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 202 : Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 203 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 204 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Rento Brattinga, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 500
Lot 206 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 207 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi
Pierre Valmont, Nimes, France
sold EUR 900
Lot 208 : Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 209 : Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 210 : Zoomorphic janus mask "botiwa"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 211 : Mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 212 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 213 : Figural carved staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Manfred Magin, Weinheim, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Female divination figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 215 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Old French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 216 : Small standing figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 217 : Standing bird figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 218 : Staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 219 : Two amulets
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
sold EUR 250
Lot 220 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 221 : Buffalo
Côte d'Ivoire, Tusian
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 222 : Mask with hinged jaw
Côte d'Ivoire, Wobé
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 223 : Six gold dust containers "abampruwa"
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 115
Lot 224 : Four gold dust boxes "abampruwa"
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 225 : Nine gold dust boxes "abampruwa"
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 226 : Four gold dust boxes "abampruwa"
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 130
Lot 227 : Three containers for gold dust "abampruwa"
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 90
Lot 228 : One blow pan and three gold dust spoons
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 229 : One blow pan and five gold dust spoons
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 230 : One blow pan, three gold dust spoons and one amulet container
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 110
Lot 231 : One blow pan and five gold dust spoons
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
sold EUR 160
Lot 232 : One blow pan and four gold dust spoons
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 233 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 850
Lot 234 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 550
Lot 235 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 400
Lot 236 : Nine geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 300
Lot 237 : Sixteen geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
not available anymore
Lot 238 : Five geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 170
Lot 239 : Four geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 90
Lot 240 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 250
Lot 241 : Nine geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 110
Lot 242 : Six geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 100
Lot 243 : Six geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
not available anymore
Lot 244 : Eight geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 170
Lot 245 : Sixteen geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 400
Lot 246 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 200
Lot 247 : Four goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 200
Lot 248 : Twelve geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 180
Lot 249 : Eight geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 160
Lot 250 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 130
Lot 251 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
sold EUR 80