Online catalogue for the 67th tribal art auction

211 Mask "gägon"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Dan

wood, black and red paint, typical form, eyes framed by metal sheet, lower jaw and beard missing, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion

H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch

Provenance
Coll. Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Literature
Guenneguez, André et Afo, Art de la Cote-d'Ivoire et de ses voisins, Paris o.J., p. 47

Price: 600 - 1200 €

212 Mask "gägon"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Dan

wood, blackish brown patina, of oval form, circular metal-framed eyes, the facial area stretched with red fabric, a sharp-edged nose merging into the protruding beak-like snout inset with tufts of black animal hair, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion

H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch

Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

Sold.

213 War mask "bugle"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Dan

wood, greyish brown patina, two metal tags, bulging eyebrows, a bulky nose and angular cheeks, completed by a protruding mouth, which is covered by several layers of animal skin, in white paint numbered "18" on the back, a movable jaw which originally might have been present now missing, slightly dam., drilled holes around the rim partly broken, traces of inserted nails; "bugle" are warrior mask figures, who prepared men for war or led them into the fight.

H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 95 f.

Sold.

214 Mask "zäwi"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Guro

wood, polychrome painted, a blackened facial plane, an open animal snout, but a narrow human nose, crowned by a curved board that is cut into two differently coloured spikes, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage and weathering, rep. (left spike); in the southern Guro country, the mask "zäwi"is extremely powerful and represents either the chief or the spokesman for the "je". In the north, however, its open mouth designates it as the "fire-eater's" mask.

H: 100 cm
H: 39.4 inch

Literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genf 1993, ill. 162

Sold.

215 Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Guro

wood, shiny, blackish brown patina, horseshoe-shaped corpus with round shoulders, tribe-typical facial features and scarification marks, bobbin and crossbar missing, rep., min. dam., slight traces of usage, on base

H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Provenance
Alain Bovis, Paris, France

Literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 237 f.

Price: 2000 - 4000 €

216 Heddle pulley

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Guro

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, horseshoe-shaped corpus with round shoulders, a columnar neck supporting an elongated head with angular hairline, min. dam., complete with bobbin and crossbar, min. dam., missing parts, on wooden base; 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 in his own.

H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Provenance
Coll. Terry Sasser, Maryland, USA
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA

Literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 237 f.

Price: 3500 - 7000 €

217 Heddle pulley

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Guro

wood, slightly encrusted blackish brown patina, horseshoe-shaped corpus, surmounted by a stylized zoomorphic head with horns, complete with bobbin (nut) and crossbar, rep., min. dam., slight traces of usage, on base

H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Provenance
Old Belgian Collection

Price: 1000 - 2000 €

218 Mask "gu"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Guro

wood, black patina, oval base, drilled around the rim, crossbar for fixing the mask with the mouth, carved with a narrow face with raised tattoos and elaborate four-lobed coiffure, mouth with filed incisors, slightly dam.; along with "zauli", a grotesque animal mask with long horns and "zamble", whose face should remind of a leopard or a crocodile, "gu" forms one mask family. "Gu" is always presented as a young woman, who is considered to be "zambles" wife. During the masquerade she appears after the two zoomorphic masks, accompanied by flutes, moving slowly and charming.

H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch

Provenance
Coll. Alfred Ries, Wiesbaden, Germany (former ambassador in Liberia)

Price: 1500 - 3500 €

219 Mask "gu"

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Guro, Area of Daloa

wood, honey brown patina, accents in dark brown, kaolin, indigo blue pigment, of narrow elongated form with a concave vaulted facial plane, sickle-shaped pierced eyes slightly asymmetrical arranged, flanking a delicate pointed nose, striated eyebrows, raised scarification marks across the forehead, at the root of the nose and on the cheeks, fine grooved coiffure with indicated ram horns, old collection label backside "6", at the same place in white paint numbered "B 17", min. dam., minor missing parts; "gu" is always carved "uanya iri nya", i. e. according to the image of "a beautiful woman". But it is always danced by men. A conical basket, attached to the mask is put over the dancers back of the head, thus helping the dancer to fix the mask in front of the face. The dancer wears a netlike costume, abundant grass fibre bunches, a womans cloth mainly in blue and an antelope pelt. Together with "zauli" - a grotesque animal mask with long horns - and "zamble" whose face should remind of a leopard or a crocodile - "gu" forms one mask family. "Gu" is always depicted as a young woman, who is considered to be zambles wife. During the masquerade she appears after the two zoomorphic masks "zaule" and "zamble", accompanied by flutes, moving slowly and charming, singing in honour of "zamble".

H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch

Provenance
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1935)
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany

Literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1985, p. 157 f. , ill. 78

Sold.

220 Mask

This object is not available any more.

Ivory Coast, Ngere

wood, shiny brown patina, kaolin, cowrie snails, almond-shaped eyes accentuated by kaolin with small see slits, dominated by a broad mouth with full lips and metal teeth, the face framed by a coiffure of drilled woolen threads and a beard made from human hair, pierced around the rim., slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base; the Ngere are also called the Southern Wè. They are setteled to the southeast of the Dan and to the west of the Bete. The typical Ngere masks, however indulge in extreme presentations of human and zoomorphic elements.

H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Provenance
William und Joyce Nicholson, New Jersey, USA
Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 14th and 15th, 1977, lot 504
Coll. Lorne Balshine, Vancouver BC, Canada

Literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Masken der Wè und Dan, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1997, p. 51, ill. 6

Sold.