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Cover image: Dayak head. Presented by Thomas Murray on p. 28 /TribalArtSociety
Augus T ARTWORK s
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Glewa m A s K
Anthropomorphic male mask
Kran / Dan
Eastern Liberia, border with Ivory Coast
Wood, brass, iron and fabric
Height: 22,5 cm
Provenance: Alain Lecompte, Paris
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Mark Eglinton
M.: +1 646-675-7150
E.: markeglinton@icloud.com
Ig: @markeglintontribalart
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s enufO s TA ff
Tefalipitya ceremonial staff
Senufo Ivory Coast 19th century Wood Length: 136 cm
Provenance: Vente Loudmer, Paris (1980) Alexis Brimaud, Lisboa Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: guilhem Montagut
T.: + 34 931 414 319 E.: monica@galeriamontagut.com W.: www.galeriamontagut.com
A CO lle CT i O n O f n debele b e A d WORK
Zulu South Africa
Circa 1920 – 1980
Provenance:
Hans van Drumpt, Maastricht Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Zebregs&Röell +31 6 207 43671 dickie@zebregsroell.com www.zebregsroell.com
Amongst others “Love letters”, made by a girl for the young man she loves, “Lighabi”, small skirt with tassels worn by young children, “Isiphephetu”, stiff skirt for marriageable girls after their initiation, “Linga Koba”, long tears, worn by the mother after the initiation of her son, “Ijogolo”, bead skirt with five flaps worn by married women and supposed to represent the mother and her children, “Lighabi”, various necklaces, a dance staff and “Isapaji”, beaded leather purse, “Isithimba”, a half-round skirt of goats hide trimmed with beads, worn at the back by a marriageable girl to accentuate the movement of her buttocks, “Icanci”, a collar mainly favoured by older women, “Nguba”, marriage blanket worn by married women after the birth of a child has confirmed their marriage.
Ndebele is a small Zulu-speaking clan living in a few small settlements east of Pretoria, famous for its beadwork and mural paintings. In the 19th century, the Ndebele kingdom was a powerful people living in their stronghold at the Mapoch’s Caves, beating off several attacks by the Boer Republic. In 1883, they were beaten by the Boers, driven from their land and severely punished for their long resistance. Although Francois Levaillant (1753-1824), a French explorer and ornithologist who travelled widely in South Africa in the early seventeen eighties, illustrated Khoikhoi women with beadwork skirts in his books, the characteristic Ndebele patterns in beadwork and mural painting appear to be rather recent. Very little is known from before 1900, and most is after 1940. During the first part of the 20th century, the patterns on the garments the females made were geometric on a white background. In the fifties, the females started to use many different colours and more figurative designs, often based on the form of their houses. The women mainly wore beadwork garments during ceremonies, indicating their age, marital status, whether they had children, and more.
Hans van Drumpt (1939-2015), a painter and a collector of African art yearly, visited Kwa Ndebele in the mid-eighties and, from then on, started collecting Ndebele beadwork. He got to know the Ndebele princess Franzina Ndimande and her daughter Angelina, both well-known mural painters. He invited them in 1991 to decorate the new wing of the main building of the University of Maastricht with Ndebele mural paintings. In 1994 the princess and her daughter were invited by the Kruithuis Museum in s’Hertogenbosch to decorate specially made large ceramic objects and 250 square meters of museum walls with mural paintings for an exhibition called “AmaNdebele – kleursignalen uit Zuid Afrika” (July 17-November 6) In this exhibition part of Hans van Drumpt’s collection of Ndebele beadwork was exhibited.
T.: + 44 7725 689 801 E.: adam@adamprout.com W.: www.adamprout.com
This would have been hung on a wall just inside the house to hang your Kris on as you came in.
bARKC l OTH
sA m P les
Tapa Samples
Tahiti/Hawaii
Early 19th century
29 pieces in all, largest 50 cm x 42 cm
Provenance: Private collection Cabinet of curiosities
Leominster, U.K.
Price:
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Adam Prout
T.: + 44 7725 689 801 E.: adam@adamprout.com W. : www.adamprout.com
An important collection of Tapa samples dating to the early 19th century.
Due to the perishable nature of the materials few examples of barkcloth from this period survive outside of museums. Two of the samples shown here are inscribed “from Tahiti” the other examples in the collection are probably Hawaiian or Tahitian.
There are two pieces which match up perfectly with some examples given by the Reverend John Williams to his sister now in the collections of SOAS and so it is clear that at least two of the pieces here were collected by him and there is a possibility that they all were?
For further pictures, dimensions etc, please visit my website. (www.adamprout.com)
dAyAK H e A d
Small head finial from an ancestral shrine
Modang-Bahau Dayak Borneo
10th-12th century (determined by C-14 testing, 95% certainty)
Wood, shell
Height: 18 cm
Provenance:
Private French collection Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Thomas Murray
M.: + 1 415.378.0716 E.: thomas@tmurrayarts.com W.: www.tmurrayarts.com
A highly refined and very early portrait of an ancestor from East Borneo, the origin of the style has been attributed to the culturally related Modang and Bahau Dayak ethnic groups. However, in light of the consistent early dating of such sculptures, in this case going back a thousand years, and keeping in mind the migrations of the Dayak during historic times, attribution is impossible to know with certainty. It is likely to have survived in a cave setting.
This piece will be exhibited at the Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show Santa Fe August 9-12, 2024
More info on: www.whitehawkshows.com
dAyAK s T i CK
Tun Tun
Iban Dayak Sarawak, Borneo
Carved from a lighter wood and has a good patina
Figure height:
54,5 cm x 3,2 cm x 4,5 cm 21 ½ x 1 ¼ x 1 ¾ inches
Price: 8.500 USD
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Thomas Murray
M.: + 1 415.378.0716 E.: thomas@tmurrayarts.com W.: www.tmurrayarts.com
This tun tun is distinguished by the whimsey of his expression, wild boar cheeks, extensive surface decoration, and large scale.
This piece will be exhibited at the Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show Santa Fe August 9-12, 2024
More info on: www.whitehawkshows.com
dAyAK s T i CK
Tun Tun
Iban Dayak Sarawak, Borneo
Figure height:
50,8 cm x 2,54 cm x 4,8 cm
20 ½ x 1 x 1 7/8 inches
Provenance:
Merton Simpson to Jerry Solomon (2/8/87)
Jerry Solomon to Thomas Murray (10/5/2016)
Price: 15.000 USD
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Thomas Murray
M.: + 1 415.378.0716
E.: thomas@tmurrayarts.com
W.: www.tmurrayarts.com
This piece will be exhibited at the Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show Santa Fe August 9-12, 2024
More info on: www.whitehawkshows.com
dAyAK s T i CK
Tun Tun Iban Dayak Sarawak, Borneo
Fine carving of the back along the spine, the head is big in proportion to his neck
Figure height:
47 cm x 1,9 cm x 3,2 cm
18 ½ x ¾ x 1 ¼ inches
Price: 8.500 USD
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Thomas Murray
M.: + 1 415.378.0716
E.: thomas@tmurrayarts.com
W.: www.tmurrayarts.com
This piece will be exhibited at the Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show Santa Fe August 9-12, 2024
More info on: www.whitehawkshows.com
dO g O n figu R e
Bombou - Toro figure
Dogon Mali
18th century Wood Height: 70 cm
Provenance:
M. Labrowsky, Lyon
Private collection, Madrid
Publication:
Montagut gallery. Hogon. Barcelone, 2018. p. 97 - 99 - 125
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: guilhem Montagut
T.: + 34 931 414 319 E.: monica@galeriamontagut.com W.: www.galeriamontagut.com
This exceptional example of Dogon sculpture represents a character in the conventional pose of the statuary of this people. The strength of this artwork is supported not only by its hieratic construction, but also by its cylindrical body of elongated shapes and arms detached from the long chest. The hands are directed towards the lower abdomen with a raised compass. All this gives it a timeless dignity.
The oval head is crowned by a stylized vessel. The face indicated by two small eyes framed by the long arrow shaped nose, above a small mouth and a protruding chin.
K ARAyu H e A d R es T
Headrest
Karayu, Oromo Harerge Region, Ethiopia Wood
Height: 17 cm
Price: 1.200 euros
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: David Serra
T.: +34 (0) 667525597
E.: galeria@davidserra.es
W.: www.davidserra.es
K if W ebe m A s K
Mask
Songye
D.R. of the Congo
Early 20th century
Wood and pigments
Height: 46 cm
Provenance:
Ingo Evers, Bonn, germany
Adrian Schlag, Brussels
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by:
Julien Flak
M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36
E.: contact@galerieflak.com W.: www.galerieflak.com
This mask is currently on display in our summer pop-up event in Aix-en-Provence.
Open by appointment until the end of August. I look forward to welcoming you there.
Chemin de Bibémus, 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Please contact me by email to schedule an appointment or call +33 6 84 52 81 36
KulAngO figuRe
Double Figure
Kulango Ivory Coast
Late 19th - Early 20th century
Height: 12 cm
Bronze
Provenance: guy Van Rijn, Belgium
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: guilhem Montagut
T.: + 34 931 414 319 E.: monica@galeriamontagut.com W.: www.galeriamontagut.com
Amulet used in divinatory rites. This figure depicts a double figure whose body is projected forward, hands resting on a prominent abdomen and feet fused with a trapezoidal oblique plate. The oversized head is triangular in shape. globular eyes emerge from a flat face.
lub A AX e
Shankadi Axe Luba
D.R of the Congo Wood, brass and iron
Length: 38,5 cm
Provenance: Jan Lundberg, Sweden (2014) Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Mark Eglinton
M.: +1 646-675-7150
E.: markeglinton@icloud.com
Ig: @markeglintontribalart
n e W g uine A lA dle
A rare ladle formed from a coconut with a carefully carved wooden shaft Cenderawasih Bay, geelvink Bay, Western New guinea Circa 1900
Length: 49 cm
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Adam Prout
T.: + 44 7725 689 801 E.: adam@adamprout.com W. : www.adamprout.com
Ovimbundu s TA ff
Prestige staff
Ovimbundu
Angola
Early 20th century
Wood and copper alloy wire
Height: 80,5 cm
Provenance:
Old Private collection, England
Private collection, Belgium
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: David Serra
T.: +34 (0) 667525597
E.: galeria@davidserra.es
W.: www.davidserra.es
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P uebl O d Rum
Drum
Pueblo
American Southwest 20th century
Wood, hide and pigments
Height: 25 cm
Provenance: Jean-Paul Morin, France
Sotheby’s Paris, « Collection Jean-Paul Morin Jamais Perdu en Mer », Oct. 2020
François Meyer, geneva
TAs exclusive price: 1.200 euros
This Pueblo drum is currently on display in our summer pop-up event in Aix-en-Provence. Open by appointment until the end of August. I look forward to welcoming you there.
Chemin de Bibémus, 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Please contact me by email to schedule an appointment or call +33 6 84 52 81 36
Obje CT P R esen T ed by:
Julien Flak
M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36
E.: contact@galerieflak.com W.: www.galerieflak.com
Red f e ATH e R
Cu RR en C y ‘TevAu’
A Rare Double Roll of Pacific Solomon Islands
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands
19th century
Plant fibre, bark strips, red bird feathers, small shells, glass beads
45 cm (h) x 80 cm (w) x 6,5 cm (d)
Height with stand: 61 cm
Provenance:
Acquired directly in 1983 on Temotu Island from Joseph Olu, a local Elder / Chief, whose family had owned the ‘tevau’ for generations
Private collection
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Finch & Co
T.: +44 (0)7768 236921
E.: enquiries@finch-and-co.co.uk
W.: www.finch-and-co.co.uk
m ende m A s K
Sande Mask
Mende Sierra Leone
Early 20th century
Wood
Height: 39 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, France (acquired late 1960)
Price: 3.500 euros
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: David Serra
T.: +34 (0) 667525597
E.: galeria@davidserra.es W.: www.davidserra.es
sHA ng O
Figure Yoruba Nigeria Wood Height: 62 cm
Provenance: Adrian Schlag
TAs exclusive price: 1.200 euros
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Joaquin Pecci
T.: + 32 477 43 94 12
E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be W. : www.joaquinpecci.net
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s O l O m O n b OW l
Bowl
Solomon Islands
Early 20th century
Wood and shell
Length: 37 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Australia
Private collection, Singapore
Pierre Mondoloni, France, since 2007
TAs exclusive price: 2.500 euros
This Solomon bowl is currently on display in our summer pop-up event in Aix-en-Provence.
Open by appointment until the end of August. I look forward to welcoming you there.
Chemin de Bibémus, 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Please contact me by email to schedule an appointment or call +33 6 84 52 81 36
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Julien Flak
M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com W.: www.galerieflak.com
48 cm TAs exclusive price: 900 euros
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Joaquin Pecci
T.: + 32 477 43 94 12
E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be
W.: www.joaquinpecci.net
TO l A i mA s K
Lor mask
Tolai
Bismark archipelago, gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, P.N.g 20th century
Wood, pigments, fibers, feathers, teeth
Height: 52 cm
Provenance: Luk Linut
Mia & Loed Van Bussel, Amsterdam gary Hendershott, Dallas
TAs exclusive price:
Obje CT P R esen T ed by:
Julien Flak
M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36
E.: contact@galerieflak.com
W.: www.galerieflak.com
This Tolai mask is currently on display in our summer pop-up event in Aix-en-Provence. Open by appointment until the end of August. I look forward to welcoming you there.
Chemin de Bibémus, 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Please contact me by email to schedule an appointment or call +33 6 84 52 81 36
For similar please look at the British Museum archives museum number 1958,1112.2, the Quai Branly also has several related examples.
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AX e H e A ds
A group of stone axe heads
Vietnam
Neolithic 4500BC-500BC
Stone
Length: 11 cm (largest) and 5 cm (smallest)
Provenance:
French collectors labels from 19th century
Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Adam Prout
T.: + 44 7725 689 801 E.: adam@adamprout.com W.: www.adamprout.com
Wu RK un CO u P le
Figures
Wurkun Nigeria
Wood and iron
Height: 38 cm and 36 cm
TAs exclusive price: 1.500 euros
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Joaquin Pecci
T.: + 32 477 43 94 12 E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be W.: www.joaquinpecci.net
yORub A TRAy
Divination Tray Opon Ifa Yoruba Nigeria
Wood and libation material
Diameter: 36 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, NYC Price on request
Obje CT P R esen T ed by: Mark Eglinton
M.: +1 646-675-7150 E.: markeglinton@icloud.com Ig: @markeglintontribalart
