73rd tribal art auction
African and oceanic tribal art from european private collections. The Private Collection Walter Hekster (Amsterdam): Monumental sculptures from Tanzania.
Highlights
Lot 40: Canoe shield "kaminimbit"
Lot 49: Tomb figure
Lot 90: Standing pair of figures
Lot 91: Big male figure
Lot 92: Pair of dance figures
Lot 94: Female dance figure
Lot 95: Standing female dance figure
Lot 117: Sitting figure "iran"
Lot 124: Puppet
Lot 128: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 132: Ape mask
Lot 163: Standing female figure
Lot 168: Mask "kpan"
Lot 169: Face mask of the "mblo" group
Lot 182: Chimpanzee mask "kagle"
Lot 189: Mask
Lot 231: Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Lot 255: Mask "akuma"
Lot 312: Standing female figure
Lot 321: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 324: Mask "pibibuze"
Lot 326: Head sculpture
Lot 337: Charm "mikisi mihasi"
Lot 338: Anthropomorphic peg "iginga"
Lot 339: Trumpet
Lot 340: Head sculpture
Lot 342: Standing figure
Lot 343: Standing male figure
Lot 345: Standing figure with hat
Lot 348: Pestle
Lot 352: Harp
Lot 380: Horned mask "kayamba"
Lot 388: Striated mask "kifwebe"
Lot 395: Figural post
Lot 412: Face mask
Lot 414: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 435: Titled Lady with small figure
Lot 255 : Mask "akuma"
Nigeria, JukunFrench Private CollectionSold EUR 6,000
Lot 256 : Figure
Nigeria, KeakaYves & Ewa Develon, Paris, France (collected in situ)Not available anymore
Lot 257 : Dance crest "nyamfaik"
Nigeria, KoroCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group) · Jo de Buck, Brussels, BelgiumSold EUR 3,800
Lot 258 : Mallet
Nigeria, KoroKarl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany · German Private CollectionSold EUR 250
Lot 259 : Mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Mama, KaleriBelgian Private CollectionNot available anymore
Lot 261 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGerman Private CollectionNot available anymore
Lot 262 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGalerie Noir d’ Ivoire, Paris, FranceSold EUR 1,500
Lot 263 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyePiero Pannetoni, Pisa, ItalySold EUR 1,900
Lot 264 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye/MontolNot available anymore
Lot 265 : Female mask "wife of va"
Nigeria, MumuyeJoaquin Pecci, Brussels, BelgiumSold EUR 1,300
Lot 266 : Muddler
Nigeria, MumuyeNot available anymore
Lot 267 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, OgoniSotheby’s London, 14.5.1979, lot 150Not available anymore
Lot 268 : Small male standing figure
Nigeria, UrhoboKevin Conru, London, Great BritainNot available anymore
Lot 269 : Horned mask
Nigeria, UrhoboLempertz Brussels, 26.4.2008, lot 168Sold EUR 1,760
Lot 270 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, WurkunFrench Private CollectionSold EUR 1,300
Lot 271 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, WurkunSold EUR 500
Lot 272 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, WurkunSold EUR 700
Lot 273 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, YorubaSold EUR 500
Lot 274 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, YorubaSold EUR 500
Lot 275 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, YorubaNot available anymore
Lot 276 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, OshogboGerman Private CollectionSold EUR 1,200
Lot 277 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-OrangunSold EUR 4,000
Lot 278 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbominacollected in situ (1982)Not available anymore
Lot 279 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, OyoFred ten Houten, Groningen, The NetherlandsNot available anymore
Lot 280 : Quadruplet "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, EgbeLempertz Brussels, 1.4.2004, lot 89Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 281 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaNot available anymore
Lot 282 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaLoudmer Paris, 24.06.1993, lot 87Not available anymore
Lot 283 : Janusheaded dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, YorubaSold EUR 600
Lot 284 : Oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaSold EUR 400
Lot 285 : Oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, EkitiGert Stoll, Munich, Germany (acquired in Lagos between 1964-1969) · Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany · Lempertz Brussels, 30.3.2006, lot 98 · Sotheby’s New York, 14.5.2010, lot 115Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 286 : Figural divination bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaGerman Private Collection · Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, GermanyNot available anymore
Lot 287 : Ifa priest's necklace "odigba ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, GermanySold EUR 250
Lot 288 : Necklace
Nigeria, YorubaGerhard de Vos, Dormagen, GermanyNot available anymore
Lot 289 : Ifa tapper
Nigeria, YorubaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, GermanySold EUR 2,000
Lot 290 : Bell
Nigeria, YorubaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1971/72)Not available anymore
Lot 291 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, YorubaNot available anymore
Lot 292 : Two dance staffs "eshu"
Nigeria, YorubaAlfons Bermel, Berlin, GermanySold EUR 700
Lot 293 : Staff "eshu"/"elegba"
Nigeria, YorubaFranco Monti, Milan, ItalySold EUR 1,200
Lot 294 : Three cult or currency knives
Nigeria, YorubaSold EUR 600
Lot 295 : Three rattles and armlet
Nigeria, YorubaHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, GermanySold EUR 450
Lot 296 : Prestige stool
Nigeria, YorubaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1971/72)Sold EUR 700
Lot 297 : Figural carved stool
Nigeria, YorubaNot available anymore
Lot 298 : Stool
Cameroon GrassfieldsNot available anymore
Lot 299 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAlex Vömel, Düsseldorf, GermanySold EUR 400
Lot 300 : Dish for coconut
Cameroon GrassfieldsJo de Buck, Brussels, BelgiumNot available anymore
Lot 301 : Pipe
Cameroon GrassfieldsLinden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany · Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, GermanySold EUR 250
Lot 302 : Lid of a vessel
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeJoaquin Pecci, Brussels, BelgiumNot available anymore
Lot 303 : Female mask "ngoin"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/Bamumcollected in situ (1968-1972)Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 304 : Standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeNot available anymore
Lot 305 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumSold EUR 1,700