Null A large Congolese fetish figure of the Songye people
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A large Congolese fetish figure of the Songye people Massive, full-round figure carved from hardwood. The body decorated with numerous organic materials, including animal fur, horn, shells and various seeds. The round base and the brass-mounted head with somewhat rusty iron nails and plates. Rubbed. Shrinkage cracks and small losses. Height 103 cm. Condition: II -

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A large Congolese fetish figure of the Songye people Massive, full-round figure carved from hardwood. The body decorated with numerous organic materials, including animal fur, horn, shells and various seeds. The round base and the brass-mounted head with somewhat rusty iron nails and plates. Rubbed. Shrinkage cracks and small losses. Height 103 cm. Condition: II -

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Sühring, W.Sehenswerth und lehrreich für Herren, Damen und Kinder! Zu erkennen an der mechanischen Sonne. W. Sühring's plastisch-mechanisches Volks-Museum. Einblattdruck mit Holzschnittillustration und Bordüre. Lauban, Druck bei Carl Goldammer, o.J. (ca. 1887). 46 x 20 cm. Zirkus - Varieté - Wandermuseum Sühring, W. Sehenswerth und lehrreich für Herren, Damen und Kinder! Zu erkennen an der mechanischen Sonne. W. Sühring's plastisch-mechanisches Volks-Museum. Einblattdruck mit Holzschnittillustration und Bordüre. Lauban, Druck bei Carl Goldammer, o.J. (ca. 1887). 46 x 20 cm. Seltener Einblattdruck, ein wanderndes Wachsfigurenkabinett bewerbend. Die Illustration zeigt die Frontansicht der Marktbude. - Der wenig bekannte Aussteller W. Sühring reiste in den späten 1880er Jahren wohl vor allem durch den Norden Deutschlands. Das "Volksmuseum", wie Sühring seine Ausstellung nennt, bestand aus einer Vielzahl mechanisierter Wachsfiguren von historischen, zeitgenössischen oder mythischen Charakteren, Szenen und Figuren. Hierunter eine Schlangenbeschwörerin, Rotkäppchens Begegnung mit dem Wolf in den Wäldern, eine Eisbären und Wolfsjagd auf dem Eismeer, u.a. - Papierbedingt zart und sehr gleichmäßig gebräunt, mehrfach geglättete Falzen, 1 kl. Einriss, insgesamt jedoch sehr gut erhalten. Circus - Variety - Touring Museum - Broadsheet with woodcut illustration and border. - Rare broadsheet advertising a traveling wax museum. The illustration shows the front view of the booth. - The little-known exhibitor W. Sühring presumably traveled mainly through northern Germany in the late 1880s. The "Volksmuseum", as Sühring calls his exhibition, consisted of a large number of mechanized wax figures of historical, contemporary or mythical characters, scenes and figures. Among them a snake charmer, a polar bear and a wolf hunt on the polar sea, a.o. - Delicate and very evenly browned due to the paper, smoothed folds, 1 small tear, altogether however very well preserved. Dieses Werk ist regelbesteuert. Auf den Zuschlagspreis fallen 23,95% Aufgeld sowie auf den Rechnungsendbetrag 7% (Bücher) bzw. 19% Mehrwertsteuer in der Europäischen Union an. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

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[LITERATURE] CHAMPNEY - LENOTRE - MILLER - D'ESTE. Romance of the Bourbon Chateaux (1910) - The Dauphin (Louis XVII) the Riddle of the Temple (1922) - Rasputin the Holy Devil (1928) - A Study of the Renaissance (1904). In-8 format, publisher's boards / dust jacket, gilt-edged head boards. Numerous black illustrations in / out of text. Good condition.

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[South America]. The Costume of the inhabitants of Peru. London, Edington, sd [c. 1805]. In-4 with [1] f. engraved title and 19 plates of costumes stippled and carefully watercolored at the time. Contemporary vellum-style ivory paper spine boards, engraved title label glued to front board. A few minor flaws to the boards, a few small freckles. Some plates show a very slight trace of numbering. Indian representation of the costumes of the Ynca and his Queen ; A Lady of Lima in fer full dress ; Male inhabitant of Lima in the middle class of society ; A Female of Lima of the middle class of society ; Indians Male and Female in Costumes of Festivity ; Female Domestic of Lima of the Class of Quarterons ; Two Female Domestics of Lima, Natives,who have adopted the Spanish dress ; Civilized Indian wearing the Poncho ; Virgin of the Sun ; A Mestizo of Quito professing a liberal art accompanied by his pupil ; Mulattoes of Quito ; Female Indian, habited as the Minerva of Peru ; Female warrior of the Yurimagua Tribe ; Indian Warrior belonging to a barbarous Tribe ; Fighter at a Bull Feast ; Bozal, or Raw-Negro, residing in the district of Lima ; Indian woman of a village, near Lima ; Overseer of a Royal Peruvian Mine ; Llamas or Peruvian sheep. Very rare suite of plates of Peruvian costumes, reprinted from Joseph Skinner's "The present state of Peru...", London, Richard Philipps, 1805. An identical suite was published for Wallis and Edington, dated 1816 (6 copies in public collections, mainly in the United States). (Colas 2751.)

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