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 51 : War club "dromudromu"
Fidji Islands
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 53 : Male figure "moai kavakava"
Easter Islands
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (since the early 1950s)
sold EUR 22,000
Lot 54 : Figure of a goddess
Tonga
Mrs. Comotto, Italian missionary Margherita Mona Comotto-Staley, Portsmouth, Great Britain Andrew Staley, Nottingham, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 55 : Tjuringa
Australia
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 600
Lot 56 : Carrying dish "coolamon"
Australia, Central
sold EUR 300
Lot 57 : Human skull
Europe, alpine
Austrian Collection, Kufstein
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 58 : Fragment of a zoomorphic sculpture
Alaska, Bering sea
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 59 : Miniature sculpture of a polar bear
Alaska, St. Lawrence Island, Punuk Culture
sold EUR 750
Lot 60 : Fish lure
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
sold EUR 500
Lot 61 : "Ulu" knife
Alaska, Punuk Culture
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 62 : Human head
Canada/Alaska, Thule or Punuk
sold EUR 450
Lot 63 : Anthropomorphic torso
Canada/Alaska, Thule or Punuk
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 64 : Fish hook
Canada, Inuit, Thule culture
sold EUR 300
Lot 65 : Fetish in zoomorphic form
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
sold EUR 400
Lot 66 : Birdhead sculpture
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
Peter Webbs, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 650
Lot 67 : Hunting fetish: walrus
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
sold EUR 400
Lot 68 : Two animal sculpture in minature form
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
sold EUR 300
Lot 69 : Mask face
Mexico
sold EUR 650
Lot 70 : Idol
Mexico, Guerrero
not available anymore
Lot 71 : Idol
Mexico, Guerrero
sold EUR 750
Lot 72 : Idol
Mexico, Guerrero
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 73 : Standing female figure
West Mexico, Jalisco, San Juanito
American Collection, California
sold EUR 800
Lot 74 : Four fragments of fabric
South America, pre-columbian
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 400
Lot 75 : Standing female figure
South America, Inca
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 76 : Standing female figure
South America, Inca
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 77 : Weaving utensil
Peru, Chimu - Lambayeque
sold EUR 800
Lot 78 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Chimu
sold EUR 400
Lot 79 : Vessel in shape of a fish
Peru, Chimu
sold EUR 400
Lot 80 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Moche
sold EUR 800
Lot 81 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Moche
sold EUR 750
Lot 82 : Figural stirrup vessel
Peru, Moche
sold EUR 600
Lot 83 : Stirrup-spout vessel
Peru, Moche
sold EUR 650
Lot 84 : Standing figure
Peru, Moche, Phase I
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 85 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 86 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 87 : Fertility doll "akua ba^"
Ghana, Fante
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 88 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Abron
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 89 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 90 : Doll
Guinea-Bissau, Balante
German Private Collection, Stuttgart Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 91 : Fertility doll
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Galerie Lefevre, Brussels, Belgium Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 92 : Five fertility dolls
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 93 : Fertility doll "biiga
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 330
Lot 94 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Old German Private Collection Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 95 : Female pair of twin figures "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
Gert Chesi, Schwaz, Austria Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 96 : Female figure "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 97 : Female doll "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 98 : Three dolls "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
b) Gert Chesi, Schwaz, Austria Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 99 : Two female dolls
Benin, Fon
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 100 : Slat doll "omolangidi"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 101 : Two slat dolls "omolangidi"
Nigeria, Yoruba
a) Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany b) Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore