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"
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 354 : Mortar "odu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 550
Lot 355 : Mortar "odu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 400
Lot 356 : Dance vestment
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 357 : Round bowl
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 200
Lot 358 : House of the head "ile ori"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 600
Lot 359 : Horn
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 360 : Container with lid
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 650
Lot 361 : Divination container "opon igede ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 362 : Divination container "opon igede ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 363 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 364 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 365 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Franz Fürutter, Trieste, Italy
Not available anymore
Lot 366 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 367 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 368 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Soffer Collection, USA
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 369 : Five "ifa" oracle head
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 370 : Dance wand "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 371 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sotheby’s London, 29th June 1987, lot 185
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 372 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Khepri van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 373 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Soffer Collection, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 374 : Ritual object for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 300
Lot 375 : Two beaded staffs "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 350
Lot 376 : Staff of "orisa oko" in beaded sheath "ewu ileke"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 900
Lot 377 : Staff of "orisa oko" in beaded sheath "ewu ileke"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 500
Lot 378 : Bell "omo" of the "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 379 : Bell "omo" of the "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 380 : Equestrian in Colon style
Cameroon Grassfields
Sam Albert, Taunton, Somerset, Great Britain
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 381 : Five pipe heads
Cameroon Grassfields
Sold EUR 150
Lot 382 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Sold EUR 300
Lot 383 : Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Not available anymore
Lot 384 : Mask "nkoh" of the "kungan" society
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 385 : Face mask of the "kungan" - society
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 386 : Female power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Peter Boyd, Seattle, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 387 : Figure of mother and child "lefem"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Leendert van Lier, Blaricum, The Netherlands · Christie’s Amsterdam, Van Lier Collection, 15 April 1997, lot 63
Not available anymore
Lot 388 : Big trumpet
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 389 : Trumpet
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 390 : Helmet mask, female type "ngoin"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 391 : Spear
Cameroon, Bali
Marcus Allwood, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 500
Lot 392 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Bangwa
British Collection
Sold EUR 100
Lot 393 : Post
Cameroon, Bangwa
Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 394 : Trumpet "tawong"
Cameroon, Mambila
Not available anymore
Lot 395 : Standing figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
Old Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 396 : Standing male figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
William Brill, New York, USA · John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 397 : Standing male figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 398 : Helmet mask
Cameroon, Tikar
Not available anymore
Lot 399 : Drum "mbè"
Gabon, Fang
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 400 : Bird's head knife "musede"
Gabon, Kota
Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland
Sold EUR 700
Lot 401 : Standing female figure "nkhosi"
Gabon, Lumbo
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 402 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
collected in situ (1957) · Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 403 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Sean Rice, Great Britain
Not available anymore