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70th tribal art auction

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African and oceanic tribal art from european private collections

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Highlights

Lot 13: Magic staff "tungkot malehat"
Lot 40: Standing male and female couple
Lot 55: Spirit figure
Lot 65: Ceremonial spear-thrower "mino"
Lot 83: Ritual staff "whakapakoko atua"
Lot 91: Standing male figure
Lot 108: Face mask of the "mblo"group
Lot 110: Standing female figure "lü mä"
Lot 113: Mask with movable jaw
Lot 138: Mask "igri"
Lot 139: Water spirit mask
Lot 140: Water spirit mask
Lot 143: Cermonial mask
Lot 145: Standing ancestor figure
Lot 151: Two oracle tappers "iroke ifa"
Lot 152: Mask "epa"
Lot 153: Female Altar figure for Shango
Lot 157: Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Lot 158: Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Lot 159: Caryatid stool
Lot 162: Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Lot 163: Helmet mask "kalunga"
Lot 170: Caryatid stool
Lot 171: Small figure "mbulenga"
Lot 177: Mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 193: Standing female figure
Lot 195: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 197: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 198: Zoomorphic mask (antelope)
Lot 201: Door lock
Lot 202: Door lock
Lot 204: Post of a "togu na"
Lot 205: Post of a "togu na"
Lot 210: Pair of figures
Lot 211: Standing male figure
Lot 212: Figural fragment
Lot 213: Standing male figure
Lot 217: Ceremonial container
Lot 220: Mask
Lot 227: Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Lot 245: Pair of figures
Lot 249: Standing ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 251: Mask "deangle"
Lot 264: Standing female figure "deble"
Lot 285: Altar tusk of a royal ancestral altar "aru erha"
Lot 287: Couple of figures
Lot 293: Mask "idiok ekpo" with hinged jaw
Lot 304: Big standing male figure
Lot 305: Standing female figure
Lot 325: Dance staff "oshe shango"
Lot 326: Dance staff "oshe shango"
Lot 327: Shrine figure "eshu"
Lot 342: Helmet mask "epa"
Lot 344: Maternité
Lot 361: Standing male figure
Lot 362: Standing male figure
Lot 363: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Lot 364: Face mask
Lot 365: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 368: Head sculpture
Lot 373: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 374: Janus dog nail-studded power figure "nkisi nkonde"
Lot 376: Standing male figure
Lot 379: Standing female figure "mukuya"
Lot 380: Standing female figure "mukuya"
Lot 381: Mask
Lot 384: Standing female figure
Lot 390: Standing female ancestor figure
Lot 391: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 398: Caryatid stool
Lot 407: Mask "nsembu"
Lot 413: Small standing figure
Lot 414: Mask "idimu"
Lot 415: Mask "lukungu"
Lot 419: Janus-headed ritual figure of "bukota" society
Lot 430: Power figure
Lot 443: Figurally carved stool
Lot 451: Standing female figure
Lot 454: Caryatid stool
Lot 456: Janus-headed power figure "nkisi"
Lot 457: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 460: Personal magical half figure "nkisi"
Lot 476: Standing power figure "biteki"
Lot 488: Seated figure
Lot 493: Orator staff
Lot 494: Mask
Lot 495: Dignitary staff "umbweti"
Lot 503: Stool

70th tribal art auction

Lot 101 : Bird- or butterfly mask
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983, acquired from "Sibiri", Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 102 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978, acquired in Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast )
not available anymore
Lot 103 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1994, acquired from Sibiri in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
sold EUR 120
Lot 104 : Figure "bangala"
Burkina Faso, Dagari
Mon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 800
Lot 105 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 106 : Five fertility dolls "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983, acquired in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
sold EUR 200
Lot 107 : Comb
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Bohumil Théophile Holas, Abidjan, Ivory Coast René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1981)
sold EUR 150
Lot 108 : Face mask of the "mblo"group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 109 : Face mask
Ivory Coast, Dan - Kono
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978)
sold EUR 850
Lot 110 : Standing female figure "lü mä"
Ivory Coast, Dan/Liberia
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Hans Wolf, Zurich, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 12,000
Lot 111 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1965, acquired in the area of Danoué) Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)
sold EUR 150
Lot 112 : Big mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)
sold EUR 700
Lot 113 : Mask with movable jaw
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Christian Roll, Hongkong , China Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 114 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (ca. 1977, acquired in Dakar, Senegal)
sold EUR 400
Lot 115 : Anthropomorphic mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
American Private Collection, New York Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1974)
sold EUR 450
Lot 116 : Anthropomorphic bird mask "geayagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978, acquired in Abidjan, Ivory Coast )
sold EUR 500
Lot 117 : Mask "bagle" with circular eyes and fangs
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 118 : Apes mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 75 Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 24 Februar 2007, lot 311 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 119 : Face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany, collected in situ 1977
not available anymore
Lot 120 : Mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, 6 Dezember 1985, lot 72 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 220
Lot 121 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978, acquired in Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
sold EUR 320
Lot 122 : Three standing figures "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978, acquired in Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
sold EUR 200
Lot 123 : Three heddle pulleys and a slingshot
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany a)+ d) 1978, acquired in Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire b) + c) 1983, acquired in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
not available anymore
Lot 124 : Horned mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ernst Winizki, Zurich, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 125 : Container for gold dust
Ghana
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 80
Lot 126 : Memorial head
Ghana, Akan
Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 130
Lot 127 : Memorial head
Ghana, Akan
American Private Collection, New York Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 110
Lot 128 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978, acquired in Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
sold EUR 600
Lot 129 : Male twin figure "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 170
Lot 130 : Small standing figure
Togo, Ewe
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 220
Lot 131 : Bracelet
Nigeria
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 300
Lot 132 : Dance crest
Nigeria/Crossriver, Boki
Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978)
sold EUR 220
Lot 133 : Double figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 134 : Mask
Nigeria, Eket
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 135 : Bell
Nigeria, Eket
Lacrasonge, Paris, France Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1986)
sold EUR 360
Lot 136 : Deformation mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
American Private Collection, New York Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978)
sold EUR 500
Lot 137 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Igala
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 138 : Mask "igri"
Nigeria, Igbo
Sotheby's New York, 20 January 1982, lot 214 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 139 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw, Niger Delta
Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, 8 November 1980, lot 80 Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1981)
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 140 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw, Niger Delta
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1981)
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 141 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Keaka
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 142 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Mama - Montol
Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1989)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 143 : Cermonial mask
Nigeria, Mumuye, Adamawa Plateau, Muri
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (Inventory no. P 69.150 1978 412 605) Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 22 April 1980, lot 65 Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 14 November 1980, lot 195 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 144 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 145 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 146 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 147 : Post figure
Nigeria, Wurkun
Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, 6 Dezember 1985, lot 182 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 148 : Oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)
sold EUR 350
Lot 149 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, 9 Mai 1981, lot 143 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 150 : Ifa oracle tapper
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 250