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 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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