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

391 Standing figure "bateba phuwe"

This object is not available any more.

Burkina Faso, Lobi

wood, partly encrusted matt patina, showing closed contours and a slightly asymmetrical body and facial features, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (feet), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base; present figure belongs to the type of the "ordinary bateba phuwe" figures, who should protect humans against witches and sorcerers, should help finding a partner for marriage and should prevent illness and infertility.

H: 56,5 cm
H: 22.2 inch

Price: 1500 - 2500 €

392 Two miniature masks

This object is not available any more.

Burkina Faso, Lobi

wood, light brown patina, dark brown paint, nearly identical facial features, eyes and mouth with raised contours, accentuated by blackish brown paint, coiffures in sharp cut linear grooves, pierced pupils; a work of Sikire Kambire, Gaoua (1896 - 5. Okt. 1963). Compare Piet Meyer, 1981, ill. 161). Remittance work !

H: 16,5 und 17 cm
H: 16,5 und 6.7 inch

Provenance
Old Collection, Great Britain

Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 131

Price: 1500 - 3800 €

393 Pendant in shape of a stylized bird

This object is not available any more.

Burkina Faso, Nuna

brass, brown patina, sickle-shaped wings and fan-shaped tail feathers, disc-shaped head with concentric grooves, eyelet for attachment, on base; the wearer of the pendant should gain the protection of the bird spirit.

B: 11 cm; H: 8,5 cm
B: 4.3 inch; H: 3.3 inch

Provenance
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany

Literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 78

Price: 900 - 1800 €

394 Pendant "tchiene lui ni bene"

This object is not available any more.

Burkina Faso, Nuna

brass, dark patina, crescent-shaped pendant, a fully plastic figure with tube-like limbs in the centre, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on base; such amulets are worn by women in order to prevent diseases, especially infertility.

H: 12 cm; B: 11 cm
H: 4.7 inch; B: 4.3 inch

Literature
Glar, Wilfried, Die materialisierte Kultur der Ethnien der Volta-Region, Bedburg 2008, p. 179
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 78, ill. 51

Price: 600 - 1200 €

395 Half figure

This object is not available any more.

Burkina Faso, Nyonyosi

light-coloured stone, matt, brown patina, flattened corpus with a round base, arms and accentuated navel in flat relief, simplified facial features, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on base; the Nyonyosi have become known for their stone sculptures, some of them date back to the 14th century.

H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch

Provenance
Roger Lefèvre, Brussels, Belgium

Literature
Schweeger-Hefel, Annemarie, Steinskulpturen der Nyonyosi aus Ober-Volta, München 1981, p. 77, ill. 31

Sold.

396 Standing male figure

This object is not available any more.

Burkina Faso, Turka

wood, shiny brown patina, blackened in parts, fragmentary (lower legs missing), block-like contour, body and face covered with linear incisions, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base; the Turka are a small subgroup of the Senufo, living in the southwestern part of Burkina Faso. Only few figures of them are known, characterized by a headstrong style, incorporating various elements of the neighbouring people, but keeping their own, very personal note.

H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Germany
Pierre Robin, Paris, France

Literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 588

Price: 2000 - 4000 €

397 Female figure with child

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Abron

wood, black patina, kaolin, broad square shoulders and short arms, the big head with a grooved coiffure in two lobes and "gash-like" scarification mark on the cheek, slightly dam., cracks, on block-like base; the motive of motherhood plays an important role with African ethnies. The statues have fertilizing powers and were seen as temporary abode for the spirits of deceased persons.

H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch

Provenance
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany

Price: 2500 - 5000 €

398 Anthropomorphic puppet

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Abron

wood, blackish brown, partly encrusted patina, a board-shaped flattened corpus in two layers, movable arms and legs fit inbetween by cord and wooden pegs, fixed by nails, accurate fitting intermediate pieces and fabric bandages (neck), backside and breasts worked separately, tufts of real hair, slightly dam. (nose), paint rubbed off, missing parts (right breast, fingers of the left hand, hair tufts, wooden peg on the right shoulder), small traces of insect caused damage (backside), on metal plate

H: 72,5 cm
H: 28.5 inch

Provenance
Charles Wesley Hourdé, Paris, France

Price: 8000 - 15000 €

399 Tapper "lowre" and gong

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, shiny, middle brown patina resp. corroded metal, carved with a zoomorphic "goli"mask, min. dam., slight traces of usage; additional: a gong with disc-shaped flattened base, on base; diviners are conditioned to go into a trance state when they hear the steady striking of an iron gong. They enter a trance in private, but they carry the gong and mallet in performance to use if they start to lose the trance during the session, or wish to deepen it.

H: 23,5 cm resp. 19,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch resp. 7.7 inch

Provenance
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium

Literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, Ausst.kat., New York 1997, p. 229
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Catalogue Vol II, The Barbier-Mueller-Museum, Genf 1993, p. 141, ill. 239

Sold.

400 Standing female ancestor figure "blolo bla"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, reddish brown encrusted patina, traces of kaolin, elongated cylindrical trunk, arms and bladebones in flat relief, raised scarification marks on nape and back, symmetrical facial features, slightly dam., cracks at the back of the head and back (partly spread with mass), missing parts (base), acrylic plate

H: 38 cm
H: 15 inch

Price: 1200 - 2500 €