June 27, 2015

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.

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Highlights

Lot 20: Center piece of a gable wall of a ritual house "korombu"
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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 218: Standing female figure of the "njayei" society
Lot 221: "Sande" society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Lot 248: Mask
Lot 255: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Lot 256: Standing male figure "asie usu"
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Lot 262: Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 263: Helmet mask "bonu amwin"
Lot 275: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 276: Mask "deangle" with female facial features
Lot 277: Spoon
Lot 291: Standing bird figure "porpianong"
Lot 293: Healer's society cap mask "noo"
Lot 389: Harp "ngombi"
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Lot 390: Reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri" from a reliquary ensemble
Lot 392: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 395: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 397: Mask with horns
Lot 398: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 423: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
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Lot 428: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 439: Standing figure
Lot 441: Head sculpture
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Lot 485: Big power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 518: Rare bird-head dance crest

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Lot 203 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 204 : Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, Oku
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Bird dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 206 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 207 : Slit drum
D. R. Congo, Yaka
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 208 : Male ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 209 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 210 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 211 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 212 : Four bracelets
West Africa
sold EUR 600
Lot 213 : Two bracelets
West Africa
sold EUR 450
Lot 214 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Liberia, Bassa
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 215 : Mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 216 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Liberia, Mano
Hayden and Odette Walling, Kpain, Liberia, coll. in situ in the 1950's
sold EUR 400
Lot 217 : Half figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone/Guinea/Liberia, Sapi
William C. Siegmann, New York, USA Bruce Frank, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 218 : Standing female figure of the "njayei" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
Sotheby's, London, 21st June 1993, lot 86
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 219 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
Franz Fürutter, Trieste, Italy
not available anymore
Lot 220 : Sande society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 221 : "Sande" society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Michael Oliver, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 222 : Mask with small horns
Mali, Bamana
Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 30. April 1988, lot 68
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 223 : Monkey mask "ngon"
Mali, Bamana
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 224 : Monkey mask "ngon"
Mali, Bamana
Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 226 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Bamana
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 227 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 228 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Walter 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, Munich
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 229 : Puppet
Mali, Bamana
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 230 : Puppet
Mali, Bamana
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USA Jerome Eisenberg, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 231 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
not available anymore
Lot 232 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Private Collection Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 233 : Female figure
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 234 : Female figure
Mali, Dogon
Charles Ratton, Paris, France Merton Simpson, New York, USA Derek Eithof, The Hague, The Netherlands Philippe Ratton, Paris, France Begium Private Collection Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 235 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 236 : Sculpture of a dog
Mali, Dogon
Gallery Argiles, Paris, France (before 1975) Oliver Cobb, Seattle, USA Bonhams, New York, 14 November 2013, lot 137
not available anymore
Lot 237 : Hunters mask
Mali, Dogon
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 238 : Shoulder crook "yo domolo"
Mali, Dogon
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 239 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Malinke
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 240 : Figure
Mali, Tellem
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 241 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 242 : Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 243 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 244 : Three fertility dolls "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Pierre Robin, Paris, France Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
sold EUR 1,070
Lot 245 : Crocodile mask
Burkina Faso, Nuna
collected in situ German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,750
Lot 246 : Mask
Burkina Faso, Nunuma
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 550
Lot 247 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Winiama
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 248 : Mask
Burkina Faso, Winiama
George L. Sturman, Las Vegas, USA
not available anymore
Lot 249 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 250 : Ssitting female colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 251 : Standing female Colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 252 : Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
The Kampong, Palm Beach, USA Harry & Elionor Lynn, Washington DC, USA (acquired in 1974)
not available anymore

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