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 410 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Hungana
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 416 : Anthropomorphic double cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 418 : Fine double cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Ferdinand Herrmann, Heidelberg, Germany Nagel, Stuttgart, 7. November 2000, Lot 618
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 419 : Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 420 : Double cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 650
Lot 421 : Five knives "ikula"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 200
Lot 422 : Fly whisk
D. R. Congo, Kuba
German Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 423 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico
not available anymore
Lot 424 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Maske "nsembu"
D. R. Congo, Kumu
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 426 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Pierre Lepage, Brussels, Belgium (1973) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1991)
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 428 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 429 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Small half figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 500
Lot 431 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 13,000
Lot 432 : Anthropomorphic peg
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 433 : Ritual object of "bwami" society
D. R. Congo, Lega
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 434 : Ritual object
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 280
Lot 435 : Trumpet
D. R. Congo, Lega
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 436 : Hat "mukuba"
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 300
Lot 437 : Animal sculpture (chamaeleon?)
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 438 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
sold EUR 900
Lot 439 : Standing female figure "wayinda"
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 440 : Chieftain's knife
D. R. Congo, Lobala
Gerard van Overschschelde (1900-1982), Roeselare, Belgium
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 441 : Axe
D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Rattle
D. R. Congo, Luba
Roswitha von Bergmann, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 444 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901-1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects. Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 445 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901-1985), territorial administrator, who served in the Belgian Congo from 1925 to 1952. He mainly collected Luba and Lega objects. Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 700
Lot 446 : Divination instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
French Collection, Paris
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 447 : Figural pipe
D. R. Congo, Luba
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11. September 2004, lot 758
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 448 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edgar Levy, New York, USA Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1973, lot 306 Christie's, London, 13 May 1980, lot 271
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 449 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 450 : Janiform figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 451 : Half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Kusu
collected in situ (1950's) by a medical doctor who worked in Leopoldville (Kinshasa)
sold EUR 250
Lot 452 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 100
Lot 455 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Jos Walscharts, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 456 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 457 : Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Luntu/Bakwa Luntu
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 458 : Hair pin
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 450
Lot 459 : Ornamental knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
not available anymore
Lot 460 : Standing female ancestor figure "beli"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu, Area of Uele
Old Colonial Collection (1923) Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium Merton Simpson, New York, USA
sold EUR 50,000
Lot 461 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 800
Lot 462 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
sold EUR 240
Lot 463 : Small standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 464 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Old Belgian Collection Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 465 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
not available anymore
Lot 466 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 467 : Ritual knife
D. R. Congo, Momvu
Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500