Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction
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371 Maske
This object is not available any more.
Rungu, D. R. Kongo
wood, spotty brown patina, remains of kaolin, oval, flattened facial plane with pierced eyes and mouth, crowned by a coiffure with incisions, pierced around the rim, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, slight signs of abrasion, on metal base; some masks, collected in the area of the Rungu, belonged to a member of a voluntary association, but their exact use is not known since they were not observed in context.
H: 28,5 cm, (5097/003)
H: 11.2 inch
Provenance
Coll. Marceau Rivière, Paris, France
Literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, The Handbook, Brüssel 1987, p. 151, ill. 11
Price: 2500 - 5000 €
372 Standing female figure (top of a staff)
Rungu, D. R. Kongo
wood, reddish brown patina, dark brown paint in some areas, symmetrical arranged body with incised scarification marks, two openings underneath and a round cavity on top of the head for insertion of magical substances, slightly dam. (coiffure), crack backside, place of repair (left shoulder and forearm), on block-like base
H: 22,5 cm, (5094/008)
H: 8.9 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany
Price: 600 - 1200 €
373 Face mask "kasangu" of "ibuku" society
Salampasu, D. R. Kongo
wood, of oval form, a broad, bulging forehead separated from the deepened, triangular flattened facial plane below, the face halves dyes in red and black, alternating on the forehead, dam., minor missing parts (eyes, mouth, chin), cracks (chin), paint rubbed off, traces of insect caused damage; the masks of the Salampasu were used for circumcision rites of the male secret societies. The number of masks a secret society owned, indicated proven courage, experience of warfare and the number of "enemy heads" that had been taken.
H: 23,5 cm, (5091/024)
H: 9.3 inch
Price: 1000 - 2000 €
374 Mask "idangani"
This object is not available any more.
Salampasu, D. R. Kongo
raffia, plant fibres, a facial plane of plaited dark brown plant fibre, the protruding forehead and the fleshy nose upholstered with wooden chips, beard made of lose suspending fibres, crowned by a pointed headgear, min. dam., on base; this type of mask was used by the "idangani" society.
H: 41 cm (without beard), (5115/014)
H: 16.1 inch (without beard)
Literature
Grootaers, J.-L.and I. Eisenburger (Hg.), Forms of Wonderment, The History and Collections of the Afrika Museum Berg En Dal, Vol. II, 2002, p. 547, ill. 651
Sold for: 700 €
375 Mask "kasangu" of "ibuku" society
Salampasu, D. R. Kongo
wood, spotted dark brown patina, kaolin, stylized form, a bulging forehead, the triangular facial plane below concave hollowed with a projecting tapering chin, sickle-shaped pierced eyes flanking a bulky short nose, slightly dam. (nose, chin), paint rubbed off (above all at the back of the rim), coiffure of rotan bowls missing, on base
H: 30 cm, (5091/036)
H: 11.8 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, France
Literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, München, New York 1997, cat. 218
Weinhold, Ulrike,The Eternal Face, Afrika Museum Berg en Dal 2000, p. 179 f.
Price: 800 - 1500 €
376 Apes mask
Shi, D. R. Kongo
light-weighted wood, reddish brown patina, dark brown paint, abstract form, the brows separated from the facial plane in a horizontal overlapping rim, the flat face halves culminating in a vertical ridge forming the nose, mouth and chin zone flattened, slightly dam., minor missing parts (backside at the rim, edge of the brows), small traces of insect caused damage
H: 21,5 cm, (5091/011)
H: 8.5 inch
Price: 800 - 1500 €
377 Face mask
Shi, D. R. Kongo
wood, reddish brown patina, kaolin, of regular hollowed form with a high projecting forehead, the facial features concentrated on a rather small area, the see holes enclosed by grooves, accentuated with kaolin, slightly dam., drilled holes in the chin area (partly broken), cracks (forhead), paint rubbed off, on metal base; ethnical group living in the area between the Tanganyika and Kivu Lake. The Shi are famous for their inventive yet pure shaped wooden beer and water vessels and their beadwork, to a lesser extent for masks.
H: 31 cm, (5094/096)
H: 12.2 inch
Price: 1500 - 3000 €
378 Small magical half figure "nkisi"
This object is not available any more.
Songe, D. R. Kongo
wood, blackish brown patina, a bell-shaped base supporting a spherical belly, flanked by angled arms, crowned by an elongated head with tribe-typical facial features and hole on top, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base
H: 16 cm, (5077/004)
H: 6.3 inch
Price: 650 - 1500 €
379 Magical power figure "nkisi"
This object is not available any more.
Songe, D. R. Kongo
wood, brown, spotty patina, rising from a high, round base, the lower part of the body wrapped in a plant fibre apron, the forehead-nose-ridge stud with metal sheet, hole in the head containing magical mass, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base
H: 18 cm, (5125/017)
H: 7.1 inch
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Price: 2000 - 4000 €
380 Mask "kifwebe"
This object is not available any more.
Songe, D. R. Kongo
wood, black and white paint, mat patina, animal hair, elongated form with bulging forehead, high forehead crest and a convex vaulted facial plane, compartments painted in different colours contoured by raised lines, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight signs of abrasion, on base
H: 40 cm, (5120/002)
H: 15.7 inch
Provenance
Old artist Collection, Belgium
Literature
Felix, Marc L., Beauty and the beasts, Kifwebe and animal masks of the Songye, Luba and related peoples, New Jersey 2003, p. 32, ill. 5
Sold for: 1400 €
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