
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.
Highlights
Lot 5: Female "bulul"
Lot 11: Shield "kliau"
Lot 26: Mask, 19th century
Lot 28: Mask "joker", 19th century
Lot 49: Male "mai" mask
Lot 106: Horn spoon, early 19th century
Lot 115: Small mask "ma go"
Lot 163: Elephant mask
Lot 181: Small mask "lukwakongo"
Lot 185: Small mask "lukwakongo"
Lot 216: Mask "mukinka"
Lot 304: Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Lot 354: Janus helmet mask "wanyugo"
Lot 396: Standing male figure
Lot 402: Ancestor figure
Lot 526: Mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 557: Beautiful spoon
Lot 279 : Mask
Mali, MalinkeMichel Vanderbroke, Geneva, Switzerland Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germanynot available anymoreLot 280 : Zoomorphic helmet mask
Mali, Malinke/BamanaLadislas Segy, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 281 : Mask "kore"
Mali, MarkaBelgian Collectionsold EUR 1,600Lot 282 : Mask " kore"
Mali, MarkaFrench Collectionsold EUR 1,500Lot 283 : Flute
Burkina Faso, BwaEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 260Lot 284 : Bracelet
Burkina Faso, Gurunsisold EUR 400Lot 285 : Zoomorphic mask (hornbill)
Burkina Faso, GurunsiAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (2002)sold EUR 1,000Lot 286 : Standing female protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobinot available anymoreLot 287 : Standing male figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobinot available anymoreLot 288 : Standing couple
Burkina Faso, LobiBelgian Private Collection Michel de Mol, Belgium (2008)sold EUR 1,200Lot 289 : Janusheaded figure "bateba ti bala"
Burkina Faso, LobiIlia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germanysold EUR 1,050Lot 290 : Mask "wan balinga"
Burkina Faso, MossiBelgian Private Collection, Brussels Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 291 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, NunumaEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 780Lot 292 : Horn
Côte d'IvoireManfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950's)not available anymoreLot 293 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Agninot available anymoreLot 294 : Part of a speakers staff
Côte d'Ivoire, AtiéGallery König, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,400Lot 295 : Tapper "lowre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 450Lot 296 : Goldweight: Buffalo
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 300Lot 297 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, BaulePierre Vérité, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,200Lot 298 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymoreLot 299 : Colon figure: policeman
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 500Lot 300 : Pair of figures "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ 1958) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 274 Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 301 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRobert Lewitzki, Celle, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 302 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BaulePhilippe Ratton, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 303 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleDutch Private Collection, Amsterdamnot available anymoreLot 304 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleDavid & Clifford Gelbard, New York, USA Bonhams, New York, The Gelbard Collection of African Art, 13 November 2007, lot 2527 Témoin, Geneva, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 305 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEckhard Bredel, Darmstadt, Germanysold EUR 2,500Lot 306 : Small female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleBohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionsold EUR 1,500Lot 307 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleCarolyn & Walter Foxworth, Dallas, USAsold EUR 2,500Lot 308 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 2,300Lot 309 : Maternité
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulecollected 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, Germanysold EUR 12,000Lot 310 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleDavid Henninger, Haguenau, Francenot available anymoreLot 311 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFrench Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 312 : Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJean-Paul Agogué, Paris, Francesold EUR 3,000Lot 313 : Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymoreLot 314 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulecollected in situ (1950-60) Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 315 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, BétéEngels (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 800Lot 316 : Maske
Côte d'Ivoire, Bétécollected in Mali (1936)sold EUR 5,000Lot 317 : Zoomorphic mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/We/NgereBoris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 318 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dannot available anymoreLot 319 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanGallery König, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,200Lot 320 : Guardian head "kedie"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dannot available anymoreLot 321 : Face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dannot available anymoreLot 322 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, DanAlain de Monbrison, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 323 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dansold EUR 800Lot 324 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanMaitre L'Oiseau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 325 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanMark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 326 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanOld British Collectionsold EUR 1,550Lot 327 : Standing female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,500Lot 328 : Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dannot available anymore