Online catalogue for the 67th tribal art auction

191 Standing male figure "blolo bian"

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, traces of kaolin, typical posture, well-balanced facial features, elaborate fine-grooved coiffure and scarification marks, the left wrist carved with an armring, legs and feet slightly twisted to the right, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, rep. (pedestal), on base

H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch

Price: 2500 - 5000 €

192 Standing female figure

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, raised tattoos on the temples, remains of a fabric loincloth, encrustations with clay, dam., insect caused missing parts backside, cracks, rep. (base)

H: 39,5 cm
H: 15.6 inch

Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ 1958)

Price: 1800 - 3500 €

193 Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic mask face

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, blackish brown patina, pointed ears, projection at the back of the head with delicate incised linear decor, metal loop for support, bobbin missing, old collection number backside "B 92", slightly dam., paint rubbed off, rep. (both ears), on plate; heddle pulleys belong to the weavers and were passed on as appreciated heirloom within the family. Because of their private character, the weaver is allowed to define their form on his own. The weaver who uses traditional methods employs so-called heddle pulleys to guide his cotton thread.

H: 15,5 cm
H: 6.1 inch

Provenance
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1932)

Price: 1500 - 3000 €

194 Materinté

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, brown patina, red, black and white pigment, the child is arranged crossways on the womans lap, the bodies are formed homogeneous: the thighs are elongated and the feet are disproportionately large, the mothers feet are carved with shoes, even the regular faces are homogeneous, facial features and coiffures elaborate worked, slightly dam., rep. (left thigh of the female, stool); Baule classification for sculptures such as this is "waka sran", literally "person of wood".This sculpture would be appreciated for its aesthetic qualities, with phrases such as "o e fe" ("it is pleasing"); "o ti klanman" ("it is beautiful").

H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch

Literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule - African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 97

Sold.

195 Colon figure: young woman in green dress

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, polychrome paint, carved with european clothing: high-heel plateau-sandals and armless skirt, upraised arms, with both hands holding a yellow shawl, the neck carved with rings, slightly dam. cracks

H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch

Provenance
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany

Published in
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Colon, Das schwarze Bild vom weißen Mann, München 1983, ill. 20

Sold.

196 Mask "kplekple bla"

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, red, white and black paint, disc-shaped face, crowned by curved horns, raised eyes with painted pupils and drop-shaped framing, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion; according to the Baule, these masks do not represent any particular animal, though the horns can be identified as antelope horns. They are worn with an animal skin on the dancer's back, invariably that of a goat in the case of this junior mask. Other masks in the "goli" series wear the skins of larger, more imposing bush animals. "Kplekple bla" is the first to appear, and is worn by the least experienced of the dancers since it has the lowest status of the group.

H: 90 cm
H: 35.4 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Sweden
Pierre Dartevelle, Brüssel, Belgien

Literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genf 1993, p. 126, ill. 212

Price: 20000 - 40000 €

197 Zoomorphic mask "bonu amwin"

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Ivory Coast, Baule

wood, black partly encrusted patina, red and white paint, helmet-shaped, drilled holes around the rim, min. dam., minor missing parts, traces of abrasion; "bonu amwin" means "god of the woods". This mask of high authority belongs to the "do" secret society. This mask was greatly feared, it was a powerful force for averting harm and maintaining order in the community. Each village had at least one. Women were rigorously excluded from all performances and were not permitted to see the mask. Should a woman see one even by accident, it was said, she is doomed to die.

H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch

Provenance
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 14 & 15 October 1977, lot 524
Lorne Balshine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genf 1993, p. 120 ff.

Sold.

198 Mask

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Ivory Coast, Bete

wood, encrusted brown patina, the facial plane arranged in horizontal levels, decorated with metal tags, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, traces of abrasion

H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Provenance
Gallery Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany

Literature
Boyer, Alain-Michel, Girard, Patrick u.a., Arts premiers de Côte d' Ivoire, Sepia 1997, ill. 43

Price: 2500 - 4000 €

199 Heddle pulley

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Ivory Coast, Bete

wood, shiny brown patina, u-shaped corpus, crowned by a human head with long neck and cheek scarification marks, bobbin and crossbar missing, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of usage, on metal plate; the weaver who uses traditional methods employs so-called heddle pulleys to guide his cotton thread. They are decorated with motifs taken from the ancestral cult or tribal symbols. However, heddle pulleys do not embody ritual meanings.

H: 22cm
H: 8.7 inch

Provenance
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France

Price: 1000 - 2000 €

200 Mask

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Ivory Coast, Dan

wood, matt black patina, of oval form, dominated by tube-shaped, protruding eyes stud with metal sheet and open mouth with inset teeth (mainly mising) and a beard with coins attached, collection number "69", pierced around the rim, missing parts through insect caused damage, on wooden base

H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Sold.