Mixed lot (4 items): Chokwe, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia: Four hardwood clubs featuring four different club-heads.
Mixed lot (4 items): Chokwe, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia: Four hardwood clubs featuring four different club-heads.
Carved each in one piece; in brown, hard wood. With rounded, long, smooth shafts and different heads:
1: Drop-shaped and upwardly tapered hexagonal club head. Surfaces decorated with linear bands and triangular, hatched, raised segments. The shaft displays a round thickening just under the club head. L: 52 cm.
2: Oval club-head, big and sturdy just as well as finely decorated with linear bands and geometric patterns in relief. L: 55 cm.
3: Rounded club-head with finely carved line decoration in relief. L: 48 cm.
4: Club-head similar to no. 3 — shaped like a ball, with fine line decorations in relief. Embellished as well as strengthened by three decorative nails on one of the sides. L: 43 cm. All four Chokwe clubs show visible traces of usage and each has an old, smooth and shiny patina. 19th century (ME)
Provenance: On the consignor’s account, all four clubs come from the familial estate of the Austrian Biedermeier painter Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887).
Lit.: 'Beaute Fatale. Armes d'Afrique Centrale' by J.-M. Duvosquel & J. Deraeve, ill. 481, 482a; 'Chokwe and their Bantu Neighbours' by Jean David & Gerhard Merzeder, ill. p. 30.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
02.11.2015 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 813.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 600.-
Mixed lot (4 items): Chokwe, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia: Four hardwood clubs featuring four different club-heads.
Carved each in one piece; in brown, hard wood. With rounded, long, smooth shafts and different heads:
1: Drop-shaped and upwardly tapered hexagonal club head. Surfaces decorated with linear bands and triangular, hatched, raised segments. The shaft displays a round thickening just under the club head. L: 52 cm.
2: Oval club-head, big and sturdy just as well as finely decorated with linear bands and geometric patterns in relief. L: 55 cm.
3: Rounded club-head with finely carved line decoration in relief. L: 48 cm.
4: Club-head similar to no. 3 — shaped like a ball, with fine line decorations in relief. Embellished as well as strengthened by three decorative nails on one of the sides. L: 43 cm. All four Chokwe clubs show visible traces of usage and each has an old, smooth and shiny patina. 19th century (ME)
Provenance: On the consignor’s account, all four clubs come from the familial estate of the Austrian Biedermeier painter Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887).
Lit.: 'Beaute Fatale. Armes d'Afrique Centrale' by J.-M. Duvosquel & J. Deraeve, ill. 481, 482a; 'Chokwe and their Bantu Neighbours' by Jean David & Gerhard Merzeder, ill. p. 30.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.11.2015 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 28.10. - 02.11.2015 |
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