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Auction 22 December 2022 Acution 390 - African, Oceanic and Americas Art. - Brescia

Bid on the lot list Casa d'Aste Capitolium Art : 22 December 2022 - DECEMBER 22ND LOTS (1 - 88) 4:00 PMEXPOSITION: no exposition, lots visible only by appointment. Bescia - Brescia

Acution 390 - African, Oceanic and Americas Art.

Thursday 22 December 2022 - 16:00 (CET) - Live

Via C. Cattaneo 55 - Palazzo Ci Brescia, Italie

Casa d'Aste Capitolium Art

Acution 390 - African, Oceanic and Americas Art.

Lot n° 1

African art Sierra Leone - Mende.

African art. Sierra Leone - Mende. Helmet mask or Sowei. Hardwood, raffia and pigments.. The helmet masks of the Mende, also called Sowei, were worn by elderly women during the rites of passage to adulthood of girls, who were called Sande or Bundu. They...

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Lot n° 2

African art Sierra Leone - Mende

African art. Sierra Leone - Mende Helmet mask. Hardwood with black patina, nails. Shortcomings, defects, restorations and magnificent signs of use. Former Renè Druart collection.. In ancient times, the elderly women of the Mende used masks like this one...

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Lot n° 3

African art Liberia- Von Gla mask

African art. Liberia- Von Gla mask Hardwood with dark patina, metal pigments and kaolin. Signs of use. Ex Raffaele Carrieri collection.. Mask of great expressiveness characterized by nacchera eyes and horns, nose, cheek and mouth prominent as in the typical...

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Lot n° 4

African art Ivory Coast- Dan Mask

African art. Ivory Coast- Dan Mask Hard wood with glossy patina, black pigment and metal. Signs of use.. A beautiful and honest Dan mask of the Deangle type, characterised by slit eyes framed in aluminium. The metal used helps to place this mask in a...

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Lot n° 5

African art Ivory Coast/Liberia - Dan

African art. Ivory Coast/Liberia - Dan Gunye Ge mask. Hardwood with black crusty patina. Signs of use.. Fascinating Dan mask of the Gunye Ge type, with round eyes, a wide forehead, a well-proportioned nose and mouth in the purest Dan style, characterised...

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Lot n° 6

African art Mali - Dogon.

African art. Mali - Dogon. Ritual figure. Iron. Signs of use.. Dogon iron ritual figure, probably Binou gina, in anthropomorphic form kneeling with outstretched arms. Object of exemplary plastic form, with beautiful patina. . Cm 5,50 x 14,00 x 4,50.

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Lot n° 7

African art Mali - Dogon.

African art. Mali - Dogon. Anthropomorphic ritual figure. Iron. Signs of use.. Anthropomorphic ritual figure with bent knees and a forged face with excellent expressive detail. Beautiful in size and patina, which above the rust suggests all the time that...

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Lot n° 8

African art Mali - Bambara.

African art. Mali - Bambara. Hyena mask or Korè Suruku. Softwood with black patina. Lacks, restorations and evident signs of use.. The Kore is known as the seventh and last initiation society among the Bambara, that is, the highest universal intelligence,...

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Lot n° 9

African art Mali - Bambara.

African art. Mali - Bambara. Female sculpture. Hardwood with dark patina, metal, fibres and shell. Visible defects and signs of use. A powerful and fascinating Bambara sculpture characterised by roughly sculpted, almost cubist volumes that in no way detract...

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Lot n° 10

African art Mali - Dogon.

African art. Mali - Dogon. Barn lock. Hardwood with dark patina and metal. Signs of use. With base.. Beautiful Dogon barn lock of the Walu or Ka antelope horn type. The stylised antelope horns and the body of the lock are elaborately carved and engraved...

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Lot n° 11

African art Mali -Dogon.

African art. Mali -Dogon. Lock for barn door. Hardwood with natural patina. Signs of use. With base.. Beautiful as the old barn door lock, sculpted with skill and characterized by the pair of ancestors symbol of the ancestral culrtura Dogon. Of remarkable...

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Lot n° 12

African art Mali - Dogon

African art. Mali - Dogon Black monkey mask. Hardwood with dark patina, bitumen and pigments, animal hair and fiber. Defects and signs of use.. Beautiful and powerful mask of black monkey Dogon, characterized by long face and nose, domed forehead , triangular...

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Lot n° 13

African art Mali - Dogon.

African art. Mali - Dogon. Anthropomorphic sculpture Bombu-toro. Hardwood. Signs of use. With base. Ex Coll.Castellano.. Sometimes a few centimetres of wood can masterfully reveal several visual lessons at once. Synthesis and expressiveness are in fact...

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Lot n° 14

African art Ivory Coast - Baulè

African art. Ivory Coast - Baulè Anthropomorphic sculpture. Hard wood with black patina, beads and pigments. Signs of use. . Baulè anthropomorphic sculpture with red eyes, probably of colonial times seen the little elaborated style of the hairstyle and...

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Lot n° 15

African art Ivory Coast - Baulè.

African art. Ivory Coast - Baulè. Anthropomorphic colonial sculpture. Hardwood with natural patina and burnt pigments.. Beautiful in size, quality of carving and proportion of volume, this colonial Baulè sculpture, which most probably represents and impersonates...

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Lot n° 16

African art Ivory Coast - Baulè.

African art. Ivory Coast - Baulè. Female sculpture. Hardwood with thick posthumous varnish. Visible defects and signs of use. With plexiglass base.. The great quality of carving of this Baulè female sculpture, probably from the colonial period as suggested...

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Lot n° 17

African art Ivory Coast - Baulè.

African art. Ivory Coast - Baulè. Anthropomorphic male sculpture Blolo Bian. Hardwood with black and polished patina, kaolin. Within the sphere of Baule sculpture, great importance was given to the wooden statuettes of the Bride and Groom of the Other...

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Lot n° 18

African art Ivory Coast, Mali - Senufo

African art. Ivory Coast, Mali - Senufo Kponyugo or Firespitter helmet mask. Wood and industrial pigments. Defects, shortcomings and signs of use.. Kponyugo or Wanyugo masks, also commonly known as Firespitter, were used by the male secret initiatory...

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Lot n° 19

African art Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso -Senufo.

African art. Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso -Senufo. Kpeliè mask. Metal alloy. Oxidation, visible defects, signs of use.. Splendid in its aesthetics, fine casting quality, significant patina and obvious signs of use, this ancient Kpeliè mask was used...

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Lot n° 20

African art Burkina Faso - Lobi.

African art. Burkina Faso - Lobi. Male Figure or Bateba. Hard wood. Signs of use.. Elegant sculpture of Lobi male figure in the classic upright posture, static and threatening, almost martial, with the careful and ready look, this Bateba was carved to...

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Lot n° 21

African art Mask antelope Nyanga.

African art. Mask antelope Nyanga. Hardwood with natural patina, pigments. Small defects, shortcomings and signs of use. hard wood with natural patina, pigments. Originally used only by blacksmiths and then also adopted by farmers during the rites for...

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Lot n° 22

African art Burkina Faso - Bobo.

African art. Burkina Faso - Bobo. Mask. Burkina Faso - Bobo Wood, kaolin and pigments. Visible defects and signs of use. . Usually carved and worn by blacksmiths during initiation rites and funerals, Bobo masks were often depicted with anthropomorphic...

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Lot n° 23

African art Ghana - Koma -Builsa.

African art. Ghana - Koma -Builsa. Helmet with anthropomorphic figure. Metal alloy. Signs of use.. A heavy bronze helmet characterised by a remarkable abstract-geometric decoration cleverly composed of alternating voids in the lateral triangles complementing...

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Lot n° 24

African art Ghana - Jacks

African art. Ghana - Jacks Anthropomorphic female sculpture. Hardwood with light blond patina, beads and pigment. Signs of use. With base. Provenance: Geri Gallery Milan.. A beautiful propitiatory female figure or portrait of a relative, characterised...

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Lot n° 25

African art Ghana - Ashanti.

African art. Ghana - Ashanti. Fertility doll or Akua' ba. Hard wood with dark patina, beads. Signs of use.. Beautiful doll of fertility, excellent synthesis, proportions, sculptural carving and with a decent patina. Dressed up with earrings, necklace...

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Lot n° 26

African art Ghana - Ashanti.

African art. Ghana - Ashanti. Seat Mma gwa. Hard wood with light patina. Defects, restorations and signs of use.. In the past, Ashanti seats not only had a purely practical function but also had a spiritual connotation. The seat was believed to be the...

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Lot n° 27

African art Nigeria - Yoruba.

African art. Nigeria - Yoruba. Ibeji pair. Hardwood with glossy, earthy patina, blue pigments and beads. Signs of use.. A refined pair of Ibeji twins, male and female, recognisable not only by their sexual attributes but also by their different hairstyles....

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Lot n° 28

African art Nigeria - Yoruba.

African art. Nigeria - Yoruba. Pair of Ibeji cufflinks Hardwood, brown patina, beads and brass. Minor defects and signs of use.. Pair of Ibeji cufflinks that for scarification, hairstyle and particular carving of the eyes can be geographically referred...

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Lot n° 29

African art Nigeria - Yoruba.

African art. Nigeria - Yoruba. Ibeji sculpture. Hardwood with dark patina, fibers, beads and pigments. Defects, signs of use and origin label.. Splendid sculpture of twin single Ibeji for refined as detailed quality of carving, excellent ratio between...

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Lot n° 30

African art Nigeria/Cameroon - Ekoi or Eiagham.

African art. Nigeria/Cameroon - Ekoi or Eiagham. Crest in the form of human head. Wood, antelope skin pigments and human hair on a wicker basis. Defects and signs of use.. Expressive human-head-shaped crest with three faces exhibited during the dances...

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Lot n° 31

African art Cameroon - Bamileke.

African art. Cameroon - Bamileke. Anthropomorphic figure terracotta pipe with cooker. Wood and metal.. Beautiful in size quality and antiquity is this Bamileke pipe with terracotta cooker with a full anthropomorphic figure. The pipe has fortunately come...

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Lot n° 32

African art Grassland Cameroon - Mankon.

African art. Grassland Cameroon - Mankon. Mask Atua Akam. Hardwood with dark patina, fabric, shells and pigments. Some shortcomings (shells), signs of use.. Among the Makon, one of the many ethnic groups that populate the Grassland of Cameroon, this type...

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Lot n° 33

African art Democratic Republic of Congo - Kuba.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo - Kuba. Mask helmet Bwoom. Hardwood with natural patina, metal, fabric, beads, shells, seeds and animal fur. Signs of use.. This Bwoom mask, richly decorated with beads, copper foil, seeds and shells, is part...

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Lot n° 34

African art Gabon, Ngouniè River Region - Punu.

African art. Gabon, Ngouniè River Region - Punu. Mask Mukudj. soft wood with natural patina, kaolin and pigments. Shortcomings and signs of use.. The Mukudj masks of the Punu, beautiful and very requested by the collectors market, make think of oriental...

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Lot n° 35

African art Democratic Republic of Congo- Kongo.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo- Kongo. Colonial sculpture. Hard wood with dark patina, pigments. Defects, a restoration and signs of use.. Colonial sculpture of male figure sitting with crossed legs and raised arm. Elegantly dressed with elegant...

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Lot n° 36

African art Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbala.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbala. Female sculpture. Hardwood with red crusty patina. Visible defects and signs of use.. The elaborate braided hairstyle, together with the thick red crusty patina, are typical hallmarks of Mbala sculpture....

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Lot n° 37

African art Central African Republic Yela or Mbole - Mongo

African art. Central African Republic Yela or Mbole - Mongo Mask. Hardwood with natural patina, traces of kaolin and pigments. Visible defects and signs of use.. A rare Yela or Mbole mask made from a particularly old and worn Mongo anklet casting mould....

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Lot n° 38

African art League, Democratic Republic of Congo.

African art. League, Democratic Republic of Congo. Ivory bracialet. Two small chippings and signs of use.. Splendid Lega bracelet in ivory, obtained from the cross-section of the tusk, softened by the raised edges and richly decorated with geometric engravings...

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Lot n° 39

African art Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu. Dark and glossy ivory patina. Small defects and signs of use.. Roughly carved without any concession to decoration and without any ornamentation, but with a magnificent patina given by wear and time,...

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Lot n° 40

African art Democratic Republic of Congo - Lega.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo - Lega. Female figure. Ivory. Some flaws, signs of use. . Beautiful and old female figure in ivory, probably of ancestor, obtained sculpting the external part of the tusk and leaving the back of the rough and...

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Lot n° 41

African art Mali - Bambara.

African art. Mali - Bambara. Mace and rank insignia. Wood with natural patina. Signs of use.. An insignia of rank in the shape of a hare's head or rabbit, used in all probability resting on the shoulder to indicate the high rank of the dignitary who wore...

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Lot n° 42

African art Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola. - Chokwe or Lwena.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola. - Chokwe or Lwena. Janiform stick. Hardwood with natural patina. Visible defects and signs of use.. Beautiful is the specular play of the opposing faces with the excellent solution of continuity skilfully...

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Lot n° 43

African art Angola - Ovimbundu.

African art. Angola - Ovimbundu. War club and rank insignia. Hardwood with dark patina. Signs of use. Hardwood war club with head decorated with engravings in geometric motifs, which in all probability served to leave an indelible mark on the body of...

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Lot n° 44

African art Angola - Ovimbundu.

African art. Angola - Ovimbundu. Rank insignia. Hardwood, pigments. Defects and minor faults. signs of use.. As beautiful as it is rare, this prestige baton or insignia of rank indicated the status of the owner, who through the elaborate and complex hairdo...

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Lot n° 45

African art Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola -Lwena.

African art. Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola -Lwena. Mace and rank insignia with anthropomorphic head. Hardwood with light patina. Signs of use. The geographic origin of this stick/sign of rank is certain thanks to the typical headgear used by the...

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Lot n° 46

African art South Africa - Zulu.

African art. South Africa - Zulu. Ancient war club and rank insignia. Hardwood, copper wire and metal. Signs of use. Ancient fighting weapon and rank insignia made of a single block of hardwood and decorated with woven metal wires in the purest Zulu style....

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Lot n° 47

African art South Africa - Zulu

African art. South Africa - Zulu Staff and rank insignia probably avant-courier. Polished patina hardwood, brass ferrule. Signs of use.. Rare Zulu stick with pommel at the top and geometric decorations engraved in relief. The size of this staff (the height...

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Lot n° 48

Oceanic art Fiji Islands.

Oceanic art. Fiji Islands. War mace and rank insignia. . War club and rank insignia of the Fiji Islands characterized by nine blunt lobes. Beautiful for its simplicity and its clean design. Hardwood with natural patina. Signs of use.. Cm 5,00 x 92,00...

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Lot n° 49

Oceanic art Polynesia

Oceanic art. Polynesia War bat and rank insignia. . Difficult to establish a precise geographic origin for this war club, even if shape and wood place it in polynesian islands. The head of this bat was designed and made by the sculptor to be used in combat...

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Lot n° 50

Oceanic art Polynesia.

Oceanic art. Polynesia. War club and rank insignia. Hardwood with natural patina. Visible defects and signs of use.. Rare war club and rank insignia of difficult geographical connotation, with a rhomboid-section knocker worked and engraved with asymmetrical...

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