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 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, Mama
not available anymore
Lot 341
Zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, 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
Lot 361
Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Illorin, Oyo
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,100