March 22, 2014

76th tribal art auction

Insights in the diversity and quality of fine old art from Africa, Pre-Columbian Art from the Cologne Collection Oberle. Selected pieces from the South Seas.

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Highlights

Lot 3: Seated figure "hampatong"
Lot 16: Ritual decorated front panel
Lot 45: Ancestor skull "ndambirkus"
Lot 53: Figural suspension hook
Lot 63: Fish casket "airi"
Lot 68: Seat of a chief "no oanga"
Lot 79: Standing female figure with snake belt
Lot 80: Dog effigy
Lot 81: Seated hunchback
Lot 84: Kneeling female figure with bowl and rattle
Lot 111: Painted male shirt
Lot 134: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 149: Standing female figure
Lot 161: Standing male figure
1/2
Lot 176: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Lot 177: Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 184: Face mask of the "mblo"-group
Lot 199: Mask
1/2
Lot 200: Mask "gu"
Lot 211: Mask "kpelié"
Lot 212: Standing female figure
Lot 233: Geometrical goldweight
Lot 234: Geometrical goldweight
Lot 235: Geometrical goldweight
Lot 338: Figural group
Lot 339: Goldweight: seated figure
Lot 340: Figural goldweight
Lot 342: Goldweight : hunter
Lot 382: Goldweight: ornamental fish
1/2
Lot 479: Big female bowl bearer "arugba shango"
Lot 524: Palace door frame
Lot 540: Power figure "nkisi"
1/2
Lot 541: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 561: Standing male ancestor figure
Lot 564: Standing male figure
1/2
Lot 565: Mask "lukwakongo"
1/2
Lot 578: Anthropomorphic bark container "bukuru iga he"
1/2
Lot 579: Big drum
Lot 596: Standing male ancestor figure "nkisi"
Lot 606: Ceremonial adze "khaandu"

76th tribal art auction

Lot 1 : Group: Two backpacks, two receptacles and a "kris"
Philippines
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 2 : Two standing rice deities "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
collected in situ (Kiangan 1973)
Sold EUR 900
Lot 3 : Seated figure "hampatong"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 4 : Shaman mask
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Marc Lissauer, Australia · Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 3,200
Lot 5 : Trophy skull
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
P. Serre, Marseille/Tours/Paris, France · Collection Depuis (1969) · Ani de Gaston Defrerre, Marseille, France
Not available anymore
Lot 6 : Shield
Indonesia - Moluccas
Not available anymore
Lot 7 : Shield
Indonesia - Moluccas
Not available anymore
Lot 8 : Seated ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
Bodes en Bode, Den Haag, The Netherlands · Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Hans van Houwelingen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 9 : Equestrian figure
Indonesia - Sulawesi
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 10 : Figurally carved stopper
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
Sold EUR 500
Lot 11 : Standing shrine figure
Nepal
Sold EUR 600
Lot 12 : Mask
Nepal
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 13 : Theatre mask
Nepal
Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 14 : Sculpture of "Yashoda" and "Krishna"
India, Gujarat, Patan district
Fred ten Houten, Groningen, The Netherlands · Marcel Nies, Antwerp, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 15 : Shield
India, Naga, Konyak
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 16 : Ritual decorated front panel
India, Naga, Tangkhul
Not available anymore
Lot 17 : Bracelet of a warrior
India, Naga
collected in situ (1970’s)
Sold EUR 420
Lot 18 : Shawl of a warrior
India, Naga
Sold EUR 600
Lot 19 : Warrior hairpin
India, Naga, Konyak
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Sold EUR 620
Lot 20 : Warrior's ceremonial headdress
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 21 : Men's necklace with giant Turbinella Pyrum shell
India, Naga
René David, Zurich, Switzerland · Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 22 : Necklace
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Sold EUR 300
Lot 23 : Necklace
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 24 : Necklace
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 25 : Necklace
India, Naga, Konyak
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 26 : Necklace
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 27 : Necklace
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Sold EUR 300
Lot 28 : Neck adornment
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 29 : Girl's headband
India, Naga, Sumi
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Sold EUR 150
Lot 30 : Trophy ornament
India, Naga, Konyak
collected in situ (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 31 : Trophy ornament
India, Naga, Konyak
collected in situ (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 32 : Trophy ornament
India, Naga
collected in situ (1970-1983)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 33 : Trophy ornament
India, Naga
collected in situ (1970-1983)
Not available anymore
Lot 34 : Squatting figure
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Sold EUR 350
Lot 35 : Receptacle
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 36 : Betel vessel
India, Naga
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Not available anymore
Lot 37 : Two ornamental combs
China, Yao, Province Guizhou
Not available anymore
Lot 38 : Wedding-headdress
China, Yao, Province of Guizhou
Not available anymore
Lot 39 : Two pictorials "zanpar"
Tibet
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 40 : Group of ornament
Papua New Guinea
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 350
Lot 41 : Group of two lime spatulas, small bag and a fan
Papua New Guinea
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 42 : Group: handdrum and two arrows
Papua New Guinea
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 150
Lot 43 : Fish hook
Papua New Guinea
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 180
Lot 44 : Portrait of a spirits head
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Marc Lissauer, Australia · Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 45 : Ancestor skull "ndambirkus"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
P. Serre, Marseille/Tours/Paris, France · Collection Depuis (1969) · Ani de Gaston Defrerre, Marseille, France
Not available anymore
Lot 46 : Ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Ilse Ehlers, Wuppertal, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 47 : Dish "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Gulf
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 48 : Ancestor board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Gulf
Marc Lissauer, Australia · Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 4,400
Lot 49 : Houseboard
Papua New Guinea - Hunstein Mountains, April River
Dutch Private Collection (collected in situ in the 1950’s)
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 50 : Beater
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore