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3011430 Colon figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
wood with brown patina, camwood powder, slender high-towering figure, carved with trousers, belt and cap, rep. (right foot), on base; originating from the contact between Euopeans and Africans, carved in the traditional style of the respective region.
H: 60 cm
H: 23.6 inch
Provenance
Coll. Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Literature
Lohse, Wulf, Colonne, Colon, Kolo, München 1980, ill. 25
Price: 1000 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011458 Theater costume
China
beige coloured cotton support textile, sequined with flower motifs; within the scope of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (released by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1976) bought from the fund of the Peking Opera.
L: 137 cm
L: 53.9 inch
Price: 600 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011459 Womans jacket
China
blood red silk-damast with flower medaillons, sewn with borders and gold embroidery, finest wool fleece inside
L: 105 cm
L: 41.3 inch
Price: 600 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011887 Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
dark brown wood, mat, slightly encrusted patina, wearing a horned mask of the "walu" type, min. dam.; the mythic antelope "walu" was engaged by the creator god "amma" to defend the sun from the fox "yurugu". To take revenge the fox digged holes in the ground, so that the antelope fell and got badly injured. Although the eight ancestors of men nursed "walu", the antelope died. The dance of the mask "walu" should remind of this mythical occurrence.
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Provenance
Coll. Adriaan Blom, Crans Celigny, Switzerland
Coll. Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Price: 1000 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011890 Standing female figure carrying a bird on the head
Mali, Dogon
dark brown wood, mat, encrusted patina, strong legs supporting an overlength body with both hands clasped together in front of the abdomen, small globular head, dam. by crack in the body, several holes, on base
H: 55 cm
H: 21.7 inch
Provenance
Coll. Adriaan Blom, Crans Celigny, Switzerland
Coll. Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Price: 3000 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011897 Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Congo
wood, shiny dark patina, showing block-like contours, probably depicting a sister, wearing habit, veil and rosary, holding a vessel in her hands, min. dam.
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Provenance
Coll. Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Price: 1000 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011900 Standing male magical figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
wood, dark shiny patina, the upper part of the body with rectangular opening for insertion of medicine, both arms in shallow relief close to the body, globular, bearded head, tattoos in form of parallel lines on the cheeks, crest-like coiffure, dam. (feet), cracks (neck and abdomen); such figures had a protective function against diseases and sorcery. Their magical power was kept in a cylindrical package, called "bilongo", which includes the special ingredients put together according to the needs of the person in question. The package was fixed to the abdomen because to the Tekes opinion, magical wisdom can be swallowed and preserved in the stomach.
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
Provenance
Coll. Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland
Coll. Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Price: 3000 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3011998 Ceremonial axe
Burkina Faso, Puguli
wood, mat patina, stylized bird's head with long projecting beak, crowned by a human figure, dam. by small fissures and missing piece at the beak, on base; the Puguli are a small ethnic group belonging to the Lobi in Burkina Faso.
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Provenance
Coll. Adriaan Blom, Crans Celigny, Switzerland
Coll. Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Price: 600 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3012567 Double door "eka manaka
Indonesia - Timor
dark brown wood, white pigment remains, dipterous, both handles carved with zoomorphic motifs, dam.
H: 125 cm; B: 63 cm (both)
H: 49.2 inch; B: 24.8 inch (both)
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Price: 1500 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3015755 Architectural element
Indonesia - Nias
wood, middle brown patina, triangular in cross-section, flattened to the front and decorated with a male figure in half relief, framed by incised zigzag-ornaments on both sides, min. dam., cracks, missing parts
112 cm x 29 cm
44.1 inch x 11.4 inch
Provenance
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Price: 500 € plus 19 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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