both showing slight signs of usage
(5144/018)
Price: 500 - 1000 €
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