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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"
1/2
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