74th tribal art auction
Fine old african and oceanic tribal art from european private and colonial collections. Art from the Inuit.
Highlights
Lot 2: Trophee skull
Lot 21: Overmodeled ancestor skull
Lot 32: War shield
Lot 72: Standing male ancestor figure
Lot 105: Standing female figure "minsereh"
Lot 106: Standing female figure "kambei"
Lot 113: Mask
Lot 124: Torso of a female figure
Lot 126: Figure "nommo"
Lot 135: Standing male figure
Lot 147: Standing ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 159: Mask "koma ba"
Lot 160: Maske "kpelié"
Lot 172: Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 217: Dance crest
Lot 219: Helmet mask "agbanabo"
Lot 229: Male dance crest "aku onu"
Lot 233: Standing male figure
Lot 242: Standing male figure "ihambe"
Lot 288: Palace door frame
Lot 294: Mask
Lot 295: Standing male figure
Lot 302: Face mask with curved horns
Lot 303: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 358: Standing figure
Lot 367: Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
Lot 368: Seated bowl bearer "mboko"
Lot 371: Mask
Lot 377: Drum "nedundu"
Lot 381: Standing male figure
Lot 382: Figure "okifa"
Lot 383: Male figure "okifa"
Lot 403: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 404: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 412: Magical figure "nkisi nkondi"
Lot 448: Bodymask of a pregnant woman "ndimu"
Lot 1 : Shield "kliau"
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakSlovakian Private Collection, BratislavaSold EUR 2,600Lot 2 : Trophee skull
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakLionel Morley, Brussels, Belgium · Hubert Eslampanah, Brussels, BelgiumSold EUR 3,800
Lot 3 : Sword "dua lalan"
Indonesia - Sulawesi, TorajaSold EUR 150
Lot 4 : Architectural ornament "singa" head
Indonesia - Sumatra, BatakFrancois Coppens, Brussels, BelgiumSold EUR 1,200
Lot 5 : Five charm figures
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - BatakGruss, Hamburg, GermanySold EUR 400
Lot 6 : Standing female figure
Indonesia - JavaNot available anymore
Lot 7 : Ghurra
NepalNot available anymore
Lot 8 : Mask
NepalRobert Brundage, Petaluma, USA · Brant Macklay, Hershey, USASold EUR 2,000
Lot 9 : Shamanic mask
NepalFrançois Pannier, Paris, FranceSold EUR 2,800
Lot 11 : Mask "fagli"
India, Himachal PradeshNot available anymore
Lot 12 : Warrior's ceremonial headdress
India, NagaNot available anymore
Lot 13 : Warrior's "panji" - basket
India, NagaSold EUR 900
Lot 14 : Exorcism mask
BhutanNot available anymore
Lot 15 : Face mask "menpo" with neck protection "yodare kake"
JapanOld German Collection, BerlinSold EUR 2,000
Lot 16 : Mask
JapanNot available anymore
Lot 17 : Big male ritual figure
Papua New Guinea, AbelamGerman Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1940’sSold EUR 2,200
Lot 18 : Head ornament "naute"
Papua New Guinea, AbelamNot available anymore
Lot 19 : Ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), AsmatJan Lundberg, Malmö, SwedenNot available anymore
Lot 20 : Figure "kakame"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Kerewo, Damaibari Village(collected in situ 1966) · Thomas Schultze-Westrum, Germany (1980) · John Friede, Rye, USA · Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USASold EUR 2,700
Lot 21 : Overmodeled ancestor skull
Papua New Guinea, IatmulGerman Private CollectionSold EUR 14,000
Lot 22 : Handdrum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - MaprikSold EUR 700
Lot 23 : Ladle
Papua-Neuguinea - Massim-GebietJulian Harding, London, EnglandNot available anymore
Lot 24 : Female ancestral spirit figure
Papua New Guinea - Sepikcollected in situ (1978)Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 25 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - SepikCharles Wentinck, Saumane, FranceNot available anymore
Lot 26 : Holding fixture
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Chambri Lake AreaPhilippe Dodier, Avranches, France · Alain Bovis, Paris, FranceNot available anymore
Lot 27 : Cassowary skull
Papua-Neuguinea - WamenaNot available anymore
Lot 28 : Male ancestor figure
Papua New Guinea - Woseracollected in situ (1940’s) · German Private Collection,Not available anymore
Lot 29 : Standing male ancestor figure
Papua New Guinea - Yuat RiverDutch CollectionNot available anymore
Lot 30 : Spear fragment with bipartite obsidian tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality IslandsSold EUR 300
Lot 31 : Figure "malagan" with outstretched arms
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New IrelandOld German Collection, Bremerhaven (around the turn of the 19th/20th century)Sold EUR 16,000Lot 32 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, Vitu IslandsDave de Roche, Piedmont, USANot available anymore
Lot 33 : Cannibal fork "iculanibokola"
Fidji IslandsAmerican Collection, San FranciscoNot available anymore
Lot 34 : War club "totokia"
Fidji IslandsSmith Estate, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Lorne Balshine, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaNot available anymore
Lot 35 : Chief's staff "taiaha"
New Zealand, MaoriNot available anymore
Lot 36 : Boomerang
AustraliaAustralian Collection (1983-1985)Not available anymore
Lot 37 : Boomerang
AustraliaNot available anymore
Lot 38 : Anthropomorphic comb
Alaska, St. Lawrence Island, Punuk CultureSold EUR 400
Lot 39 : Miniature sculpture of a fox
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, InuitCharles Miles, California, USASold EUR 300
Lot 40 : Fragment of a polar bear
Alaska, Old Beringsea CultureSold EUR 400
Lot 41 : Idol
Alaska, Old Beringsea CultureSold EUR 550
Lot 42 : Tool
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, InuitSold EUR 500
Lot 43 : Charm
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, InuitSold EUR 440
Lot 44 : Miniature sculpture of an otter
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, InuitSold EUR 260
Lot 45 : Miniature sculpture of a seal
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, InuitSold EUR 300
Lot 46 : Arrow tip
Greenland, Inuit, Thule KulturSold EUR 700
Lot 47 : Drill bow
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, InuitSold EUR 1,050
Lot 48 : Mask
Liberia, BassaHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1973) · Swiss Private CollectionSold EUR 150
Lot 49 : Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Sierra Leone, MendeNoella Gest, St. Rémy-de-Provence, France (1974) · Swiss Private CollectionNot available anymore
Lot 50 : Ape mask "ngon"
Mali, BamanaRené David, Zurich, Switzerland (1967) · Swiss Private CollectionNot available anymore
Lot 51 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, BamanaMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1964) · Swiss Private CollectionSold EUR 3,000