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.
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 80: Dog effigy
Lot 81: Seated hunchback
Lot 111: Painted male shirt
Lot 134: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 149: Standing female figure
Lot 161: Standing male figure
Lot 177: Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 184: Face mask of the "mblo"-group
Lot 199: Mask
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
Lot 524: Palace door frame
Lot 540: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 541: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 561: Standing male ancestor figure
Lot 564: Standing male figure
Lot 565: Mask "lukwakongo"
Lot 606: Ceremonial adze "khaandu"
Lot 51 : Ornamental suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, IatmulMarc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 52 : Figural suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, SepikFélix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands French Private Collectionsold EUR 3,000Lot 53 : Figural suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, IatmulMarc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 54 : Overmodeled ancestor skull
Papua New Guinea, Iatmulcollected before 1972sold EUR 2,000Lot 55 : Figural sculpture
Papua New Guinea - SepikMarc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 56 : Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - SepikCarl Le Hanne, Krefeld, Germanynot available anymoreLot 57 : Round dish
Papua New Guinea - Sepiksold EUR 1,000Lot 58 : Ladle
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality IslandsDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 250Lot 59 : Spear with obsidian tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality IslandsDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 300Lot 60 : Club
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New IrelandDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 750Lot 61 : Birdhead club "go porowa ra maru"
New Caledonia, KanakJacques Lebrat, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 62 : Club
Solomon IslandsDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 400Lot 63 : Fish casket "airi"
Solomon IslandsBurkard (1920-2004), Zug, Switzerland; a swiss industrialist, who built up large compounds for breeding birds from the South Pacific in his home country. The fish cascet was collected in situ on one of his first trips to the South Pacific, before 1955.sold EUR 10,000Lot 64 : Club "afui" or "alafolo"
Solomon Islands - MalaitaPrivate Collection, The Hague, The Netherlandsnot available anymoreLot 65 : Dance club for the "napa" dance
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz IslandsValluet-Ferrandin, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 66 : Club
Vanuatu, New HebridesDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 67 : Ceremonial paddle
Austral Islands, Ra'ivavaeJacques Lebrat, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 68 : Seat of a chief "no oanga"
Cook Islandsnot available anymoreLot 69 : Chiefs staff/club
Cook Islandsnot available anymoreLot 70 : War club "dromudromu"
Fidji IslandsMinderman, The Hague, The Netherlandsnot available anymoreLot 71 : Throwing club "i ula drisia"
Fidji IslandsDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 200Lot 72 : Club "patu"
New Zealand, Maorisold EUR 2,800Lot 73 : Bugle-flute "putorino"
New Zealand, Maorisold EUR 2,400Lot 74 : Food pounder "penu"
Society Islands, Maupiti (Îles sous le Vent)Jacques Lebrat, Paris, Francesold EUR 3,500Lot 75 : Boomerang
AustraliaDietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 450Lot 76 : Spear thrower "woomera"
AustraliaAustralian Collectionsold EUR 390Lot 77 : Two clubs
North AmericaAmerican Private Collection, Portland, Oregonnot available anymoreLot 78 : Zoomorphic vessel (bear)
Canada, HaidaRento Brattinga, Amsterdam, The Netherlandssold EUR 1,400Lot 79 : Standing female figure with snake belt
Mexico, Aztec/post classicFrench Collection, Paris (before 1971) Rudolf Borkowsky, Neuwied, Germanynot available anymoreLot 80 : Dog effigy
West-Mexico, ColimaAmerican Private Collection, New Jersey (~1960's)sold EUR 2,200Lot 81 : Seated hunchback
Mexico, ColimaLucia Meza Ley, California, USA (before 1960)not available anymoreLot 82 : Drummer
Mexico, ColimaHurling Collection, Texas, USAnot available anymoreLot 83 : Standing female figure
West-Mexico, Jalisco, El Arenal TypeLucia Meza Ley, California, USA (before 1960)not available anymoreLot 84 : Kneeling female figure with bowl and rattle
West-Mexico, Jalisco, Ameca-Etzatlan StyleLucia Meza Ley, California, USA (before 1960)not available anymoreLot 85 : Cylindrical vessel
Mexico, MayaRichard Gill, Orlando, USA (before 2006)not available anymoreLot 86 : Head sculpture of a priest
Mexico, VeracruzSotheby's New York, December 05 2006, lot 186sold EUR 1,000Lot 87 : Bowl
Peru, ChimuTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 600Lot 88 : Vessel
South America, IncaTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 220Lot 89 : Ceremonial axe "tumi"
South America, IncaTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanynot available anymoreLot 90 : Four vessels
Peru, pre-columbianTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 91 : Three vessels
Peru, pre-columbianTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 440Lot 92 : Two small vessels and one figure
Peru, pre-columbianTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 280Lot 93 : Bowl
Peru, NazcaGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, München, 26.6.1987, lot 630 Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 700Lot 94 : Burial urn
Peru, ChancayTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 850Lot 95 : Vessel
Peru, ChavinTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 96 : Vessel
Peru, ChimuTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 97 : Double whistling vessel
Peru, ChimuTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 750Lot 98 : Vessel
Peru, CupisniqueTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 900Lot 99 : Vessel
Peru, HuariTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 1,100Lot 100 : Double-spout vessel
Peru, HuariTheo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 650