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
1/8
Lot 19: Overmodeled ancestor skull
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Lot 28: Paddle "hoe"
1/9
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"
1/5
Lot 57: Rare male ancestor figure
1/9
Lot 58: "Malagan" figure
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Lot 59: "Malagan" figure
1/5
Lot 60: "Malagan" figure
1/5
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
1/5
Lot 100: Fragment of harpoon socket-piece, c. 4th century AD
1/4
Lot 101: Wound plug with incised decoration
1/4
Lot 102: Winged object, c. 8th century AD
1/5
Lot 195: Altar figure "iran otiba(n)go" ("tamed spirit")
1/5
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")
1/4
Lot 295: Rare bust-shaped half figure
1/7
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 260 : Female shrine figure with lidded bowl
Nigeria, Yoruba
Price
EUR 1,200

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 261 : Female twin figure
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, Oye
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 400
Lot 262 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Eruwa
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 600
Lot 263 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 800
Lot 264 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 265 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 850
Lot 266 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 267 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 268 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 400
Lot 269 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 270 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Baba Magba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 400
Lot 271 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 450
Lot 272 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 450
Lot 273 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Kwara State
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 500
Lot 274 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Yagba, Egbe
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 400
Lot 275 : Two male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Northern Oyo, Ilorin
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 600
Lot 276 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ogbomosho
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 750
Lot 277 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 278 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell coat
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 279 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni" or "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 280 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni" or "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 281 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni" or "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 282 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Price
EUR 400

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 283 : Dance staff "ogo elegba" for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa / Egbado
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, Lot 255 · Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 284 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 285 : Royal beaded crown "ade"
Nigeria, Yoruba
J. L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, USA (1962-1973)
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 286 : Large helmet mask with openwork coiffure
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki or Kom (Bekom)
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 287 : Memorial figure of a royal titled wife with child ("maternité")
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Canadian Private Collection
Price
EUR 25,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 288 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
German Collection
Sold EUR 700
Lot 289 : Prestige pipe bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum / Bali
Not available anymore
Lot 290 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 400
Lot 291 : Braided shield "kor"
Cameroon, Mambila
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 292 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" or "boho-na-bwete"
Gabon, Kota
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 9,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 293 : Knife with scabbard
Gabon, Kota or related people
collected before 1923 by a French Officer
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 294 : Female face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Lumbo / Punu
William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA · Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills, USA · Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 8 September 2012, Lot 364
Not available anymore
Lot 295 : Rare bust-shaped half figure
Gabon, Mbete (Ambete)
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Woerner, Michael, Würzburg, Germany / Bangkok, Thailand
Not available anymore
Lot 296 : Bag
D. R. Congo
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 250
Lot 297 : Friction oracle in the shape of a quadruped
D. R. Congo, Azande / Uele
Antwerp Collection, Belgium
Sold EUR 700
Lot 298 : Friction oracle in the shape of a quadruped
D. R. Congo, Azande / Uele
Antwerp Collection, Belgium
Sold EUR 550
Lot 299 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo / Vili / Yombe
Mon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium · Ketterer, Munich, 15 December 1990, lot 355 · Henri Schouten, Amsterdam/Los Angeles, The Netherlands/USA (1991) · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 3,800
Lot 300 : Metal figure of a colonial official
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Not available anymore
Lot 301 : Anthropomorphic vessel with janus head
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 302 : Face mask
D. R. Congo, Eastern Bembe / Goma
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 303 : Janiform power figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium · Jack & Constance Wallinga Collection, Minneapolis, USA · Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2012, Lot 245 Jack and “Connie” Wallinga collected African and Oceanic art for over sixty years. On many trips to Africa and Papua New Guinea they acquired new objects and so their collection grew to become one of the most important in the Midwest. Museums to which pieces were loaned include: Minnneapolis Institute of Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York Museum of Primitive Art, Art Institute of Chicago etc.
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 304 : Large anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Kuba / Kete / Lele
Jack Faxon (1936-2020), Detroit / Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA Former state Sen. Jack Faxon was an avid collector who filled his Birmingham house with art and objects ranging from African masks and figures to choice pieces of American arts-and-crafts. He lended objects from his private collection to the “Detroit collects African Art” ehibition in the Detroit Institute of Arts, April 21 - May 29, 1977. Later in his life he donated objects to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Smithsonian Institution Washinton, DC.
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 305 : Unusual three-part head / neck support
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Mongo
Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 306 : Oracle device
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Dengese (Ndengese)
Not available anymore
Lot 307 : Two textiles
D. R. Congo, Pende
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Price
EUR 400

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 308 : Anthropomorphic face mask of the "bwami" society
D. R. Congo, Eastern Congo, Maniema & Kivu, Lega
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 309 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga", before 1937
D. R. Congo, eastern Congo, Kivu & Maniema, Lega
Possibly Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris, France · John D. Graham, (1890-1961), New York, USA · Frank Crowninshield (1872-1947), New York, USA, (1937) · Julius Carlebach (1909-1964), New York, USA (1960s)
Sold EUR 34,000