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 354 : Ceremonial mask
Nigeria, Mumuye
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Not available anymore
Lot 355 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Nupe
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 356 : Female puppet
Nigeria, Ogoni
Not available anymore
Lot 357 : Seated figure "ihambe"
Nigeria, Tiv
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 358 : Standing female protective figure "ihambe"
Nigeria, Tiv
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 359 : Mask
Nigeria, Urhobo
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 360 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Urhobo
Lore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 361 : Horn
Nigeria, Urhobo
Austrian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 362 : Horn
Nigeria, Urhobo
Austrian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 363 : Horn
Nigeria, Urhobo
Austrian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 364 : Necklace
Nigeria, Vere
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 180
Lot 365 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, Wurkun
German Collection, Berlin
Sold EUR 450
Lot 366 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 367 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ferdinand Barg, Vienna, Austria
Not available anymore
Lot 368 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 420
Lot 369 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 370 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede, Oyo
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 371 : Twin figure "ere ibeji" with cowrie cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Sold EUR 500
Lot 372 : Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Offa, Igbomina
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 373 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
Sold EUR 650
Lot 374 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 375 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 376 : Figurally carved handle of a fly whisk
Nigeria, Yoruba
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 377 : Ceremonial axe "aringo jagun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 300
Lot 378 : Three slat dolls "omolangidi"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 240
Lot 379 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 380 : Helmet mask "epa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 381 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 600
Lot 382 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 400
Lot 383 : Neckring
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 650
Lot 384 : Three fans
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 350
Lot 385 : Bullroarer
Nigeria, Yoruba
Willem K. Coumans, Maastricht, The Netherlands · Louis Nierijnck, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 450
Lot 386 : Zoomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields
Pierre Harter, Paris, France · Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 21 Juin 1995, lot 146 · Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Not available anymore
Lot 387 : Small standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 388 : Standing female figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 389 : Anthropomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 390 : Round bowl
Cameroon
Lore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 391 : Head sculpture (ritual implement)
Cameroon, Bana
Not available anymore
Lot 392 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Bane
French Colonial Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 393 : Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Cameroon, Bangwa
Diedrich Westermann, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 394 : Janus headed night mask of the secret society "troh"
Cameroon, Bangwa
Lore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germany
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 395 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Fang-Ngumba (?)
Old UK collection · Phillips, 25. 06. 1998, Lot 320 · Peter Sloane, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 396 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Lore Wymer, Rosenheim, Germany
Sold EUR 16,000
Lot 397 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 398 : Standing male ancestor figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 399 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
collected in situ (1969/70)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 400 : Spoon
Gabon
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 401 : Face mask "mvudi"
Gabon, Adouma/Galoa
Robert A. Scalapino, Berkeley, USA
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 402 : Knife with sheath
Gabon, Fang
Sotheby’s London, 27 June 1994, lot 327
Sold EUR 600
Lot 403 : Guardian figure of a reliquiary ensemble
Gabon, Fang, Ntumu
U. Scholz, Frankfurt a. M., Germany · Wallner, Wiesbaden, Germany
Sold EUR 6,000