FRANS FABER
Frans Faber has been an art dealer in Amsterdam for over 35 years. He offers a diverse collection of fine antique and tribal art of many cultures, including:
• Indonesian Archipelago
• New Guinea
• Southeast Asia
• Philippines
• Oceania
• Africa
• America
CONTACT
M: +31(0)651171356
Exhibits
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Door panel
Ilekun, three door panels
Nupe, Nigeria
Wood
Height: 160 cm, total width: 103 cm
Mid 20th century
Collected in situ by a Dutch family
Price: £ 1600
The Nupe doors are embellished with reliefs of animals, objects and symbols.
Lime stick
Lime stick, betel-chewing equipment
Sepik, Chambri Lake, Papua New Guinea
( Casuaris)Bone, feather, natural fibers
Length: 34 cm
First quarter 20th century
Ex collection Mrs. M. Van Lier
Price: £ 600
This elegant stick is nicely used.
The end of the lime stick is decorated with an animal’s head.
Wayang oil lamp
Blencong, wayang oil lamp
Java, indonesia
Brass
Height: 39, width: 31, depth: 25 cm
First quarter 20th century
Price: £ 800
This lamp is used during wayang plays. It is in the shape of a Garuda.
Ikat
Hinggi kombu, man's mantle
Sumba
Cotton, warp ikat, natural dyes
Length: 266 cm, width: 70 cm
Early 20th century
SOLD
Man's shoulder cloth with land and sea animals.
Pinang nut crackers
Four betel nut cutters, kacip
Bali, Indonesian
Iron, inlayed with silver
Length: 21-22 cm
First half 20th century, or older
Price: £ 300 each
Four betel nut crackers: three horses and one elephant with wings and banji motifs. Two of the cutters are inlayed with silver.
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Shield
Jamasj, shield
Northwest Asmat, West Papua
Wood, natural pigment, lime
Height: 165 cm, width: 48 cm
Collected in 1950 in situ
Price: £ 6500
Shield with flying fox motifs. This motif is a symbol of head hunting.
Necklace
Wosesi, necklace
Asmat, West Papua
69 Wild boar teeth, natural fibers
Diameter: 21 cm, length: 41 cm
First half 20th century
Price: £ 450
This jewelry was usually worn by successful hunters.
Helmet mask
Kponyuogo mask, helmet mask
Senufo, Ivory Coast
Wood
Length: 86 cm, height: 40 cm
First half 20th century
Dutch collection
Price: £ 2500
This fearful mask insists of different powerful animals, including crocodiles, warthogs, and antelopes.
Apron
Liphoto, women's skirt
Ndebele, Transvaal, South Africa
Glass beads, hide
Height: 48 cm, length: 53 cm
First half 20th century
Price: £ 750
This married woman's apron signifies fertility. It has been worn at ceremonial occasions.
Comb
Comb
Saramaka, Maroons, Suriname
Wood
Height: 36 cm
19th century
Price: £ 1800
Comb with two loving birds.
Iron horse man
Equestrian
Bamana, Mali
Iron
Height: 36 cm, length: 30 cm
First half 20th century
Dutch collection
Price: £ 800
Two aprons
Two dance aprons
Kamoro, Mimika, West Papua
Cassowary feathers, natural fibers
Length: 56 and 95 cm
Early 20th century
Price: £ 350 (big) and £ 250 (small)
Both ceremonial dance aprons are in a very good condition.
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Ceramic reptile
Reptile
Arwowakken, Kali’na Indians, Suriname
Ceramic, crushed charred bark of the kwepi tree mixed with clay
Length: 25 cm
Ca. 1900
Price: £ 400
Reptile, lizzard (?) made for visitors.
Pendant
Pendant, chest ornament
Lobi, Burkina Faso
Bronze
Length: 12 cm, width: 5 cm
19th century
Price: £ 275
Snakes were important fixtures on altars that delivered individual and collective protection.
Ceremonial spoon
Ceremonial spoon
Atoni People, Timor
Buffalo horn
Height: 20 cm
Ex collection J. de Hoog
Price: £ 850
Spoon decorated with a lizzard and birds.
Drinking horn
Palm wine drinking horn
Kuba, D.R. Congo
Buffalo horn
Length: 38 cm
19th century
Ex collection J. de Hoog,
Label and painted collection number
Price: £ 950
Palm wine drinking cups wereused exclusively by Kuba warriors and soldiers as emblems of their ferocity and connection to the wilderness.
Ceremonial vessel
Besihung, container
Lampung, Sumatra
Metal
Length: 37 cm, height: 19 cm
Early 20th century
Price: £ 650
Forged metal in the shape of a naga.
Used for blackening teeth.
Spoon and needle container
Needle container, spoon
Sami, Lapland
Reindeer bone, leather
Length container: 9,5 cm, spoon: 16,5 cm
First half 20th century
Price: £ 500
On both sides geometric decorations and reindeers. The spoon is decorated on one side with a reindeer and geometric motifs.
Yam mask
Ancestor spirit mask
Abelam, Maprik, Papua New Guinea
Basketry, rattan, pigment
Height: 40 cm
First half 20th century
Price: £ 850
These masks were used during the yam harvest festival. The mask was attached to a yam and represents the face of an ancestor.
Rice knife
Ani ani, rice cutter
Dayak, Kalimantan, Borneo
Wood, metal
Length: 28 cm, height: 10 cm
±1900
Price: £ 450
Old rice knife with collection number, ZMD 284.