March 21, 2015

79th Tribal Art Auction

Impacts for the creations of Classical Modernism: Masterful carvings from West and Central Africa. Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America. Objects of the pre-Columbian age.

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Highlights

Lot 39: Hook mask "garra"
Lot 42: Board "malu"
Lot 98: Mask "gunye gä"
Lot 111: Sawfish mask
Lot 118: Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Lot 119: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 120: Monkey mask "ngon"
Lot 121: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 133: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 134: Figure of a hermaphrodite
Lot 144: Ceremonial container
Lot 166: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/3
Lot 167: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 168: Maternité
Lot 169: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo"- group
1/4
Lot 170: Excellent portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Lot 171: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Lot 172: Anthropomorphic mask of the "mblo" group
1/2
Lot 192: Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
1/3
Lot 193: Superb mask "djela"
Lot 194: Mask with side lobe
1/3
Lot 209: Mask "kpelié"
Lot 271: Two female shrine figures "alusi"
Lot 294: Dance staff "oshe shango"
1/2
Lot 356: Reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri"
1/2
Lot 357: Rare old dance mask "asu nkukh"
Lot 361: Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Lot 364: Mask "okuyi"
Lot 368: Trumpet
Lot 398: Dignitary staff
Lot 399: Standing female figure
Lot 407: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 419: Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
1/2
Lot 431: Small standing figure
1/3
Lot 460: Standing female ancestor figure "beli"
Lot 489: Caryatid stool

79th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 1 : Map "ABISSINO RUM SIVE PRETIOSI IOANNIS IMPERIU"
Maps
Galerie Siegfried Brumme, Frankfurt/Mainz, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 2 : Map "AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE"
Maps
Galerie Brumme, Mainz/Frankfurt/Wiesbaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 3 : Two animal sculptures
Philippines - Ifugao
sold EUR 300
Lot 4 : Spoon
Philippines - Luzon
not available anymore
Lot 5 : Receptacle with lid
Indonesia - Nias
Francois Coppens, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 650
Lot 6 : Ancestor figure "adu zatua" with palm leaf crown
Indonesia - Nias
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 7 : Standing figure
Indonesia - Nias
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 8 : Ancestor figure "hazi nuwu"
Indonesia - Nias
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 9 : Mask
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
not available anymore
Lot 10 : Sword "kalasan"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
sold EUR 280
Lot 11 : Pendant in shape of a "singa" head
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
not available anymore
Lot 12 : Dance mask "wayan-topeng"
Indonesia - Java
Robert Banks, Washington, USA
not available anymore
Lot 13 : Dagger "keris wranka"
Indonesia - Java
sold EUR 260
Lot 14 : Hilt of a dagger "keris"
Indonesia - Java
sold EUR 350
Lot 15 : Shaman utensils
Nepal
not available anymore
Lot 16 : Shaman mask
Nepal
Austrian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 17 : Shaman mask
Nepal, Middle Hills region
Eugene Behlen, NM/FL, USA Michael Cichon, Bradenton, USA
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 18 : Shamanic bird staff
Central Nepal, Middle Hills Area
not available anymore
Lot 19 : Mask
Nepal
Price EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 20 : Post figure
Nepal
Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
not available anymore
Lot 21 : Two figures riding on a pig
Nepal
Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 180
Lot 22 : Three ghurras
Nepal
not available anymore
Lot 23 : Window framing
West Nepal, Dailekh District
not available anymore
Lot 24 : Procession mask "Hanuman"
India (North India) - Himachal Pradesh, Village Chamba
not available anymore
Lot 25 : Mask "fagli"
India, Himachal Pradesh
not available anymore
Lot 26 : Head sculpture
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 27 : Two ceremonial knives "dao" and a ceremonial spear
India, Naga
Dietmar Scheidt, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 330
Lot 28 : Pair of ear plugs
India, Naga
sold EUR 280
Lot 29 : Pair of earplugs
India, Naga
sold EUR 200
Lot 30 : Two lid of a skull-receptacle "kapala"
Tibet
sold EUR 850
Lot 31 : Bark painting
Papua New Guinea
Norman Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA B. Posthuma, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 600
Lot 32 : Image of a hornbill "pal"
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 33 : Kneeling male cult figure
Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Village Sakisi
acquired by Harold Galllasch in the 1960's in the village Sakisi, Maprik from an old villager, called "Mama Tange"
not available anymore
Lot 34 : Head sculpture
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 35 : Standing male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
B. Posthuma, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 500
Lot 36 : Prow of a soul boat "wuramon"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
collected in the field by Countess Ingeborg de Beausacq, before 1959; Ingeborg de Beausacq (1910-2003) was an American photographer and explorer of german origin; She led an adventurous life, lived in Paris, Brazil, New York, she visited Thailand, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Greece and Nepal. She spent three years in Papua New Guinea (1957-59) where she lived with the natives, sharing their life, photographed their initiation rites, wrote their history and bought art objects. Julius Carlebach, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 37 : Loincloth
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Cenderawasih-Bay
not available anymore
Lot 38 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Simbai Valley
collected in situ in Goroka (eastern Highlands) in 1969 by Nicolaas Biegman, who worked as a secretary at the Dutch Embassy in Canberra, Australia.
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 39 : Hook mask "garra"
Papua New Guinea - Hunstein Mountains
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Old American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 40 : Figurally carved staff
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 41 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
Marc Lissauer, Australia (beginning of the 1960's) Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 42 : Board "malu"
Papua New Guinea, Sawos
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Hans Daucher (1924-2013), Munich, Germany; Art educator and painter, working as Professor for art pedagogy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 43 : Mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 44 : Ancestor spirit mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany Australian Private Collection, New South Wales
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 45 : Mask of a spirit being
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 46 : Two miniature masks
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 260
Lot 47 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 48 : Neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 28,000
Lot 49 : Head sculpture
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 50 : Ceremonial ladle
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islands
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore