Online catalogue for the 62nd tribal art auction

1 Cutting board

This object is not available any more.

Philippines - Bontok

wood, dark brown patina, round handle, carved with two sitting figures arranged back to back, showing identical postures, the pupils with bone (?) inlay, the lateral surface serving as actual cutting board, min. dam., cracks, traces of usage

L: 60 cm
L: 23.6 inch

Price: 800 - 1500 €

2 Rice deity "bulul"

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Philippines - Ifugao

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, symmetrical arranged body rising from a cylindrical base, min. dam., cracks, minor missing parts (base), slight traces of abrasion

H: 52,5 cm
H: 20.7 inch

Provenance
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria

Literature
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 156

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3 Rice deity "bulul"

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Philippines - Ifugao, Kababuyan Village

wood, sightly encrusted black patina, rising from a massive, indented base, the stylized body arranged frontal and symmetrical, a hole on top of the head closed by a wooden plug and hair, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion; the ritual sequence associated with the production of "bulul" images is long, elaborate, and requires considerable expenditure of resources. During activation ceremonies the "bulul" figures are bathed in the blood of a sacrificed pig, and at the conclusion of the ritual the figures are placed in the granary. They are associated with the production of bountiful harvests, capable of miraculously increasing the rice before and after it is stored in the granary. They are usually made in pairs, one male and one female. They are inherited by the first child of the family, along with associated rice fields.

H: 64 cm, ~ 1920
H: 25.2 inch, ~ 1920

Provenance
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria

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4 Rice deity "bulul"

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Philippines - Ifugao

wood, dark brown encrusted patina, rising from a massive, indented base, crowned by a disproportionated big head with harmonical facial features, enclosed by striking big ears, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion

H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch

Provenance
American Collection, USA

Price: 1500 - 2500 €

5 Three spoons

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Philippines - Ifugao

wood, light resp. blackish brown patina, oval spoons, handles in form of a standing human figure resp. half figure, min. dam., traces of abrasion

H: 17 cm - 23 cm
H: 6.7 inch - 9.1 inch

Literature
Baradas, David, Land of the Morning, Treasures of the Philippines, San Francisco 1995, p. 57

Price: 500 - 1000 €

6 Armlet

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Philippines - Ifugao

consisting of two boar tusks, joined by plaited plant fibre weave, a sitting "bulul" figure attached, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion; was worn around the upper arm. Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. It is named after the term "i-pugo" which means "i" (from/people) and "pugo" (earth), thus "people of the earth".

D: 13 cm; H: 13,5 cm
D: 5.1 inch; H: 5.3 inch

Literature
Anderson, Eric Moltzau, In the shape of tradition, Indigenous Art of the Philippines, Leiden 2010, p. 326

Price: 400 - 800 €

7 Gravemarker

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Philippinen - Tawi-Tawi Inseln

coral, palmette-shaped, front and backside decorated with incised leaf-decor in stylized forms, projection on the underside for mortising into the bedrock, dam., minor missing parts (above all on the upper rim), lichen

H: 44 cm, ~ 19th century
H: 17.3 inch, ~ 19th century

Literature
Baradas, David, Land of the Morning, Treasures of the Philippines, San Francisco 1995, p. 84
Galerie Cedric Le Dauphin, Sunduk, Riminders of Beauty, Bruxelles, 2003, p. 42 f.

Price: 900 - 1800 €

8 Medicine horn "naga marsarang"

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Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak

horn, wood, animal hair, encrusted dark brown patina, stopper in shape of a human figure riding on a water buffalo (?), coiffure of animal hair, leather strap for support, min. dam., minor missing parts, on base; after his magic staff and the magic book "pustaha", the medicine horns "naga marsarang", also known as "sahan", where the most important ritual paraphernalia of the "datu" priest. These remarkable objects were used to store the magical substance known as "raja ni pagar".

H: 63 cm, beginning of 20th century
H: 24.8 inch, beginning of 20th century

Provenance
Coll. Voigt, Münster, Germany

Literature
Sibeth, Achim, Carpenter, Bruce W., Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, ill. ii.14 b
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben - Batak - Menschen in Indonesien, Ausst.kat., Linden-Museum, Stuttgart 1990, p. 142, ill. 175

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9 Sculptures "debata ribu-ribu"

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Indonesia, Batak-Toba

wood, blackened, figures of closed contours on varied bases, their heads showing stylized facial features, hands in ornamental design, slightly dam., crack, paint rubbed off; such figures were used in manipulative magic, collected into bundles.

H: 37/38 cm
H: 37/15 inch

Literature
Sibeth, Achim, Batak, Kunst aus Sumatra, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 90

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10 Ceremonial figure

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Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, dark brown patina, lichen, with drawn up knees squatting on a square base, the arms carved in relief, holding a knife with the left hand, a wide face with simplified facial features, dam. by cracks, traces of weathering

H: 74 cm
H: 29.1 inch

Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Literature
Headhunters & Woodcarvers from the Francois Coppens Collection, Arnhem 2000, p. 50 f.

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