
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 380
Mask
Nigeria, IdomaRené & Maud Garcia, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,800 - Lot 382
Container
Nigeria, IdomaAlain Lecomte, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,800 - Lot 383
Figural spoon
Nigeria, Igalasold EUR 315 - Lot 384
Standing female figure
Nigeria, IgalaIwanovski, Nancy, Francenot available anymore - Lot 385
Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, IgboJ. Loiseau, St. Germain-en-Laye, 23 February 1997, lot 42 Yves Créhalet, Paris, Francenot available anymore - Nigeria, IgboLadislas Segy, New York, USA German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 350
- Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 800
- Lot 389
Cola nut bowl "okwa oji"
Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 400 - Nigeria, IjawAllan Stone, New York, USA Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Allan Stone: African, Oceanic, and Indonesian Art, Vol. I, 15 November 2013, lot 77not available anymore
- Lot 391
Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijawsold EUR 600 - Lot 392
Waterspirit mask
Nigeria, IjawFausto Polo, Baldissero Torinese, Italysold EUR 3,000 - Nigeria, Izzisold EUR 500
- Lot 394
Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Mama/KantanaWalter Grieder, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymore - Lot 395
Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, MamaUlrich von Schroeder, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,500 - Lot 396
Standing male figure
Nigeria, MamaChristie's, London, 3 April 1979, lot 212 Christie's, London, 29 June 1983, lot 132 James Willis, San Francisco, USAsold EUR 5,000 - Lot 397
Standing male figure
Nigeria, Mamanot available anymore - Lot 398
Standing male figure
Nigeria, MontolGerman Private Collection, Berlinnot available anymore - Lot 399
Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 1,100 - Lot 400
Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuyecollected in situ (1972)not available anymore - Nigeria, Mumuyecollected in situ (1972)sold EUR 1,500
- Lot 402
Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeFrench Collection, Parissold EUR 8,000 - Nigeria, MumuyeGallery Flak, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,800
- Lot 404
Female mask "wife of va"
Nigeria, MumuyeWolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 125 - Lot 405
Stool
Nigeria, NupeRenate Albertsen-Morten, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 November 2002, lot 254sold EUR 350 - Lot 406
Expressive helmet mask
Nigeria, Tiv/Igalanot available anymore - Lot 407
Standing figure
Nigeria, Urhobo/Isokoacquired in Nigeria (ca. 1914-20)sold EUR 1,000 - Lot 408
Figure "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobocollected in situ (1972)not available anymore - Lot 409
Standing figure
Nigeria, Vere/Montolnot available anymore - Nigeria, Yoruba, EkitiLoudmer, Paris, Arts Primitifs, 27/28 June 1991, lot 127 Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France Luc Berthier, Paris, France Sotheby's, Paris, 15 June 2004, lot 145not available anymore
- Lot 411
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, IllorinKathryn J. Rex, Venice, USA (collected in situ, in the 1960's)sold EUR 650 - Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, OshogboKathryn J. Rex, Venice, USA (collected in situ, 1960's)sold EUR 800
- Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, ShakiInge Hett, Berlin, Germanynot available anymore
- Lot 414
Male/female pair of figures
Nigeria, Yoruba/AnagoRyszard Bojarski, Warsaw, Polandnot available anymore - Lot 416
Altar figure
Nigeria, YorubaEmil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,000 - Lot 417
Shrine figure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymore - Lot 418
Dance staffs "eshu"
Nigeria, YorubaRolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 April 1997, lot 285 German Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 360 - Lot 419
Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaKetterer, Munich, 3 November 1981, lot 121not available anymore - Lot 420
Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymore - Lot 421
Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaHeinz Reschke, Frankfurt, Germanynot available anymore - Lot 422
Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaAustrian Collection, Vienna Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 February 2006, lot 181not available anymore - Lot 423
Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaHelmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerlandnot available anymore - Lot 424
Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaArcade Gallery, London, Great Britainsold EUR 1,500 - Lot 425
Body mask "aboyun"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymore - Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 1,200
- Lot 428
Stool
Cameroon Grassfieldssold EUR 360 - Lot 429
Pipe head
Cameroon GrassfieldsSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 260 - Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki/BamendaSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 350
- Lot 431
Helmet mask, around 1900
Cameroon Grassfields, BabankiOfficer Adolf Diehl, Germany; Diehl was a fieldcollector and General Director of Plantations in Cameroon & representative of the Gesellschaft Nordwest Kamerun. Collected hundreds of objects on commission for the Leipzig Ethnographic Museum and the Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Germany Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Germany Ernst Heinrich, Stuttgart/Bad Cannstatt, Germany Southern German Collectionsold EUR 2,200 - Lot 432
Zoomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamilekenot available anymore - Lot 433
Mask
Cameroon, BangwaDutch Private Collectionsold EUR 2,200