Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction
401 Standing power figure "biteki"
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D. R. Congo, Teke
wood, partly encrusted brown patina, cylindrical armless trunk with rectangular cavity, filled with magical mass, the bearded head with characteristic vertical incisions, min. dam., on wooden base
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
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402 Big power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
wood, mat, partly encrusted patina, blackened in parts, the upper part of the body with ectangular cavity showing remains of magical mass, crowned by an oval head with tribe-typical scarification marks and extraordinary headgear with two horn-like lobes, dam., missing parts (left hand), cracks, slight signs of abrasion
H: 57 cm
H: 22.4 inch
Provenance
Jean Yves Coué, Nantes, France
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Patric Peire, Brugge, Belgium
Published in
Arts d'Afrique noir, Arts premiers 115, Automne 2000, p. 30
Literature
Lehuard, Raoul, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 321, ill. 55.1.2
Price: 2500 - 5000 €
403 Power figure "biteki"
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D. R. Congo, Teke
wood, brown patina, cylindrical trunk with big rectangular cavity, the bearded face coated with fine vertical striations, dam., traces of insect caused damage (front of the trunk), missing parts (foot tips), on base; such figures had a protective function against diseases and sorcery. Their magical power was kept in a cylindrical package, called "bilongo", which includes the special ingredients put together according to the needs of the person in question. The package was fixed to the abdomen because to the Tekes opinion, magical wisdom can be swallowed and preserved in the stomach.
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14 inch
Provenance
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Literature
Lehuard, Raoul, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 274
Price: 3500 - 7000 €
404 Magical figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
wood, clay-like encrusted patina, the body entirely coated with a spherical package, filled with magical matters and spread with a claylike compact mass, just the head is left free, slightly dam., cracks, on block-like base
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Provenance
Galerie Egeskov, Kopenhagen, Denmark
Price: 800 - 1500 €
405 Diviners staff
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D. R. Congo, Teke
wood, reddish brown patina with traces of black paint, a four-sided shaft, supporting a power figure, carrying a package of magical material around the waist, wrapped in fabric, the bearded head with pierced eyes, surmounted by a bobbin-shaped handle, slightly dam., crack, paint rubbed off, traces of weathering at the bottom, on metal base
H: 84,5 cm
H: 33.3 inch
Provenance
Anita Schröder, Munich, Germany
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406 Hornmask
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D. R. Congo, Tetela
wood, blackish brown patina, camwood powder, kaolin, of triangular form with a thorn-like protruding forehead, crowned by perpendicular projecting horns, big pierced eyes with raised rim carved with grooves marking eyelashes, the large mouth with drilled holes fit into the triangular chin area, enlivened by changing colours, slightly dam. (right horn tip, chin, nose), cracks, paint rubbed off in some areas, inscribed backside "NA.024", on metal base
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Provenance
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
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407 Ceremonial knife
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D. R. Congo, Tetela
wood, dark brown patina, metal, broad blade with delicate jagged rim and punched ornaments, the long wooden handle partly wrapped in metal wire, min. dam., slight signs of usage and abrasion; for the ritual knocking down of fruit the Tetela use an unusually shaped, copper- and brass-plated knife.
L: 59,5 cm
L: 23.4 inch
Literature
Fischer, Werner, Zirngibl, Manfred A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 129, ill. 233
Price: 500 - 1000 €
408 Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Tumbwe
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint in some areas, a high-towering body with elongated limbs, drilled hole on top of the head for insertion of magical mass, dam., missing parts (left upper arm, both foot tips and base), old place of repair (a small wooden piece fitted in the left thigh), on metal plate; the Tumbwe live at the southwestern river banks of Lake Tanganyika. Few sculptures are known from this area and oral history says that some were made by Luba carvers at the request of the Tumbwe chief Lusinga.
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, The Handbook, Brüssel 1987, p.184
Price: 800 - 1500 €
409 Face mask
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D. R. Congo, Yaka
wood, dark brown patina, the narrow, elongated face whitened with kaolin, marked by a bold, triangular nose, the eyes accentuated with indigo blue pigment, plug-shaped handle at the chin, drilled holes for fixing grass fibre bunches, minor missing parts through insect caused damage on the upper rim, paint rubbed off, on metal base; danced by young men at initiation rites "mukhanda". It is unknown however, who or what it represents, a differentiation within the great variety of this mask type hardly possible.
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 125
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, München, New York 1997, cat. 200
Price: 1800 - 3500 €
410 Initiation mask "ndeemba"
This object is not available any more.
D. R. Congo, Yaka
wood, fabric, polychrome painted, plug-shaped wooden handle, carved with a small, narrow mask face with protruding facial features and characteristic nose, rattan bonnet coated with plant fibre and fabric, forming a phantastic pagoda-like superstrucure with four antenna-like projections, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on metal base; used at circumcision rites for young boys, symbolizing fertility and virility.
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch
Provenance
Steyler Mission
Literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 173 f.
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