October 31, 2015

81st Tribal Art Auction

A rich and diverse selection: Important and powerful sculptures and masks from Africa, Australia, Asia and Oceania. Sensitive and delicate barkpaintings from the western Arnhemland. Samurai armaments from the Edo Period. A fine old Netsuke collection. Ceramics from the Nazca culture as well as works from the Inuit and First Nations.

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Highlights

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Lot 14: Superb anthropomorphic (ancestor) mask, around 1800
Lot 42: Fine old netsuke: Flute playing boy riding on the back of a bull, 19th century
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Lot 44: Samurai armour, Edo period
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Lot 45: Samurai armour, Edo period
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Lot 76: Overmodelled ancestor skull, before 1920
Lot 90: Large standing figure
Lot 105: Large ceremonial food platter
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Lot 112: Figure of a deity
Lot 115: Barkpainting: "Barramundi"
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Lot 123: Parrying shield
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Lot 169: Mask "anbai" or "nyangbai"
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Lot 185: Mask "dyodyomini"
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Lot 186: Vessel's lid with sitting male figure on top "ogo banya" or "ogo koro"
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Lot 187: Standing figure
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Lot 188: Standing female figure with child
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Lot 189: Standing male figure with raised arms
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Lot 190: Sitting male figure
Lot 191: Standing figure
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Lot 211: Standing male figure "blolo bian"
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Lot 214: Horned mask "kpan"
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Lot 215: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
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Lot 229: Mask
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Lot 241: Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
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Lot 245: Mask "bugle"
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Lot 249: Standing male figure
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Lot 305: Standing female figure
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Lot 310: Rare ram heads "osamasinmi"
Lot 311: Court attendant with ceremonial sword "eben"
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Lot 335: Superb title stool
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Lot 376: Throne, around 1900
Lot 390: Helmet mask
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Lot 392: Rare, old Commemorative Figure of a King "fon", late 19th century
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Lot 406: Female puppet
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Lot 409: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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Lot 410: Reliquiary figure "mboy"
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Lot 424: Power figure "nkisi", before 1929
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Lot 426: Bell mask "alunga"
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Lot 436: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 451: Mask "lukungu"
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Lot 452: Standing hermaphrodite "iginga" of "bwami" society
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Lot 495: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 499: Old helmet mask "hemba", around 1900
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Lot 529: Mask "mwana pwo"

81st Tribal Art Auction

Lot 517 : Seven pipes
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 500
Lot 518 : Two lamellophones "sanza"
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 240
Lot 519 : For vessels
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Not available anymore
Lot 520 : Four figures
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Not available anymore
Lot 521 : Three figures
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 300
Lot 522 : Mortar
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 450
Lot 523 : Two clubs and a muddler
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 150
Lot 524 : Four combs and an amulet
Angola
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 100
Lot 525 : Neckrest
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 150
Lot 526 : Chair
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Not available anymore
Lot 527 : Five axes
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Not available anymore
Lot 528 : Axe
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 529 : Mask "mwana pwo"
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 530 : Four masks "mwana pwo"
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 531 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 532 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Chokwe
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 400
Lot 533 : Bridal belt
Angola, Ovambo
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 534 : Three knives
Angola, Ovambo
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg
Sold EUR 220
Lot 535 : Dignitary staff
Angola, Ovimbundu
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 536 : Shield
Ethiopia, Amarro
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 300
Lot 537 : Rare old bed headboard, mid 19th century
Madagascar, Merina
Old Scottish Collection
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 538 : Drum
Uganda
Montecuccoli (spice trader), Vienna, Austria · Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 539 : Fly whisk
Tanzania
Sold EUR 900
Lot 540 : Mask with horns
Malawi, Chewa
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 541 : Dignitary staff
Tanzania, Luguru
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 542 : Rare wood trumpet
Tanzania, Nyamwezi/Sangu
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950’s)
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 543 : Trumpet
Tanzania, Zaramo
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950’s)
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 544 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Pare
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 545 : Mask
Tanzania, Sukuma
Sold EUR 400
Lot 546 : Pair of figures
Tanzania, Zigua
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany · Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 547 : Round stool
Zambia, Tonga
Not available anymore
Lot 548 : Small mask
Mozambique, Makua
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 549 : Beaded shash
Namibia, Eastern Zambezi region, probably Yao
Sold EUR 400
Lot 550 : Dignitary staff
South Africa, Nguni
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 551 : Staff finial
South Africa, Nguni
Old British Collection
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 552 : Headrest
South Africa, Tsonga, Shona
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 553 : Neckrest
South Africa, Tsonga
Not available anymore
Lot 554 : Figurally carved staff
South Africa, Tsonga
Not available anymore
Lot 555 : Standing figure
South Africa, Zulu
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 556 : Standing female figure
South Africa, Zulu
Not available anymore
Lot 557 : Axe
South Africa, Zulu
Old British Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 558 : Dignitary staff
South Africa, Zulu
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 559 : Dignitary staff
South Africa, Zulu
Not available anymore
Lot 560 : Two hats
South Africa, Zulu
Southern German Collection (1980)
Sold EUR 700
Lot 561 : Snuff container
South Africa, Zulu
Arcade Gallery, London, England
Sold EUR 550
Lot 562 : Neckrest
South Africa, Zulu
Aalderink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1960’s)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 563 : Neckrest
South Africa, Zulu
Not available anymore