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
Nigeria, Yoruba, EdeKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymore
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila areaEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 820
Nigeria, Yoruba, OyoGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 500
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, AjasseGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 1,400
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, IlogboGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 280
Nigeria, YorubaMarceau Rivière, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Lot 369Small standing figure
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymore
Lot 370Standing colon figure
Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 250
Lot 371Standing colon figure
Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 200
Lot 373Old helmet mask
Nigeria, YorubaHeinz 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 2,200
Lot 374Buffalo helmet mask
Nigeria, YorubaBritish Collectionsold EUR 350
Lot 375Zoomorphic mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaKarl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 350
Lot 376Throne, around 1900
Cameroon Grassfields, BabankiAnton Handl, Munich, Germany A. Handl (1875-1954) began his military career in 1894. In 1903 he joined the Deutsche Schutztruppe for Cameroon, where he stayed until 1909. He was medical officer; in 1904 he took part in the war against the Anyang and accompanied various expeditions, among others in 1905, the Manenguba expedition, to the Grassfields of Western Cameroon; the same year he took part in an expedition to North Western Cameroon and to Bamenda led by Hans Glauning; finally in 1907 he joined an expedition against the Northern Jetsang-Bulu (Ebolowa). In 1911 he resigned and returned to Germany in 1914 where he reentered the active military service.sold EUR 2,000
Lot 377Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 600
Lot 378Footstool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 379Couple
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 2,200
Lot 380Standing power figure
Cameroon Grassfields, KunduAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 1,500
Lot 381Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 600
Cameroon Grassfields, AnyangAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 400
Cameroon GrassfieldsAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 240
Lot 384Staff
Cameroon GrassfieldsJohann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 800
Lot 385Two swords and a helmet
Cameroon GrassfieldsAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 700
Lot 386Sword " ntsakh", around 1900
Cameroon Grassfields, Beti-Fang/Jetsang-Bulucollected in situ (1907) Anton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 2,400
Lot 387Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 1,800
Lot 388Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 650
Lot 389Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, KomAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 2,000
Lot 390Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, KomAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 3,200
Lot 391Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeAnton Handl, Munich, Germanysold EUR 3,000
Cameroon Grassfields, Bangwa, Fontem ValleyGerman Colonial Collection, collected in situ before 1914. Heinrich Vorwahl, Hamburg / Quakenbrück, Germany (born in 1898, year of death unknown, teacher and editor in religious studies, philosophy and philology as well as in history of medicine (focused on folk medicine) Vorwahl Family Collection, Germanysold EUR 60,000
Lot 393Figurally carved tusk
Cameroon Grassfields, BabankiOld British Collectionsold EUR 800
Lot 394Big stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamilekesold EUR 3,600
Lot 395Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 396Tobacco pipe
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekePaul Gebauer, McMinneville, USAnot available anymore
Lot 397Bird dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamilekenot available anymore
Lot 398Mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekumnot available anymore
Lot 399Trumpet
CameroonManfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950s)not available anymore
Cameroon, BaliLore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in the 1950s)sold EUR 2,500
Lot 401Figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambilanot available anymore
Lot 402Standing figure "tadep"
Cameroon, MambilaJoop & An Groen, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands Dutch Private Collection, Rotterdam (1980s)sold EUR 2,000
Lot 403Standing figure
Cameroon, Mfumte/Kaka, Border Nigeria-Kamerun, Donga Rivercollected in situ (1972)sold EUR 1,800
Lot 404Fertility doll
Cameroon, Dowayo/NamchiRené David, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,200
Lot 405Fertility doll
Cameroon, NamchiBelgian Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 406Female puppet
Gabon, NdjabiFrench Colonial Collectionnot available anymore
Gabon, FangKünzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionsold EUR 15,000
Gabon, FangCollection Chabin, Clermont Ferrand, France Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionsold EUR 6,000
Gabon, KotaLa Reine Margot, Paris, France Hermann auf der Heide (1934-2003), Germanysold EUR 3,500
Lot 410Reliquiary figure "mboy"
Gabon, Kota-ObambaJean-Claude Andrault, Seillans, France (collected in situ, 1959)sold EUR 5,000
Lot 411Two-faced helmet mask
Gabon, Tsogho/Fangnot available anymore
Lot 412Mask
Gabon, TsoghoHans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany Julius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 4,000