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 308 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Basa Nge
Not available anymore
Lot 309 : Horn
Nigeria, Benin
Hans G. Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 310 : Rare ram heads "osamasinmi"
Nigeria, Benin/Owo
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 311 : Court attendant with ceremonial sword "eben"
Nigeria, Benin
Consul General Robert Gedon (1909-1989), Berlin/Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 312 : Figure of a European with gun, late 19th century
Nigeria, Benin
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 313 : Janus headed dance crest
Nigeria, Boki
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 500
Lot 314 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Pierre Robin, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 315 : Buffalo mask "nam gbalang"
Nigeria, Chamba
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 316 : Janus faced helmet mask
Nigeria, Cross-River / Igbo
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · Ludwig Schmidt, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 317 : Head sculpture
Nigeria, Eket
Not available anymore
Lot 318 : Mask with hinged jaw
Nigeria, Ibibio
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 320 : Mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland · Swiss Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 321 : Mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 322 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Ibibio
Sold EUR 600
Lot 323 : Mask
Nigeria, Idoma
Ketterer, Munich, 21 May 1980, lot 227
Not available anymore
Lot 324 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Idoma
French Collection
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 326 : Female mask
Nigeria, Southeastern, Igbo/Idoma
Not available anymore
Lot 327 : Face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
René Rasmussen, Paris, France
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 328 : Two masks
Nigeria, Igbo
Not available anymore
Lot 329 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Ryszard Bojarski, Warsaw, Poland
Not available anymore
Lot 330 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Not available anymore
Lot 331 : Mask "mgbedike"
Nigeria, Igbo
David & Clifford Gelbard, New York, USA · Bonhams, New York, 13 November 2007, lot 2548
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 333 : Deformation mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Sold EUR 400
Lot 334 : Male shrine figure "agbara"
Nigeria, Igbo
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 335 : Superb title stool
Nigeria, Igbo
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (acquired between 1969 and 1976)
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 336 : Stool "oche mpata"
Nigeria, Igbo
Sold EUR 600
Lot 337 : Horse skull
Nigeria, Igbo
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 338 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 400
Lot 339 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Izzi
Not available anymore
Lot 340 : Mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Not available anymore
Lot 341 : Zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Christophe Evers, Brussels, Belgium · Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 342 : Standing female ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Not available anymore
Lot 343 : Antelope mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, Ogoni
German Private Collection, Munich
Sold EUR 900
Lot 344 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Michael Oliver, New York, USA · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 Februar 2003, lot 310 · Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 345 : "Snuff-taker"
Nigeria, Tiv
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany
Sold EUR 150
Lot 346 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Urhobo
collected in situ (1971)
Not available anymore
Lot 347 : Statuette "kundul"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, Belgium · Christie’s, Paris, 23 June 2015, lot 22
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 348 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 349 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba / Ila Orangun
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany · Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 350 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba / Abeokuta
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 351 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
British Collection
Sold EUR 950
Lot 352 : Fuigure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eric Glanson, Denmark
Sold EUR 600
Lot 353 : Head fragment "ogboni/oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain
Sold EUR 800
Lot 354 : Ceremonial staff
Nigeria, Yoruba
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 700
Lot 355 : Ritual staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany · Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 356 : Ritual object
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 400
Lot 357 : Kneeling female figure "onile"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Christie’s Paris, 10 June 2008, lot 70
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 358 : Lidded box
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 359 : Kneeling bowl bearer "olomeye"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Marvin Chasin, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 360 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 1,400