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 51 : Ornamental suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Marc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 52 : Figural suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, Sepik
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands French Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 53 : Figural suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Marc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 54 : Overmodeled ancestor skull
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
collected before 1972
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 55 : Figural sculpture
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Marc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 56 : Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Carl Le Hanne, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 57 : Round dish
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 58 : Ladle
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 59 : Spear with obsidian tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 60 : Club
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 61 : Birdhead club "go porowa ra maru"
New Caledonia, Kanak
Jacques Lebrat, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 62 : Club
Solomon Islands
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 63 : Fish casket "airi"
Solomon Islands
Burkard (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 10,000
Lot 64 : Club "afui" or "alafolo"
Solomon Islands - Malaita
Private Collection, The Hague, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 65 : Dance club for the "napa" dance
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands
Valluet-Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 66 : Club
Vanuatu, New Hebrides
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 67 : Ceremonial paddle
Austral Islands, Ra'ivavae
Jacques Lebrat, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 68 : Seat of a chief "no oanga"
Cook Islands
not available anymore
Lot 69 : Chiefs staff/club
Cook Islands
not available anymore
Lot 70 : War club "dromudromu"
Fidji Islands
Minderman, The Hague, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 71 : Throwing club "i ula drisia"
Fidji Islands
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 72 : Club "patu"
New Zealand, Maori
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 73 : Bugle-flute "putorino"
New Zealand, Maori
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 74 : Food pounder "penu"
Society Islands, Maupiti (Îles sous le Vent)
Jacques Lebrat, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 75 : Boomerang
Australia
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 76 : Spear thrower "woomera"
Australia
Australian Collection
sold EUR 390
Lot 77 : Two clubs
North America
American Private Collection, Portland, Oregon
not available anymore
Lot 78 : Zoomorphic vessel (bear)
Canada, Haida
Rento Brattinga, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 79 : Standing female figure with snake belt
Mexico, Aztec/post classic
French Collection, Paris (before 1971) Rudolf Borkowsky, Neuwied, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 80 : Dog effigy
West-Mexico, Colima
American Private Collection, New Jersey (~1960's)
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 81 : Seated hunchback
Mexico, Colima
Lucia Meza Ley, California, USA (before 1960)
not available anymore
Lot 82 : Drummer
Mexico, Colima
Hurling Collection, Texas, USA
not available anymore
Lot 83 : Standing female figure
West-Mexico, Jalisco, El Arenal Type
Lucia Meza Ley, California, USA (before 1960)
not available anymore
Lot 84 : Kneeling female figure with bowl and rattle
West-Mexico, Jalisco, Ameca-Etzatlan Style
Lucia Meza Ley, California, USA (before 1960)
not available anymore
Lot 85 : Cylindrical vessel
Mexico, Maya
Richard Gill, Orlando, USA (before 2006)
not available anymore
Lot 86 : Head sculpture of a priest
Mexico, Veracruz
Sotheby's New York, December 05 2006, lot 186
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 87 : Bowl
Peru, Chimu
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 88 : Vessel
South America, Inca
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 220
Lot 89 : Ceremonial axe "tumi"
South America, Inca
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 90 : Four vessels
Peru, pre-columbian
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 91 : Three vessels
Peru, pre-columbian
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 440
Lot 92 : Two small vessels and one figure
Peru, pre-columbian
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 280
Lot 93 : Bowl
Peru, Nazca
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, München, 26.6.1987, lot 630 Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 94 : Burial urn
Peru, Chancay
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 850
Lot 95 : Vessel
Peru, Chavin
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 96 : Vessel
Peru, Chimu
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 97 : Double whistling vessel
Peru, Chimu
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 98 : Vessel
Peru, Cupisnique
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 99 : Vessel
Peru, Huari
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 100 : Double-spout vessel
Peru, Huari
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 650