70th tribal art auction
African and oceanic tribal art from european private collections
Highlights
Lot 51War club
Papua New Guinea - Massim, Trobriand IslandsAnton Eckert, Munich, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 52Lime spatula
Papua New Guinea - MassimFrancois Coppens, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 450
Lot 53Ceremonial axe
Papua New Guinea - Mount Hagencollected in situ by the German radio officer Lehr, on duty for North German Lloyd (on a ship caled "Friderum"), 1921-1928not available anymore
Lot 54Small male figure
Papua New Guinea - Ramu Rivercollected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called "Friderum"), 1921-1928sold EUR 2,500
Lot 55Spirit figure
Papua New Guinea - SepikLoed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Australian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 56Anthropomorphic mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepikcollected in situ by Bruce Lawes, Papua New Guinea (1955 - 1969)not available anymore
Papua New Guinea - SepikManfred Steffmann, Günne, Germany (collected 1950 - 1958)sold EUR 4,500
Papua New Guinea - SepikOld Belgian Collection Joseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands (1990's)not available anymore
Lot 59Lance
Papua New Guinea - SepikHeld, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germanysold EUR 100
Lot 60Three lances
Papua New Guinea - SepikHeld, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (a, b)sold EUR 200
Lot 61Pestle
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Kairiru IslandManfred Steffmann, Günne, Germanynot available anymore
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepikcollected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called "Friderum"), 1921-1928sold EUR 1,500
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepikcollected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called "Friderum"), 1921-1928not available anymore
Lot 64Spear thrower
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepikcollected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called "Friderum"), 1921-1928not available anymore
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepiknot available anymore
Lot 66Gable mask
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmulcollected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called "Friderum"), 1921-1928sold EUR 4,000
Lot 67Food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islandscollected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called "Friderum"), 1921-1928sold EUR 650
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islandssold EUR 80
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islandssold EUR 150
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islandssold EUR 120
Lot 71Three spears
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Gazelle Peninsula, NakanaiHeld, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germanysold EUR 150
Lot 72Spear
Solomon IslandsOld English Private Collectionsold EUR 1,800
Lot 73Shell money
Solomon IslandsSchusters, Eschbach, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 74Forehead ornament
Solomon Islandssold EUR 260
Lot 75Spear
Solomon Islands - Buka IslandHeld, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 76Spear
Solomon Islands - Buka IslandHeld, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 77Spear
Solomon Islands - Buka IslandHeld, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 78Spear
Solomon Islands - Buka Islandsold EUR 300
Lot 79Feather money
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz IslandsEdgar de Boersold EUR 4,800
Lot 80Necklace
Kiribati - Gilbert IslandsSteussloff Irmer, Berlin, Germany (1899) Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Germany (I.C.5554) Anton Eckert, Munich, Germanynot available anymore
Fidji Islandsnot available anymore
Lot 82War club "totokia"
Fidji IslandsSmith Estate, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Lorne Balshine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadanot available anymore
New Zealand, MaoriSotheby's Paris, 11 June 2008, lot 62not available anymore
Lot 84Ear ornament
New Zealand, Maorisold EUR 450
Lot 85Nail club
AustraliaSmith Estate, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Lorne Balshine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadasold EUR 1,500
Lot 86Two necklaces
West AfricaHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germanysold EUR 100
Liberia, Kran/ Ngere/ WobeGeorge W. Harley, Ganta, Liberia (collected in situ) Ladislas Segy, New York, USA (1952) Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)sold EUR 2,500
Lot 88Horned mask
Guinea, TomaProperty of a New Jersey Private Collector Sotheby's Parke Bernet New York, 2. & 3. June 1981, lot 387 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germanysold EUR 900
Sierra Leone, MendeHans Wolff, Zurich, Switzerland Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1977)sold EUR 1,300
Lot 90Mask with hinged jaw
Guinea, GuerzePaolo Morigi, Lugano, Switzerland (collected in situ in the region of Lofa Country/Liberia) Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1967)sold EUR 1,500
Lot 91Standing male figure
Mali, DogonJohn J. Klejman, New York, USA Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Inv.no 56.379) Sotheby's New York, 14 November 1980, lot 98 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germanysold EUR 3,800
Lot 92Small double figure
Mali, DogonRené David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1986)sold EUR 50
Lot 93Seated figure
Mali, DogonHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germanysold EUR 120
Lot 94Small figure
Mali, DogonHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1977, acquired in Mopti, Mali)sold EUR 260
Mali, DogonHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1977)sold EUR 120
Mali, DogonHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germanysold EUR 100
Lot 97Hare mask "dyommo"
Mali, DogonAmerican Private Collection, New York Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978)sold EUR 500
Mali, DogonHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1981, acquired from Boubou Diarre in Mopti, Mali)sold EUR 350
Lot 99Antelope mask "walu"
Mali, DogonHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1977, acquired from Boubou Diarre in Mopti, Mali)sold EUR 600
Lot 100Arm ornament
Burkina FasoHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany, 1983 (c) Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany a) (1980), b) (1982)sold EUR 150