Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction
421 Small slit gong
This object is not available any more.
D. R. Congo, Zombo
light brown wood, blackened in parts, cylindrical torso with rectangular cavity, crowned by an oval head with delicate facial features and dark coiffure, min. dam., small missing parts (left ear); the Zombo are a small ethnical group living along the Inkisi river banks in the borderland between Zaire and Angola. The instrument is played for ritual masquerade performances as well as for entertainment.
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Provenance
Michael van den Dries, Gavere, Belgium
Price: 2500 - 4500 €
422 Standing female figure
Angola, Chokwe
wood, shiny, dark brown patina, cylindrical trunk with scarification marks, crowned by an oval head with delicate facial features and elaborate headgear, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, sliight signs of abrasion, on wooden base; representing a mature and accomplished Chokwe woman whose body scarification marks testify that she has undergone various forms of female initiation.
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, France
Price: 1500 - 3500 €
423 Sitting figure
This object is not available any more.
Angola, Holo
wood, middle brown patina, with tucked up legs sitting on a rectangular base, both hands resting on the cheeks min. dam., cracks (base); only little is known about the use of Holo objects.
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany
Literature
Neyt, Francois, Die Kunst der Holo, München 1982, p. 18, ill. 21
Sold.
424 Mask "mwana phwevo"
Angola, Luena
wood, honey brown patina, triangular facial plane with long chin, arching brows with bean-shaped narrow slit eyes below, the oval mouth with pierced corners, pointed and linear incised scarification marks, slightly dam., minor missing part at the back of the rim, on metal base; the name of the mask "young woman" refers to a mythic female person, who died young of age. The masquerade should remind of the painful loss.
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Provenance
Mon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium
Literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 86
Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe! Art and Initiation among Chokwe and Related Peoples, München, London, New York 1998, ill. 64
Price: 900 - 1800 €
425 Standing female figure
This object is not available any more.
Angola, Luena
light brown wood, shiny patina, blackened in parts, scarifications marks on body and face, accentuated by dark paint, crowned by a turban-like coiffure, min. dam., cracks, slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base; the Luena are an ethnic group in the border territory between Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Angola, they are named after the river of the same name, and in the north-west of Zambia, they are known as Lovale.
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Provenance
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 256
Sold.
426 Dignitary staff
This object is not available any more.
Angola, Luena
light brown wood, shiny patina, blackened in parts, round shaft, crowned by a standing figure with tribe-typical facial features and headgear, a winding serpent below, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion
L: 83,5 cm
L: 32.9 inch
Provenance
brought to Europe before 1946 by Omer Cooremans (collected by his father in the 1920's)
Literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, The Handbook, Brüssel 1987, p. 97, ill. 10
Sold.
427 Dignitary staff
This object is not available any more.
Angola, Luena
light brown wood, brown patina, round staff, carved with a human head with long neck plait, crowned by bird sculptures, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on metal base; chief staffs were frequently decorated with figures and heads, they were regarded as insignias of social rank.
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch
Provenance
bought from the Witte Paters in 1967
Literature
Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe! Art and Initiation among Chokwe and Related Peoples, München, London, New York 1998, ill. 135
Price: 800 - 2000 €
428 Standing female figure
Angola, Ovimbundu
wood, black patina, without feet rising from an oval base, the arms enclosing a compact trunk, dam., missing parts (breasts), abrasion, place of repair and crack at the base; the few known sculptures of the Mbundu show maternities, but also pipes, ceremonial staffs and statues, which mostly represent "nana yakoma", the female guardian of the sacred fire.
H: 53,5 cm, 19/20th century
H: 21.1 inch, 19/20th century
Price: 800 - 1600 €
429 Figural carved snuff container
This object is not available any more.
Angola, Songo
wood, dark brown patina, strings of glass beads, in the shape of a human figure, riding on an ox, the proportionally large-sized trunk serving as container, the head with prolonged neck as stopper, drilled holes for support (upper arms), slightly dam., cracks, missing part (right foot of the equestrian figure), on blocklike base
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium
Literature
Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe! Art and Initiation among Chokwe and Related Peoples, München, London, New York 1998, ill. 134 & 144
Price: 4500 - 9000 €
430 Small calabash
East Africa
wood, pumpkin, cloth, necklace with glass beads, bulbous form, peg in shape of a female half figure, plaited plant fibre cord for support, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Price: 500 - 1000 €
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