African Art from the McNemar Collection VII 2022-07-07 Auction - 283 Price Results - Hilliard & Co. in VA - Page 2
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Fang Mask, GabonKomaland Terracotta HeadAfrican Fetish / Power Basket
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African Art from the McNemar Collection VII

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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 seventh of several presenting items from Thomas McNemar's large personal collection of African art.
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African Terracotta Figure: Possibly an Akan / Anyi memorial figure. Seated female figure with lobed hairdo, positioned leaning forward with hands placed on knees. Prominent keloid scars on back. Embellished with shell
0025: African Terracotta FigureEst. $60-$200
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Fang Stool, Gabon: With bird-like heads on each end, the four wedge-shaped feet with carved faces. Approx. 17 1/2" L x 7 1/2" W x 8" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected
0026: Fang Stool, GabonEst. $40-$100
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Dogon ? Terracotta Figure: Columnar terracotta female figure with cranial ridge leading to prominent nose, with tri-lobed coiffure, long narrow breasts, arms close to the body, and no legs. Possibly Dogon, Mali. Old repairs.
0029: Dogon ? Terracotta FigureEst. $80-$200
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Zande Yanda / Ngbaka Figure, D. R. Congo: The demilune shaped head with abstract features with brass tack eyes above flattened, angled torso with prominent, hollow umbilicus. Beads at neck and one chain earring. Approx. 10 1/4" H.
0030: Zande Yanda / Ngbaka Figure, D. R. CongoEst. $40-$200
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Ngbaka ? Male Figure: Carved wooden figure with round hollow eyes above red incised marks in the flat, whitened facial plane, the rectangular torso having incised linear decorations to front and with a large cavity for
0031: Ngbaka ? Male FigureEst. $40-$100
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Akan Memorial Head, Ghana: Round head molded of coarse clay, with simple, serene features. Loss to area at back of head. Approx. 4 1/2" H.Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected
0032: Akan Memorial Head, GhanaEst. $80-$200
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Komaland Terracotta Head: Terracotta head with lobed coiffure, simplified features, whitened surface. Likely a Komaland sculpture, North Ghana. On custom gallery stand. Head, approx. 3 3/4" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas
0033: Komaland Terracotta HeadEst. $80-$200Lot Passed
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African Fetish / Power Basket: Tightly woven basket containing a carved wooden female figure, and with animal fur, grasses, and other objects embedded in organic material. Shrine / fetish type object. Basket approx. 6" H, 7" D.
0034: African Fetish / Power BasketEst. $80-$200
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Bamun Bamum Bell, Cameroon: Iron bell, the handle with opposing heads above long neck wrapped with padded fabric embellished with cowries. Total height approx. 25". Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar
0035: Bamun Bamum Bell, CameroonEst. $80-$200
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Bamun Bamum Helmet Mask: Openwork headdress above smiling, full-cheeked face, Bamun artist, Cameroon. Approx. 21" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West
0036: Bamun Bamum Helmet MaskEst. $80-$200
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Palm Wine Calabash, Cameroon: Vessel for palm wine, formed of a large hollow gourd with rattan handle and base. Old rattan repairs/ reinforcements. Approx. 17" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived
0037: Palm Wine Calabash, CameroonEst. $80-$300
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Bangwa ? Female Figure: Seated female figure with high coiffure or headdress, large almond shaped eyes, seated with hands on knees and with dramatically distended, perhaps pregnant, belly. Hole in top of head accesses large
0038: Bangwa ? Female FigureEst. $80-$300
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Chi Wara Headdress, Mali: Bamana or Bambara head crest in the form of a stylized antelope, with long, spiral-incised horns and openwork body embellished with metal. Losses to top of one horn, zig-zag mane. On custom gallery
0039: Chi Wara Headdress, MaliEst. $60-$200Lot Passed
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Four Lidded Baskets, Kuba: Tightly woven Kuba baskets, Democratic Republic of Congo. The rectangular basket approx. 17" x 8 1/4" x 6". Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout
0040: Four Lidded Baskets, KubaEst. $40-$100
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Three Ethiopian Wooden Pots: To include two charming and sculptural round, footed vessel with a face on each side. Also includes an oblong, handled vessel with incised decoration. The larger 'faces' pot, approx. 11" H.
0042: Three Ethiopian Wooden PotsEst. $60-$200Lot Passed
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Mangbetu Palm Wine Jar: Terracotta palm wine vessel in the form of an ideal Mangbetu woman, with traditional elongated head and high flaring crown of braids. Democratic Republic of Congo. Approx. 11 3/4" H. Provenance:
0043: Mangbetu Palm Wine JarEst. $40-$200
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Dinka Headrest, Sudan: Approx. 9" x 3 1/2" x 8 3/4" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. He established galleries of
0044: Dinka Headrest, SudanEst. $40-$100
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Zoomorphic Headrest or Stool, Gabon: With opposing animal heads and feet, the curved top with incised designs. Approx. 17 1/2" L. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and
0045: Zoomorphic Headrest or Stool, GabonEst. $40-$100
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Dinka Stool, Sudan: Handsome curved stool with openwork panels on concave side, four thick, inverted cone legs visible on the other side, and knob handles at each end. Approx. 15" L x 5" W x 4 1/2" H. Provenance:
0046: Dinka Stool, SudanEst. $40-$200
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African Carved Female Figure: Small carved wood figure of a kneeling female bearing a lidded vessel on her head, hands clasping her abdomen. Details whitened with kaolin and red pigment; the figure's neck and waist embellished
0047: African Carved Female FigureEst. $60-$100Lot Passed
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Lobi Stool, Burkina Faso: Zoomorphic three legged stool with twine handle, Lobi people, Burkina Faso. Approx. 19 1/2" L. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and
0048: Lobi Stool, Burkina FasoEst. $40-$200
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