Online catalogue for the 63rd tribal art auction with special part 'wunderkammer'

211 Saddle

This object is not available any more.

Mongolia

wood, shiny patina, composed from various lumbers of different colours, partly stretched with leather, on each side two enamel buttons with flower motifs, front and back decorated with elaborate mother of pearl inlay, min. dam., fissures, traces of abrasion and usage; mongolian saddles are a challenge, not only for amateurs. The front and the back is very high and thick silver buttons on each side make the rider stand. Probably this was a kind of tactic developed under Genghis Khan allowing the rider to overcome long distances without getting sore.

L: 45 cm, H: 30 cm
L: 17.7 inch, H: 11.8 inch

Provenance
Linda Pastorini, New York, USA

Price: 2500 - 4500 €

212 Guardian figure

This object is not available any more.

Japan

wood, three-parted (head, right arm and base), coated with plaster and polychrome paint, a footstool-like base with rock-like surface, supporting the figure of a warrior in gorgeous armament: broad-shouldered, showing an authoritative, nearly violent pose with the right fist upraised in a threatening gesture and the knitted brows creating a ferocious expression on the face, the mouth opened to an admonishing scream, the menacing gesture enhanced by the figures dynamic, the vestments hems boldly following the fierce movement, slightly dam., minor missing parts (hair, clothes hems, finger of the left hand), vertical crack (front side of the body), plaster coating missing in parts, abrasion of paint; the figure was part of a couple, originally placed at the entrance door of a buddhistic temple. Deriving from the antique hinduistic mythology, the guardian figures were adopted by the Buddhists. They should admonish the visitors of adequate behaviour when entering the temple. They always show terrifying facial expressions and are provided with strong muscles.

H: 95 cm, Edo-Periode
H: 37.4 inch, Edo-Periode

Provenance
Private Collection, Munich, Germany

Literature
Fahr-Becker, Gabriele (Hg.), Ostasiatische Kunst, Bd. 2, Köln 1998, p. 301

Price: 7000 - 14000 €

213 Ancestor figure

This object is not available any more.

Japan

wood, two-parted (base and figure), coated with plaster, painted with polychrome varnish and gold foil, elaborate base in shape of a lotus blossom, figure with block-like stature, carved with a long vestment with roomy sleeves, a well-fed round face, hands with symbolical gesture, dam., minor missing parts (finger) and places of repair (lotus leaf), cracks, paint rubbed off

H: 93 cm, 19th century
H: 36.6 inch, 19th century

Price: 3000 - 6000 €

214 Miniature

This object is not available any more.

Canada, Inuit

bone (walrus), standing figure and ice bear, stylized forms, carved from one piece, metal base

H: 7 cm
H: 2.8 inch

Provenance
Gallery Copenhagen, Denmark (1980's)

Price: 600 - 1200 €

215 Two harpoonheads and a small animal scupture

This object is not available any more.

Canada, Inuit

one arrow head of walrus ivory, l: 5 cm; the second one of wood, l: 5 cm, with inventory number "AR 6918" (A. Pitt Rivers), both of them with minor missing parts; miniature sculpture (arctic fox ?) of wood, l: 8,5 cm, remains of thick encrusted dark brown patina in some areas; harpoons were used for hunting seals. The tips dissolved from the rest of the harpoon as soon as an animal was hit.

Provenance
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, Great Britain

Literature
Hans-Georg Bandi, Die Kunst der Eskimos, Bern 1977, Orbis Pictus 65, p. 36 f.
Fritsch, Lutz, Eskimo, Kunst aus dem Nordpolargebiet, Ausst.kat., Bochum 2002, p. 36

Price: 600 - 1200 €

216 Ritual knife

This object is not available any more.

North America

of black, slate-like stone, smoothened, of simple, stylized form, lense-shaped in cross section

L: 20 cm, 18th/19th century
L: 7.9 inch, 18th/19th century

Price: 600 - 1200 €

217 Stone tips

This object is not available any more.

North America, Eastern Plains

blackish slate-like stone, a broad tip, 8,5 cm in length, the second one slender, 10,5 cm in length, inscription in white paint "AR5530" (A. Pitt Rivers), both tips bilateral smoothed and with raised middle ridge, missing parts around the rims

Provenance
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, Great Britain

Price: 500 - 1000 €

218 Spoon

This object is not available any more.

North America, Haida

of thin translucent horn material, separate worked curved handle, fixed by metal tags, decorated with anthropomorphic figure and mask face, the eyes originally with haliotis shell inlay (now missing), slightly dam. (rim), on base

H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch

Provenance
Valluet-Ferrandin, Paris, France

Literature
W. Haberland, Nordamerika, Holle Verlag Baden-Baden, 1979, p. 32

Price: 2500 - 5000 €

219 Head ornament

This object is not available any more.

North America, Sioux

tongue-shaped piece of felt, along the rim set with bundles of bristly animal hair, arranged in two rows of different length with reddish dyed tips, good condition; presumably crest-like worn over the hair or on the shaved skull.

L: 28 cm, 19th century
L: 11 inch, 19th century

Sold.

220 Ceremonial club

This object is not available any more.

North America, Sioux

a thin wooden shaft, sewn in animal skin with fringed endings, a cylindrical polished clubs head of heavy, red stone on top, additional fixed by leather strap

L: 52,5 cm
L: 20.7 inch

Price: 1000 - 2000 €