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 352 : Small power figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
not available anymore
Lot 353 : Figurally carved object
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Jasper von Oertzen, Neuburg am Inn, Germany (collected in situ, 1918) Herbert Feldmeier, Passau, Germany Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1962)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 354 : Fetish-calabash
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Birgit Schlothauer & Gustav Wilhelm, Marl, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 355 : Receptacle with lid
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Old English Collection
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 356 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
sold EUR 800
Lot 357 : Small standing figure
Cameroon
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 570
Lot 358 : Standing male figure
Cameroon
sold EUR 100
Lot 359 : Pipe
Cameroon
Augustin Krämer, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 120
Lot 360 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Fali
Jean Chatelus Collection, France Alain Lecomte, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 361 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Christie's Amsterdam, 12 December 2000, lot 161
not available anymore
Lot 362 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Mambila, Donga Valley, Sardauna Province
Frederick Hanley, Bournemouth, England
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 363 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris, 28 February 2001, lot 154 Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 25 February 2006, lot 213 French Private Collection
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 364 : Face mask
Gabon, Lumbo/Punu/Tsogho
William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills, USA
not available anymore
Lot 365 : Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Hans and Thelma Lehmann, Seattle Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
sold EUR 7,340
Lot 366 : Miniature mask
Gabon, Punu
Harvey T. Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1976)
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 367 : Head sculpture
Gabon, Sango
Private French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 368 : Head sculpture
Gabon, Tsogho
Private French Collection
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 369 : Head sculpture
Gabon, Tsogho
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 370 : Sabre-knife
D. R. Congo, Azande
Augustin Krämer, Stuttgart, Germany Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (1961)
not available anymore
Lot 371 : Bell "dibu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold EUR 550
Lot 372 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 373 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 374 : Janus dog nail-studded power figure "nkisi nkonde"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Old Belgian Private Collection (collected in situ in the 1950's) Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 375 : Sculpture of a dog
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 376 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Jacques van Praet, Belgium (before 1950)
not available anymore
Lot 377 : Janiform power figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Woods Davy, California, USA
not available anymore
Lot 378 : Squatting anthropomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 379 : Standing female figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 380 : Standing female figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Frans M. Olbrechts, Ghent, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 381 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Biombo
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 382 : Women dance dress "ntshak"
D. R. Congo, Bushoong
sold EUR 450
Lot 383 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
sold EUR 400
Lot 384 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 385 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Old Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 386 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Lavuun Quackelbeen, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 387 : Whistle
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Kuo, Berlin, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 388 : Three small seated figures
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 85
Lot 389 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 390 : Standing female ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium American Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 391 : Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Patrick Dierickx, Brussels, Belgium (1970's)
not available anymore
Lot 392 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany Galerie Henseler, Munich, Germany Giggelberger-Brill, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 393 : Caryatid bowl
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 394 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1953) Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1961)
sold EUR 750
Lot 395 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 396 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 397 : Two combs
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Christie's Amsterdam, 12 September 2002, lot 317
sold EUR 400
Lot 398 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Goma
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (1953) Julius Carlebach, New York, USA Christie's Paris, 11 June 2007, lot 137
sold EUR 7,900
Lot 399 : Apes mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 400 : Apes mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Lavuun Quackelbeen, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 401 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Hungana (Hungaan)
not available anymore

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