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).
Highlights
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"
Lot 244: Stool
Lot 252: Drum "mbè"
Lot 260: Standing female figure
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 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 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"
Lot 304 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, NgereLore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germanysold EUR 500
Lot 305 : Ceremonial headdress "kwonro"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoMichel Gaud, Saint Tropez, Francenot available anymore
Lot 306 : Mask "kpelie"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHarlin Rander, Tennessee, USAnot available anymore
Lot 307 : Standing male figure "deble"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoIwanovski, Nancy, Francenot available anymore
Lot 308 : Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufonot available anymore
Lot 309 : Standing female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoLucas Ratton, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Lot 310 : Pair of figures "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPrivate Collection, Netherlandsnot available anymore
Lot 311 : Heddle pulley with antelope head
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoWolfgang Ketterer Munich, 20. April 1991, lot 119not available anymore
Lot 312 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoIlia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 313 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, TusianVan Kesteren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Paris, France (1958) Willem Zwiep, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsnot available anymore
Lot 314 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, WéLore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germanysold EUR 500
Lot 315 : Face mask "je"
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureCameron Brown, Chicago, USAsold EUR 4,000
Lot 316 : Standing female figure
Ghana, AbronAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, Francenot available anymore
Lot 317 : Miniature mask
Ghana, Akancollected in situ 1950sold EUR 800
Lot 318 : Figure of a drummer by Osei Bonsu (1900-1977)
Ghana, AkanOld British Collectionsold EUR 1,600
Lot 319 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashantinot available anymore
Lot 320 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, AshantiHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,600
Lot 321 : Comb
Ghana, AshantiHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,600
Lot 322 : Three combs
Ghana, AshantiHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 323 : Stool
Ghana, Ashantinot available anymore
Lot 324 : Standing female figure
Ghana, FanteCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)not available anymore
Lot 325 : Standing male figure
Togo/Ghana, Mamprusi (?)German Private Collectionsold EUR 800
Lot 326 : Standing figure
Togo, Lamba/LossoOld French Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 327 : Ancestor figure "sakap tchitchiri"
Togo, MobaGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 1,500
Lot 328 : Standing female figure
Togo, Tchambanot available anymore
Lot 329 : Ceremonial staff "recade"
Benin, Fonsold EUR 350
Lot 330 : Zoomorphic mask "azigho"
Nigeria, BiniAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanysold EUR 270
Lot 331 : Bell
Nigeria, Binisold EUR 500
Lot 332 : Spoon
Nigeria, ChambaMichel Gaud, Saint Tropez, Francenot available anymore
Lot 333 : Mask
Nigeria, EketManfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanysold EUR 650
Lot 334 : Double bell
Nigeria, Eketcollected in situ (1983)not available anymore
Lot 335 : Mask
Nigeria, Idomasold EUR 1,000
Lot 336 : Anthropomorphic face mask "ikpobi"
Nigeria, IdomaPatrice Brémond, Nice, Francenot available anymore
Lot 337 : Janus headed dance crest
Nigeria, Idomanot available anymoreLot 338 : Sitting female figure with child
Nigeria, IdomaMichel Gaud, Saint Tropez, Francenot available anymore
Lot 339 : Female figure
Nigeria, IgalaStéphane Kurc, Francesold EUR 3,000Lot 340 : Anthropomorphic box
Nigeria, IgalaSwiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 341 : Standing figure
Nigeria, IgboLore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germanysold EUR 700
Lot 342 : Anklet "ogba"
Nigeria, IgboHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 900
Lot 343 : Three masks
Nigeria, IgboLore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germanysold EUR 600
Lot 344 : Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 800
Lot 345 : Small mask
Nigeria, IgboFrench Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 346 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbonot available anymoreLot 347 : Mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, IgboEric Robertson, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 348 : Water spirit mask "egbukele"
Nigeria, Ijawnot available anymore
Lot 349 : Mask
Nigeria, Korocollected in situ (early 1950's)sold EUR 650
Lot 350 : Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)Dutch Private Collection, Amsterdamsold EUR 2,400Lot 351 : Standing male ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mbembein 1973 brought along from the village of Dongala, about 20 km distant from the town of Ikom in the Cross River State; Artcurial, Paris, Art Tribal, 7 June 2005, Lot 59 Christie's Paris, 15 Juin 2010, Lot 54not available anymoreLot 352 : Standing figure
Nigeria, MumuyeFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 353 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeLore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germanysold EUR 2,000