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

1/5
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"
1/3
Lot 526: Mask "mwana pwo"
1/4
Lot 557: Beautiful spoon

82nd Tribal Art Auction

Lot 329 : Mask "gägon" with movable jaw
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Southern German Collection (collected in situ in the late 1960's)
sold EUR 650
Lot 330 : Slit gong
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 331 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 332 : Ceremonial spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 333 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Lot 334 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 335 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 336 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
not available anymore
Lot 337 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 338 : Fine ornamental comb
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Emile Deletaille, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 339 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
sold EUR 350
Lot 340 : Small figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Norwood Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 341 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 150
Lot 342 : Top of a staff "sejen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Victor van Craen, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 600
Lot 343 : Upper part of a staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 344 : Figural carved staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 345 : Figural carved staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 346 : Female divination figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 347 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 348 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 220
Lot 349 : Face mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 350 : Mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 351 : Big horn mask (antelope?)
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (2003)
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 352 : Large helmet mask "wabele
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 353 : Fire spitter mask "wanyugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 354 : Janus helmet mask "wanyugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 355 : Dance crest "dagu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Tusian
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 356 : Horned mask of the "je" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Maurice Mathieu, Paris, France Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 357 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Abron
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 359 : Four goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Eckhard Bredel, Darmstadt, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 360 : Two figural gold weights
Ghana, Akan
Ellen Werner, San Francisco, USA
sold EUR 300
Lot 361 : Ten goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Roger Bédiat, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 362 : Ten goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Roger Bédiat, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 363 : Head of a memorial figure "krinjabo"
Ghana, Akan / Agni
Patrice Cadiou, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 364 : Head
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
Olivier Klejman, Paris, France (1998)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 365 : Stool
Ghana, Ashanti
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 240
Lot 366 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 750
Lot 367 : Seated female figure
Ghana, Ewe
Wulf Lohse, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 368 : Standing male figure with hat
Benin, Anago/Fon/Yoruba
sold EUR 200
Lot 369 : Large power figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 600
Lot 370 : Female altar figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon/Anago
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 371 : Male figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
not available anymore
Lot 372 : Vodoo -"bochio"
Benin, Fon
not available anymore
Lot 373 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Anago/Yoruba/Fon
Price EUR 250
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 374 : Dance crest in shape of a human head
Nigeria, Boki
American Private Collection, New York
sold EUR 450
Lot 375 : Staff figure "tauwa"
Nigeria, Chamba
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 376 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Ibibio
acquired in Nigeria (ca. 1914-20)
sold EUR 700
Lot 377 : Mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
sold EUR 450
Lot 378 : Mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
sold EUR 800
Lot 379 : Mask "idiok" of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Ibibio
Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Flak, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,000