Jo de Buck Tribal Arts catalogue: Cultures 2017
The Yaka and Surrounding cultures
Exhibition during: Cultures – BRUNEAF 7 – 11 June 2017
@ Jo de Buck Tribal Arts Rue des Minimes 43, 1000 Brussels www.jodebuck.com
Small Yaka fetish
• 14 cm • Wood and fiber • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Ex. Noble and Jean Endicot, USA
Yaka magical package
• 19,5 cm • Wood, cloth and fiber • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Belgian colonial collection • Ex. Alain Guisson – Yannick Van Ruysevelt
Mbuun calabash stopper
• 17,5 cm • Wood and fiber • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Ex. Serge Le Guenan, Paris
Zombo fetish
• 27 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Father Costermans collection
Cubistic Yaka figure
• 42 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection, Paris
Holo female figure
• 26 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Late 19th - Early 20th century • Ex. Norman Hurst, USA
Zombo platter
• 47 cm • Wood and metal • R.D.Congo, 19th century • Ex. Alain Guisson • Pierre Dartevelle Gallery
Mbala fetish
• 18 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Late 19th - Early 20th century • Ex. Karel Timmermans, Belgium • Ex. Jacky De Maeyer, Belgium
Mbuun Adze
• 40 cm • Wood, iron and brass • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Ex. James Willis, San Francisco • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection
(Published: “Haches et Herminettes”, Juin 2015, P 32)
Mbala adze
• 29,5 cm • Wood and metal • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection
(Published: “Haches et Herminettes”, Juin 2015, P 31)
Yaka adze
• 33 cm • Wood and brass • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection
(Published: “Haches et Herminettes”, Juin 2015, P 46)
Yaka ”Ndeemba” Mask
• 70 cm • Wood, fiber and cloth • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection
Yaka “Ndeemba” mask
• 68 cm • Wood, brass tags, cloth and fiber • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Rik Elias collection, Belgium
Suku “Kakuungu” mask
• 86 cm • Wood, fiber and antelope hair • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Alain Bovis, Paris
Big Yaka fetish
• 97 cm • Wood, brass tags, cloth and fiber • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Yann Ferrandin collection, Paris • Ex. Sargos collection, France • Published in Arts et Traditions d’Afrique, du profond au sacré By Catherine et Patrick Sargos, p. 199, g: 5.13
Initiates dressed for the dance Photo, Van Doorslaer
Back cover: Chokwe “Mu Po” mask
• 22 cm • Wood and fiber • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Kevin Conru collection