African Art from the McNemar Collection IV

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African Art from the McNemar Collection IV

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Virginia-born Thomas McNemar was in the British Museum researching his dissertation when he encountered his first piece of African art. From that moment he was mesmerized, returning daily to immerse himself in the museum's collection. In time he was noticed by the curator, who nurtured the passion that would change the course of McNemar's life. He moved to the Ivory Coast in the early 1960s and spent the next twenty years traveling, learning and collecting throughout West and Central Africa. He later moved to New York to open a gallery of African Art, eventually doing the same in San Francisco before returning to his home town of Lexington Virginia. McNemar sold African art to museums and public and private collections throughout Europe and the United States. This auction is the fourth of several presenting items from Thomas McNemar's large personal collection of African art.

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Baule Zoomorphic Heddle Pulley Ivory Coast: Toothy round-eared animal figure with relief carved neck scarification and incised geometric patterns to body. Baule, Ivory Coast. On custom gallery base. Pulley (not including base) approx. 7" x 3"

0022: Baule Zoomorphic Heddle Pulley Ivory CoastEst. $100-$300

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Bangala Spear Tip Currency: Iron with weathered surface, the sharp point with knob end. Bangala people, Democratic Republic of Congo. On custom gallery stand. Height, including stand, approx. 20". Provenance: Estate of Thomas

0023: Bangala Spear Tip CurrencyEst. $50-$200

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Eastern Pende Animal Mask: Perhaps representing a stylized antelope, with diamond shaped projection at top of head, heart shaped face with tubular eyes, small circular mouth and jutting chin and with characteristic

0024: Eastern Pende Animal MaskEst. $100-$300

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Djenne Terracotta Female Figure: Seated female figure, the small head with deep cranial groove, bulging eyes, thrusting jaw. Oversized hands rest on thighs. Hollow beneath the figure's apron terminates in vaginal depression. Applied

0025: Djenne Terracotta Female FigureEst. $600-$1,200

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Nomoli Kissi Stone Dual Figure: Conjoined carved stone figures rising from a single flattened base, each with one arm bent at the elbow and held against the abdomen, both with large circular ears, the widely spaced eyes carved,

0026: Nomoli Kissi Stone Dual FigureEst. $200-$400Lot Passed

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Nomoli Kissi Stone Maternal Figure: Columnar figure with round head, and with large hollowed out circular ears, the cranial ridge terminating in small nostrils, the mouth formed by two hollows. Figure is encircled by three notched

0027: Nomoli Kissi Stone Maternal FigureEst. $200-$400

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Senufo Bronze Female Figure +: Small bronze figure of a young woman with typical Senufo crested coiffure, a large amulet around her neck, her hands cupping her breasts, her back with elaborate scarification. Offered together with

0028: Senufo Bronze Female Figure +Est. $100-$200

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Senufo Male Tugubele Figure, Ivory Coast: Small carved divination figure of blackened wood, with typical Senufo crested coiffure and facial scarification. Carved without feet, the legs rising directly from the round wooden base, the figure

0029: Senufo Male Tugubele Figure, Ivory CoastEst. $80-$160

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Bwa Yehoti Butterfly Mask, Burkina Faso: Large carved and pigmented wood mask representing a butterfly, emissary of Spring's fertility and growth, with broad wings, the head with big round eyes, protruding mouth, a small bird perched atop

0030: Bwa Yehoti Butterfly Mask, Burkina FasoEst. $400-$800

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Ngbaka Mask, Democratic Republic of Congo: Carved wood mask with orange, white and black pigment, the graphic elements of the mask outlined with rows of tiny wooden pegs. Small round eyeholes set in relief diamond shapes within large oval

0031: Ngbaka Mask, Democratic Republic of CongoEst. $100-$200

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Lega Mask and Makonde Mask: Long, narrow and somewhat flattened Lega mask with whitened facial plane, cranial ridge extending to tip of long nose, three teeth in the open mouth, from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Offered

0032: Lega Mask and Makonde MaskEst. $100-$400

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Nomoli Kissi Stone Figure: Simplified figure of reddish soapstone with dark grey-brown surface carved with arms bent at the elbow and held against the columnar body. On custom gallery stand. Figure alone, approx. 10" H., with

0033: Nomoli Kissi Stone FigureEst. $200-$400Lot Passed

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Two Ambo Ovambo Fertility Dolls, Namibia: Carved wooden dolls decked with beads, bells, leather, and amulet bundles, their simplified but expressive faces whitened with kaolin. One with acrylic base, the other stands alone. Approx. 11 3/4"

0034: Two Ambo Ovambo Fertility Dolls, NamibiaEst. $100-$400

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Two Large Ambo Ovambo Fertility Dolls, Namibia: Carved wooden dolls with bead-wrapped bodies and fiber skirts, embellished with buttons, keys, amulet bundles, metal discs, leather, shells, and small ornaments. Both on custom gallery bases. Approx.

0035: Two Large Ambo Ovambo Fertility Dolls, NamibiaEst. $100-$400

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Mambila Tadep Figure, Cameroon: Carved and blackened wood figure with heart shaped, slightly concave face, the head covered with many wooden pegs. The arms are held away from the body, bent at the elbows, cupped around the angular,

0036: Mambila Tadep Figure, CameroonEst. $100-$200

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African Bronze Male Figure: Standing figure with arms outstretched. Blackened surface. On custom gallery stand. Approx. 17" total height. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected

0037: African Bronze Male FigureEst. $100-$400

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Mambila Pottery Figure: With open, beak-like mouth, the eyes protruding from a ridged face plate, the body covered with spiky projections, the arms bent at the elbows and held in front of the body, and with truncated legs.

0038: Mambila Pottery FigureEst. $100-$400

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Cameroon Spirit Pot or Pipe: Likely Bamileke artist. Round pot surmounted by anthropomorphic figure with mask-like face, the bowl in his lap with a small opening to the pot's interior. Another opening at the back where the

0039: Cameroon Spirit Pot or PipeEst. $100-$200

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West African Pottery Ritual Vessel: Footed pottery vessel, the bulbous center with four spouts separated by two handles and two anthropomorphic figures, with long slender neck with everted rim, loop handle and knobbed lid. Likely Igbo,

0040: West African Pottery Ritual VesselEst. $100-$200

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Three West African Heddle Pulleys: Three delicately carved Ivory Coast heddle pulleys, the tallest with birdlike head atop long neck, the neck with relief carved keloid scars and embellished with a bead necklace. A second pulley is

0041: Three West African Heddle PulleysEst. $100-$400

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Dogon Door Lock: With three female figures perched on top, arms raised over their heads and supported by a single female figure below, the surface of the lock with deep relief carved linear decoration, the bolt with

0042: Dogon Door LockEst. $100-$300

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Two Baule Asi Usu Bush Spirit Figures: Two small weathered and worn Baule figures, clearly by the same artist. Both have high, ridged coiffures, bulging, downcast eyes under arched brows, and small, pouting lips. Their bodies are carved

0043: Two Baule Asi Usu Bush Spirit FiguresEst. $100-$400

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Bete Gre Mask, Ivory Coast: Fearsome mask of the type originally used to prepare Bete warriors for battle, with heavy, overhanging brow, and forward-curving projections over the downcast eyes above backward sweeping forms like

0044: Bete Gre Mask, Ivory CoastEst. $100-$400

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Kota Four-Face Helmet Mask: LOT ORIGINALLY UPLOADED INCORRECTLY WITH PHOTOS OF LOT 95. THE CORRECT PHOTOS WERE ADDED ON THE EVENING OF 3/7. Bell shaped wooden mask with four opposing faces, the simplified features given

0045: Kota Four-Face Helmet MaskEst. $100-$400

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