Online catalogue for the 62nd tribal art auction

11 Door

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Celebes

dark wood, remains of red and white paint in the upper part, carved with masks, floral and geometrical motifs, min. dam.

H: 134 cm; B: 45 cm
H: 52.8 inch; B: 17.7 inch

Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Sold.

12 Armour "babulalolang"

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Celebes

rattan, leather, buttons, metal and shell discs, woolen texture braided with pelt, front side decorated with shell discs, slightly dam., with hanger

M: 67 x 38 cm
M: 67 x 15 inch

Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Sold.

13 Gable ornament

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, small remains of black paint and white pigment, board-shaped, in openwork design, showing ornamental dissolved contours, the upper ending formed like a bowl with scrolled twines getting smaller to the top, dam., missing parts (above all at the bottom right hand side), cracks (weathering), on metal base

H: 140 cm
H: 55.1 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Price: 2500 - 5000 €

14 Standing figure "hampatong"

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, mat, greyish brown patina, carved with a short-sleeved vestment, both hands resting on the chest, oval head with circular protruding eyes and crown-like headgear, min. dam., fissures, minor missing parts (headgear, toes), on wooden base

H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Literature
Feldman, Jerome, Art of the ancestors, Los Angeles 1994, p. 61, ill. 32

Price: 1800 - 3500 €

15 Post figure "hampatong"

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

greyish brown wood, presumably iron wood ("Eusideroxylon Zwageri"), round post supporting a slender figure, carved with long trousers, in the right arm holding a gamecock, the figure as a whole dominated by a big heavy-weighted head with crown-like headcrest, dam., cracks (head, upper part of the body and post right hand side, backside), missing parts (right hand, headcrest), place of repair (right foot), traces of weathering, on base; "hampatong" - the word, meaning "(wooden) statue", "figure", embraces a great variety of objects: figures on poles, such as the present one, were erected as a remembrance of a beloved dead.

H: 176 cm
H: 69.3 inch

Provenance
Christie's, December 1993, lot 125

Literature
Borneo, The Dayak in the Francois Coppens Collection, Musée de Solutré, 1996, p. 49

Sold.

16 Upper part of a post "tiang"

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, dark brown patina, traces of white pigment, the lower area carved ornamental, a leaf motif running around, the upper ending dissolved in plug-shaped projections, fragmentary condition, showing extreme traces of insect caused damage and weathering

H: 88 cm
H: 34.6 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Price: 3000 - 6000 €

17 Upper part of a post

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, middle brown patina, blackish paint, cylindrical base with ornaments in relief, carved with an anthropomorphic head, dominated by big protruding eyes and a mouth with tusks, crowned by a tapering headdress with palmettes running around, extremely signed by weathering, insect caused missing parts

H: 142 cm
H: 55.9 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Price: 9000 - 18000 €

18 Post of a Chiefs House

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, dark brown patina, traces of black patina, carved with a monumental head sculpture, characterized by protruding eyes, a broad mouth with single teeth and an elongated ornamental tongue, the surface shows severe traces of weathering, insect caused missing parts (both rims, backside), lichen in some areas, on metal base; presumably this post was originally part of a funerary monument. There existed numerous variants on this type of momument, from real miniature houses elevated on four piles to coffins supported on one or two posts. The prominently protruding tongue is a characteristic trait for protective beings with the function to ward off evil spirits.

H: 136 cm
H: 53.5 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Literature
Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Aust.kat., Arnhem 2000, ill. 23 und 39

Price: 10000 - 20000 €

19 Funeral post

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, mat greyish brown patina, superstructure in open work design, representing a highly abstract anthropomorphic figure or mask face, min. dam., cracks, missing parts, traces of weathering, on base; "Dayak" is a collective term for hundreds of various tribes. They settle all over Borneo, within the area of three different states (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia). In the past the Dayak were feared for their ancient tradition of headhunting practices. After conversion to Islam or Christianity and anti-headhunting legislation by the colonial powers the practice was banned and disappeared, only to resurface in the late 1990s, when the Dayak started to attack Madurese emigrants in an explosion of ethnic violence.

H: 187 cm
H: 73.6 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Literature
Sotheby's, Paris, 4 Decembre 2008, lot 19
Johnson, Mark, Art Borneo, Marina del Rey 2008, p. 34 f.

Price: 10000 - 20000 €

20 Figural fragment

This object is not available any more.

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

wood, brown patina, half figure with the left arm up to the hips, the surfaces showing strong traces of weathering, insect caused missing parts (left arm, backside), lichen in some areas, on metal plate

H: 106 cm
H: 41.7 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Edmund Grundner, Salzburg, Austria

Price: 8000 - 15000 €