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 256 : Mask
Nigeria, Eket
Roger F. Azar, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 258 : Mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 259 : Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21. September 2003, lot 215 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 1,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 260 : Mask "mba"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
sold EUR 600
Lot 261 : Mask "oba maoro"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 262 : Mask
Nigeria, Idoma
not available anymore
Lot 263 : Slit drum
Nigeria, Igala
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 264 : Mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 800
Lot 265 : Maiden spirit face mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Sikkens Schildermuseum, Sassenheim, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 266 : Mask of the "ekon" society
Nigeria, Ibibio
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,250
Lot 267 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 268 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Igbo
French Private Collection, Toulouse
not available anymore
Lot 269 : Figure "ikenga" with sword and axe
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 270 : Male shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
René David, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 271 : Two female shrine figures "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Pierre Amrouche, Paris, France
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 272 : Figure in fur costume
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 273 : Zoomorphic figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Geert Hendrik van der Zee, Oostzaan, The Netherlands
sold EUR 250
Lot 274 : Two horns
Nigeria, Igbo
Dietmar Scheidt, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 275 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 500
Lot 276 : Big spoon
Nigeria, Igbo
Eric Robertson, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 277 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
not available anymore
Lot 278 : Dignitary staff
Nigeria, Isoko
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 279 : Mask "mwanyi ogada"
Nigeria, Izzi/Igbo
Michel Lair, France Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France (1992) Frederick Wallace, Sarasota, USA
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 280 : Rare zoomorphic mask (bird)
Nigeria, Mumuye
not available anymore
Lot 281 : Female mask "wife of va"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 282 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France (collected in 1986)
not available anymore
Lot 283 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Pace Gallery, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 284 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Geert Hendrik van der Zee, Oostzaan, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 285 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Geert Hendrik van der Zee, Oostzaan, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 286 : Stool
Nigeria, Nupe
not available anymore
Lot 287 : Standing female figure "atsuku"
Nigeria, Tiv
sold EUR 500
Lot 288 : Mask
Nigeria, Urhobo
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 289 : Mask
Nigeria, Urhobo
American Museums Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 290 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, Wurkun
sold EUR 350
Lot 291 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roswitha von Bergmann, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 11. November 2004, lot 328
sold EUR 500
Lot 292 : Oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 293 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21. September 2002, lot 262 Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, France Serge Trullu, Nîmes, France Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 295 : Figurally carved dance staff
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 296 : Dance wand "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 297 : Standing male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
sold EUR 200
Lot 298 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 250
Lot 299 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 300 : Two male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 301 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa
sold EUR 650
Lot 302 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igana
sold EUR 700
Lot 303 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo (Kwara State), Illorin
sold EUR 700
Lot 304 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ijara
Francisco Diaz, Spain David Serra, Barcelona, Spain
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 305 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ijara
Francisco Diaz, Spain David Serra, Barcelona, Spain
not available anymore