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

581 Shield

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Amarro

hippo skin, dark patina, with punched linear and circular bumps, completely decorated with ornamental incisions, big handle on the rear, slight traces of usage; the large handles were already borrowed in the distant past from the double-handled Islamic round shields. Frequently rubbing far into the shiny, darkly coloured surface ensured elasticity and resiliance.

D: 68 cm
D: 26.8 inch

Literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Plaschke, Dieter, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 69

Price: 2300 - 4500 €

582 Tomb stela

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Gato

presumably "gayo" wood, greyish brown patina, a stylized post-shaped body, the elongated head constricted, crowned by a high towering slanting head crest, phallus in flat relief, phallic forehead ornament "kalatscha", dam., cracks, the surface shows extreme traces of weathering, on metal plate; these phallic memorial posts were made for eminently respectable diseased. Originally they were displayed in groups, aside of the main post further sculptures were erected, depicting killed enemies of the diseased. But the enemies could as well be represented by symbols, such as a lance, a spit or a shield stuck into the ground. The animals captured by the diseased during his lifetime were represented by small animal sculptures.

H: 134 cm
H: 52.8 inch

Literature
Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 601 f.
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 234

Price: 3000 - 5500 €

583 Panel

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Gurage

wood, partly encrusted brown patina, four phallic projections on the upper rim, incised linear ornaments, min. dam., missing parts (bottom), traces of abrasion, on base; such panels mark off the fence which separates human and animal accommodations in the interior of a house.

H: 125 cm
H: 49.2 inch

Provenance
Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany

Literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 259

Sold.

584 Chair

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Gurage

wood, brown patina, a round seat, rising from three short feet, the high towering back rest in openwork design, asymmetrical contour on the upper rim, incised ornaments backside, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off

H: 100 cm; D: 48 cm
H: 39.4 inch; D: 18.9 inch

Literature
Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, ill. 142
Greve, Anna, Volker-Saad, Kerstin (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, Sehnsucht nach der Ferne, München, Berlin 2006, ill. 155 f.

Price: 2500 - 5000 €

585 Prestige chair

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Gurage

wood, dark brown patina, three-legged, a round, slightly hollowed seat, backrest in diamond-shaped openwork design, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks (seat, left foot, middle strut)

H: 82 cm; D: 37,5 cm
H: 32.3 inch; D: 14.8 inch

Price: 1500 - 3000 €

586 Neckrest

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Oromo

wood, middle brown patina, conical base, slightly hollowed pillow, handwritten inscription at the stand, slight traces of usage

H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch

Provenance
Friedrich Julius Bieber, Vienna, Austria (1904)

Literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 37

Sold.

587 Stone sculpture

This object is not available any more.

Ethiopia, Sidamo

greyish brown stone (granite), phallic form, eyes and nose indicated, dam., missing parts (nose tip), on metal plate; Rift Valley in the south of the southern Ethiopian province of Sidamo is regarded as the largest megalithic complex on the African continent. Anfray et al. made an inventory of thousands of phallic megaliths in 1983.

H: 52 cm
H: 20.5 inch

Price: 3500 - 7000 €

588 Prayer board

This object is not available any more.

Chad

light brown wood, the front and backside inscribed with coran sayings in black paint, older inscriptions now removed by washing recognizable below, sickle-shaped handle, slightly dam., cracks, on metal base; such tablets were variously used within subsaharian Africa, including northern Nigeria, for example by young boys for learning how to write. Religious specialists wrote coran sayings on the tablest, which were removed by washing lateron and the liquid was given to the clients for drinking, which should prevent him of any harm.

H: 56 cm; B: 29,5 cm
H: 22 inch; B: 11.6 inch

Provenance
Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany

Literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 282 f.

Sold.

589 Head sculpture

This object is not available any more.

Sudan, Bongo

heavy stone, reddish brown patina, black pigment remains, a head with simplified facial features and lobed coiffure resting on a bulky, conical neck, eyes, lips and coiffure accentuated by black paint, dam., missing parts, traces of abrasion, on wooden base

H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch

Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium

Literature
Sotheby's Paris, 15 Juin 2004, lot 204

Price: 2000 - 4000 €

590 dropped

This object is not available any more.