May 25, 2013

73rd tribal art auction

African and oceanic tribal art from european private collections. The Private Collection Walter Hekster (Amsterdam): Monumental sculptures from Tanzania.

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Highlights

Lot 40: Canoe shield "kaminimbit"
Lot 49: Tomb figure
Lot 90: Standing pair of figures
Lot 91: Big male figure
1/2
Lot 92: Pair of dance figures
Lot 93: Dance figure "ibinda" (pl. "mabinda")
Lot 94: Female dance figure
Lot 95: Standing female dance figure
Lot 117: Sitting figure "iran"
Lot 124: Puppet
Lot 127: Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè society"
Lot 128: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 132: Ape mask
1/2
Lot 161: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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
1/2
Lot 202: Maternité
Lot 231: Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Lot 255: Mask "akuma"
Lot 312: Standing female figure
1/2
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
1/2
Lot 344: Standing male figure "kalimbangoma"
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 396: Standing female ancestor figure "beli"
Lot 412: Face mask
Lot 414: Mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 435: Titled Lady with small figure
Lot 439: Standing female ancestral figure "hamba"

73rd tribal art auction

Lot 306 : Mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
collected in situ (1968 -1972)
Sold EUR 900
Lot 307 : Miniature figure
Cameroon
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 308 : Manilla
Cameroon
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 309 : Pipe
Cameroon
Not available anymore
Lot 310 : Token "abia"
Cameroon
Not available anymore
Lot 311 : Male ancestor figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain · Christie’s Amsterdam, 12.12.2000, lot 161
Not available anymore
Lot 312 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France · Sotheby’s New York, 16.11.2001, lot 98
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 313 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Kaka
August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 314 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Kaka
French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 315 : Standing female ancestor figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 316 : Small figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
Not available anymore
Lot 317 : Helmet mask "suaga"
Cameroon, Mambila
Christie’s Paris, 4.12.2008, lot 159
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 318 : Slit drum
Cameroon, Mambila
Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 780
Lot 319 : Trumpet "tawong"
Cameroon, Mambila
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 320 : Spoon
Gabon, Fang
Raquel Montagut, Barcelona, Spain
Not available anymore
Lot 321 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Fang
Robert Fitzgerald, called “Bob Jones”, The Netherlands/Argentina/Brazil/ USA · David & Bonnie Ross, Indianapolis, USA (1983)
Not available anymore
Lot 322 : Janushead of a reliquary ensemble "bwete"
Gabon, Kota-Obamba
Juan Sanz Martinez (1896-1988), Sanary sur Mer, France
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 323 : Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
Maurice Ratton, Paris, France
Sold EUR 4,200
Lot 324 : Mask "pibibuze"
Gabon, Kwele
Raoul Lehuard, Arnouville, France · Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
Sold EUR 9,000
Lot 325 : Face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Dieter Röttger, Sylt, Germany · Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 326 : Head sculpture
Gabon, Tsogho
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 327 : Mask
Gabon, Tsogho
Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland (1972)
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 328 : Bracelet
West Africa
Not available anymore
Lot 329 : Two Bracelets
West Africa
Sold EUR 900
Lot 330 : Two bracelets
Sudan, Fur
Sold EUR 800
Lot 331 : Bracelet
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi
Not available anymore
Lot 332 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Urhobo
Austrian Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 333 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Urhobo
Austrian Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 334 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sold EUR 900
Lot 335 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Not available anymore
Lot 336 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Not available anymore
Lot 337 : Charm "mikisi mihasi"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Belgian Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 338 : Anthropomorphic peg "iginga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 339 : Trumpet
Gabon
Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 340 : Head sculpture
Angola, Lunda
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 341 : Ornamental knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Sold EUR 800
Lot 342 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Julien A. Quackelbeen, Ghent, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 343 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Emmanuel Ameloot, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,250
Lot 344 : Standing male figure "kalimbangoma"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Not available anymore
Lot 345 : Standing figure with hat
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 346 : Zoomorphic sculpture "mugugundu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 347 : Small calabash with ivory stopper
D. R. Congo, Suku
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 348 : Pestle
D. R. Congo, Mongo
Old Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 349 : Flute
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Not available anymore
Lot 350 : Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Agni
Sold EUR 750
Lot 351 : Figure of St. Anthony
D. R. Congo/Angola, Region of Lukula
Sold EUR 250
Lot 352 : Harp
D. R. Congo, Azande, Uele
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 353 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Bernard Dulon, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 354 : Ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Not available anymore
Lot 355 : Figure of a drummer
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium · Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA
Not available anymore