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 407 : Head fragment of a power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songe, Kalebwe style
Mathias Komor, New York City, USA
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 408 : Mask "kidumu"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 409 : Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 410 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Tetela
Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 411 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Topoke
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 412 : Magical figure "nkisi nkondi"
D. R. Congo, Vili/Yombe
Americo Cardoso Botelho (Museu da Azambuja, Portugal), Lisbon
sold EUR 5,100
Lot 413 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Karl Jansen, St. Augustin, Germany Jansen worked as a missionary for the Steyler mission.
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 414 : Fly whisk
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 415 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Sotheby's London, 17 March 1980, lot 92 Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 18 May 1984, lot 225
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 416 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
Pater Josef Malfliet, Schifferstadt, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 417 : Standing male figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Pater Josef Malfliet, Schifferstadt, Germany
sold EUR 11,000
Lot 418 : Standing female figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 419 : Standing figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Patrick Dierickx, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 420 : Power figure "khonso"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Belgian Colonial Collection Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 421 : Power figure "khosi" with janus head
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Old Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 422 : Standing female figure with receptacle on the head
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 423 : Short sword
D. R. Congo, Yaka
sold EUR 250
Lot 424 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Yakoma
sold EUR 120
Lot 425 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Portuguese Collection
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 426 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Portuguese Collection
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Mother and child
Angola, Chokwe
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 428 : Mask "mwana phwevo"
Sambia, Luena
Jaap Bongers, San Jose, USA (collected in situ)
not available anymore
Lot 429 : Standing female figure
Angola, Luena
Albert Edward Davidson Ashe III, England He was a copper mine engineer in Belgian Congo from 1870 to 1906. In 1906 he brought the figure to England where it became part of his collection. After his death the figure remained family property up to nowadays. Last owner of the figure was a great-grandson of Albert Edward Davidson Ashe III, Mr. D. R. Metcalf, North Carolina, USA.
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 430 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Lunda/Ovimbundu
Portuguese Collection
not available anymore
Lot 431 : Staff
Angola, Lwimbi
Fernando Moncado, Lisbon, Portugal
not available anymore
Lot 432 : Ornamental comb
Angola, Ovimbundu
Seward Kennedy, London, Great Britain Susana Montiel-Colmenares, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 700
Lot 433 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Songo
Portuguese Collection
not available anymore
Lot 434 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Songo
Portuguese Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 435 : Equestrian
Cameroon, Kotoko
collected in situ (1975)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 436 : Three neckrests
Ethiopia, Amhara
sold EUR 300
Lot 437 : Three neckrests
Ethiopia, Amhara
sold EUR 300
Lot 438 : Shield
Ethiopia, Gurage
not available anymore
Lot 439 : Ceremonial knife
Madagascar, Bara, Province of Fianarantsoa
sold EUR 500
Lot 440 : Neckrest
Somalia, Boni
Christian Franke, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 441 : Wickerwork receptacle with lid
Rwanda, Tutsi
Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 442 : Two wickerwork receptacles with lid "agaseki"
Rwanda, Tutsi
Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 443 : Two baskets with lid "agaseki"
Rwanda, Tutsi
Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 444 : Two baskets with lids "agaseki"
Rwanda, Tutsi
Belgian Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 445 : Stick
Tanzania, Kaguru
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1991)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 446 : Dignitary staff
Tanzania, Kwere/Zigua
Private Collection Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 447 : Fertility doll "mwana hiti"
Tanzania, Kwere
Heinz Ryser, Zurich, Switzerland Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Bodymask of a pregnant woman "ndimu"
Tanzania, Makonde
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Marc L. Felix, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 449 : Body mask "ndimu"
Tanzania, Makonde
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Marc L. Felix, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 450 : Anthropomorphic hybrid with bird head
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Bernard Bourbon, Île-de-France, France
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 451 : Face mask
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Pare
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 453 : Puppet figure
Tanzania, Sukuma
German Private Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 454 : Puppet figure
Tanzania, Sukuma
German Private Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 455 : Standing figure with outstretched arms
Zambia, Chokwe
British Collection
sold EUR 750
Lot 456 : Male mask "katoyo"
Sambia, Luena
Jaap Bongers, San Jose, USA (collected in situ)
not available anymore

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