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Books Art Related Catalogues & Publications 20th-21st century AD. A mixed group of exhibition catalogues and magazines on artistic themes including Imagines Imperatorum, Sotheby`s African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art catalogue (1), Christie`s Watercolours, Drawings and Prints catalogue (1), Sotheby`s Martin Bell catalogue (1), Sotheby`s Preview (1), Sun Asian Stamps and Philatelic History catalogue (1), Bloomsbury Erotica catalogue (1), Bloomsbury Coins, Medals, Banknotes and Tribal Art (1), Bloomsbury Bibliophile (1), Numisart Antike Kunstobjekte (1), Bonhams Chines Art (1), Bonhams Medals, Banknotes and Coins (1), Spink Derek Clifford Lacquer collection catalogue (1), Spink Insider magazine (1), Sotheby`s Irish Art catalogue (1), Financial History Magazine (1), Royal Academy of Arts magazine (2), Tate magazine (1), Anthony Frost catalogue (1), Art Quarterly magazine (1), Alain Bertrand catalogue (1), Apollo magazine (3), Celator magazine (2), Millner Manolatos catalogue (2), Alan Davie catalogue (1), E&R Cyzer Modern Masters catalogue (1), Danish Journal Hans Christian Anderson catalogue signed by the actor Tommy Steel, 1993 (1"). 11.9 kgEx Steinberg collection; acquired London art market, 1960s-1970s. TimeLine Auctions Ltd arranges printed catalogue rostrum Auctions, eAuctions and Timed Auctions where we offer antiquities, ancient artefacts / artifacts, antiques, collectibles, coins, medals and books for public sale. [32, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
African Carved Ivory Tusk Section Benin-Nigeria, early 20th century AD. A rectangular section of ivory tusk with reserved carved crocodiles, wading birds and geometric shapes in bands and panels; mounted on a custom-made stand Cf. Bacquart, J-B., The Tribal Arts of Africa,London, 1998 p.72-3. 510 grams, 18.5 cm including stand (7 1/4"). Ex Steinberg collection; acquired London art market, 1960s-1970s. TimeLine Auctions Ltd arranges printed catalogue rostrum Auctions, eAuctions and Timed Auctions where we offer antiquities, ancient artefacts / artifacts, antiques, collectibles, coins, medals and books for public sale. Fine condition.
INDJI (1912-DECEASED) Garaphon and his Bullroarers (circa 1963) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 93.5 x 66 cm PROVENANCE Private Collection Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby`s Australia, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 145, illustrated Private Collection, New South Wales The original label that accompained this work (now lost) read: `According to Murrinh-Patha mythology, long ago in the Dreamtime a man called Garaphon made a bullroarer, and inscribed thereon a series of patterns. He called together all his friends and each danced his own special dance. Garaphon whirled his bullroarer around his head and it fled into the creek. Afterwards, an old man found the bullroarer when fishing and believed it was "proper business". He called together the old men and they performed a corroboree excluding all women and men. The corroboree is known as "Sunday Business," a term believed to be only comparatively recent in origin, probably only over the last sixty years, and thought to have come from New Guinea. The corroboree is held in secret in the bush and young men are initiated. A number of bullroarers are made, each one having inscribed thereon the pattern of a dance reminiscent of the special dance performed by each man at Garaphon`s corroboree long ago. Also, bullroarers are made and inscribed exactly the same as the one Garaphon made and lost in the creek. A large ring is made in which the young men sit and watch and listern to the "Boss man" and his aids singing and dancing the story of Garaphon and other birds (it is believed that Garaphon turned into a bird after death). The corroboree goes on night and day for about two to five months and should any women see any of the initiates or the dancing all the local women are punished. In this painting the artist has shown two of the bullroarers used in the Garaphon corroboree. The path to the corroboree ground is shown and some of the food which is hunted and prepared before the ceremony starts. Hunters are shown with woomeras and spears, and hunters are very important men in the tribal structure. Stone axes are also depicted.`
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