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 204 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 17 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Pair of ancestor figures
Mali, Bamana
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 18 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 206 : Pair of ancestor figures
Mali, Dogon
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 26 and 33 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 207 : Standing male figure
Mali, Dogon
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 40 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 208 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 37 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 209 : Standing male figure
Mali, Dogon
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 30 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 12,500
Lot 210 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 24 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 211 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Dogon
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 14. September 1996, lot 96 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 212 : Two staffs "yo domolo"
Mali, Dogon
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 213 : Zoomorphic power figure "boli"
Mali, Bamana
collected in situ by Monsieur Pirlet (1935) d' Heur, Estepona, Spain (1975) Nicole d' Heur, Rixensart, Belgium (1997) Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 11. Oktober 1997, lot 160 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Mask
Mali, Marka
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 215 : Face mask of the "korè" society
Mali, Marka
Kartographisches Institut Posen, Poland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 14. Februar 1998, lot 152 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 216 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Jan Baum and I. Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 22. September 2007, lot 238 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 217 : Face mask with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 218 : Face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 73 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 219 : Face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 71 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 220 : Face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Rainer Alberti, Nieder-Olm, Germany Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 221 : Mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Engels, Liberia/Australia Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 222 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 223 : Face mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Theo Wulfen, The Netherlands Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 22. September 2007, lot 269 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 224 : Memorial head of a Queen Mother "iyoba"
Nigeria, Benin
Engels, Liberia/Australia Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Figural group and enthroned dignitary
Benin, Fon
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 226 : Head fragment
Nigeria, Benin
Engels, Liberia/Australia Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 227 : Sickness mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Engels, Liberia/Australia Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 228 : Ritual spoon
Nigeria, Yoruba
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 229 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 230 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jan Visser, Amsterdam, Netherlands Günter Christmann, Langenhagen, Germany Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 231 : Standing male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 232 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 233 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ogbomosho
Günter Christmann, Langenhagen, Germany Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 234 : Kneeling figure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 235 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 980
Lot 236 : Pair of shrine figures "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 30. November 1996, lot 278 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 237 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Jan Visser, Amsterdam, Netherlands Günter Christmann, Langenhagen, Germany Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 238 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 239 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oye, Ekiti
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 14. September 1996, lot 360 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 240 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 241 : Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijara, Igbomina
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 26. Juli 1997, lot 341 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 242 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Iwo (?)
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 243 : Maternity
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba-Egbado area
Christie's London, 6 December 1995, lot 107 Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 5. Dezember 1998, lot 41 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 244 : Stool
Nigeria, Yoruba, Area of Ketu
Engels (until 1954 Engels worked as a Medical Practitioner in Liberia, Ivory Coast, where he acquired the most pieces of his collection in situ. His son extended the collection until 1967, when finally in 1998 the whole collection was sold.) Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 9,000
Lot 245 : Lintel of a door frame
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/Bangwa
Mann Family Collection, Leipzig, Germany Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 14. September 1996, lot 269 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 246 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 247 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Engels, Liberia/Australia Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 248 : Helmet mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 11. Oktober 1997, lot 443 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 249 : Elephant mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Engels, Liberia/Australia Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 250 : Face mask "ngaady a mwaash"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 251 : Standing power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 252 : Drum "mbè"
Gabun/Äquatorialguinea - Rio Muni, Fang
E. Döppenschmidt, Pforzheim, Germany Hubert Döppenschmidt, Pforzheim, Germany Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 25. September 1999, lot 391 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 253 : Beadvest
Sudan, Dinka
sold EUR 500