February 27, 2016

82nd Tribal Art Auction

The private collection of Hans Rielau. Treasures from West Africa and Central Africa. Memorial heads from the Akan. Elegant Baule figures. New Ireland sculptures with historically important provenances. Finely worked combs and basket-works from the South Seas. Old war club from the Ojibwe people (18th century). Voodoo and headhunting objects.

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Highlights

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Lot 5: Female "bulul"
1/4
Lot 11: Shield "kliau"
1/2
Lot 18: Expressive mask with anthropomorphic features
1/2
Lot 26: Mask, 19th century
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Lot 28: Mask "joker", 19th century
1/4
Lot 49: Male "mai" mask
1/4
Lot 64: Beautiful old ancestor spirit figure "blaal"
1/7
Lot 70: Fragment of a large "malagan" mask with figural crest
1/6
Lot 71: Standing male "malagan" figure
1/2
Lot 79: Rare feather currency roll "manahau" or "tevau"
Lot 97: Half of a container, 100 B.C.-200 AD, Old Bering Sea II period
1/3
Lot 106: Horn spoon, early 19th century
1/6
Lot 107: Ball-head war club, late 18th century
1/2
Lot 115: Small mask "ma go"
1/3
Lot 139: Mask
1/2
Lot 153: Female twin figure "ere ibeji", 19th century
1/4
Lot 156: Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
1/2
Lot 157: Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji
1/3
Lot 163: Elephant mask
1/2
Lot 181: Small mask "lukwakongo"
1/3
Lot 185: Small mask "lukwakongo"
1/2
Lot 216: Mask "mukinka"
1/5
Lot 304: Standing male figure "blolo bian"
1/6
Lot 309: Maternité
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Lot 316: Maske
1/6
Lot 354: Janus helmet mask "wanyugo"
1/4
Lot 396: Standing male figure
1/4
Lot 402: Ancestor figure
1/6
Lot 435: Rare reliquary figure "éyéma-o-byéri"
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Lot 471: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 526: Mask "mwana pwo"
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Lot 557: Beautiful spoon

82nd Tribal Art Auction

Lot 53 : Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Marc Lissauer, Australia Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 54 : Ancestor spirit mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
Lot 55 : Beautiful old mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 56 : Canoe prow in shape of a crocodile
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 57 : Bone dagger
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Thorsten Grimme, Sydney, Australia
not available anymore
Lot 58 : Lime container and spatula
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Southern German Collection
sold EUR 150
Lot 59 : Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
acquired in Sydney, Australia (1961/62)
sold EUR 300
Lot 60 : Two pounder and drum stick
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Southern German Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 61 : Painting from a men's house
Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Kambot
not available anymore
Lot 62 : Canoe prow
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Estate of Bella Linden (acquired in the 1960's)
not available anymore
Lot 63 : Mask of an ancestor spirit
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 64 : Beautiful old ancestor spirit figure "blaal"
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Ingeborg de Beausacq, collected in the field, before 1959 Ingeborg de Beausacq (1910-2003) was an American photographer and explorer of german origin. She led an adventurous life, lived in Paris, Brazil, New York, she visited Thailand, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Greece and Nepal. She spent three years in Papua New Guinea (1957-59) where she lived with the natives, sharing their life, photographed their initiation rites, wrote their history and bought art objects.
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 65 : Food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islands
sold EUR 450
Lot 66 : Image of a spirit head
Papua New Guinea - Wosera
Thorsten Grimme, Sydney, Australia
not available anymore
Lot 67 : Bone dagger
Papua New Guinea - Wosera
collected in situ (1980's)
not available anymore
Lot 68 : Shell currency ring "wamayuwa"
Papua New Guinea - Yangoru
German Private Collection
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 69 : Bed leg in shape of a female half figure "patapat"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
French Collection
sold EUR 350
Lot 70 : Fragment of a large "malagan" mask with figural crest
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Richard Parkinson (1901) K. Brommer, Stuttgart, Germany Southern German Collection
sold EUR 22,000
Lot 71 : Standing male "malagan" figure
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Edgar Walden, Berlin, Germany, collected in situ, Deutsche Marine Expedition 1907-09 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ethnologisches Museum, Ident.Nr. VI 34436 (1910) Arthur Speyer II., Berlin, Germany (1939) Ernst Heinrich, Stuttgart, Germany Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Southern German Collection
sold EUR 20,000
Lot 72 : Two spears
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, St.
not available anymore
Lot 73 : Club
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, Sulka
Old French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 74 : Breadfruit cutter
Papua-Neuguinea - Bismarck Archipel - Neu Britannien - Wuvulu (Matty Island)
Missionshaus Knechtsteden, Dormagen, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 75 : Birdhead club "go porowa ra maru"
New Caledonia, Kanak
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 76 : Two ornamental combs
Solomon Islands
not available anymore
Lot 77 : Ornamental comb "faa"
Solomon Islands - Malaita
Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 500
Lot 78 : Two arm cuffs
Solomon Islands - Malaita
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 79 : Rare feather currency roll "manahau" or "tevau"
Salomonen - Santa Cruz Inseln, Ndende
Thomas Lautz, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 80 : Two pudding knives
Vanuatu - Banks Islands
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 81 : Pudding knife
Vanuatu - Banks Islands
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 600
Lot 82 : Shell trumpet
Polynesia - Wallis Islands
collected in situ (1980's)
sold EUR 450
Lot 83 : Two lances
Cook Islands, Rarotonga
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 84 : Throwing club "ula tavatava"
Fidji Islands
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)
sold EUR 360
Lot 85 : Barkcloth "masi bolabola"
Fidji Islands
not available anymore
Lot 86 : Prestige object "tabua"
Fidji Islands
Thomas Lautz, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 87 : Lure hook "matau"
New Zealand, Maori
not available anymore
Lot 88 : Round bowl "umeke"
Hawaii islands
Mark A. Blackburn, Hawaii, USA
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 89 : Bowl "tanoa 'ava", around 1900
Samoa
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 90 : Pounder "po"
Caroline Islands - Truk
Holger Schmidtgen, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 91 : Waist garment for women
Marshall-Inseln - Ralik-Ratak
Old Colonial Collection Holger Schmidtgen, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 92 : Bowl
Matty Island
not available anymore
Lot 93 : Spearthrower "woomera"
Australia, West
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 94 : Boomerang
Australia, Riverine
not available anymore
Lot 95 : Boomerang
Australia, South
not available anymore
Lot 96 : Comb
Fennoscandia, Sami
sold EUR 600
Lot 97 : Half of a container, 100 B.C.-200 AD, Old Bering Sea II period
Alaska - St. Lawrence Island, Inuit
Asher Eskenasy, Paris, France Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 98 : Harpoon head, ca. 1400 to 1600 AD
Canada, Inuit, Thule (?)
Joseph Gerena, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 99 : Fragment of a seal
Alaska - Grönland, Thule
not available anymore
Lot 100 : Anthropomorphic needle case
Alaska - Grönland, Thule
not available anymore
Lot 101 : Spear-thrower
Kanada - Alaska - Grönland
Joseph Gerena, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 102 : Charm
Alaska
Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 500