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 453 : Amulet "mikisi mihasi"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 250
Lot 454 : Janiform figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 450
Lot 455 : Two small half figures
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 200
Lot 456 : Seated bowl bearer "mboko"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Leon Underwood, London, Great Britain Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Christie's Amsterdam, 12 December 2000, lot 307
not available anymore
Lot 457 : Standing female figure
Sambia, Kaonde
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 458 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
Old Belgian Colonial Collection, Ghent
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 459 : Anthropomorphic headrest "musamo"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Sotheby's London, 8 July 1974, lot 105 Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 18,000
Lot 460 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Nussbaum, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 461 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Luba
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 462 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lula
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 463 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
not available anymore
Lot 464 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden Mathilda Goldman, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (1961) Christie's Amsterdam, 11 December 2001, lot 441
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 465 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 850
Lot 466 : Round stool
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 800
Lot 467 : Sickle knife "trumbash"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Francois Rabier, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 468 : Sword
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 469 : Two hair pins
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
a) Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium b) Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 600
Lot 470 : Three hair pins
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 500
Lot 471 : Two hair pins
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 400
Lot 472 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
sold EUR 200
Lot 473 : Small figural mortar
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Hans-Wilhelm Wittmeier, Rösrath, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 474 : Figure "okifa"
D. R. Congo, Mbole
not available anymore
Lot 475 : Figure "okifa"
D. R. Congo, Mbole
Joan Barist, New York, USA Michel Beaujour, New York, USA
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 476 : Backrest
D. R. Congo, Mongo
Belgian Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 477 : Upper part of a harp
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 478 : Divination instrument "galukoji"
D. R. Congo, Pende
German Private Collection, Munich
sold EUR 700
Lot 479 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 480 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 481 : Face mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Ton-Peter Widdershoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 482 : Face mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 483 : Face mask with board-shaped superstructure
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 484 : Mask "phumbu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
German Private Collection, Munich
not available anymore
Lot 485 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Jean Francois Paris, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 486 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 487 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
German Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 488 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 250
Lot 489 : Face mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 490 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels
not available anymore
Lot 491 : Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi"
D. R. Congo, Songe/Luba
not available anymore
Lot 492 : Mask board of the "kifwebe" society
D. R. Congo, Songye
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 493 : Standing power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
German Collection
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 494 : Small male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 400
Lot 495 : Standing power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Nussbaum, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 496 : Power figure "nkisi" with turned head
D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 497 : Standing male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 12,200
Lot 498 : Standing power figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 499 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Suku/Teke
not available anymore
Lot 500 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
not available anymore
Lot 501 : Standing power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Suku
not available anymore
Lot 502 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Teke
Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo), Auvers-sur-Oise, France
not available anymore