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.
Highlights
Lot 155Snuff tray, ca. 1100 AD
Peru, ChancayMarcia & Irwin Hersey, New York, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 141 German Private Collection, Potsdamnot available anymore
Peru, ChimuJakob Deller, Munich, Germany (1971)not available anymore
Peru, ChimuGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)not available anymore
Peru, ChimuGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 550
Peru, MocheGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)not available anymore
Peru, NazcaGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)not available anymore
Peru, NazcaGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 1,200
Peru, NazcaGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)not available anymore
Lot 163Cup, ca. 400 AD
Peru, NazcaGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)not available anymore
Lot 165Bracelet
West AfricaPierre Loeb, Paris, Francesold EUR 600
Liberia, DanPeter Pollack, New York and Florida, USA (since the 1960's)sold EUR 1,400
Lot 167Mask
Liberia, Dan/Kran/GreboKetterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, lot 64 Ketterer, Munich, 21 May 1980, lot 74not available anymore
Lot 168Mask "zakpai"
Liberia, DanKetterer, Munich, 4 May 1979, lot 49 Ketterer, Munich, 21 May 1980, lot 78not available anymore
Lot 169Mask "anbai" or "nyangbai"
Liberia, Toma, Macenta areaClayre & Jay Haft, New York, USA Christie's, New York, 18 May 1993, lot 106sold EUR 7,000
Sierra Leone/Guinea/Liberia, SapiEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 171Stone figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissinot available anymore
Sierra Leone, MendeMark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymore
Sierra Leone, MendeHeinz Reschke, Frankfurt, Germany (Curator at the Museum of Ethnology Frankfurt am Main; he was a scholar and assistant of the famous ethnologist Leo Frobenius from 1934-1938)sold EUR 1,600
Sierra Leone, MendeBertil Berg, Gothenburg, Swedennot available anymore
Lot 175Kneeling female bowl bearer
Sierra Leone, Sherbro/Mendesold EUR 5,000
Lot 176Standing male figure
Sierra Leone, TemneCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)not available anymore
Mali, Bamanasold EUR 600
Mali, BamanaLauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (acquired between 1969 and 1976)sold EUR 2,000
Mali, BamanaEmil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanyPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Mali, BamanaLore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (before 1958)sold EUR 3,800
Mali, BamanaPhillips, New York, 9 April 1987, lot 211sold EUR 4,600
Lot 182Standing figure
Mali, Bamanasold EUR 1,800
Lot 183Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Bamanasold EUR 700
Mali, BamanaOld Belgian Collection Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
Lot 185Mask "dyodyomini"
Mali, DogonJean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France (collected in situ in the 1950s) René Rasmussen, Paris, France Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgiumnot available anymore
Mali, DogonEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Michael Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 187Standing figure
Mali, DogonCharles Ratton, Paris, France Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionsold EUR 20,000
Mali, DogonFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Mali, DogonMarc Assayag, Montreal, Canadanot available anymore
Lot 190Sitting male figure
Mali, Dogon/SenufoFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 191Standing figure
Mali, DogonMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Olivier Castellano, Paris, France (2009) Christophe Rolley, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Lot 192Figure of a hermaphrodite
Mali, DogonEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Mali, Dogon, Village Kani KamboleGerman Collectionsold EUR 800
Lot 195Miniature equestrian figure
Mali, DogonJosef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britainsold EUR 2,000
Lot 196Equestrian figure
Mali, Dogonnot available anymore
Lot 197Two neckrests
Mali, TellemPierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 300
Lot 198Buffalo mask
Burkina Faso, BwaKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 450
Burkina Faso, Bwa/NunaEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionsold EUR 2,600
Lot 200Pipe
Burkina Faso, FrafraPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germanynot available anymore
Burkina Faso, Lobisold EUR 1,000
Burkina Faso, LobiJosef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britainsold EUR 500
Lot 203Roof support of a fetish hut
Burkina Faso, Mossisold EUR 750
Burkina Faso, MossiAmerican Private Collection, New Yorknot available anymore
Lot 205Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, MossiKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 206Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, MossiFrench Private Collection Uli Fischer, Berlin, Germany German Private Collection, Potsdamnot available anymore