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
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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
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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
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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"
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Lot 578: Anthropomorphic bark container "bukuru iga he"
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Lot 579: Big drum
Lot 596: Standing male ancestor figure "nkisi"
Lot 606: Ceremonial adze "khaandu"

76th tribal art auction

Lot 502 : Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 503 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ota
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 504 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 505 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 506 : Round divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 507 : Sceptre "ipawo ase"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 508 : Title staff "iwana ogun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jochen Winkler, Konstanz, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Lempertz, Brussels, 25. April 2009, lot 68
not available anymore
Lot 509 : Bracelet of "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 510 : Pair of ritual staffs "eluku-oro" or "ikuku-oro"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 511 : Kneeling figure "onile"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 512 : Male leader mask "nkam"
Cameroon Grassfields
Old German Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 513 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Babete
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920) Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 106
sold EUR 500
Lot 514 : Decorative ornament
Cameroon Grassfields
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920)
sold EUR 200
Lot 515 : Architectural element
Cameroon Grassfields
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920) Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 111
not available anymore
Lot 516 : Two fly whisks
Cameroon Grassfields
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 180
Lot 517 : Konvolut: Four objects
Cameroon Grassfields
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 160
Lot 518 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 519 : Small standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafo
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920) Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 107
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 520 : Bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum
sold EUR 250
Lot 521 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Bradley Tribal Arts, New York Christie's, Paris, 16 Juin 2009, lot 87
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 522 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 523 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 524 : Palace door frame
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920) Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 49
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 525 : Dance crest in shape of a bird
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Ketterer, Munich, 7. Dezember 1984, lot 221 Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 526 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 527 : Gong
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 160
Lot 528 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
sold EUR 600
Lot 529 : Five receptacles
Cameroon
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 530 : Memorial figure: mother and child
Cameroon, Bangwa
Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 531 : Zoomorphic mask "suaga"
Cameroon, Mambila
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 532 : Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Gabon, Fang
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 533 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
Charles Ratton, Paris, France Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 534 : Small mask "mukudji" oder "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 950
Lot 535 : Standing figure
Gabon, Punu
French Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 536 : Standing female figure
Gabon, Tsogho
Harry Franklin, Los Angeles, USA Sotheby's, New York, "The Harry Franklin Collection of African Art, 21 April 1990, lot 380
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 537 : Horn
D. R. Congo
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 538 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 500
Lot 539 : Two dignitary staffs
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 540 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 541 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 542 : Figurally carved tusk
D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Loango Coast
not available anymore
Lot 543 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 544 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 545 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany Galerie Henseler, Munich, Germany Giggelberger-Brill, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 546 : Equestrian
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 547 : Small kneeling figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Lunda
sold EUR 600
Lot 549 : Figural stool
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium Bonhams New York, November 9, 2011, Lot 353 Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 550 : Ceremonial chiefs stool
D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Lwena
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 551 : Half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba/Kusu
Belgian Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 552 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Tao Kerefoff, Paris, France
not available anymore