80th Tribal Art Auction
From Alaska to South Africa: A Tribal Art journey around the world, from antique Egypt to the art of the post-colonial era.
Highlights
Lot 44: "Malagan" mask "tatanua"
Lot 81: Squatting figure
Lot 95: Idol
Lot 96: Kneeling female figure
Lot 104: Standing couple "tomb guardians"
Lot 117: Pedestal plate
Lot 248: Mask
Lot 255: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Lot 256: Standing male figure "asie usu"
Lot 262: Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 263: Helmet mask "bonu amwin"
Lot 275: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 277: Spoon
Lot 291: Standing bird figure "porpianong"
Lot 293: Healer's society cap mask "noo"
Lot 389: Harp "ngombi"
Lot 395: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 397: Mask with horns
Lot 398: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 423: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 439: Standing figure
Lot 441: Head sculpture
Lot 485: Big power figure "nkisi"
Lot 518: Rare bird-head dance crest
Lot 203 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 1,300Lot 204 : Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, OkuGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 205 : Bird dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 206 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Akan / AshantiGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 207 : Slit drum
D. R. Congo, YakaGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 208 : Male ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 209 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 1,000Lot 210 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 211 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 2,200Lot 212 : Four bracelets
West Africasold EUR 600Lot 213 : Two bracelets
West Africasold EUR 450Lot 214 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Liberia, BassaMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 215 : Mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, BassaWolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 216 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Liberia, ManoHayden and Odette Walling, Kpain, Liberia, coll. in situ in the 1950'ssold EUR 400Lot 217 : Half figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone/Guinea/Liberia, SapiWilliam C. Siegmann, New York, USA Bruce Frank, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 218 : Standing female figure of the "njayei" society
Sierra Leone, MendeSotheby's, London, 21st June 1993, lot 86sold EUR 6,000Lot 219 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, MendeFranz Fürutter, Trieste, Italynot available anymoreLot 220 : Sande society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mendesold EUR 2,500Lot 221 : "Sande" society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, MendeMichael Oliver, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 222 : Mask with small horns
Mali, BamanaErnst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 30. April 1988, lot 68sold EUR 1,200Lot 223 : Monkey mask "ngon"
Mali, BamanaBertil Berg, Gothenburg, Swedennot available anymoreLot 224 : Monkey mask "ngon"
Mali, BamanaMichael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 225 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Bamananot available anymoreLot 226 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, BamanaPierre Gavignot, Ile de France, Francesold EUR 2,000Lot 227 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamanasold EUR 1,200Lot 228 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, BamanaWalter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Bernd Schlimper, Düsseldorf, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 12. Mai 2001, lot 238 German Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 4,000Lot 229 : Puppet
Mali, BamanaYves Créhalet, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,200Lot 230 : Puppet
Mali, BamanaNelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USA Jerome Eisenberg, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 231 : Standing female figure
Mali, DogonPierre Gavignot, Ile de France, Francenot available anymoreLot 232 : Standing figure
Mali, DogonLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Private Collection Munich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 233 : Female figure
Mali, Dogonnot available anymoreLot 234 : Female figure
Mali, DogonCharles Ratton, Paris, France Merton Simpson, New York, USA Derek Eithof, The Hague, The Netherlands Philippe Ratton, Paris, France Begium Private Collection Yann Ferrandin, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 235 : Standing figure
Mali, DogonJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 236 : Sculpture of a dog
Mali, DogonGallery Argiles, Paris, France (before 1975) Oliver Cobb, Seattle, USA Bonhams, New York, 14 November 2013, lot 137not available anymoreLot 237 : Hunters mask
Mali, DogonJean-Paul Agogué, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 238 : Shoulder crook "yo domolo"
Mali, DogonAmerican Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 239 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, MalinkeAlex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, Francesold EUR 1,500Lot 240 : Figure
Mali, TellemPierre Gavignot, Ile de France, Francesold EUR 1,000Lot 241 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Lobinot available anymoreLot 242 : Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, LobiAmerican Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 243 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobinot available anymoreLot 244 : Three fertility dolls "biiga"
Burkina Faso, MossiPierre Robin, Paris, France Austrian Private Collection, Viennasold EUR 1,070Lot 245 : Crocodile mask
Burkina Faso, Nunacollected in situ German Private Collectionsold EUR 1,750Lot 246 : Mask
Burkina Faso, NunumaWolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 550Lot 247 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, WiniamaInge Hett, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 900Lot 248 : Mask
Burkina Faso, WiniamaGeorge L. Sturman, Las Vegas, USAnot available anymoreLot 249 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, AbronGapereaux, Toulouse, Francenot available anymoreLot 250 : Ssitting female colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymoreLot 251 : Standing female Colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymoreLot 252 : Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleThe Kampong, Palm Beach, USA Harry & Elionor Lynn, Washington DC, USA (acquired in 1974)not available anymore