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 454 : Caryiatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 455 : Engraved horn
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium · Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 456 : Two stools
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Dutch Private Collection, Delft
Sold EUR 650
Lot 457 : Post
D. R. Congo, Metoko
Georges-Jean Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 458 : Mask "tundu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Georges Frederick Keller, Paris, France (ca. 1950) · Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland · Sothey’s Paris, 6 Juin 2005, lot 150
Not available anymore
Lot 459 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Pende/Mbala
Christie’s New York, 22 November 1996, lot 173 · Christie’s Amsterdam, 7 December 1998, lot 171
Not available anymore
Lot 460 : Divination instrument "galukoji"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Christian Franke, Stuttgart, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 461 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1995)
Sold EUR 650
Lot 462 : Anthropomorphic miniature mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 463 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 464 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Robert Terwindt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 465 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Songe/Luba
Ada Blochwitz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 466 : Standing male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 10,000
Lot 467 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 468 : Mask board "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 469 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Tabwa
Not available anymore
Lot 470 : Janus-headed power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 471 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Teke
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 472 : Male power figure
D. R. Congo, Teke
Jean-Paul Agogué, France
Sold EUR 1,250
Lot 473 : Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Tetela
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 474 : Anthropomorphic cup
D. R. Congo, Wongo
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 475 : Mask of the "ndunga" society
D. R. Congo, Woyo
Edouard Montfort, Nice, France
Not available anymore
Lot 476 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France · Rudolph de Ruijter, Katlijk, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 700
Lot 477 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Old Belgium Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 478 : Memorial figure "bitumba"
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Américo Cardoso Botelho, Lisbon, Portugal
Sold EUR 26,000
Lot 479 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Luena
acquired in London in 1968 · Egon Guenther, Johannesburg, South Africa · Sotheby’s New York, 18 November 2000, lot 158
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 480 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Lunda
Portuguese Colonial Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 481 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Ovimbundu
Portuguese Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 482 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Ovimbundu
Portuguese Colonial Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 483 : Doll
Chad, Bagirmi
collected in situ at the beginning of the 1960 · Jean-Yves Coué, Nantes, France
Not available anymore
Lot 484 : Game board for the "mankala" game
Ethiopia
Not available anymore
Lot 485 : Shield "tafa", "taja" oder "gasha"and two spears
Ethiopia, Amhara
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 486 : Shield
Ethiopia, Sidamo
Sold EUR 600
Lot 487 : Grave post with male ancestor figure
Madagascar, Vezo
French Collection
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 488 : Three dolls
Kenya
Sold EUR 340
Lot 489 : Mask
Tanzania, Holoholo
Marc L. Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 490 : Fly whisk
Tanzania, Kwere
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 80
Lot 491 : Mask "midimu"
Tanzania, Makonde
Hugo Schlicke, Hildesheim, Germany (collected between 1903 and 1914)
Not available anymore
Lot 492 : Body mask "ndimu"
Tanzania, Makonde
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 493 : Standing female figure
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 494 : Title staff
Tanzania, Pare
Lempertz Brussels, 25. April 2009, lot 121 · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 220
Lot 495 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Sukuma
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 150
Lot 496 : Stand for calabashes
Tanzania, Yao
Portuguese Private Collection, Lisbon
Not available anymore
Lot 497 : Face mask "vavampwevo"
Zambia, Luchazi
French Collection
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 498 : Small face mask
Mozambique, Makonde
Not available anymore
Lot 499 : Three spears
South Africa, Zulu
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Not available anymore