September 8, 2012

70th tribal art auction

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

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Lot 251 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 252 : Standing female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 253 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 254 : Doll
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 255 : Skirt
Côte d'Ivoire, Dida
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 256 : Small mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 257 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Goll, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 258 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 259 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic buffalo head
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini
Stewart J. Warkow, USA
not available anymore
Lot 260 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Old American Collection, Michigan Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 261 : Singer Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Sotheby's London, 30 November 1982, lot 144 Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 262 : Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 263 : Upper part of a ceremonial headdress "kwonro"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 264 : Standing female figure "deble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Charles Wesley Hourdé, Paris, France
sold EUR 11,000
Lot 266 : Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
collected in situ 1967 by an austrian textile dealer
not available anymore
Lot 267 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Tusian
not available anymore
Lot 268 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Tusian
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Heinz Vowinkel, Ilvesheim, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 269 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Abron
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 270 : Maternité
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 450
Lot 271 : Goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Cologne, 1969
sold EUR 800
Lot 272 : Goldweight
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 273 : Four goldweights
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 274 : Four goldweights
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 500
Lot 275 : Six goldweights
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 276 : Collection of goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1972)
sold EUR 800
Lot 277 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Ashanti
Sotheby's New York, 17 November 2006, lot 209
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 278 : Female figure
Ghana, Ashanti
not available anymore
Lot 279 : Twin figure "venavi"
Ghana, Ewe
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 70
Lot 280 : Female figure
Ghana, Ewe
Galerie Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 281 : Twin figures "venavi"
Ghana, Ewe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 282 : Fertility doll
Ghana, Fante
Billy Pearson, La Jolla, USA James Willis, San Francisco, USA
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 283 : Two standing figures
Togo, Ada
not available anymore
Lot 284 : Standing figure
Nord Togo, Losso
sold EUR 400
Lot 285 : Altar tusk of a royal ancestral altar "aru erha"
Nigeria, Benin
Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 286 : Figure
Nigeria, Chamba
French Private Collection Birgit Schlothauer & Gustav Wilhelm, Marl, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 287 : Couple of figures
Nigeria, Chamba
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
sold EUR 11,000
Lot 288 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Hans de Fontana, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 289 : Protective figure "tau-wandoa"
Nigeria, Chamba
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 290 : Small standing figure
Nigeria, Ibibio
Joseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 291 : Janusfaced helmet mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
Lot 292 : Mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Mask "idiok ekpo" with hinged jaw
Nigeria, Ibibio
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany German Private Collection Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Mask "nne mgbo"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
not available anymore
Lot 295 : Mask "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 296 : Shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Bernard, Ramatuelle, France
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 297 : Standing female shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 298 : Standing female shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 299 : Standing figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
August Flick, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 300 : Cola nut bowl "okwa oji"
Nigeria, Igbo
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Manfred Magin, Weinheim, Germany Helmut Pfaffhausen, Mannheim, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 301 : Seated male figure
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore

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