November 11, 2023

101st Auction

Art from Africa and Oceania
Historical Pacific art from german private collections: Malagan figures from the estate of Alexander Kubetz. South Sea clubs from Fiji and Samoa. Paddles from the Austral Islands belonging to a 19th century collection. Fine Maori art.
African art works from the Bernhard Jäger collection. North-African jewelry from the estate of Dietrich von Reininghaus.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Alabaster head of a youth, c. 1st century B.C. - 1st century AD
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Lot 4: "Hampatong" in the form of a feline
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Lot 10: Spirit board "gope"
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Lot 15: Old hook figure
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Lot 19: Overmodeled ancestor skull
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Lot 28: Paddle "hoe"
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Lot 29: Paddle "hoe"
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Lot 30: Paddle "hoe"
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Lot 32: Paddle "hoe"
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Lot 43: Treasure box "waka huia"
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Lot 56: Ancestor skull "ndambirkus"
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Lot 57: Rare male ancestor figure
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Lot 58: "Malagan" figure
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Lot 59: "Malagan" figure
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Lot 60: "Malagan" figure
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Lot 92: Rare large battle shield
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Lot 98: A pair of protective figures and a reindeer sculpture
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Lot 99: Silver maskette, 10th -11th century AD
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Lot 100: Fragment of harpoon socket-piece, c. 4th century AD
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Lot 101: Wound plug with incised decoration
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Lot 102: Winged object, c. 8th century AD
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Lot 195: Altar figure "iran otiba(n)go" ("tamed spirit")
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Lot 215: Seated male figure "asie usu"
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Lot 230: Pair of figures "pombibele" of the "poro" society
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Lot 231: Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "dehe gla"
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Lot 277: Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
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Lot 287: Memorial figure of a royal titled wife with child ("maternité")
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Lot 295: Rare bust-shaped half figure
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Lot 299: Power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 304: Large anthropomorphic mask
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Lot 309: Anthropomorphic figure "iginga", before 1937
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Lot 327: Rare female (plank-) figure

101st Auction

Lot 56 : Ancestor skull "ndambirkus"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 57 : Rare male ancestor figure
Papua New Guinea - Humboldt Bay
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 58 : "Malagan" figure
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 11,500
Lot 59 : "Malagan" figure
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Deutsches Kolonialmuseum, Berlin, Germany (pre 1915) Lindenmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany (Inventory no. 103067, acquisition date 28.03.1917) Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 24,000
Lot 60 : "Malagan" figure
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 61 : Lime container with spatula
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 62 : Shell apron
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 63 : Ceremonial whale tooth "tabua"
Fidji Islands
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 64 : Headrest "kali kafe / ni bitu"
Fidji Islands
Christie's London, 15 March 1978, Lot 110 Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 65 : Long club "tewhatewha"
New Zealand, Maori
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 66 : Parrying club "roromaraugi"
Solomon Islands, San Cristobal
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 67 : Male figure "moai tangata"
Easter Islands, Rapanui
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 9,000
Lot 68 : Ceremonial axe
Sudan, North Sudan, Mahdist
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 69 : Cartridge belt
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 70 : Mask with tube eyes and tusks
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Guéré (Ngere)
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 71 : Sword "afena" in leather sheath
Ghana, Ashanti
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 72 : Ceremonial axe / dance wand for the "ogun" cult
Nigeria, Ekiti, East Yoruba Territory, Kwara State
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 73 : Ceremonial axe / dance wand for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, south-eastern Yoruba region, Kwara State
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 74 : Shield
Nigeria / Cameroon, Keaka
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
Price EUR 500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 75 : Pipe bowl in the shape of an elephant head
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 76 : Sword
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 77 : Rare wickerwork shield
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 78 : Axe "eduga" or "ovunebokui"
Cameroon / Gabon, Southern Fang
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 79 : Sword knife with scabbard
D. R. Congo
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 80 : Decorative axe "tsimbuya"
D. R. Congo / Angola, Chokwe / Lunda
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 81 : Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe
D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 82 : Prestige axe
D. R. Congo, Kanyok
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 83 : Ritual adze and prestige object
D. R. Congo, Songye
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 84 : Ritual adze and prestige object "nseso"
D. R. Congo, Songye, Nsapo
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 85 : Anthropomorphic axe
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 86 : Prestige axe
D. R. Congo, Yakoma
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 950
Lot 87 : Round shield "tafa gašša"
Ethiopia, Amhara
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 88 : Round shield "tafa gašša"
Ethiopia, Amhara
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 89 : Battle shield
Ethiopia, Southwestern Region, Amarro, Ometo, Arussi
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 90 : Round shield "gondale"
Ethiopia, Sidamo, Dorze
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
Price EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 91 : Basketry-covered wooden shield with four "umbo"
Uganda, Ganda, Soga
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 92 : Rare large battle shield
Kenya / Tanzania, Luo (Kavirondo)
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 93 : Shield
Kenya / Tanzania, region between Lake Victoria and Mount Kilimanjaro
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 94 : Early figurally carved cult axe
Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 95 : Round shield "ampinga"
Madagascar, Betsimisaraka / Tanala (Atanala)
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 96 : Round shield "ampinga"
Madagascar, Betsimisaraka / Tanala
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 97 : Shield "ishilunga"
South Africa, Zulu
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 98 : A pair of protective figures and a reindeer sculpture
Russia, Siberia, Agan River Khanty
North Europe Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 99 : Silver maskette, 10th -11th century AD
Perm Cis-Ural, Russian Federation, Magyar
Dutch Private Collection Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 100 : Fragment of harpoon socket-piece, c. 4th century AD
Alaska, Point Hope, Ipiutak
John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
not available anymore
Lot 101 : Wound plug with incised decoration
Alaska, Punuk
Joe Loux, San Francisco, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 102 : Winged object, c. 8th century AD
Alaska, Punuk
collected in the 1960s in Alaska James Economos (1938-2019), Santa Fé, USA
not available anymore
Lot 103 : Feast spoon with totemic carved handle
Canada, Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida / Tlingit
acquired in the 1950s in the Washington D.C. area by a German diplomat
sold EUR 400
Lot 104 : Drawing "Buffalo"
North America, Hopi
Mark A. Blackburn, Hawaii, USA
not available anymore
Lot 105 : "Show off I", 1986
Ghana, Accra, Ablade Glover (*1934)
German Private Collection (purchased from Ablade Glover in Kumasi in 1986)
sold EUR 2,100