Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction
71 Door lock
This object is not available any more.
Mali, Dogon
wood, blackish brown, shiny patina in some areas, partly open worked, rectangular corpus, showing ornamental incisions, surmounted by an equestrian, bolt missing, min. dam., cracks, signs of usage, on metal base; Dogon equestrian figures are most often identified as images of the "hogon", since in Dogon society horses are a luxury generally reserved for rich and powerful people. Horses occur in Dogon beliefs about the creation of the world.
H: 50,5 cm
H: 19.9 inch
Provenance
Anita Schröder, Munich, Germany
Literature
Bilot, Alain u.a., Serrures du pays Dogon, Paris 2003, p. 124 f.
Sold.
72 Door lock
Mali, Dogon
wood, dark brown, slightly encrusted patina, carved with notched and linear incised ornaments, crowned by a sitting pair of figures with tribe-typical facial features, bolt missing, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on metal base
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Price: 900 - 2000 €
73 Charm
This object is not available any more.
Mali, Dogon
bronze, flat, tapering to the bottom, a stylized hermaphrodit superimposed, broad scrolled eyelet for support, on small stone mount
H: 5 cm
H: 2 inch
Provenance
Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands
Coll. Cees Kuylman, Maasland, The Netherlands
Price: 400 - 800 €
74 Amulet
This object is not available any more.
Mali, Dogon/Soninke
brass with patina, in form of a kneeling, bearded figure, carrying a staff on his back, crowned by a pointed headgear, min. dam., traces of corrosion
H: 6,5 cm
H: 2.6 inch
Price: 600 - 1000 €
75 Kneeling figure
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Mali, Djenne
terracotta, kneeling in a kind of mourning posture, the body bent over the legs with both hands resting on the knees, wearing an incised loincloth and bracelets, snakes winding on the back and the arms, min. dam., small missing parts, slight signs of abrasion; in oral Western African tradition the serpent is a symbol for immortality and it is closely connected with the cult of the first ancestors. Even up to nowadays, the serpent is a taboo: whoever kills one is subject to terrible misfortunes.
H: 16,5 cm, ~ 300 years old
H: 6.5 inch, ~ 300 years old
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 25. Juni 1984, lot 289
Expertise
Thermolumineszenz-Gutachten liegt vor, Laboratory Ralf Kotalla, Nr. 01050809, Haigerloch, den 13. 08. 2009
Literature
Claerhout, A., Ancient terracotta statuary and pottery from Djenne, Mali, Antwerpen 1984, cat. 12
Sold.
76 Zoomorphic mask
This object is not available any more.
Mali, Marka
wood, remains of cloth, of elongated form, nearly entirely coated with punched metal sheet, five long projections with red fringes in the area of nose and temples, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on base; the Marka are divided into the Marka, or Soninke Marka, living in Mali, and the Dafing or Dafing-Marka, settling in Burkina Faso. Both groups are cultivating different mask traditions, very similiar to those of the surrounding ethnic groups. All along the Niger this mask type is used for ceremonies associated with fishing and agriculture.
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Provenance
Harry Franklin, Beverly Hills, USA
Literature
Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, The Tribal Arts of Africa, Surveying Africa's Artistic Geography, London 1998, p. 67, ill. c
Price: 6000 - 10000 €
77 Dignitary staff
Niger - Niger Delta, Isoko
wood, brown patina, kaolin, an elaborate carved base supporting a female half figure with upraised arms, holding a vessel on top of her head, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base; the Isoko are an ethnic group settling in the western Niger Delta bordered by the Urhobo in the West and Northwest, the Ijo in the South and the Kwale Igbo and Aboh in the North and Northeast. Although the Isoko belong to the Edo according to their language, origin and culture, there are cultural overlappings with the Ibo, which probably refers to a common historical background.
H: 101 cm
H: 39.8 inch
Provenance
Coll. Helmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerland
Coll. Arendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 25. April 2009, lot 90
Literature
Anderson, Martha G., Ways of the Rivers, Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, Los Angeles 2002, p. 180, ill. 5.16
Price: 750 - 1500 €
78 Zoomorphic mask "wan nyaka"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
wood, polychrome paint, mat patina, vaulted calotte with raised forehead ridge, surmounted by long horns, completely painted with coloured ornaments, pierced around the rim, min. dam., signs of abrasion, on metal base; the masks of the Bobo have totemistic character, they are part of the genesis myths of the clan they belong to. "Wan nyaka" means "little antelope" and appeared at funerals and circumcision festivities.
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 106, ill. 72
Price: 650 - 1500 €
79 Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Bobo
wood, blackish brown patina, a high-legged figure with slanting shoulders and upper arms, the forearms carved free, the flattened oval facial plane showing simplified facial features, marked by a mouth taking the whole breadth of the face, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, missing part (at the back of the left heel), on metal plate; the most important artistic works of the Bobo are their masks, figural objects are quite rare.
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Häfliger, Luzern, Switzerland
Price: 1000 - 2000 €
80 Pair of figures
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi
wood, reddish brown patina, a male and a female figure, their schematized bodies positioned headon, with the tube-like curved limbs symmetrical arranged, the respective gender accentuated, drilled holes in arm and abdomen of the male figure, slightly dam., minor missing parts (head of the male, coiffure of the female figure), cracks, on metal plate; in contrast to the masks, which were performed in public, the figural objects of the Gurunsi were strictly kept hidden. They are exclusively used for sooth-saying and were kept in special shrines for the rest of the time.
H: 38 cm
H: 15 inch
Provenance
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany (1984)
Literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 173
Price: 2200 - 4000 €
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