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"
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Lot 11: Shield "kliau"
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Lot 18: Expressive mask with anthropomorphic features
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Lot 26: Mask, 19th century
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Lot 28: Mask "joker", 19th century
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Lot 49: Male "mai" mask
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Lot 64: Beautiful old ancestor spirit figure "blaal"
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Lot 70: Fragment of a large "malagan" mask with figural crest
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Lot 71: Standing male "malagan" figure
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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
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Lot 106: Horn spoon, early 19th century
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Lot 107: Ball-head war club, late 18th century
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Lot 115: Small mask "ma go"
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Lot 139: Mask
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Lot 153: Female twin figure "ere ibeji", 19th century
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Lot 156: Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
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Lot 157: Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji
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Lot 163: Elephant mask
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Lot 181: Small mask "lukwakongo"
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Lot 185: Small mask "lukwakongo"
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Lot 216: Mask "mukinka"
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Lot 304: Standing male figure "blolo bian"
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Lot 309: Maternité
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Lot 316: Maske
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Lot 354: Janus helmet mask "wanyugo"
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Lot 396: Standing male figure
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Lot 402: Ancestor figure
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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 103 : Miniature sculpture of a polar bear
Kanada - Grönland, Inuit
sold EUR 600
Lot 104 : Three gaming pieces in the shape of swimming birds
Kanada - Grönland, Inuit
not available anymore
Lot 105 : Human figure
Alaska, Okvik culture
not available anymore
Lot 106 : Horn spoon, early 19th century
Canada, Haida
not available anymore
Lot 107 : Ball-head war club, late 18th century
North America, Woodlands, Ojibwa
Bill Jamieson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
not available anymore
Lot 108 : Handle/tool
Amazonia
Johathan Lowen, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 109 : Male figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Sherbro
Lempertz, Cologne, 1973 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 110 : Small standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Harry Schwall, Karlsruhe, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 May 2013, lot 150 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 111 : Four miniature masks "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
a) Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, lot 17 b - d) Lempertz, Cologne, 9 April 2005, lot 199 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 112 : Three miniature masks "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
a) Lempertz, Cologne, 9 April 2005, lot 199 b) Galerie von Miller, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (1991) c) René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1980) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 113 : Miniature mask "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1980) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 220
Lot 114 : Mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany (1978) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 115 : Small mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, lot 58 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 116 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Liberia, Mano
Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2005, lot 199 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 117 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1994) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 118 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2005, lot 199 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 280
Lot 119 : Four miniature masks "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
a) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, lot 113 b) Lempertz, Cologne, 9 April 2005, lot 199 c) Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, lot 119 d) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 120 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ketterer, Munich, 5 November 1977, lot 48 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 360
Lot 121 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Mano
Galerie Kunsteck, Munich, Germany (1973) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 122 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Galerie von Miller, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (1991) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 240
Lot 123 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, lot 59 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 124 : Small mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Galerie Exler, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (1979) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 125 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé/Wobe
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 44 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 950
Lot 126 : Small mask "koma ba"
Côte d'Ivoire, Mau
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany (1979) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 127 : Small standing female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 September 2007, lot 140 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 128 : Miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 87 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 129 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France (1989) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 130 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Ketterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, lot 180 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 131 : Big fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Lempertz, Brussels, 3 April 1993, lot 53 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 132 : Small female figure
Benin, Fon
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1 March 2008, lot 286 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 134 : Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21. September 2003, lot 215 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 1,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 135 : Mask with movable jaw "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, lot 85 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 900
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 136 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Galerie von Miller, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (1991) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 1,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 137 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Klaus Scholze, Kronberg, Germany (1983) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 138 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Friedrich Ruttmann, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (1975) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 450
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 139 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, lot 288 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 141 : Twin figure "hohovi"
Nigeria, Benin
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 450 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 142 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Illorin
Peters, Viernheim, Germany (1975) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 145 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Illorin, Shaki
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany (1983) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 146 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilogbo
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December 1991, lot 404 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 147 : Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 248 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 148 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany (1991) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 149 : Standing female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Kisi
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany (1976) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 660
Lot 150 : Standing female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 14 March 2009, lot 288 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 151 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Toder, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (1972) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 153 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji", 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany (1960) Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, lot 444 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 154 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December, 1991, lot 397 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 155 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oke Iho
Joachim Herrmann, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany (1988) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 156 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ipokia
Joachim Herrmann, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany (1999) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 157 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilaro
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany (1985) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,000