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AF R ICA
BAULE FIGURE
01 figure Baule Ivory Coast 19th Century Provenance: Private U.S. collection Price on request
Object presented by: Jacaranda M.: +1 (0) 646 251 8528 E.: dori@jacarandatribal.com
JIMINI PULLEY
02 Pulley Jimini Ivory Coast Early 20th Century Provenance: Private U.S. collection Price on request
Object presented by: Jacaranda M.: +1 (0) 646 251 8528 E.: dori@jacarandatribal.com
AKAN FRAGMENT
03 Fragment Akan Ghana Wood End 19th Century Provenance: Emily A. and Paul S. Wingert, Montclair, 1950 Price: 4.000 euros
Object presented by: Guilhem Montagut T.: +34 (0) 932159024 E.: guilhem@galeriamontagut.com
AGNI COMB
04 Comb Agni Ghana Wood Early 20th Century Heigth : 25,5 cm Provenance: Private French collection Price: 2.800 euros
Object presented by: Lucas Ratton M.: +33 (0) 6 16 80 13 11 E.: primitivart@gmail.com
AGNI COMB
05 Comb Agni Ghana Wood Early 20th Century Heigth : 17 cm Provenance: Private French collection Price: 2.000 euros
Object presented by: Lucas Ratton M.: +33 (0) 6 16 80 13 11 E.: primitivart@gmail.com
TEKE FIGURE
06 Figure Teke D.R. of Congo End 19th Century Provenance: Gerald Benjamin, Canada Galerie Monbrison, Paris Price on request
Object presented by: Guilhem Montagut T.: +34 (0) 932159024 E.: guilhem@galeriamontagut.com
AZANDE BRACELET
07 Bracelet Azande D.R of Congo Ivory Circa 19th Century Price on request
Object presented by: Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh M.: +32 (0) 475 467 315 E.: patrick.mestdagh@marine.be
LEGA HEAD
08 Head Lega Congo Wood and cauris End of 19th - Early 20th Century Height: 16,5 cm Provenance: Old French collection Price: 8.500 euros
Object presented by: Lucas Ratton M.: +33 (0) 6 16 80 13 11 E.: primitivart@gmail.com
SAKALAVA LADDLE
09 Ceremonial laddle Sakalava Madagascar Wood Length: 21 cm Price on request
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
O C E A N IA
KANAK MASK
10 This great apouema mask from New Caledonia is said to represent the deceased high chief. The performer wore the Mourners mask high on the head, looking out from the mask’s mouth, rather than the eyes, his body covered with a net cloak covered with black pigeon feathers. The symbolism of the mask made connections with the underwater world of the dead and its acting performance was supposed to underline the chief’s abiding power. The face of the mask is stained black with a concoction made from the burnt nut of the Bancoul tree (Aleurites moluccana) the Candle Nut.
“apouema” mask Kanak North New Caledonia, Melanesia. Wood, human hair, bamboo, cane, vegetable fiber, and trade cloth 19th Century Height : 42 cm Provenance : Admiral William Oswald Story, C.B.E. (18 April 1889 / 14 January 1938). Price on Request
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
KANAK COMB
11 Comb Kanak New Caledonia Bamboo 19th Century Price on request
Object presented by: Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh M.: +32 (0) 475 467 315 E.: patrick.mestdagh@marine.be
TONGAN FISHHOOK
12 An extremely fine and large composite fishhook, or pa’atu. Tongan Islands, Polynesia. Whale bone, pearl shell (Pinctada margaritifera), turtle-shell (eretmochelys), and vegetable fiber. 18th/19th century Hook : 18.5 cm; fiber leader : 170 cm. Provenance: Ex coll. : René Choussat (1903-1987), Commissaire Principal de la Marine Marchande (Commissioner Principal of the Merchant Marine) attached to the French Messageries Maritimes from 1927 to 1933. He traveled several times in the Pacific notably for 18 month on the freighter La Pérouse sailing the Sydney-Nouméa-Port Patteson (Banks Islands) in the Northern New Hebrides route. Price on Request
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
TONGA PADDLE
13 Dance Paddle Tonga 19th Century Provenance: Ex Colin and Josephine Black collection; Blacks Museum, Mt. Gambier, South Austalia; Wayne Heathcote Price on request
Object presented by: Jacaranda M.: +1 (0) 646 251 8528 E.: dori@jacarandatribal.com
AME R ICAS
ALASKA FEMALE FIGURE
14 A very large and beautifully carved bust representing a female figure. The woman’s face is shown in superb detail and refinement - sculpted with a rarely seen mastery. The engraved features and tattoos are highlighted with a black substance (soot ?) and the eyes are inset with sections of whale baleen. The figure wears a sickle-shaped labret, which is represented by the two double-dotted crescents under the mouth. Baird Inlet/Nunivak or Nelson Island (Baird is also known as Big Lake or Nunvoguluhlugumut), Western Alaska. Walrus tusk (odobenus rosmarus divergens), baleen and remains of woven cloth. Late 19th/early 20th century. 13.7 x 6.5 x 3 cm. Provenance : Reportedly from an early 20th century German collection, possibly Speyer (unconfirmed). Price on Request
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
THULE TOGGLES
15 A superb pair of seal effigies carved as toggles. Both animals are of an extrĂŞme realism representing spotted seals (Phoca largha) with their eyes and nostrils inlayed with sections of walrus whisker. Thule Culture, probably Port Clarence region, Alaska. Walrus tusk, whisker and skin. 19th century 5 and 5.5 cm for the seals; 17 cm in total as photographed. See the identical single seal toggle collected by Nordenskiold in 1879 at Port Clarence. Price on Request
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
BRITISH GUIANA CLUB
16 “Macana” War club British Guiana Wood 19th Century Price on request
Object presented by: Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh M.: +32 (0) 475 467 315 E.: patrick.mestdagh@marine.be