Ethnographic Art and Hoi An Hoard Auction
Catalog Information: 528 lots with images
Lot 2001: HALLET ESTATE MALI MASK AFRIQUE NOIRE KONGO
FACE MASK. BAMBARA TRIBE. Blackened wood. A number "L.73.15.4" inscribed on back at jaw. Height 20 inches. Provenance: The Estate Jean-Pierre Hallet, Malibu. Fair. Numerous insect holes and erosion on the surface.
Lot 2002: BAULE FIGURE AKAN IVORY MALI BURKINA AFRICA
STANDING MALE MONKEY FIGURE HOLDING A BOWL. BAULE TRIBE. Wood covered with a crusty black substance, white pigment at teeth and eyes. Height 43.5 inches. Provenance: The Estate Jean-Pierre Hallet, Malibu. Poor.
Lot 2003: CAMEROON CHIEF SEAT AFRICAN TRIBAL ART AFRICA
FIGURAL SEAT. BAMILEKE OR RELATED TRIBE. The figure and seat covered with a thick black substance. The head with numerous polychrome beads attached to burlap, sheet metal eyes. Height 53 inches. Provenance: The Estate Jean-Pierre Hallet, Malibu. Ver [...more]
Lot 2004: AFRICAN QUEEN MOTHER ART
FEMALE FIGURE. West African style. Wearing large phallic headwear, hair is organized into three braids, two on the sides of her head and one toward the back; torso is nude, with her arms cradling a child and breast feeding it; lower half of body is [...more]
Lot 2005: MENDE VAI BUNDU HELMET MASK AFRICAN ART
MENDE or VAI HELMET MASK, bundu. Blackened wood with associated dyed raffia costume. Sierra Leone/Liberia. 20th century. Height of mask 15 inches. In fair condition, missing large section from front of bottom neck.
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