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
1/2
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
1/2
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"
1/4
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 279 : Mask
Mali, Malinke
Michel Vanderbroke, Geneva, Switzerland Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 280 : Zoomorphic helmet mask
Mali, Malinke/Bamana
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 281 : Mask "kore"
Mali, Marka
Belgian Collection
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 282 : Mask " kore"
Mali, Marka
French Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 283 : Flute
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 260
Lot 284 : Bracelet
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi
sold EUR 400
Lot 285 : Zoomorphic mask (hornbill)
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (2002)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 286 : Standing female protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 287 : Standing male figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 288 : Standing couple
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Belgian Private Collection Michel de Mol, Belgium (2008)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 289 : Janusheaded figure "bateba ti bala"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany
sold EUR 1,050
Lot 290 : Mask "wan balinga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 291 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Nunuma
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 780
Lot 292 : Horn
Côte d'Ivoire
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950's)
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Agni
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Part of a speakers staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
Gallery König, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 295 : Tapper "lowre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 450
Lot 296 : Goldweight: Buffalo
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 300
Lot 297 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 298 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 299 : Colon figure: policeman
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 500
Lot 300 : Pair of figures "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ 1958) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 274 Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 301 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 302 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 303 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Dutch Private Collection, Amsterdam
not available anymore
Lot 304 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
David & Clifford Gelbard, New York, USA Bonhams, New York, The Gelbard Collection of African Art, 13 November 2007, lot 2527 Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Eckhard Bredel, Darmstadt, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 306 : Small female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 307 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Carolyn & Walter Foxworth, Dallas, USA
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 308 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 309 : Maternité
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
collected before 1914 Bonnet-Martin-Roudillion, Hotel des ventes d'Angers, Art Nègre, 13 October 1965, lot 131 (erroneously 132 under photo) Stolper Galleries, Munich, Germany (1972) Eckhard Bredel, Darmstadt, Germany
sold EUR 12,000
Lot 310 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
David Henninger, Haguenau, France
not available anymore
Lot 311 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 312 : Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 313 : Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 314 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
collected in situ (1950-60) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 315 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Engels (until 1954 Engels worked as a Medical Practitioner in Liberia, Ivory Coast, where he acquired the most pieces of his collection in situ. His son extended the collection until 1967, when finally in 1998 the whole collection was sold.)
sold EUR 800
Lot 316 : Maske
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
collected in Mali (1936)
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 317 : Zoomorphic mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/We/Ngere
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 318 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 319 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Gallery König, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 320 : Guardian head "kedie"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 321 : Face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 322 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 323 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 800
Lot 324 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Maitre L'Oiseau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 325 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 326 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,550
Lot 327 : Standing female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 328 : Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore