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 101 : Handled vessel and spout bottle
Peru, Lambayeque/Chimu
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 550
Lot 102 : Stirrup-stout vessel
Peru, Moche
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 103 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Moche
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 104 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Moche
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 105 : Bottle-shaped vessel
Peru, Moche
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 650
Lot 106 : Bottle
Peru, Moche
Lempertz, Köln, 13. Mai 1969, lot 12 · Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 107 : Three vessels
Peru, Moche
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 108 : Vessel
Peru, Nazca
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 650
Lot 109 : Vessel in shape of a squatting prisoner
Peru, Vicus
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 110 : Vessel
Peru, Chimu
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 111 : Painted male shirt
Peru, Huari
Old Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 20,000
Lot 112 : Stirrup-spout vessel in form of a cocoa bean
Peru, Moche
Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 113 : Spoon for golddust
Peru, Moche
Liban Pollet, Antwerp, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 114 : Sculpture of a cow
Sudan
collected in situ in 1963, in Kororak, east of Kadugli, in the Nuba mountains of the Sudan
Sold EUR 280
Lot 115 : Three knives
Sahara / Sahel, Tuareg
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany · Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 116 : Bracelet
West Africa
Sold EUR 380
Lot 117 : Two bracelets
West Africa
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 380
Lot 118 : Bracelet
West Africa
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 220
Lot 119 : Eight bracelets
West Africa
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 80
Lot 120 : Eleven bracelets
West Africa
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 350
Lot 121 : Four objects
West Africa
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 122 : Two vessels
Liberia, Dan
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany · Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 180
Lot 123 : Zoomorphic mask with horns
Guinea, Toma
Pace Gallery, New York, USA (Label “Pace Primitive 54 - 3202”)
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 124 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 10,000
Lot 125 : Standing female figure "kambei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Old American Collection
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 126 : Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
Julius Carlebach, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 127 : Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 128 : Horn
Sierra Leone, Mende
Hans Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Nevermann, Hamburg · Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 129 : Dance headdress "zigiren wonde"
Guinea, Baga
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 130 : Mask
Guinea, Baga
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 800
Lot 131 : Mask "banda"
Guinea, Nalu
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 133 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany · Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 134 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
Sold EUR 15,000
Lot 135 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 136 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 137 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 138 : Standing maternity figure
Mali, Bamana
Peter Ackermann, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 139 : Standing female figure
Mali, Bamana
Not available anymore
Lot 140 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 141 : Door lock
Mali, Bamana
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany · Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 142 : Door
Mali, Dogon
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 143 : Zoomorphic neckrest
Mali, Dogon
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)
Not available anymore
Lot 144 : Zoomorphic neckrest
Mali, Dogon/Tellem
Hans Thoeren, Eschweiler, Germany · Bonsetti, Paris, France (1970)
Not available anymore
Lot 145 : Seat-staff "dolaba"
Mali, Dogon
Gerard Verdijk (1934-2005), The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 146 : Abstracted figure
Mali, Dogon
Dutch Private Collection, Haarlem
Not available anymore
Lot 147 : Standing male figure
Mali, Dogon, Seno Plain
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 148 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France
Sold EUR 3,400
Lot 149 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 150 : Mask
Mali, Malinke
Michel Vanderbroke, Geneva, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 151 : Mask "kore"
Mali, Marka
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Not available anymore