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"
1/3
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 52
Lance "jumonji yari"
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 53
"Yari saya" with feathers
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 54
"Yari saya"
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 55
Rare sword guard "dai tsuba"
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 56
Sword guard "tsuba"
Japan
sold EUR 700
Lot 57
Sword guard "tsuba"
Japan
sold EUR 700
Lot 58
Sword guard "tsuba"
Japan
sold EUR 350
Lot 59
Sword guard "tsuba", Jakushi school, late 17th century
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 60
Sword guard "tsuba"
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 61
Sword guard "sukashi tsuba"
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 62
Sword guard "sukashi tsuba"
Japan
not available anymore
Lot 63
Big ornament and currency ring "yua"
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 64
Bone dagger
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Swiss Collection (1970's)
sold EUR 500
Lot 65
Portrait of a spirit head
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Heinz Eckert-Greifendorff, Aachen, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 66
Standing male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
sold EUR 800
Lot 67
Bowl
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, June 1975, lot 1693
sold EUR 550
Lot 68
Amulet bag of zoomorphic shape
Papua New Guinea - Boiken area
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, USA
not available anymore
Lot 69
Hand drum "apa"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Elema/Purari Delta
Helmut Gutbrod, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 70
Ancestral board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Wapo Creek
not available anymore
Lot 71
Spirit board "hohao"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Elema
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 72
Female ancestor figure "bioma"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Era-River
Gallery Bienenstein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 73
Bullroarer "kaiaimunu"
Papua New Guinea - Gulf
Thomas Schultze-Westrum, Germany John Friede, Rye, USA Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 74
War shield
Papua New Guinea - Highlands, eastern Highlands, Okapa area
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 75
Fighting shield
Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Western Highlands, Maring
Ed Glauder, Santa Barbara, USA Michael Auliso, San Francisco, USA
not available anymore
Lot 76
Overmodelled ancestor skull, before 1920
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul, Kambringi
Museum für Völkerkunde Leipzig, Germany (Kat.-Nr. Me12831, Slg. Martens, Ankauf 1920/64, Orig.Nr. 1) Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (im Tausch erworben 1976) Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 77
Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Marc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 78
Lime spatula
Papua New Guinea - Massim
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 79
Figural carved lime spatula
Papua New Guinea - Massim
acquired in Sydney, Australia (1961/62)
sold EUR 400
Lot 80
Food dish
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River, Madang Province
English Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 81
Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik, East Sepik Province, Dreikikir District, Nuku
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 82
Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Carl Le Hanne, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 83
Bone dagger
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
Lot 84
Double suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 85
Mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 86
Mosquito mask "parak"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik Delta
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 87
Big wickerwork mask "didagur"
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Southern German Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 88
Ceremonial spoon
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islands
Elisabeth Verhey, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 89
Dance wand "vagi"
Papua New Guinea - Wosera, Wapindukum
Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 90
Large standing figure
Papua-Neuguinea - Yangoru Boiken
collected in situ by Michael Kremerskothen, Dortmund, Germany Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 4,700
Lot 91
Leg of a bed "patapat"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
not available anymore
Lot 92
Canoe prow
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 93
Big food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 94
Ladle, late 19th/early 20th century
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Norman Hurst, Cambridge, USA
sold EUR 330
Lot 95
Old spear with wooden tip, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold EUR 550
Lot 96
Old spear with bipartite tip, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold EUR 550
Lot 97
Old spear with obsidian tip, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold EUR 350
Lot 98
Two fish hooks, 19th/early 20th century
Solomon Islands/Papua New Guinea
Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA American Private Collection, California
sold EUR 450
Lot 99
Spear
Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island
German Colonial Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 100
Spear
Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island
German Colonial Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 101
Spear
Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island
German Colonial Collection
not available anymore