Online catalogue for the 66th tribal art auction
51 Shell currency "kina"
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Highlands
mother of pearl, sickle-shaped, dyed with red pigment, attached to a knotted band with pendants of kuskus pelt, rep. at the rim; such shells were means for trade and payment. Only on special occasions they were used as ornament, but not worn around the neck, but rather mounted on a pillow of grass.
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Provenance
collected in situ, 1977
Literature
Heermann, Ingrid, Menter, Ulrich, Schmuck der Südsee, München 1990, p. 58
Sold.
52 Figural suspension hook and breast ornament
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
wood, blackish brown patina, an anthropomorphic figure rising from a sickle-shaped hook, flanked by a couple of stylized kalao birds, minor missing parts, cowrie snail inlay (left eye) missing; additional: breast ornament of plant fibre weave with boar tusk and shell disc
H: 66 cm
H: 26 inch
Provenance
Old Collection, Berlin, Germany
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 229
Price: 2000 - 4000 €
53 Cooking pot "gur aniang"
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Markham Valley
fired reddish brown clay, two stylized heads peek up over opposite sides of the rim, representing flying foxes, incised and modelled ornaments, dam., missing parts, crack, rep. (ear of a flying fox); pouring out of the deep valley behind the Huon Peninsula and into the Gulf is the Markham River. This area is the home of the Adzera, masterly clay-pot makers who became famous for their beautiful cooking pots. Known as "Zumin pottery".
D: 22 cm; H: 12,5 cm
D: 8.7 inch; H: 4.9 inch
Provenance
collected in situ, 1977
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 165, ill. 169
Price: 200 - 400 €
54 Squatting anthropomorphic figure
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Massim
wood, shiny black patina, kaolin, of stylized form, linear incisions, slightly dam., missing part, crack; figurative free-standing sculpture is extremely rare in the Massim area. While the human figure, animals and birds of all kinds are commonly found as decorative and symbolic elements on utilitarian items, full-figure representations of spirits and ancestors appear to be very limited.
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 138
Price: 500 - 1000 €
55 Pillow of a head crest
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
wood, dark brown patina, lancet-shaped board, on either side carved with ancestor spirit and animal head, incised ornaments on the underside, slightly dam., minor missing parts, legs originally attached with rotan (now missing)
B: 54 cm
B: 21.3 inch
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 97
Price: 700 - 1400 €
56 War shield
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River, Madang Province
wood, greyish brown patina, flat board, oval in shape with a wedge-shaped relief form at the centre top, the carrying device was a fibre strap fastened through two holes, one at each edge just above the centre, slightly dam.
H: 136,5 cm
H: 53.7 inch
Provenance
Private Dutch Collection, The Netherlands
Literature
H. Beran, B. Craig (ed.), Shields of Melanesia, Honolulu 2005, p. 102, ill. 4.37
Sold.
57 Female ancestor figure
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
wood, spotted patina, a mixture of red pigment and remains of dark brown paint, a simplified body with elongated arms rising from short legs, crowned by a prominent oversized head with the tapering chin reaching down to the breast, a beak-shaped nose, slightly dam., cracks, on block-like base; the "beak-style" is characteristic for figures of the Lower Sepik and refers to the close connection between man and bird. The Sepik people believe the bird to be responsible for carrying the soul of man into the other world ("soul bird").
H: 38,5 cm
H: 15.2 inch
Provenance
Robert J. Casey, USA
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Published in
Robert J. Casey, Easter Island, Home of the Scornful Gods, Brooklyn/New York 1931, p. 256
Literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, S. 20 f.
Price: 10000 - 20000 €
58 Standing male ancestor figure
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
wood, dark brown patina, red and white pigment, schematized forms, an eyelet-shaped projection at the back of the head, slightly dam., cracks, rep., missing part, on pedestal; the figures represent certain founding ancestors or cultural heroes, but various spirit beings as well. The transition above all regarding ancestor figures is fluent, for real ancestors are kept in reminiscence just for a few generations and become "anonym" lateron.
H: 59 cm
H: 23.2 inch
Provenance
Coll. Prof. Wolfgang Panzer, Heidelberg/Mainz, Germany, collected in situ 1931
Coll. Prof. Georg Elwert, Berlin, Germany (1993)
Literature
Ferne Völker - Frühe Zeiten, Kunstwerke aus dem Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Bd. 1, Recklinghausen 1982, p. 193 f.
Price: 1800 - 3000 €
59 Male ancestor figure
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
wood, dark brown patina, eyes in concetric rings, a motif repeated by the ornaments on breast and bladebones, drilled ears and pierced septum, slightly dam., minor missing parts, on block-like base; representing a hybrid-figure: partly man (portrait of the ancestor) and clan/lineage or totem-cult figure as well.
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Literature
Reche, Otto, Der Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss, Hamburg 1913, p. 373 f.
Price: 1500 - 3000 €
60 Male ancestor figure "blaal"
This object is not available any more.
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
wood, middle brown patina, encrusted in some areas, simplified body, prominent oversized head with the chin reaching nearly to the middle of the breast, typical details: slanting eyes, a nose with pierced septum and the hat-shaped superstructure, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off, on plate; such ancestor figures - just like the skulls - encorporate the deceased. The head as abode of vital force is disproportionately emphasized.
H: 72 cm
H: 28.3 inch
Provenance
Private Collection, The Netherlands
Price: 1800 - 3000 €
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