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 103 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Tiv
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 50
Lot 104 : Ritual implement
Nigeria, Tiv
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 330
Lot 105 : Group of figures
Nigeria, Yoruba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 106 : Small power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 104 · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 220
Lot 107 : Standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 104 · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 108 : Standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 109 : Small male power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 104 · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 110 : Pair of miniature figures
Cameroon Grassfields
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 111 : Small power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 112 : Figural charm
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 103 · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 113 : Standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Haberzettl, Munich, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 114 : Small male magical figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 115 : Small power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 103 · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 116 : Female statuette "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 103 · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 117 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Bangwa
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 103 · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 118 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Haberzettl, Munich, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 119 : Pair of figures
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 120 : Two fertility dolls
Cameroon, Namchi
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 121 : Three figural objects
D. R. Congo
b) Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 122 : Three power half figures
D. R. Congo
b) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 123 : Three miniature objects
D. R. Congo
a) Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany · b) Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 124 : Three statuettes
D. R. Congo
a) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · c) Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 125 : Powder container and miniature cup
D. R. Congo
a) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 126 : Figure of St. Anthony
D. R. Congo
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 350
Lot 127 : Squatting figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 129 : Two standing figures
D. R. Congo
a) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 100
Lot 130 : Magical figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 131 : Standing female power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 132 : Standing female figure "biteki koshi"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 350
Lot 133 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 134 : Two female power figures
D. R. Congo, Songye
Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland (a) · collected in situ, Lomé, Togo (b) · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 135 : Male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 80
Lot 136 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 137 : Two power figures
D. R. Congo, Songye
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 260
Lot 138 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Kasongo
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, lot 509 · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 650
Lot 139 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Kasongo
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 850
Lot 140 : Sitting figure of the Queen "Holo dya Mukhetu"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 141 : Framed figure "nzambi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 142 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 143 : Female figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
German Private Collection · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 144 : Two figures
D. R. Congo, Yanzi
a) Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 13. November 1982, lot 325 · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 145 : Standing power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 146 : Magical amulet
D. R. Congo, Manyanga
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 147 : Three combs
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
a) + b) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · c) Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 240
Lot 148 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
German Private Collection · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 149 : Two oracle figures
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 150 : Standing female figure
Angola, Luena
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 100
Lot 151 : Three combs
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
a) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · b) Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · c) Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 180
Lot 152 : Three small masks "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
a) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 153 : Three animal figures
D. R. Congo, Lega
a) Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 200