Online catalogue for the 69th tribal art auction

111 Male ancestor figure "blaal"

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Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, dark brown patina, bark loincloth wrapped around the waist, rotan cuffs at the ankles, slightly dam., crack, paint chipped off in some areas; the ancestor figures take the place of the dead person, encorporate his shadowy soul.

H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

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112 Male ancestor figure "blaal"

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Papua New Guinea - Sepik

wood, reddish brown patina, bark loincloth, curved ornaments, slightly dam., minor missing parts, crack (base)

H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

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113 Bifurcated spear tip

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Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

wood, light brown patina, red and white pigment, carved with important ancestral figures and fine notched ornaments

L: 82 cm
L: 32.3 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

Literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, ill. 360

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114 Wooden spear with bipartite tip

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Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

wooden shaft with remains of brown patina, the intermediate piece carved with stylized forms, two tips with barbs (= copy of a ray spike) inserted, fixed by cord and a coating with parinarium nut paste, rhomb pattern accentuated with red, black and white pigment, slightly dam., cracks, some Job's tears missing

L: 224 cm
L: 88.2 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

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115 Obsidian spear

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Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

bamboo shaft with remains of black paint, the obsidian blade inserted in a wooden intermediate piece, fixed by cord and parinarium nut paste, the ornamental decor emphasized by red, white and black pigment, slightly dam., missing part (tip of the obsidian blade); the rhomb decor of cord material forming an indicator for the old age of the spear.

L: 177 cm
L: 69.7 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

Literature
Ohnemus, Sylvia, Zur Kultur der Admiralitäts-Insulaner in Melanesien, Basel 1996, p. 357 f.

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116 Canoe prow

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Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

wood, reddish brown patina, in shape of a stylized crocodile with head, eyes, scale armour and legs recognizable, the projection of the snout carved with turtles, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts, on plate; the seafaring Admirality Islanders are noted for their beautifully carved canoes and canoe prows. In present case in shape of the omnipresent crocodile, which plays an important role in religious and cultic life and belongs to the most important art motifs in this region.

H: 74 cm
H: 29.1 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

Literature
Kaufmann, Christian, Kocher Schmid, Christin u. a., Admirality islands, Zürich 2002, ill. 32

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117 Model of a canoe

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Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

light-weighted wood, blotched greyish brown patina, remains of red and white pigment, both ends carved with stylized crocodile heads, flat bottom, drilled holes at the rim for insertion of ornament, slightly dam., crack at the bottom (spread with mass), paint rubbed off

L: 175 cm
L: 68.9 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

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118 Sculpture of a crocodile

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Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

light weighted wood, black, red and white pigment, of stylized elongated form, carved with raised scales, slightly dam., crack, paint rubbed off; in the whole area of Papua New Guinea the crocodile represents an important motif for sculpture. Accordingly it is a preferred motif as stem figure for dugout canoes, which were used for head hunting raids in former times. It plays an important role as "gulping monster" used at initiation rites. Individually carved, like the present example, it might be looked upon as embodiment of a "totem".

L: 76 cm
L: 29.9 inch

Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

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119 Boat model

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Canada, Inuit

leather, wood, bone, slender kayak with a wooden frame, coated by animal skin, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion; the term "kajak" derives from the greenlandish word "qajaq", a paddle boat driven by man power with a double-bladed paddle. They were originally developed by indigenous Inuit people, who used the boats to hunt on inland lakes, rivers and coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, Bering Sea and North Pacific oceans. These first kayaks were constructed from stitched seal or other animal skins stretched over a wood or whalebone-skeleton frame.

L: 62 cm
L: 24.4 inch

Provenance
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

Literature
Fitzhugh, William W. & Aron Cromwell, Crossroads of Continents, Baltimore 1988, p. 158 f.

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120 Nine bracelets

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West Africa

brass, of open form, showing different sizes and decorations, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion

D: 5,5 cm - 7 cm
D: 2.2 inch - 2.8 inch

Provenance
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany

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