Online catalogue for the 65th tribal art auction

451 Fertility doll "mwana hiti"

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Tanzania

wood, blackish brown patina, characteristic form, navel and breasts indicated, incised ornaments, slightly dam., cracks, rep. (crested coiffure)

H: 10 cm
H: 3.9 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

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452 Fertility doll "mwana hiti"

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Tanzania

wood, red- and blackish brown patina, cylindrical arm- and legless trunk, prominent breast and navel, incised ornaments, slightly dam., minor missing parts (base), rep. (coiffure); the father of a young initiate "mwali" gives order for carving a "mwana hiti" figure, afterwards it is given to the clan leader who places it near ancestor figures in order to make their power passing over into the doll. After a further special treatment the girl receives the doll. In the following time of isolation the doll is dressed, fed and caressed like a child.

H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

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453 Fertility doll "mwana hiti"

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Tanzania

wood, middle brown patina, typical abstract form, navel and breasts indicated, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing part backside

H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany

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454 Standing female figure

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Tanzania, Holoholo

wood, black patina, a well-formed body rising from high legs with nearly naturalistic features, grooved coiffure, projecting ears, slightly dam., missing parts (left arm), crack (face); the Holoholo are a small ethnic group living in Zaire at the banks of Lake Tanganyika. Only few sculptures and figurally carved dignitary staffs are known. Their style reflects the geographic location, combining elements of eastern Zaire and Tansania on the opposite side of the lake.

H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Great Britain

Price: 1800 - 3500 €

455 Fertility doll "mwana hiti"

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Tanzania, Kami

wood, shiny brown patina, of typical form, simplified facial features and "split" coiffure, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion

H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany

Literature
Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 78, ill. 26

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456 Fertility doll "mwana hiti"

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Tanzania, Kwere

wood, matt, middle brown patina, typical form, bipartite coiffure, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion; the term "mwana hiti" relates to trunk figures common all over East Tanzania. Most famous are those of the Zaramo and the Kwere. Until the end of the 19th century their usage was multifunctional. They served as tips for staffs, tomb figures, stoppers for calabashes, ancestor figures, for decoration of combs and music instruments and finally as dolls for ritual purposes.

H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

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457 Fertility doll

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Tanzania, Kwere

wood, brown patina, black paint, characteristic abstract form, slightly dam., crack (backside)

H: 13,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany

Sold.

458 Fertility doll "mwana hiti"

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Tanzania, Kwere

wood, brown patina, blackened in parts, abstract form, split crested coiffure, min. dam., traces of abrasion

H: 11,5 cm
H: 4.5 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

Literature
Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 77, ill. 18

Sold.

459 Female figure

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Tanzania, Kwere

wood, dark brown patina, seated on a three-legged stool, voluminous round thighs, the head characterized by large ears and a cantilevered neck plait, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion

H: 30,5 cm
H: 12 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

Price: 1800 - 3500 €

460 Trough zither

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Tanzania, Kwere

wood, partly shiny dark brown patina, string of glass beads, trough-shaped corpus, pierced on top and at the bottom for fixing the strings, crowned by a small "mwana hiti" figure, min. dam., strings missing, slight traces of abrasion, on base

H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch

Provenance
Coll. Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany

Literature
Krieger, Kurt, Ostafrikanische Plastik, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1990, ill. 229 f.

Price: 600 - 1200 €