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
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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 152 : Mask
Mali, Marka
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 153 : Neckrest
Mali, Tellem
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
sold EUR 500
Lot 154 : Six manillas (primitive money)
Burkina Faso
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 155 : Two standing figures
Burkina Faso
Hartmut Kraft, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 156 : Figurally carved stool
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 157 : Seated female "bateba" figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 158 : Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ketterer, Munich, 7.12.1984, lot 46 Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 159 : Pair of figures "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Hans Bittlingmaier, Bad Kreuznach, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 160 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Frank van Craen, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 161 : Standing male figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 162 : Face mask
Burkina Faso, Lobi
sold EUR 600
Lot 163 : Fertilty doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 164 : Fertility doll "biiga
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 165 : Two miniature masks "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire
not available anymore
Lot 166 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron/Agni
Giorgio Soavi, Milan, Italy
not available anymore
Lot 167 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 168 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron
Bernard Bourbon, Île-de-France, France
not available anymore
Lot 169 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 170 : Seated female colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/Agni
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 172 : Small standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain William Brill, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 173 : Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 174 : Pair of figures "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Private Collection, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 175 : Pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 820
Lot 176 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Milton Ginsburg, USA Benjamin D. Bernstein, Philadelphia, USA Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 177 : Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Albert Féraud, Paris / Bagneux, France
not available anymore
Lot 178 : Mask "klpe kple"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alfred L. Scheinberg, New York, USA William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 179 : Helmet mask "goli glin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 840
Lot 180 : Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 181 : Face mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 182 : Mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 183 : Mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Face mask of the "mblo"-group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 185 : Tapper "lowre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 186 : Knife in leather sheath
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 187 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Hans Thoeren, Eschweiler, Germany (1974)
not available anymore
Lot 188 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bete/Guro
Kim Redlich, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 189 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan, Man area
Han Coray, Agnuzzo-Lugano, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 190 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 191 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Swedish Private Collection Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 192 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 193 : Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
French Private Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 194 : Standing pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 195 : Figural spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 196 : Spoon "ya bo sie mia"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 197 : Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
German Private Collection
Price EUR 1,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 198 : Standing male figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 199 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 200 : Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Jean Houzeau de Lehaie, Mons, Belgium (1867-1959), coll. in situ 1933 Jef van der Straete, Lasne, Belgium (1903-1984) Belgian Private Collection (1970's)
sold EUR 32,000
Lot 201 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
sold EUR 6,000