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I hope you are all doing well in those strange days where the whole world is staying at home and I am paid to keep my shop closed .
My new online auction is ending tonight Sunday May 10, 2020 around 8 p.m. Belgian time. Remember: When you bid on Catawiki there is only 9 % on the hammer price, and if you can’t attend the end of the auction the auto-bid function is your best friend. .
The packing and shipping cost is 25€ for Europe, and 50€ outside.
Discover the low reserve prices below, click the links for more details and images..
Lots offered by David Norden Buy African Antiques.
A quite enigmatic mask.
H= 43 cm 50 cm metal stand included.
Stool Fragment – Wood – child birth – Chokwe – Angola
Reserve Price 380€
A fine fragment of a Chokwe Chief’s Throne, Angola representing a birth scene with two male figures in attendance
Height: 13 cm. 21 cm on the custom made wood base ( included in your package). The wood stand is 34 cm large
H= 16cm . Inscription under the base. ( see images). Gray steatite stone turned black and with remains of Tokula red powder.
An Lega Mask from Congo DRC. with a very sensitive expression.
22 cm 27 cm on the metal stand included.
Figurative Mangbetu Vessel mid-XXth with a t-shapped nose
Height 29 cm. Red fired clay. Some restorations at the ears, the back of the coiffure, and cracks on the base ( see pictures)
Ashanti Akuaba Female Fertility doll – Mid XXth – Perfect condition.
H= 27cm with horn, 31 cm on the custom made wood base.
Estimated Age: around 1900-1930.
Then in the collection of Jan Kusters, Netherland.H= 59 cm with horn, 65cm on the custom made wood base.
Age: around 1900.
Very expressive Teke figure.coming from a private collection in Paris.
Sold with a custom made wood stand.
H= 27 cm, 30 cm on the custom made wood base.
provenance:Modou Sow, a dutch scholar who worked for the Berg en Dal Africa Museum
H: 30 cm. 38 cm on the custom made wood stand.
H= 23 cm. 31cm on the metal stand (included)
Among the Baule every man and women have a spirit spouse.
A fine female Baule with a shiny patina, hard wood.
The spirit spouse has to be feed an egg everyday and taken care off.
Height 42 cm , 44 cm on the custom made metal base . Estimated age: 1930’s
Expected a boiled egg inside the package as a bonus to feed your statue.
Provenance: Donald Taitt, an abstract painter from Paris born in 1930 who collected African Art..H= 90 cm. Can be attached to the wall, no stand included. Black pigments Remains of white paint spots.
A Fine Dan Spoon also named Wekemia with abstract scarifications on the handle.
PROVENANCE: -Private Belgian collection, early 70 ‘s.
HEIGHT: H = 41 cm , 44 cm on metal stand ( included in your package ).
The Dan Tribe is from Liberia near Sierra Leone in Africa. The Dan spoons where reserved for woman and a sign of Presitige and rank in the society.
A good size female Lwena figure in wood with some millefiori glass beads ( red, white, blue) around the neck , copper earnings one with an engraved number 230 and unreadable inscription. Fiber skirt and feathers on top.
Representing the chiefs wife in full ornate ( mukwakuhico).
H= 45cm, 60 cm with the feathers . Sold with a metal stand.
A Pair of Edan from the secret Ogboni society one of the most important Yoruba-speaking associations in Nigeria.
PROVENANCE: Modou Sow collection, who used to work at the Berg en Dal Africa Museum in Netherland.
HEIGHT: 30 cm , 45 cm on the custom made metal + wood stand ( included in your package )
A fine representation of a Kuba Ndop king.
Provenance: Gaethan Schoonbroodt, Verviers.
Height: 52 cm
Condition: Wood, dark Honey Patina. Some little cracks all around in the wood.
Inscription on base: ” Ukenco Roi de Pakuba Congo-Kasai ”
This Lobi head had the same function as the figures and was placed on family altars in the Thilda, a small family shrine.
Provenance: Jan Kusters, collection Netherland
Age: First half XXth. century
H= 39 cmDespite their functional form, royal stools are never used for sitting but, rather, are sacred prestige insignia preserved within a king’s palace.
Figure – Seeds, Wood – Decorative Nkishi -NO PRICE RESERVE – Bakongo – Congo DRC
The Nkisi statue from Congo covered with wooden pegs, raffia, seeds, and small cotton filled with spices. A fetish said to hold great power in its body to protect a village.
DRC, Angola- Mid 20th century – Good condition-Provenance Private collection Antwerp, the previous owner bought it at Amberes in the 1990’s.The Chokwe are well known for art objects produced to celebrate and validate the royal court.
A fine female dance mask Mwana PWO, tribe of the Chokwe, D.R. Congo, Angola
Packing and transport costs are low and in house only 25€ for Europe and 50€ outside Europe, if you buy more than one lot the transportation costs are only charged once.
Of course I am happy to provide further information.
Wishing you a safe day, and happy hunting!
Remember: When you bid on Catawiki there is only 9 % on the hammer price, and if you can’t attend the end of the auction the auto-bid function is your best friend. .
Happy Bidding ,
David Norden African Art. Sint Katelijnevest 27. B2000 Antwerpen. Belgium.
Phone: +32 3 227 35 40 email: david.norden@telenet.be
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