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 308 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
not available anymore
Lot 309 : Janiform bush spirit shrine figure
Nigeria, Ijaw
Old British Private Collection
sold EUR 4,700
Lot 310 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Ibo-Izzi (Abakaliki-Ibo)
not available anymore
Lot 311 : Male dance crest "aku onu"
Nigeria, Jukun
collected in situ (1950's) Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 312 : Mask
Nigeria, Koro
collected in situ (early 1950's)
sold EUR 650
Lot 313 : Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Ulrich von Schroeder, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 314 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 315 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Montol
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 316 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 317 : Figurally carved staff
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold EUR 800
Lot 318 : Standing female ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold EUR 800
Lot 319 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
collected in situ (early 1970's)
not available anymore
Lot 320 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Old French Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 321 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
French Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 322 : Helmet mask
Nigeria, Mumuye
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 323 : Mask "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 324 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 325 : Two helmet masks
Nigeria, Tiv
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 326 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Tiv
not available anymore
Lot 327 : Small female figure
Nigeria, Tiv
sold EUR 400
Lot 328 : Axe
Nigeria, Tiv
Gallery L'Accrosonge, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 329 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Tiv
not available anymore
Lot 330 : Figure "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobo
Helen Kuhn, Los Angeles, USA Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA Scott Rodolitz, New York, USA
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 331 : Female figure "edjo re akare"
Nigeria, Urhobo
collected in situ (early 1970's)
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 332 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Urhobo
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 333 : Vessel with lid
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 334 : Standing female figure with bowl
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 335 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Josef Kierspel, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Ingrid Richter, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 336 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 337 : Zoomorphic mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba-Anago
not available anymore
Lot 338 : Helmet mask "epa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Pace Primitive, New York, USA American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 339 : Helmet mask " oloko"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 340 : Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mareidi Stoll, Munich, Germany Ingrid Richter, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 341 : Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 342 : Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ingrid Richter, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 343 : Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 344 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo (presumably from Ilobu)
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 345 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila area, Igbomina tribe
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 346 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 347 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Offa, Igbomina
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 348 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 349 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oke Iho, Oyo
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 380
Lot 350 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 351 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 330
Lot 352 : Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 140
Lot 353 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 354 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun, Igbomina tribe
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 355 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 356 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 357 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in beaded coat
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 650