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Timor, carved wooden door, showing a large rectangular panel in relief with spirals, two conical breasts and a stylized buffalo head a drilled hole for attachment of a rope. With dark black-brown patina. Ex collection Rob Kok, Amsterdam Tribal Art collector and dealer. A similar Timor door of the same collector was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, March 6th 1990, lot 165 ca. 121 x 58 and with hinges h. 149 cm [1]
Philippines, Ifugao, fine carved standing ancestral figure, bulul, 1st half 20th century, with carved collar bones, knees and hands and feet. With layers of encrusted black offering patina. Bulul are used in ceremonies associated with rice production and with healing. Provenance, bought by Rob Kok from William Beyer (Manilla between 1975 and 1980 and through descent of his family Rob Kok opened his Gallery Mabuhay on June 19th 1975 in the Berenstraat in Amsterdam with an exhibition 'The Art of Ifugao' (see the images). This figure was part of Rob Kok's personal collection [1] Creation of a bulul involves alwen bulul ritual by a priest to ensure that the statue gains power. The bulul is treated with care and respect to avoid the risk of the spirits of the ancestors bringing sickness. The figures are placed together with the rice in the house or granaries to bring a plentiful harvest. Bulul is important to ifugaos because they believe they can protect and multiply the rice and help make the harvest abundant.
Eastern Adonara, Lambuga, kala bracelet for royalty, whale ivory, ca. 1920 and Eastern Timor, Mambai culture, two ivory bracelets, 19th century. Lit. ref: R. Barnes, Ostindien im 10. Jahrhundert Auf den Spuren der Sammlung Ernst Vatter, Frankfurt 2004, p. 53 and 215. Elemental Art of the Indonesian Archipelago, San Diego 2005, p. 224f. d. 9, h. 1,5 and 100 g. and d. 8,5, h. 3,5 cm.
PNG, Ngaju Dayak, carved wooden warshield, ca. 1900, with geometrical painted patterns and circles. Collection of John Rädecker (1885-1956), a famous Dutch sculptor who designed the sculpture for the Dutch WW2 monument on the Dam Square, Amsterdam. He was a friend of Carel van Lier, and had several exhibitions in Kunstzaal van Lier where he bought or traded tribal art objects with him h. 120 cm [1]
Ivory Coast, Dan mask, With black patina, the lips with blackened added surface. With remnants of old label on the inside. . Collection of John Rädecker (1885-1956), the Dutch sculptor who designed the sculpture for the Dutch WW2 monument on the Dam Square, Amsterdam. He was a friend of Carel van Lier and could have bought from or traded Tribal Art objects with him. h. 21,5 cm. [1]
beneden het wettelijk gehalte platina en geelgouden armband, late Art-Deco geheel bezet met different geslepen diamanten. In het midden een vierpas, bezet met vier briljant geslepen diamanten, totaal ca. 0,80ct. bruto 8,7 gr., lengte 15 cm Provenance: uit de collectie van een koopmansfamilie (zie Highlights) 1
Nias, black lightwooden dance shield, baluse, decorated with tapering carving and horizontal lines of plant fibers, faceted edge. With a bulbous cilindrical decoration in the front and a handle grip carved at the back. (small damage) Ex collection Rob Kok, Amsterdam Tribal Art collector and dealer. h. 131 cm. [1]
Een gegraveerde bokaal met deksel, gedateerd 1741, het 18e eeuwse glas voorzien van een in de 19e eeuw aangebrachte radgravure van een gekroond stadswapen van Amsterdam, een molen, een boerderij en een kerk alsmede de titel: 'De Zwaan' en datering 1741. Florale gravering op de voet en deksel. h. 41 cm, incl. deksel. Provenance: The Dr. Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection of Painting and Works of Art, Amsterdam 16 april 2002.

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