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

81 Skull of a hyena (Hyaenidae)

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Curiosities

complete with lower jar, some teeth broken resp. missing; many cultures, including those in Africa, have historically viewed the hyena negatively, associating them with gluttony, uncleanliness and cowardice. Part of their bad reputation may stem from the hyena's tendency to scavenge graves for food. They are one of the few creatures naturally suited for this, due to their ability to devour and digest every part of a carcass, including bone. The word "hyena" is derived from the Greek "hyaina", meaning "pig", and has a long association with cruelty, treachery and greed.

H: 12,5 cm; L: 25,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch; L: 10 inch

Price: 800 - 1500 €

82 Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus)

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Curiosities

preserved, in sitting pose, the head turned slightly to the side, the ellbows resting on the knees, in a good state of preservation; the Barbary Macaque is a macaque with only a stub of a tail. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, possibly introduced, population in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species. Besides humans, they are the only primates that live freely in Europe.

H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch

Price: 1700 - 3500 €

83 Skeleton of a gorilla (Gorilla)

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Curiosities

whole body preserved, joints affixed by steel screws; gorillas are the largest of the living primates. They are ground-dwelling and predominantly herbivorous. They inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (still under debate as of 2008) either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is 98%–99% identical to that of a human. They move around by knuckle-walking, although they sometimes walk bipedally for short distances while carrying food or in defensive situations. Adult males range in height from 1,65–1,75 m, and in weight from 140–200 kg. Adult females averaging about 1,4 m tall and 100 kg.

H: 125 cm
H: 49.2 inch

Price: 18000 - 35000 €

84 Monkey skulls

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Curiosities

two pieces, light coloured, honey brown patina, rounded form, lower jaw missing, min. dam., cracks, l: 9,5 cm; h: 5 cm; additionally an elongated skull with dark brown patina, fangs and lower jaw missing, min. dam., small missing parts, l: 12 cm; h: 5,5 cm

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85 Monkey skull

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Curiosities

complete with lower jaw, glued to the skull, complete dentition, in a good state of preservation, h: 5 cm; l: 8 cm; additionally a "beak" of a puffer or porcupine fish, b: 5 cm and a vertebra of a mammal, min. dam., one process missing, h: 5 cm

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86 Four stone objects

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Curiosities

slender, blade-shaped stone, speckled greenish, writing: Steinzeit Taunus (unreadable) Saalburg 1960 (unreadable), slight traces of abrasion, l: 13 cm; a very similar, but broader blade with writing: "Faustkeil Steinzeit 8/1960", min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, l: 13 cm; a simple, grey blade with a missing part at the back, l: 9,5 cm; additionally a grey, polished blade, writing: "Friedrichsthal Schulkoppel" (?), missing parts, l: 18 cm

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87 Blade

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Curiosities

made from elaborate worked brown stone, pointed tip, l: 19,5 cm; a roughly worked, broad stone tip of an arrow or a spear, l: 9,5 cm; a greyish black stone blade with smoothened bottom, l: 13,5 cm; additionally a piece of irregular shaped coal slate with an molded fossille, found in the Ruhr, l: 20 cm

Sold.

88 dropped

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89 Neolithic stone

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Curiosities

grey, coarse-grained stone, of columnar form, oval in diametre, rounded endings slightly pointed, on wooden base; find spot: Ténéré, Niger, Africa. The function of these objects is still spekulative, it probably is a kind of polyfunctional tool, which served as a roller, as well as for pounding or splitting materials.

L: 54 cm
L: 21.3 inch

Literature
Klenkler, C.E., Sahara, Prähistorische Artefakte, Genf 2003, p. 104 f.

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90 Neolithic stone

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Curiosities

grey stone with dark spots, of columnar form, oval in diamatre, rounded endings, slightt races of abrasion, on wooden base; find spot: Ténéré, Niger, Africa. The Ténéré is a desert region in the south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger into western Chad, occupying an area of over 400,000 km². The name Ténéré comes from the Tuareg language, meaning "desert", in much the same way that the Arabic word for "desert", Sahara, came to be applied to the region as a whole.

L: 44 cm
L: 17.3 inch

Literature
Klenkler, C.E., Sahara, Prähistorische Artefakte, Genf 2003, p. 104 f.

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