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 256 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 800
Lot 257 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 900
Lot 258 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 259 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 260 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 261 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 600
Lot 262 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 263 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 450
Lot 264 : Ifa tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 265 : Ifa tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 200
Lot 266 : Ifa oracle head
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 600
Lot 267 : Five "ifa" oracle heads
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 150
Lot 268 : Divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 269 : Two oracle boards "opon ofa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 100
Lot 270 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
sold EUR 770
Lot 271 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany German Private Collection, Hamburg
sold EUR 120
Lot 272 : Lidded container
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 273 : Container
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 450
Lot 274 : Staff of "orisa oko" in beaded sheath "ewu ileke"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 1,950
Lot 275 : Sceptre "ipawo ase"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 700
Lot 276 : Sceptre "ipawo ase"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 450
Lot 277 : Ritual staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 600
Lot 278 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
not available anymore
Lot 279 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
not available anymore
Lot 280 : Kneeling figure "onile"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
not available anymore
Lot 281 : Kneeling pair of figures "onile"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 282 : Two bracelets of the "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 500
Lot 283 : Three bracelets of the "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 284 : Tobacco pipe
Cameroon Grassfields
Gisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 285 : Magical bag
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 286 : Helmet mask "ngoin"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Old French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 287 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields
German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 288 : Palace door frame
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Emerson Woelfer, Los Angeles, USA
sold EUR 800
Lot 289 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
German Colonial Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 900
Lot 290 : Prestige stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Hans Heidenreich, Bayreuth, Germany, collected in situ (1928) in Tiko, an important seaport in the southwestern region of Cameroon. Passenger list with the name of Heidenreich existent, for his journey to Victoria Island on the West Coast of Africa, 17th September 1928 aboard of the "Ussukuma", a steamship of the German East-Africa-Line and his return aboard of the "Wahehe", 7th June 1929.
sold EUR 650
Lot 291 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields
Cornelius Lüttke, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 292 : Dance crest in shape of a rooster
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany German Private Collection, Hamburg
sold EUR 800
Lot 293 : Bracelet
Cameroon
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 294 : Mask
Cameroon, Bangwa
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 295 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 296 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 297 : Helmet mask "suaga"
Cameroon, Mambila
not available anymore
Lot 298 : Helmet mask
Cameroon, Tikar/Bekom
sold EUR 140
Lot 299 : Sword
Cameroon, Tikar
collected in situ (1980's)
not available anymore
Lot 300 : Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota
French Private Collection
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 301 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Philippe and Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 302 : Face mask with curved horns
Gabon, Kwele
Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France Daniel Hourdé, Paris, France
sold EUR 12,000
Lot 303 : Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Lumbo
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
sold EUR 25,000
Lot 304 : Standing female ancestor figure "gheonga"
Gabon, Tsogho/Sango
Christie's, Paris, 15 Juin 2002, lot 214
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 305 : Sitting figure
Gabon, Tsogho
French Private Collection
not available anymore

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