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"
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

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Lot 302
Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
German Private Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 303
Soul pot "kusson"
Nigeria, Jen
Helmut Pfaffhausen, Mannheim, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 304
Big standing male figure
Nigeria, Mbembe
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 305
Standing female figure
Nigeria, Montol
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 306
Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
sold EUR 700
Lot 307
Couple of figures
Nigeria, Mumuye
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 308
Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Joseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 309
Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
not available anymore
Lot 310
Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1956) Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 311
Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 100
Lot 312
Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Michael Oliver, New York, USA Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 22 Februar 2003, lot 310 Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 313
Standing female figure
Nigeria, Tiv
not available anymore
Lot 314
Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium American Collection, New York
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 315
Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 600
Lot 316
Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 450
Lot 317
Oracle bowl "ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 318
Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 450
Lot 319
Ifa oracle tapper
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 320
Ifa oracle tapper
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lore Kegel & Dr. Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (1956)
not available anymore
Lot 321
Pair of ritual staffs "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lawrence Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden (before 1979) Ole Christensen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008) Private Collection, Netherlands
sold EUR 1,650
Lot 322
Two ritual staffs "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 323
Ritual staff "opa orere"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 150
Lot 324
Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Alain Jacquet, Paris, France
sold EUR 525
Lot 325
Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Philippe Ratton, Paris, France Serge Trully, Cannes, France
not available anymore
Lot 326
Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 327
Shrine figure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain (Invr. 10425)
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 328
Dance staff "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 329
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jane and Howard Cohen, Baltimore, USA Renaud Riley, Brussels, Belgium (2005)
not available anymore
Lot 330
Male twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Mareidi Stoll, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 331
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 332
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 333
Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
American Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 334
Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
American Private Collection
Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 335
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 336
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Esie
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 337
Slat doll "omolangidi"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Noble & Jean Endicott, New York, USA
sold EUR 220
Lot 338
Kneeling female figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 950
Lot 339
Mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 500
Lot 340
Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 341
Mask "oro efe"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mama Adamou, Lome, Togo German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
sold EUR 800
Lot 342
Helmet mask "epa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 343
Small mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mama Adamou, Lome, Togo German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
not available anymore
Lot 344
Maternité
Nigeria, Yoruba, Owo
not available anymore
Lot 345
Two doorwings
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
not available anymore
Lot 346
Veranda post
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 600
Lot 347
Two palm wine jugs
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mama Adamou, Lome Togo German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
sold EUR 450
Lot 348
Beaded calabash
Cameroon Grassfields
German Colonial Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 349
Stool
Cameroon Grassfields
sold EUR 750
Lot 350
Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields
Jack Rosenberg, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 351
Small standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields
Gerbrand Luttik, Soest, The Netherlands Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 900

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