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IMAGINAIRETRIBAL 2020 P. 4 P. 8 Lere/Guimbala Dogon Sculpture Ancestor sculpture Mali, Inland Niger Delta Mali, N’duleri North of Debo Lake Wood Copper alloy H. 71 cm H. 14,8 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: 16th century - 17th century 11th century - 16th century Provenance: Provenance : - Private Collection, Belgium. - Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris. - Bryce Holcombe (d. 1983), New York. Metal analysis: - Private Collection, Spain. CIRAM-0918-OA-349B. 82,3% of Copper 8,4% of Zinc. The metal does not content any evidence of modernity such as alumi- Published and exhibited: nium, phosphorus, manganese or chromium. -Ella, Yolanda; Combalia, Victòria; Vargas Llosa, Mario. El primer eros. Ajuntament de Barcelona-Institut de Cultura. Lunwerg Editores, Ed. Altri. Barcelona , 2004. p.53, nº26. C14 Analysis: CIRAM-0720-OA-310B-1. 1495-1601 (64.1.% probability) / 1616-1661 (31.3% probablity) P. 12 P. 16 Bamana Bamana N’tomo mask Flanitokele sculpture Mali, Segou Region Mali Wood Wood and iron H. 30 cm H. 49 cm Estimated period: Early 20th century Estimated period: 19th century - early 20th century Provenance: - Franco Monti Collection (1931-2008), Milan. Provenance : - Olivier Castellano, Paris. - Bode & Bodes, Hague. (Adquired in Paris, 1958) - F. Carmignani Collection, Italy, - André Scholler (1929-2015), París. Published and exhibited: - Joaquin Pecci, Brussels. - Mali, Paysages de Catherine de Clippel. Galerie Olivier - Pace Primitive, New York. Castellano, Paris. Septembre, 2010. p.21. - GvR Family Collection, Brussels. - Mercedes & David Serra Collection, Barcelona. 80 Published and exhibited: - Expo cat.: Femina. A vission of the woman in the african and himalayan art. Buch edition. Brussels, 2006. p.3. - Expo cat.: Sculptural Tradtion of the French Sudan. Pace Editions Inc. New York, 2008. - Tribal Art Magazine, X-3. Nº12, Printemps, 2006. p.57. (By Joaquin Pecci.)
P. 20 P. 24 IMAGINAIRETRIBAL 2020 Lobi Senufo Bateba phuwe sculpture Equestrian figure Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Wood Copper alloy H. 43,5 cm H. 11,5 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: Early 20th century or before 19th century Provenance: Provenance: - J.P. Delcourt Collection (1925-2018), France. - Private Collection, Italy. - G.F. Scanzi Collection (1936-2017), Italy. - Private Collection, Spain. Published: -Scanzi, G.F. L’art traditionnel Lobi. Ed. Milanos, Bergamo, 1993, p.269, nº218. P. 28 P. 32 Baule Dan Seated sculpture Mask Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Wood Wood H. 46 cm H. 16 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: 19th century - early 20th century 19th century - early 20th century Provenance: Provenance: - Private Collection, France. - Private Collection, France. - Loudmer-Poulain, París. “Art Primitif”. 18 April 1975. - Private Collection, Spain. Lot 143. - Private Collection, Spain. 81
IMAGINAIRETRIBAL 2020 P. 36 P. 40 Dan/Guere Dan/Mano Wakemia ceremonial spoon Mask Liberia/Ivory Coast Liberia/Ivory Coast Wood and vegetal fibers Metal alloy H. 55,5 cm H. 9,6 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: Early 20th century 19th century - early 20th century Provenance: Provenance: - Private Collection, United Kingdom. - Mercedes & David Serra Collection, Barcelona. - Private Collection, Spain. P. 44 P. 48 Bete Bete Sculpture Glé Mask Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Wood Wood, metal tacks and iron H. 72 cm H. 29 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: 19th century - early 20th century. Early 20th century Provenance: Provenance: - Bohumil Holas, Prage (1909-1979). - Private Collection, France. - Emil Storrer Collection, Zurich (1898-1964). - Private Collection, Spain. Published: - Holas, B. L’Image du Monde Bété. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris. 1968, p.67. - Holas. B. Sculptures ivoiriennes. Imprimerie Reliure Mame Tours, 1969. Cover. - Holas. B. Sculptures ivoiriennes. Deuxième édition élargie, Geuthner-Paris, 1973, p.110-111, nº33. 82
P. 52 P. 56 IMAGINAIRETRIBAL 2020 Ebrie/Attie Yoruba Nkpasopi sculpture Ibeji sculpture Ivory Coast, Lagoon Region Nigeria, Oyo Region Wood and glass beads Wood, glass beads and metal H. 34 cm H. 28 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: Early 20th century 19th century - early 20th century Provenance: Provenance: - J.P. Delcourt Collection (1925-2018), France. - Javier Lentini Collection, Spain. - G.F. Scanzi Collection (1936-2017), Italy. Published and exhibited: Published: - Àfrica: màgia i poder. 2500 anys d’art a Nigèria. Fundació “La - Scanzi, G.F. La statuaire akan. Ed. Tribalglobale Primary Caixa”, Barcelona. 1998. p. 174. nº177. Art. Italie, 2010, p.212, nº141. P. 60 P. 64 Pan-Benue culture Luba Nigeria Kibango, staff figure Mid-Lower Benue Region D.R. of Congo, Southeast Region Copper alloy Wood H. 41 cm H. 26 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: 18th century - early 19th century Early 20th century or before Provenance: Provenance: - Private Collection, Spain. - Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, 1989. - Private Collection, Spain. Metal analysis: CIRAM-0220-OA-149B. 70,3% of Copper 28% of Zinc and Published: abscence of Tin correspond to metallurgical techniques - Ad: Arts d’Afrique Noire nº71. Autum, 1989. p.10. (By L’Impasse used in Nigeria at the end of 18th century and the begin- St. Jacques Arts Primitifs) ning of 19th century. Thermoluminescence analysis: QEDLaboratoire QED1915/EB-0101. Estimated period of the last bake of the clay between 180 and 240 years. Similar style piece in: Central Nigeria Unmasked. Arts of the Benue River Valley. Fowler Museum at UCLA. Los Angeles, 2012. p.198, nº6.20. 83
IMAGINAIRETRIBAL 2020 P. 68 P. 72 Chokwe Ifugao N’kisi fetish Pakko or idu spoon D.R. of Congo/Angola Philippines, North of Luzon Wood, glass and natual fibers Wood H. 30 cm H. 17 cm Estimated period: Estimated period: Late 19th century 19th century - early 20th century Provenance: Provenance: - Benjamin Darksy Collection, Michigan. - Private Collection, Spain. - Mercedes & David Serra Collection, Barcelona. 84
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