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AF R ICA
TELLEM FIGURE
01 Tellem figure Dogon Bandiagara south cliffs, Mali Wood 16th Century or earlier Heigth : 33 cm Provenance: South of France collection Price: 5.000 euros
Object presented by: Guilhem Montagut T.: +34 (0) 932159024 E.: guilhem@galeriamontagut.com
DOGON FIGURE
02 Bamboo-Toro cup holder figure Dogon Bandiagara region, Mali 17th Century or earlier Provenance: Liz Clairborne and Arthur Ortenberg collection, USA Sotheby’s New York, 5th May 1997, lot: 288 Price: 7.000 euros
Object presented by: Guilhem Montagut T.: +34 (0) 932159024 E.: guilhem@galeriamontagut.com
DOGON DOORLOCK
03 Doorlock Dogon Mali Wood and metal Heigth: 56 cm Price : 1.500 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
LOBI RITUAL SNAKES
04 Ritual snakes Lobi / Gan Burkina Faso Iron Price : : left : 750 euros / center : 500 euros / right : 750 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
DAN MASK
05 Mask Dan Ivory Coast Circa 20th Century Heigth: 23 cm Price on request
Object presented by: Marc Assayag M.: +1 (0) 514 795 6595 E.: marc@marcassayag.com
GURO PULLEY
06 Pulley Guro Ivory Coast Wood Height : 19,5 cm Provenance: Loudmer sale, Paris 1987 Collected insitu by Lieutenant Liotard around the 1960’s Ex. private collection, Paris Published in : Arts d’Afrique Noire, Num. 64 Price on request
Object presented by: Tao Kerefoff M.: + 33 (0) 6 606 404 05 E.: tao.kerefoff@gmail.com
BAULE HEDDLE PULLEY
07 Heddle pulley Baule Ivory Coast Wood Heigth: 25 cm Price : 2.000 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
BENIN FIGURINE
08 Fish figurine Dahomey, Benin Late 19th Century Provenance: Ex Charles Miller, New York Price on request
Object presented by: Jacaranda M.: +1 (0) 646 251 8528 E.: dori@jacarandatribal.com
IBEDJI FIGURE
09 “Ibeji” twin figure Yoruba Nigeria Wood and metal Heigth: 24,5 cm Price : 1.500 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
KUBA CUP
10 Cup Kuba D.R. of Congo Circa 20th Century Heigth: 20 cm Provenance: Ex. Private Collection, NY Ex. Charles Ratton, Paris Price on request
Object presented by: Marc Assayag M.: +1 (0) 514 795 6595 E.: marc@marcassayag.com
PENDE SWORD
11 “Epalang” sword Yanzi Ngul Pende Zaïre, D.R. of Congo Wood and iron Price : 4.500 euros This is both a dance knife and a prestige emblem. The iron blade, asymmetrical and discoid, offers a beautiful set of lines of dramatic drawing. The crumbly iron gives an aesthetic value.
Object presented by: Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh M.: +32 (0) 475 467 315 E.: info@patrickmestdagh.com
TSONGA AXE
12 Axe Tsonga South Africa Wood and iron Circa 19th Century Provenance: Ex Vianna Davis New York. Bought early 1980’s. She got most of her pieces from Eric Robertson Price : 6.000 euros
Object presented by: Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh M.: +32 (0) 475 467 315 E.: info@patrickmestdagh.com
ASIA
NEPAL CHARM
13 Guide charm Nepal Wood Heigth: 24 cm Price : 800 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
O C E A N IA
KORWAR FIGURE
14 Amulet Figure Korwar Geelvink Bay, West Papua 19th Century Heigth: 14 cm Provenance: Old Dutch Collection Price on request
Object presented by: Bruce Frank M.: +1 (0) 917 733 9589 E.: bfrank212@aol.com
BATAK DOOR
15 Door Batak Indonesia 19th / 20th Century Heigth: 100 cm Provenance: Ex. Private Collection, Usa Ex. Douglas Dawson Gallery, Usa ex Dr. J. Hasibuan Coll, Indonesia Price on request
Object presented by: Marc Assayag M.: +1 (0) 514 795 6595 E.: marc@marcassayag.com
FLORES MASK
16 Mask Flores Indonesia Circa 20th Century Heigth: 25 cm Provenance: Ex. Private Collection, NY Ex. Tom Murray Exhibitions: Transformation Masks Tom Murray (inv. 10208) Price on request
Object presented by: Marc Assayag M.: +1 (0) 514 795 6595 E.: marc@marcassayag.com
PAPUA NEW GUINEA DRUM
17 “Kundu” drum Papua New Guinea Wood and lizard leather End 19th Century Heigth : 42 cm Price: 3.000 euros
Object presented by: Lucas Ratton M.: +33 (0) 6 16 80 13 11 E.: primitivart@gmail.com
IATMUL FIGURE
18 A very fine and powerfully built male ancestor figure. The large rounded head is more naturalistic then usual with bead inlaid eyes and pursed mouth. The ears and nose are pierced. The barrel shaped abdomen is placed under a large shelf of pectoral muscle. The umbilicus is decorated with an oval keloid initiation motif. Iatmul People Middle Sepik River, PNG, Melanesia. Wood with a red ocher pigment and European glass trade beads 19th / 20th Century Height: 23 cm Provenance: Ex French private collection Price on Request Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
IATMUL FLUTE STOPPER
19 Flute stopper Iatmul Middle Sepik, PNG Wood and cauris Heigth: 38 cm Price : SOLD
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 (0) 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
ABELAM SPIRIT FACE
20 Ancestral Spirit Face East Abelam, West Yangoru Area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Height : 46 cm 19th Century Provenance: Walter Randel. John Friede, Rye, New York Published in : Art of the Abelam, fig. 40 Price on request
Object presented by: Bruce Frank M.: +1 (0) 917 733 9589 E.: bfrank212@aol.com
This fantastic example of an ancestor face represents a major spirit used in yam festivals. This pre-contact object was stone cared and at one time brightly painted in red, yellow, and white pigments, the remains of which are still visible. Paint was viewed as a magical substances, that gives life to a piece of wood and instilling power into the object. The face is naturalistically carved, the hook nose, small mouth and eyes, and slightly protruding brow leave a beautiful patinated canvas for what was once a brightly painted masterwork. Upon first glance, the base of the object appears to be in the shape of a hook, but a closer look reveals that it is actually in the form of two spirit birds, an important iconographic motif.
KARAWARI CULT FIGURE
21 Cult Figure Karawari River, Middle Sepik River region, Papua New Guinea 19th Century or before Heigth: 44,5 cm Provenance: Rudolf and Leonor Blum, Zurich Price on request
Object presented by: Bruce Frank M.: +1 (0) 917 733 9589 E.: bfrank212@aol.com
Also known as “hooks�, these figures are considered to be living beings that aid in hunting and warfare. Stored in caves, these objects were painted with lime and red ochre pigments, some of which are still visible on the surface. The carver took great care in creating this particular object. Using the natural shape of the wood, the artist instilled a wonderful sense of movement. The hook motif is present throughout the entire object. A spirit face is visible towards the lower half. The large eyes and hook nose of the face are iconic of the Sepik River Region.
TAMI SAGO STIRRER
22 Sago stirrer Tami Islands Huon Gulf, PNG, Melanesia Wood with a glossy patina 19th/20th Century Height: 100,5 cm Price on Request An exceptionally fine sago stirrer carved as a large spatula. The decor is composed of superbly carved male heads with their faces completely tattooed. The long pointed noses of the ancestors lead down to the chin which is held in the mouth of and undulating snake. The iconography while of a classical format is sublimed here by the exquisite carving style.
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
SINGRIN HOOK
23 Hook Singrin Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea Circa 20th Century Heigth: 45 cm Provenance: Ex. Private Collection, Paris Ex. Harry Franklin Gallery, USA Price on request
Object presented by: Marc Assayag M.: +1 (0) 514 795 6595 E.: marc@marcassayag.com
MAORI FIGURE
24 A powerfully carved male, Tekoteko, or gable figure, an architectural element from the roof of a ceremonial meetinghouse or Marae. The flattened, frontal figure offers a strongly sculpted body and features in the aggressive Polynesian Stance camped with legs a part and slightly bent, three fingered hands held to the stomach, and the head sitting low on the wide neck. The sculptor has used here all the available breadth of the wood to block out the squared head, shoulders, arms and legs widening the figure to offer maximum visibility. The face is organized to focus on the three main components of the squinting slanted eyes, the wide nose, and the open mouth with the aggressive extended tongue. The figure wears a unique form of four-pointed crown and there is a frontal knob at the center of the forehead. The Tekoteko stands on an elongated shaft carved in full relief with seven down curving hooks. The ocular, nasal and oral cavities are cut through, creating openings through which could stream sunlight. This is a very special and unique effect known on only two other Tekoteko (ex Pierre Verité collection, Paris; Volkerkunde Museum, Berlin).
“Tekoteko” figure Maori New Zealand, Polynesia Wood (Kauri Pine : Agathis australis) with a fine patina of age, exposure and wear 18th /19th Century Height : 74 cm Provenance : Simon Spierer, Geneva; Adrian Schlag, Brussels; Daniel Hourdé, Paris; Private Collection, NY. Published in : Ein Wald von Skulpturen / Une Foret de Sculptures : Slg. / Coll. Simon Spierer. Ed. : Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005, p. 148/149 and back of dust-jacket. Adrian Schlag. Tribal Art Classics II. Paris, 2006, p. 54/55. Price on Request
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com
FIJI KOVA BOWL
25 Kava bowl Fiji Wood SOLD
The deeply curved circular receptacle is supported by ten feet. It featured a stylized head of a turtle and eyes drilled to spend ropes for hanging on when not used.
Object presented by: Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh M.: +32 (0) 475 467 315 E.: info@patrickmestdagh.com
TONGA PADDLE
26 “paki” 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 EFFIGY FIGURE
27 A large votive or magical effigy of a human. This figure and a kayak hunter effigy found in the same cache appear to be carved from the same type of wood This and other aspects, such as being unpainted as well as found under rocks, indicates that they were ceremonial and belonged to a shaman. Cape Nome, Alaska. Wood with a weathered patina and traces of scorching or tar 9th Century or earlier Height : 33,8 cm. Provenance : Found buried under large rocks on Cape Nome in 1968 along with a kayak and hunter effigy. Ex coll. : Josephine L. Reader; Jeffery Myers, NY. Published in : ESKIMO ART, Tradition and innovation in North Alaska. Dorothy Jean Ray, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1977, p. 119, fig. 55. Price on Request
Object presented by: Anthony Meyer M.: +33 (0) 6 80 10 80 E.: ajpmeyer@gmail.com