Arts of Africa, America and Oceania
Pipe Chokwé.
Animated by a couple of characte…
Culture Dogon.
Large horseman. Depicting a Dogo…
Statuette Colima dite “Flat Figurine“.
Figurative of a standing figure.…
Masque Songye, du type Kifwébé, aux formes géométriques.
The protruding mouth, the nose e…
PNG, Sepik-Ramu, small amulet figure.
h. 15.3 cm. [1]
…
Sepik, hook figure
with standing male figure, ratta…
PNG, Sepik, suspension hook,
carved with double bird heads. E…
PNG, Sepik, bamboo lime container,
the stopper shaped as a hornbill…
PNG, Sepik, elongated mask
with pierced eyes, bulbous foreh…
PNG, large Sepik mask
with cassowary feathers, shell e…
PNG, Sepik, small wooden drum,
the handle with two carved faces…
DRC., Bembe standing female figure
with keloid tattoo and black-bro…
Nigeria, Yoruba, three Ibeji, a triplet;
two male and one female figure. …
Nigeria, Yoruba, wooden Ifa tapper.
with a squated female figure sur…
Burkina Faso, Mossi, puppet,
covered in leather. Old German c…
Burkina Faso, Mossi, crest mask
zoomorphic mask with red, white …
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilobu Oyo, male Ibeji figure
dressed in a beaded mantle. h. 2…
Nigeria, Yoruba, a beaded crown
with four crown panels. Herewith…
Nigeria, Igbo, helmet mask,
with a figural group of a rider …
Mali, Dogon, small figure
with a fine crest hair style and…
Nigeria, Yoruba, four Ibeji figures;
two Ogbomosho and a pair Ede Oyo…
Nigeria, Igbo, white face mask,
with original cotton accoutermen…
Nigeria, Yoruba, ivory Eshu implement, ca. 1930
Herewith a bronze Ogboni sculptu…
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu Ode, a male and female Ibeji figure
with beaded ornaments h. 21 cm. …
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, two pair of Ibeji figures.
h. 21 - 22.5 cm. [4]
…
Mali, Dogon, granary door with depiction of breasts, attractively wheathered.
Solid hanging system on the back…
Nigeria Yoruba, a collection of six Ibadan Owu Ibeji figures;
Ex collection Ursula Voorhuis. h…
Yoruba, wooden Ifa plate
with a carved face in high relie…
Burkina Faso, Mossi, face mask
with vertical crest and antelope…
Mali, Dogon, Walu mask,
with layers of red, white and bl…
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin Oyo, a collection of seven various Ibeji figures.
Ex collection Ursula Voorhuis. h…
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Iperu, male twin figure, hands akimbo, turban-like headdress, carver Onamosun
and two other from this area. Pr…
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu-Ode, male twin figure with prominent sex
Provenance Ursula Voorhuis, St. …
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilorin, male ere ibeji, with metal inlaid eyes, beaded ornaments and three twin figures
a male and two females, glossy p…
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun, female twin figure, arms akimbo, beaded necklace
and two ibeji from the same area…
Mali, Bamana, hyena mask,
Provenance Galerie de Ruimte, Ee…
Nigeria, Yoruba, two Ibeji figures
No description
…
Nigeria, Yoruba, two pair of Ibeji figures.
Of Ibadan style. h. 26 and 23 cm…
Jadeiet masker in Teotihuacan stijl;
on metal stand. h. 20 cm, w. 25 …
Mali, Bamana, crest mask, chiwara.
with a wooden pewter plaited bas…
DRC., Songye, carved wooden ornament and Yoruba a Ifa oracle board.
L. 23 and w. 40 cm. [2]
…
Burkina Faso, Mossi, wooden puppet,
with four pierced eyes and black…
PNG, Sepik, mask
with polychrome pigments, shell …
Mali, Bamana, ntomo mask.
Herewith a leather covered gourd…
Mali, Bamana, Komo mask
with plantfibers, horns and thic…
Bété, République de Côte d'Ivoire, statuette féminine nue aux scarifications ancestrales, bois, ancienne patine d'usage brune, traces de pigments, XXe
Bété, République de Côte d'Ivoir…
Roi Kuba en bois sculpté Congo 20ème
Roi Kuba en bois sculpté Congo 2…
Art précolombien statue en terre cuite
Art précolombien statue en terre…
Art précolombien vase perroquet en terre cuite
Art précolombien vase perroquet …
Afrique, VERE.
Afrique , VERE. Bracelet ouvert …
Afrique , VERE.
Afrique. VERE. Bracelet de cérém…
Arts of Africa, America and Oceania
In the top ten of bids, the ethnic arts by no means drag their heels. Whether we call them primitive or tribal arts, these treasures of Africa, America and Oceania sold at auction have fascinated collectors from André Breton to Pablo Picasso and from Pierre Vérité to Jacques Kerchache. In 2000, Kerchache was largely responsible for introducing works by these peoples considered "without writing or history" to the Louvre, foreshadowing the opening of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris.
"Masterpieces the world over are born free and equal," to quote the man who loved these magical objects from all over the globe: from Africa (Ivory Coast, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Angola, Burkina-Faso, Gabon, Madagascar, etc.), Oceania (Papua New Guinea, the Marquesas Islands, the Cook Islands, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Polynesia, etc.), the Americas (the Tainos of the Caribbean islands, the Inuits from the Gulf of Alaska) and Insulindia (Borneo, Indonesia).
While they acquired the rank of art works late on in their history, since 2000, the ethnic arts have certainly been adding fuel to the (sacred) fire in online auctions, with Dogon masks, Fang statues, Kota mbulu-ngulu reliquary figures, Maori pendants and Eskimo sculptures.
