September 7, 2013

74th tribal art auction

Fine old african and oceanic tribal art from european private and colonial collections. Art from the Inuit.

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Highlights

Lot 2: Trophee skull
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Lot 21: Overmodeled ancestor skull
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Lot 31: Figure "malagan" with outstretched arms
Lot 32: War shield
Lot 72: Standing male ancestor figure
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Lot 101: Two tusks
Lot 105: Standing female figure "minsereh"
Lot 106: Standing female figure "kambei"
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Lot 112: Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Lot 113: Mask
Lot 124: Torso of a female figure
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Lot 126: Figure "nommo"
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Lot 135: Standing male figure
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Lot 136: Standing female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
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
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Lot 219: Helmet mask "agbanabo"
Lot 229: Male dance crest "aku onu"
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Lot 233: Standing male figure
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Lot 242: Standing male figure "ihambe"
Lot 288: Palace door frame
Lot 294: Mask
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Lot 295: Standing male figure
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Lot 301: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Lot 302: Face mask with curved horns
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Lot 303: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 304: Standing female ancestor figure "gheonga"
Lot 358: Standing figure
Lot 367: Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
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Lot 368: Seated bowl bearer "mboko"
Lot 371: Mask
Lot 377: Drum "nedundu"
Lot 381: Standing male figure
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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"

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Lot 204 : Standing figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 205 : Ritual pedestal for a sacrificial bowl
Nigeria, Benin
Alfred Zenichowski, Berlin, Germany Freedun Ostowar, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 206 : Dagger-knife with sheath
Nigeria, Adamawa, Tiv or Vere
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 207 : Pair of figures
Nigeria, Anago
not available anymore
Lot 208 : Figural group
Nigeria, Anago/Yoruba
Guy van Rijn and Loes Jansen, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 209 : Headdress
Nigeria, Boki
not available anymore
Lot 210 : Mask "iki"
Nigeria, Djompre
Pierre Robin, Paris, France (1990's)
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 211 : Sceptre
Nigeria, Eket
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 212 : Big mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Old German Collection, Berlin
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Mask "mma ji"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Gabriel Viaud-Bruant, Poitiers, France (1865-1948) (for detailed information on Gabriel Viaud-Bruant please see Lot 143) Heléne Amiault Girault, Bagnolet, France
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 215 : Mask "mma ji"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Oskar Oberle, Würzburg, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 216 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Idoma
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 217 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Idoma
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 218 : Mask
Nigeria, Idoma
not available anymore
Lot 219 : Helmet mask "agbanabo"
Nigeria, Igala, Lower Benue
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 220 : Mask "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Igbo
American Collection, New York
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 221 : Mask "ula onu"
Nigeria, Igbo
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1978) Gisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 222 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 223 : Door
Nigeria, Igbo
Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 224 : Door
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 780
Lot 225 : Cola nut bowl "okwa oji"
Nigeria, Igbo
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 226 : Bell
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 600
Lot 227 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 229 : Male dance crest "aku onu"
Nigeria, Jukun
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 230 : Ceremonial cup
Nigeria, Koro
not available anymore
Lot 231 : Figure
Nigeria, Mbembe
sold EUR 450
Lot 232 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 233 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
French Private Collection Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 234 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Michel Beaujour, New York City, USA Flak, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 235 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 236 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 237 : Bush cow helmet mask
Nigeria, Mumuye
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 238 : Mens vestment
Nigeria, Nupe
Oskar Oberle, Würzburg, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 239 : Mask "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 48 Gisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 240 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 241 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Oron
not available anymore
Lot 242 : Standing male figure "ihambe"
Nigeria, Tiv
Martien Coppens, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 243 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Urhobo, Warri, Delta State
sold EUR 600
Lot 244 : Ritual stool
Nigeria, Yoruba
Private Collection, Belgium
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 245 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Shaki Area
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 600
Lot 246 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 450
Lot 247 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Marc Assayag, Montreal, Canada
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 248 : Big female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 249 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Shaki
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 250 : Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 251 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 252 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 600
Lot 253 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeij"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 980
Lot 254 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeij"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ogbomosho, Oyo
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
not available anymore
Lot 255 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 600

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