March 9, 2013

72nd tribal art auction

African, oceanic and native american tribal art from european private collections. Rare pieces from the colonial collection Artur Roesler (Clausthal-Zellerfeld). Objects from the Udo Petry Collection (Hohnhorst).

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Highlights

Lot 31: Male figure of an ancestor spirit "blaal"
Lot 32: Suspension hook
Lot 38: Malaganmask "tatanua"
Lot 42: Death mask "kaka-paraga"
Lot 52: Grade sculpture
Lot 205: Pair of ancestor figures
Lot 206: Pair of ancestor figures
Lot 209: Standing male figure
Lot 213: Zoomorphic power figure "boli"
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Lot 243: Maternity
Lot 244: Stool
Lot 252: Drum "mbè"
Lot 260: Standing female figure
Lot 261: A Pair of antelope dance crests "tijwara"
Lot 267: Standing female figure with receptacle
Lot 268: Anthropomorphic mask "satimbe"
Lot 269: Zoomorphic plank mask "nwantantay"
Lot 277: Standig female figure
Lot 283: Door
Lot 284: Face mask of the "mblo" - group
Lot 286: Face mask "kpan"
Lot 288: Standing female ancestor figure"blolo bla"
Lot 289: Spirit spouse figure
Lot 290: Female spirit spouse "blolo bla"
Lot 291: Maternité
Lot 292: Anthropomorphic face mask "tohourou"
Lot 301: Standing female figure
Lot 303: Mask "koma ba"
Lot 338: Sitting female figure with child
Lot 340: Anthropomorphic box
Lot 347: Mask "agbogho mmwo"
Lot 351: Standing male ancestor figure
Lot 352: Standing figure
Lot 395: Standing female figure
Lot 404: Guardian half-figure of a reliquary ensemble "byeri"
Lot 405: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Lot 418: Standing female figure
Lot 452: Dignitary staff
Lot 453: Drum "ditumba dya ndanya"
Lot 457: Post
Lot 458: Mask "tundu"
Lot 459: Standing female figure
Lot 466: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 467: Caryatid stool
Lot 473: Power half figure
Lot 477: Standing figure
Lot 497: Face mask "vavampwevo"

72nd tribal art auction

Lot 1 : Rice deity "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 2 : Sword "mandau"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 3 : Two anthropomorphic figures
Indonesia - Lesser Sundas, West Sumba, Kodi District
Reinhold Mittersakschmöller, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 4 : Head sculpture
Gabon, Fang / Tshogo
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 5 : Mask of "hanuman" ("King of the apes")
Nepal
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 6 : Shrine figure
Nepal
not available anymore
Lot 7 : Mask
Nepal, Rai
Paul Rutten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 120
Lot 8 : Tiger mask
Nepal, Tharu
not available anymore
Lot 9 : Small head
India, Naga
Heide and Hans Kaufmann, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 10 : Warrior's ceremonial headdress
India, Naga
sold EUR 450
Lot 11 : Two textiles
India, Naga, Angami
not available anymore
Lot 12 : Two bead necklaces
India, Naga, Sangtam
not available anymore
Lot 13 : Tool
Bhutan
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA
sold EUR 800
Lot 14 : Ritual dagger "phur-bu"
Tibet
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 15 : Bowl
Oceania
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 16 : Axe "utam"
Papua New Guinea
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 17 : Two axe blades of stone and obsidian tip
Papua New Guinea
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 18 : Horizontal ornament
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Helen S. Slosberg Collection, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham/Boston, USA Mark A. Blackburn, Hawaii, USA
not available anymore
Lot 19 : Portrait of a spirits head
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
not available anymore
Lot 20 : Ancestor board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Gulf
Leo and Lilian Fortess Collection, Hawaii, USA
not available anymore
Lot 21 : Male ancestor figure "bioma"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Village Gigori, Wapo River
collected in situ by George Craig (around 1950)
not available anymore
Lot 22 : Corselet "cuirass"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Upper - Highlands/Star Mountains, Telefomim District
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 23 : Shoulder shield "elàyaborr"
Papua New Guinea - Highlands - Mendi
Leo Fleischmann, Sydney, Australia
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 24 : Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Stan Moriarty Collection, Sydney, Australia (ca. 1950) Leonard Warnock Collection, Sydney, Australia (ca. 1960)
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 25 : Headcrest "baba"
Papua New Guinea - Maprik
not available anymore
Lot 26 : Squatting anthropomorphic figure
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
Ian Davidson, Melbourne, Australia
not available anymore
Lot 27 : Standing female figure
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 28 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
Lot 29 : Spear thrower
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 30 : Ancestor spirit mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Old German Collection, Berlin (before 1943)
sold EUR 650
Lot 31 : Male figure of an ancestor spirit "blaal"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Augustin Krämer, Stuttgart, Germany Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 32 : Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Alain Bovis, Paris, France Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 33 : Mask of spiritual being "tago"
Papua New Guinea, Huon Gulf - Tami Islands
Guy Mille, Neuilly Plaisance, France
not available anymore
Lot 34 : Ceremonial spear
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, St Matthias Islands
Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1980)
sold EUR 450
Lot 35 : Ornamental comb
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 36 : Spear with obsidian tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Old German Colonial Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 37 : Spear with bipartite tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Paul Merz (German Government Secretary on Jaluit, Marshall Islands, 1910 -1914); Confirmation of his granddaughter Dottore Karin Campana-Bloch, Lomagna, Italy available
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 38 : Malaganmask "tatanua"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Missionary Hafner, Neuendettelsau, Germany Alexander Freiherr von Eyb, Neuendettelsau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 40 : Ceremonial shield
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Kilenge, Ongola Village
Müller Collection, Austria (acquired from a local village elder in Ongola, New Britain in the early 1950's) Dione van Hal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 41 : Spear
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Nakanai
Ernst Heinrich, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 42 : Death mask "kaka-paraga"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, West New Britain - Witu Islands
Victor (Mordechai) Goldschmidt, Heidelberg, Germany Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 43 : Bowl "apie nie"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, Wuvulu, Manus Province
Mark A. Blackburn, Hawaii, USA Nicolas le Golvan, France
not available anymore
Lot 44 : Birdhead club "go porowa ra maru"
New Caledonia, Kanak
Haig's of Rochester, Fine Jewelry and Asian Antiques, Michigan, USA
sold EUR 650
Lot 45 : Bird bowl
Solomon Islands, Santa Ana Island
Amu Reiter, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 46 : Club "alafolo"
Solomon Islands - Malaita
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 47 : Club
Solomon Islands - Rennel Island
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 48 : Dance wand "napa"
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 49 : Headband
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands
Amu Reiter, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 50 : Paddle "foe"
Santa Cruz Islands, Western Reef Islands, Pileni or Nifiloli
Bonhams London, 20 September 2006, lot 195
not available anymore
Lot 51 : War club
New Hebrides, Vanuatu, Efate
Holger Schmidtgen, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore