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
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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
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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
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Lot 202: Maternité
Lot 231: Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Lot 255: Mask "akuma"
Lot 312: Standing female figure
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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
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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 356 : Small standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 357 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 359 : Helmet mask "tshibangabanga"
D. R. Congo, Bindji
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 360 : Dorsal shield "saola"
D. R. Congo, Bira
Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 361 : Pipe
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
not available anymore
Lot 362 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 363 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 364 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 365 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 366 : Small receptacle
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 367 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Old Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 368 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 260
Lot 369 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Markus Gunti, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 370 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
White Fathers (Missionary Society), Belgium (1925) Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 371 : Mortar in the shape of a standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Dondo
William Brill, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 372 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
not available anymore
Lot 373 : Ape mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels, Belgium Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Eric Kawan, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 374 : Standing female figure "mwunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
not available anymore
Lot 375 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 376 : Seated bowl bearer "kabila mboko"
D. R. Congo, Kanyok
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 377 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 500
Lot 378 : Drum
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 379 : Mask "nsembu"
D. R. Congo, Kumu
Joseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 380 : Horned mask "kayamba"
D. R. Congo, Lega
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 381 : Mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 382 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 383 : Axe
D. R. Congo, Lele
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 384 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Lele
Fred ten Houten, Groningen, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 385 : Face mask "nkaki" or "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 386 : Fragment of a power figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 387 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Julien A. Quackelbeen, Ghent, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 388 : Striated mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
sold EUR 16,000
Lot 389 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Old Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 390 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 391 : Ceremonial adze
D. R. Congo, Luba
Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
not available anymore
Lot 392 : Axe
D. R. Congo, Luba/Shankadi
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901 - 1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects. Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 393 : Hairpin
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 600
Lot 394 : Half figure "bwanga bwa cibola"
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Howard Bern, Berkeley, USA
not available anymore
Lot 395 : Figural post
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Belgian Colonial Collection, Antwerp
not available anymore
Lot 396 : Standing female ancestor figure "beli"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Robert A. Scalapino, Berkeley, USA
not available anymore
Lot 398 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Mbesa
collected in situ by Charles Smets, who participated in the American Museum's Congo Expedition of 1909-15. In 1990 an exhibition was developed with hundreds of photographs of objects from this expedition, along with many fine archival photographs taken by Herbert Lang on the expedition. The publication "African Reflections" by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis Keim was published as companion to this exhibition. It traces the art history of northeastern Zaire from before the first encounters with Europeans in the 1870's to the present.
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 399 : Anklet
D. R. Congo, Mongo
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 400 : Spiral arm and leg cuff "minkata"
D. R. Congo, Ngata
sold EUR 200
Lot 401 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi
Julien A. Quackelbeen, Ghent, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 402 : Two manillas ("copper currency")
D. R. Congo, Ngombe
a) Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium (1986) Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 260
Lot 403 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Pende/Kwese
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 404 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Wilfried Wellenstein, Luxembourg
not available anymore
Lot 405 : Mask "muyombo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 407 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Wilfried Wellenstein, Luxembourg
not available anymore
Lot 408 : Mask "gitenga"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Emmanuel Ameloot, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,600