African Art from the McNemar Collection IV 2021-03-13 Auction - 211 Price Results - Hilliard & Co. in VA - Page 3
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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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Kwele Altar, Gabon: Small four-legged stool surmounted by ancestral figure with complex, tri part coiffure, the heart shaped face with arched brows and closed coffee bean eyes highlighted with kaolin. The top of the
0046: Kwele Altar, GabonEst. $100-$600
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Chokwe Fiber Mask: Woven fiber and wood mask. On custom gallery stand. Mask approx. 8 1/2" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the
0047: Chokwe Fiber MaskEst. $100-$300
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Mahongwe Reliquary Guardian, Gabon: Concave, leaf shaped head with copper wire and sheet copper; protruding eyes, topknot. The post is unusually gnarled and root-like, into which the artist has cut a large hole. Such altar figures
0048: Mahongwe Reliquary Guardian, GabonEst. $200-$600
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Luba Rattle, D. R. Congo: The finial a standing figure with heart shaped face and ridged coiffure, arms bent at the elbows and hands positioned near the shoulders with palms up. The protruding abdomen with relief carved
0049: Luba Rattle, D. R. CongoEst. $100-$400
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Tabwa Double Ancestor Mipasi Figures: Carved wood statue of one person carried on the back of another. Both with cap-like coiffures crosshatched into many small squares and with relief carved keloid scars radiating from the corners of
0050: Tabwa Double Ancestor Mipasi FiguresEst. $100-$400
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Luba Ceremonial Hand Hoe: Iron implement, likely a ceremonial adze, the long handle wrapped in cane sealed with organic material, with a carved wood seated ancestor type figure as finial. Repair to break at back of figure.
0051: Luba Ceremonial Hand HoeEst. $100-$200
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Chokwe Chibinda Ilunga Ancestor: Carved wood figure of Chibinda Ilunga, ideal chief and noble ancestor of the Chokwe people. The figure sits cross legged with a serene expression, the palms of the hands facing one another and
0052: Chokwe Chibinda Ilunga AncestorEst. $100-$400
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Nyamwezi Figure, Tanzania: Carved wood figure with large, round, child- like head, the elongated neck and torso both wrapped with cane. Approx. 23" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and
0053: Nyamwezi Figure, TanzaniaEst. $100-$400
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Three Hima Milk Vessels: Three elegantly formed wooden milk bottles with rounded bases, incised linear embellishment, one with traditional decorative metal repairs. Hima (Hema) people, Uganda. Tallest, approx. 9 3/4" H.
0054: Three Hima Milk VesselsEst. $100-$300
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Two Nok Style Terracotta Heads: Pottery heads, their hair elaborately arranged in four orbs, made in the style of the ancient Nok culture terracotta figures found throughout Nigeria. Smaller appears to have repairs. Age unknown.
0055: Two Nok Style Terracotta HeadsEst. $100-$400
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Small Mumuye Shoulder Yoke Mask, Nigeria: The finial a human figure with crested hairline and round staring eyes in a mask-like face. Two hanging square projections with square holes on either side of the head. Long neck wrapped with fiber
0056: Small Mumuye Shoulder Yoke Mask, NigeriaEst. $100-$400
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Three Senufo Heddle Pulleys: Ivory Coast. Two of avian form, the third with long neck, crested head, and relief carved geometric patterns on shoulders. All on custom gallery stands. Tallest pulley (height excluding stand,)
0057: Three Senufo Heddle PulleysEst. $100-$400
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Three African Heddle Pulleys, Ivory Coast: One of simplified avian form, the second with crested, wedge-shaped head, the third a zoomorphic figure with long, forward-pointing ears, large wide-set eyes, the long neck with three projections on
0058: Three African Heddle Pulleys, Ivory CoastEst. $100-$400
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Songye Ceremonial Axe, Luba Bell: The carved wood axe handle with male figural finial of stylized form, with featureless, mask like face, ringed neck, hands cupping the protruding umbilicus, short legs with bent knees. The axe head
0059: Songye Ceremonial Axe, Luba BellEst. $80-$200
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Fine Zande Male Figure: Well carved standing male figure, with flattened, heart shaped facial plane beneath rounded brow and carefully sectioned coiffure. The heavily stylized body with its balanced angles and curves,
0060: Fine Zande Male FigureEst. $100-$600
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Mossi Hornbill Mask, Burkina Faso: Large vertical mask, the upper part with two plank-like horns rising from the small, rounded head supported by the long columnar neck with projecting collar half way down, the face mask below with
0061: Mossi Hornbill Mask, Burkina FasoEst. $100-$400
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Three African Fly Whisks: All with carved figural handles, one complete, one with the handle only, the third with the tail having lost its hair. Yaka and Vili artists. Yaka whisk, (complete,) approx. 22" total length.
0062: Three African Fly WhisksEst. $80-$200
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Tabwa Male & Female Figural Rattles: Carved wooden pair with large, smiling, childish heads, posed identically with hands clasped over abdomen above prominent umbilicus, both with twine wrapped at neck, waist and left ankle. The female
0063: Tabwa Male & Female Figural RattlesEst. $100-$300
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Makonde Face Mask: Face mask of blackened wood with round forehead, expressive arching brows joining over two slender noses side by side, with simple whitened scarification lines on the cheeks and a large open mouth
0064: Makonde Face MaskEst. $100-$300
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Bobo? Zoomorphic Mask: Helmet mask with small ears placed high on large domed forehead, small close set eyes above long snout, toothy mouth. The surface with incised and pigmented geometric decoration. Holes in the head
0065: Bobo? Zoomorphic MaskEst. $100-$300
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Bamana Mask: Anthropomorphic mask with graphic white on black sawtooth pattern from temple to jaw. Brow, nose, and downturned mouth carved in bold relief. Long raffia fringe. Bamana artist, Mali. Mask, approx.
0066: Bamana MaskEst. $100-$200
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Four Miniature Dan Passport Masks: Three anthropomorphic masks and one bird mask. Three are wood, the smallest is clay. Largest approx. 4 1/2" x 2 3/8". Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected
0067: Four Miniature Dan Passport MasksEst. $100-$300
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Lobi Lidded Pot: Round terracotta pot with applied studs to central band and lid. Lobi people, Burkina Faso /Ivory Coast. Sits flat. A few broken studs, overall good condition. Approx. 17" H. Provenance: Estate of
0068: Lobi Lidded PotEst. $100-$400
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Songye Staff: Possibly a divination object or ceremonial scepter, with large circular hole above a bearded figure on a plinth, and below that two opposing Kifwebe masks over the pointed tip. Democratic Republic of
0069: Songye StaffEst. $100-$200
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