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 158 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oke Iho
Klaus Scholze, Kronberg, Germany (1987) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 159 : Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Igbomina
Peters, Viernheim, Germany (1974) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 161 : Pair of "edan"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 91 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 162 : Amulet of the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2004, lot 330 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 163 : Elephant mask
D. R. Congo
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2004) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 164 : Zoomorphic mask
Cameroon, Mambila
Ketterer, Munich, 4 May 1979, lot 154 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 165 : Small mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 129 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 166 : Standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
American Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 September 2010, lot 396 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 167 : Standing miniature figure with beaded necklace
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 480 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 169 : Half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Tabwa/Rungu
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2005) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 170 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2006) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 171 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Kusu
Scott & Tanya Rodolitz, New York, USA Gelbard Collection, New York, USA Kenneth Adelman (Former director USAID Zaire) (1975) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 414 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 173 : Helmet mask "tshibangabanga"
D. R. Congo, Bindji
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 174 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Azande
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 175 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri, Bira/Mbo
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 177 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany (1979) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 179 : Anthropomorphic mask face "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 180 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 181 : Small mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1994) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 183 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1999) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 184 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1996) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 185 : Small mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Ketterer, Munich, 1979 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 186 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 187 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1994) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 188 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1998) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 189 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1997) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 190 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 192 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 193 : Animal sculpture "mugugundu" (pangolin)
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1 March 2008, lot 199 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 194 : Small female protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Wilhelm Krohn, Eckernförde, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 March 2011, lot 353 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 900
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 195 : Small protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 480 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 196 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 335 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 197 : Squatting figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1997 resp. 1999) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 198 : Three half figures
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2001, 2002, 2005) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 1,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 200 : Diviner's basket with a small mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1996) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 201 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1997) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Price EUR 400
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 202 : Miniature mask "La belle Madeleine"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2001) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 203 : Miniature mask
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 204 : Two miniature masks
D. R. Congo, Pende
a) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 2005, lot 389 b) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 February 2006, lot 316 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 205 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany (1980) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 206 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, lot 457 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 420
Lot 207 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 245 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 209 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Ketterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, lot 432 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 210 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2001) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 211 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
Lempertz, Brussels, 3 April 1993, lot 224 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 950
Lot 212 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1996) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 213 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 214 : Mask "kasangu"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Lempertz, Brussels, 3 April 1993, lot 212 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 216 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Lempertz, Brussels, 28 November 1995, lot 182 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 217 : Small female mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1995) Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 850