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 503 : Standing male power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Eduard Tschopp, Mutenz, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 504 : Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 505 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Teke
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Eric Grate, Stockholm, Sweden Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 506 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Tetela/Songe
American Private Collection, Queens, New York
not available anymore
Lot 507 : Sitting female figure
D. R. Congo, Vili
not available anymore
Lot 508 : Figural object
D. R. Congo, Vili
Michael Graham-Stewart, London/Auckland, Great Britain/New Zealand
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 509 : Power figure "khosi" with janus head
D. R. Congo, Yaka
not available anymore
Lot 510 : Female power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
John Tenney, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 511 : Small standing janiform figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
not available anymore
Lot 512 : Charm "baana maphasa"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
William Brill, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 513 : Mask "kholuka"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 514 : Small standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Yombe
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 515 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Yombe
not available anymore
Lot 516 : Large mask
D. R. Congo, Zimba
Armand Arman, Paris/New York John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 517 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Zombo/Yaka
Portuguese Colonial Collection (1930) Fernando Moncada, Lisbon, Portugal Michel van den Dries, Gavere, Belgium
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 518 : Kneeling female figure
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 519 : Mask "mwana pwo"
Angola, Chokwe
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium (1982) Leon Wallace, Los Angeles, USA
sold EUR 1,585
Lot 520 : Monkey figure
Angola, Chokwe
American Private Collection, California Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 521 : Prayer board
Chad
collected in situ (1960's)
sold EUR 300
Lot 522 : Shield
Ethiopia, Amarro
sold EUR 450
Lot 523 : Couple of figures on a plank
South Africa, Zulu
Christie's Paris, 20 Juin 2006, lot 234
not available anymore
Lot 524 : Standing male figure
Madagascar, Sakalava
New Zealand Private Collection
sold EUR 850
Lot 525 : Shield
Somalia, Somal
not available anymore
Lot 526 : Seated female figure with pounder
Kenya, Kamba
Poorter, South France
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 527 : Seated female figure
Kenya, Kamba
Poorter, South France
not available anymore
Lot 528 : Seated female figure
Kenya, Kamba
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 529 : Male figure
Kenya, Kamba
Poorter, South France
not available anymore
Lot 530 : Shield
Kenya, Masai
collected in the 1970's Heinz Albert Karl Felix (1921-2008)
sold EUR 220
Lot 531 : Two female dolls
Kenya, Turkana
sold EUR 150
Lot 533 : Face mask
Tanzania, Lake Victoria (former Lake Ukerewe)
Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 534 : Figure of an Askari
Tanzania, Kwere
Phillips Auctions, Great Britain, Sale No. 196, lot 487 Hans-Wilhelm Wittmeier, Rösrath, Germany
sold EUR 240
Lot 535 : Sitting anthropo-zoomorphic figure
Tanzania, Luguru
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 536 : Fly whisk
Tanzania, Zaramo
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 537 : Fertility doll "mwana hiti"
Tanzania, Zaramo
Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 538 : Four hairpins
Tanzania, Zaramo
sold EUR 450
Lot 539 : Face mask
Sambia, Chokwe, Lwena (Lovale)
Monica Wengraf, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 540 : Sowrd knife
Zimbabwe, Shona
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 541 : Helmet mask "lipiko"
Mozambique, Makonde
Missionary Museum, Münsterschwarzach
not available anymore
Lot 542 : Helmet mask "lipiko"
Mozambique, Makonde
Missionary Museum, Münsterschwarzach
not available anymore
Lot 544 : Four bridal badges "omakipa"
Namibia
sold EUR 200
Lot 545 : Dignitary staff
South Africa, Nguni
German Collection
not available anymore