October 18, 2014

78th tribal art auction

Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America as well as objects from the pre-Columbian period. Ivory insignia of the ‚bwami‘ society. African dolls from the Bofinger Collection, Stuttgart (Germany).

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Highlights

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Lot 3: Shield "kliau"
Lot 34: Spirit board "malu"
Lot 45: Overmodeled ancestor skull
Lot 47: Skull hut "kosa"
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Lot 54: Figure of a goddess
Lot 63: Anthropomorphic torso
Lot 107: Fertility doll
Lot 114: Doll
Lot 147: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 198: Maternité
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Lot 203: Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
Lot 220: Mask "zakpai"
Lot 229: Heddle pulley "kono"
Lot 245: Anthropomorphic figure "kafigelejo"
Lot 248: Standing female figure
Lot 273: Waist pendant or hip ornament: human face
Lot 276: Lid of a box
Lot 282: Standing female figure
Lot 283: Standing female figure
Lot 307: Figural carved headdress
Lot 379: Bell "omo" of the "ogboni" society
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Lot 387: Figure of mother and child "lefem"
Lot 393: Post
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Lot 415: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 421: Mask
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Lot 422: Maiden spirit mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 423: Mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 439: Hat "sawamazembe"
Lot 440: Small standing figure
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Lot 459: Anthropomorphic headrest "musamo"
Lot 475: Figure "okifa"
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Lot 490: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 496: Power figure "nkisi" with turned head
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Lot 497: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 505: Power figure
Lot 508: Figural object
Lot 516: Large mask
Lot 539: Face mask

78th tribal art auction

Lot 1 : Spoon
Philippines - Ifugao
Franz Fürutter, Trieste, Italy
sold EUR 170
Lot 2 : Mat
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
not available anymore
Lot 3 : Shield "kliau"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Fritz Kouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Henk van Halm, The Netherlands (Inventory No. IN-180167)
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 4 : Mask "hudoq"
Indonesia - Borneo, Kayan
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 5 : Stool
Indonesia - Nias
sold EUR 700
Lot 6 : Figure and pair of figures
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 350
Lot 7 : Medicine receptacle "perminaken"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Karo - Batak
sold EUR 700
Lot 8 : Mask
Indonesia - Java
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 900
Lot 9 : Skull "kapala"
Nepal
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 10 : Fragment of a threshing hammer
Nepal
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 11 : Figurally carved stool
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 12 : Shield
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 13 : Warrior's sash with "panji" basket
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 14 : Standing male figure
India, Naga
German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 15 : Three necklaces
India, Naga
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 16 : Theatre mask
Japan
sold EUR 200
Lot 17 : Face mask "hanpo" with neck protection "yodare kake"
Japan
French Private Collection
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 18 : Ceramic badge
Japan
Marcia & Irwin Hersey, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 19 : Lid of a skull-receptacle "kapala" and skullcup
Tibet
sold EUR 450
Lot 20 : Ceremonial paddle
Papua New Guinea, Sundown Province (former West-Sepik), Arop, Malol
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 300
Lot 21 : Ceremonial paddle
Papua New Guinea, Sundown Province (former West-Sepik), Arop, Malol
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 400
Lot 22 : Ceremonial paddle
Papua New Guinea, Sundown Province (former West-Sepik), Arop, Malol
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 400
Lot 23 : Male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
collected in situ (around 1960) H.W. Bergmann, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 24 : Male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
sold EUR 400
Lot 25 : Mask "lewa"
Papua New Guinea - Boiken
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 26 : Small ancestor board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Urama Island, Port Moresby (?)
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 27 : Ancestral board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purari Delta
Nancy Bird Walton (1915-2009), New South Wales, Australia Joan Bowers Collection, Sydney, Australia Nancy Bird Walton was the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's licence. She was seventeen at the time and the year was 1933. She became a pioneering Australian aviator, and was the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association.
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 28 : Gable mask
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Private Collection New Zealand
sold EUR 500
Lot 29 : Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
sold EUR 450
Lot 30 : War shield "kumbe reipe"
Papua New Guinea - Mount Hagen, Western Highlands
collected in situ (1968)
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 31 : Two male ancestor figures "kandimboang"
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
b) Pitt Rivers, Oxford, Great Britain b) Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 32 : Male ancestor figure "kandimboang"
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
sold EUR 450
Lot 33 : Mask of a spiritual being
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
Casey & Laurie Conway, Kingman/Arizona, USA
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 34 : Spirit board "malu"
Papua New Guinea, Sawos
Náprstek Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Will Hoogstraate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Salon de Mars, Paris, 1990
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 35 : Figural dance staff
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
not available anymore
Lot 36 : Mask of an ancestor spirit
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 37 : Mask of an ancestor spirit
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 800
Lot 38 : Male ancestor figure "kandimboang"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 39 : Figural sculpture
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Ursula Didoni, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 40 : Anthropomorphic suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Robert Ypes, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 41 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - West Sepik, Telefomin
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 42 : Headrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 400
Lot 43 : Large food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 200
Lot 44 : Two mortars for beetle nuts and a small ancestor figure "kandimboang"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 200
Lot 45 : Overmodeled ancestor skull
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 46 : Male ancestor figure
Papua New Guinea - Wosera
collected in situ (1940's) German Private Collection,
not available anymore
Lot 47 : Skull hut "kosa"
Solomon Islands
Bruce Saunders, Brisbane, Australia Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
not available anymore
Lot 48 : Squatting figure
Western Solomon Islands, Bougainville or Buka islands
Carts Collection, Hamburg, Germany Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 49 : War club
Vanuatu
Paul Hasson
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 50 : Throwing club "i ula drisia"
Fidji Islands
sold EUR 1,500