June 28, 2014

77th tribal art auction

Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America as well as Classical Antiquities. Carvings from the collections of renowned collectors and respected experts. Benin – A Kingdoms Masterpieces.

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Highlights

Lot 3: Rice god "bulul"
Lot 41: Shield
Lot 100: Poncho
Lot 101: Shoulder cloth
Lot 104: Female head sculpture
Lot 105: Male head sculpture
Lot 132: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 133: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 140: Standing couple
Lot 142: Caryatid stool
Lot 145: Equestrian figure
Lot 146: Ceremonial container
Lot 152: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 167: Zoomorphic mask "kobiay"
Lot 177: Couple
1/2
Lot 186: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 189: Face mask of the "mblo" group
1/2
Lot 193: Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 203: Mask "deangle"
1/2
Lot 224: Female figure "deble"
Lot 226: Face mask with bells
Lot 227: Horned mask of the "je" group
Lot 261: Fragment of a pectoral
Lot 262: Fragment of a pectoral
Lot 263: Figural group
Lot 264: Man with ceremonial sword
1/2
Lot 266: Female attendant of the Queen mother "Iyoba"
Lot 287: Large sitting female figure
1/2
Lot 309: Janiform bush spirit shrine figure
Lot 313: Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
1/5
Lot 330: Figure "iphri"
Lot 376: Caryatid vessel "arugba shango"
1/2
Lot 377: Maternity
1/2
Lot 409: Figural fragment of a throne
Lot 419: Standing male figure with drinking horn
1/2
Lot 422: Male guardian figure "eyema byeri"
Lot 437: Spirit protector figure "yanda"
1/2
Lot 447: Head sculpture
1/2
Lot 458: Crouching figure "mvunzi"
Lot 462: Helmet mask "kabongo"
1/2
Lot 464: Kneeling bowl bearer
Lot 467: Standing figure
Lot 478: Headrest
Lot 509: Standing female power figure "nkisi"
Lot 533: Standing male figure
Lot 561: Anthropomorphic face mask

77th tribal art auction

Lot 52 : Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 53 : Beater
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 54 : Spatula
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Old Missionary Collection Holy Heart, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 55 : Bowl
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 56 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
collected in situ (1978/79)
not available anymore
Lot 57 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France
not available anymore
Lot 58 : Canoe prow in shape of a crocodile
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 850
Lot 59 : Paddle
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 60 : Two sepulchral steles
Papua New Guinea - Oberer Sepik, May River
Wayne Heathcote, Australia
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 61 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 62 : Carved post
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmul
Peter Kohler, Ascona, Switzerland Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 850
Lot 63 : Axe
Papua New Guinea - Southern Coast
Eckert, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 64 : Head sculpture
Papua New Guinea - Wosera
A. Roth, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 65 : Neck ornament "ngut"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Tolai
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 66 : Fighting club
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, Sulka
Old German Colonial Collection Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 67 : Club "supe"
Solomon Islands - Malaita Island
Bonhams Chelsea, 24th March 1993, Lot 182 Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 68 : Ceremonial staff "temes nevinbür"
Vanuatu
collected in situ Mr. West (1978)
not available anymore
Lot 69 : Hat band
Cook Islands, Rarotonga
British Colonial Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 70 : Club "bowai"
Fidji Islands
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 73 : Figurally carved staff
New Zealand, Maori
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 74 : Carrier "coolamon"
Australia
English Private Collection
sold EUR 80
Lot 75 : Bull roarer
Australia
American Collection, California
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 76 : Boomerang
Australia
collected in Broome, Western Australia (early 1900's) Antique &Tribal Art Gallery A. Saussehrd, Flaxton, Queensland, Australia
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 77 : Tjuringa
Australia
English Collection (before 1900)
sold EUR 700
Lot 78 : Tjuringa
Australia
sold EUR 550
Lot 79 : Fragment of a polar bear
Alaska, Old Beringsea Culture
sold EUR 400
Lot 80 : Standing female figure
Mexico, Chupicuaro
American Private Collection, Orlando, Florida
not available anymore
Lot 81 : Vessel in shape of a dog
Mexico, Colima
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 82 : Standing female figure
Mexico, Colima
American Collection, Oakton, Virginia
sold EUR 700
Lot 83 : Idol
Mexico, Mezcala
Gallery Art for Eternity, New York, USA American Private Collection, Texas
sold EUR 900
Lot 84 : Hollow figure of a sitting female
Mexico, Nayarit
Fernandez-Leventhal, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 85 : Idol
Mexico, Teotihuacán
American Private Collection, New York, USA Sotheby's, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 86 : Anthropomorphic figure
Costa Rica, Nicoya, Guanacaste region
French Private Collection Binoche & Giquello, Paris, March 21, 2012, lot 58
not available anymore
Lot 87 : Seated male retablo figure
Colombia, Quimbaya
American Collection, Florida
not available anymore
Lot 88 : Ocarina
Colombia, Tairona
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 89 : Ocarina
Colombia, Tairona
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 90 : Standing female figure
Ecuador, Jama Coaque
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 91 : Figural vessel in shape of an ape
Peru, Ancon/Lima
Ulrich Kranz, Waltrop, Germany (1984) P. Stein, Essen, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 92 : Grave urn
Peru, Chancay
Howard Nowes, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 93 : Figure
Peru, Chancay
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 94 : Rare ,ace head
Peru, northern coast, Chavin
French Private Collection Binoche & Giquello, Paris, 8 June 2011, lot 6
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 95 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Cupisnique
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 96 : Textile fragment
Peru, Huari
not available anymore
Lot 97 : Mask
Peru, Lambayeque
American Private Collection, Illinois
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 98 : Stirrup spout vessel
Peru, Moche III - IV
Ursula Mannherz, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 99 : Stirrup vessel
Peru, Moche, Pase II
Ursula Mannherz, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 100 : Poncho
Peru, Nazca
not available anymore
Lot 101 : Shoulder cloth
Peru, Paracas
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 103 : Figural stirrup vessel
Peru, northern coast, Vicus
Stanley Selengut, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 104 : Female head sculpture
Europe-Antiques, estern roman
Elbertzhagen-Kämpf, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 800