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 452 : Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Divination object
Nigeria, Igbo
Hartmut Kraft, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 454 : Door
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 400
Lot 455 : Two door wings
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 400
Lot 456 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 457 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Ibo-Izzi (Abakaliki-Ibo)
not available anymore
Lot 458 : Headboard
Nigeria, Jarawa
German Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 459 : Shield
Nigeria, Keaka
Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 460 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Koro
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 461 : Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine "gbene"
Nigeria, Koro
Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 462 : Mask
Nigeria, Mbembe/Cross River
sold EUR 600
Lot 463 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 464 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Montol
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 465 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
Yves and Ewa Develon, Paris, France Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 466 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
not available anymore
Lot 467 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 468 : Pair of tongs
Nigeria, Mumuye
British Private Collection Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 800
Lot 469 : Bush cow helmet mask
Nigeria, Mumuye
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Ketterer, München, 12. Dezember 1987, lot 155
not available anymore
Lot 470 : Door
Nigeria, Nupe
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 100
Lot 471 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
sold EUR 1,550
Lot 472 : Sculpture with two anthropomorphic heads
Nigeria, Tiv/Idoma
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 473 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Tiv
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 474 : Knife
Nigeria, Tiv
collected in situ (1971)
not available anymore
Lot 475 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Urhobo
not available anymore
Lot 476 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Vere
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 477 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Waja
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 478 : Female bowl bearer "arugba shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 479 : Big female bowl bearer "arugba shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany (collected in situ, 1965-67)
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 480 : Big ritual figure for "shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 481 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 600
Lot 482 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 483 : Dance hook "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 484 : Staff "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 500
Lot 485 : Altar crest "odo shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Serge Trully, Cannes, France Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 486 : Maternité
Nigeria, Yoruba
Achille Laeremans, Liege, Belgium
sold EUR 600
Lot 487 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 488 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun, Igbomina
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 489 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 490 : Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ketu
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 491 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe/area of Ilorin
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 492 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ogbomosho, Oyo
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 493 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 494 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 495 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ota, Awori
sold EUR 500
Lot 496 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Pater Josef Malfliet, Schifferstadt, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 497 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Eduard Neyer, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 498 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba
sold EUR 925
Lot 499 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Gebiet
not available anymore
Lot 500 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Eduard Neyer, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 501 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore