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 52 : Grade sculpture
Vanuatu, Ambrym
Philippe Dodier, Avranches, France
not available anymore
Lot 53 : Hairpin
Polynesia
sold EUR 200
Lot 54 : Sharktooth club
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 55 : Sharktooth club
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
M. Cittone, Bordeaux, France
sold EUR 800
Lot 56 : Bracelet
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin, Ingenieur Hydrographique (1811 - 1858) Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 57 : War club "sali"
Fidji Islands
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 58 : Throwing club "i ula kobo"
Fiji Islands
not available anymore
Lot 59 : Club "gata"
Fidji Islands
Dion van Hal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 60 : Battle club
Fidji Islands
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 61 : Kava bowl "tanoa djina"
Fidji Islands
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 62 : Bowl "yaqona"
Fidji Islands
not available anymore
Lot 63 : Cannibalistic human relic
Fidji Islands
Baptist Missionary Society, Melbourne, Australia Julian Harding, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 700
Lot 64 : War club
Niue Island
Amu Reiter, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 65 : Fighting club
Samoa
Peabody Museum for Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
not available anymore
Lot 66 : Necklace
Tonga
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 67 : Squatting anthropomorphic figure
Caroline Islands, Tobi Islands or Satawan
Addison Robichaud, California, USA
sold EUR 900
Lot 68 : Spirit mask
Caroline Islands, Mortlock Island, Ponape
American Private Collection, Bremerton
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 69 : War club
Karolinen - Truk Islands
Private Kailua, Hawaii Collection, acquired during the 1950's on Guam, Territory of the United States Mark A. Blackburn, Hawaii/USA
not available anymore
Lot 70 : Couple of figures
Caroline Islands, Yap Islands
Stanford University Museum, Stanford, USA
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 71 : Hooked boomerang
Australia
sold EUR 900
Lot 72 : Standing figure
Canada, Inuit, St. Lawrence Island, Bering Strait
Jaap Hillenius, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 73 : Minitature sculpture of a polar bear
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
sold EUR 500
Lot 74 : Four standing figures
Mali, Dogon
a) Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany b) Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium c) René David, Zurich, Switzerland Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 75 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Leopold Häfliger, Luzern, Switzerland Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 76 : Small standing figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 80
Lot 78 : Small pair of figures "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 79 : Standing male figure "bateba yadawora"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 80 : Two male figures "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 220
Lot 81 : Four protective figures "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
a) Erich Hufnagel, Düsseldorf, Germany b) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 82 : Male figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 83 : Two bird sculptures "lumbr"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
a) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 84 : Four protective figures "bateba" and a janus head
Burkina Faso, Lobi
b) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 85 : Five protective figures "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
d) collected in situ, Lomé, Togo e) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 86 : Five protective figures "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
c) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 87 : Two statuettes
Ghana, Ashanti
b) Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 100
Lot 88 : Standing pair of figures "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Henseler, Munich, Germany Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 89 : Standing pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 90 : Two miniature sculptures
Ghana, Ashanti
a) Franz Burkhard, Karlsruhe, Germany Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 100
Lot 91 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Ebrié
Haberzettl, Munich, Germany Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 92 : Standing male figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Vittelshuis, Delft, The Netherlands Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 93 : Comb
Ghana, Ashanti
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 94 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 95 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 96 : Twin figure "venavi"
Ghana, Ewe
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 70
Lot 97 : Male twin figure "venavi" and magical figure
Togo, Ewe
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 98 : Triplets "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 99 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 100 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 120
Lot 101 : Miniature mask
Nigeria, Eket
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 102 : Voice disguiser
Nigeria, Tiv
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 100