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 303 : Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 350
Lot 304 : Two standing figures "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Sitting figure
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 250
Lot 306 : Seated male figure
Nigeria, Igbo
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (Inventory No. 75.109)
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 307 : Figural carved headdress
Nigeria, Ijaw
Francoise & Jean Corlay, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 308 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 309 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
not available anymore
Lot 310 : Dignitary staff
Nigeria, Isoko
not available anymore
Lot 311 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Izzi
German Private Collection Reginald Groux, Paris, France
sold EUR 6,300
Lot 312 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
French Private Collection
sold EUR 900
Lot 313 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 314 : Spherical vessel
Nigeria, Nupe
not available anymore
Lot 315 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
not available anymore
Lot 316 : Small female figure
Nigeria, Urhobo
not available anymore
Lot 317 : Divination rattle
Nigeria, Urhobo
Jacques Carelmann, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 318 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, Wurkun
sold EUR 400
Lot 319 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
sold EUR 300
Lot 320 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
sold EUR 600
Lot 321 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ajasse, Igbomina
not available anymore
Lot 322 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
sold EUR 250
Lot 323 : "Ibeji" with "shango" symbol
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 324 : Small pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba Area
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 325 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin, Egbe
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 326 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 327 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 328 : Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 329 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 330 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, southern Egba Area
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 331 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan
sold EUR 450
Lot 332 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Offa/Igbomina
sold EUR 500
Lot 333 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
sold EUR 600
Lot 334 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 850
Lot 335 : Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji" and figural fragment
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin, Egbe
sold EUR 500
Lot 336 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Area of Ede
not available anymore
Lot 337 : Doll with movable limbs
Nigeria, Yoruba, Anago
Old British Collection
not available anymore
Lot 338 : Doll
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 339 : Standing female shrine figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 800
Lot 340 : Colon figure: Highly decorated officer
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 400
Lot 341 : Standing female post figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 240
Lot 342 : Figural group
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 350
Lot 343 : Head
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 500
Lot 344 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Amadou Yacine Thiam, Dakar, Senegal
not available anymore
Lot 345 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 346 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Franz Fürutter, Trieste, Italy
not available anymore
Lot 347 : Janusfaced mask "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 200
Lot 348 : Headdress "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 270
Lot 349 : Small mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 350 : Helmet mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 351 : Janusheaded dance crest
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 300
Lot 352 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore