
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 380 : Mask
Nigeria, IdomaRené & Maud Garcia, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,800Lot 382 : Container
Nigeria, IdomaAlain Lecomte, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,800Lot 383 : Figural spoon
Nigeria, Igalasold EUR 315Lot 384 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, IgalaIwanovski, Nancy, Francenot available anymoreLot 385 : Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, IgboJ. Loiseau, St. Germain-en-Laye, 23 February 1997, lot 42 Yves Créhalet, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 386 : Standing female shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, IgboLadislas Segy, New York, USA German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 350Lot 388 : Maiden spirit face mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 800Lot 389 : Cola nut bowl "okwa oji"
Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 400Lot 390 : Shrine figure: bush spirit in shape of a warrior
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 anymoreLot 391 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijawsold EUR 600Lot 392 : Waterspirit mask
Nigeria, IjawFausto Polo, Baldissero Torinese, Italysold EUR 3,000Lot 393 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Izzisold EUR 500Lot 394 : Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Mama/KantanaWalter Grieder, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 395 : Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)Ulrich von Schroeder, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,500Lot 396 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)Christie's, London, 3 April 1979, lot 212 Christie's, London, 29 June 1983, lot 132 James Willis, San Francisco, USAsold EUR 5,000Lot 397 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Mamanot available anymoreLot 398 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, MontolGerman Private Collection, Berlinnot available anymoreLot 399 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 1,100Lot 400 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuyecollected in situ (1972)not available anymoreLot 401 : Standing female ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuyecollected in situ (1972)sold EUR 1,500Lot 402 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeFrench Collection, Parissold EUR 8,000Lot 403 : Game board for the "mankala" or "serata" game
Nigeria, MumuyeGallery Flak, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,800Lot 404 : Female mask "wife of va"
Nigeria, MumuyeWolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 125Lot 405 : Stool
Nigeria, NupeRenate Albertsen-Morten, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 November 2002, lot 254sold EUR 350Lot 406 : Expressive helmet mask
Nigeria, Tiv/Igalanot available anymoreLot 407 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Urhobo/Isokoacquired in Nigeria (ca. 1914-20)sold EUR 1,000Lot 408 : Figure "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobocollected in situ (1972)not available anymoreLot 409 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Vere/Montolnot available anymoreLot 410 : Kneeling female figure "olúmèye" with bowl in shape of a bird
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 anymoreLot 411 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, IllorinKathryn J. Rex, Venice, USA (collected in situ, in the 1960's)sold EUR 650Lot 412 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, OshogboKathryn J. Rex, Venice, USA (collected in situ, 1960's)sold EUR 800Lot 413 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, ShakiInge Hett, Berlin, Germanynot available anymoreLot 414 : Male/female pair of figures
Nigeria, Yoruba/AnagoRyszard Bojarski, Warsaw, Polandnot available anymoreLot 416 : Altar figure
Nigeria, YorubaEmil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,000Lot 417 : Shrine figure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymoreLot 418 : Dance staffs "eshu"
Nigeria, YorubaRolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 April 1997, lot 285 German Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 360Lot 419 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaKetterer, Munich, 3 November 1981, lot 121not available anymoreLot 420 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymoreLot 421 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaHeinz Reschke, Frankfurt, Germanynot available anymoreLot 422 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaAustrian Collection, Vienna Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 February 2006, lot 181not available anymoreLot 423 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaHelmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 424 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaArcade Gallery, London, Great Britainsold EUR 1,500Lot 425 : Body mask "aboyun"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymoreLot 427 : Ceremonial adze "aringo jagun"
Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 1,200Lot 428 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfieldssold EUR 360Lot 429 : Pipe head
Cameroon GrassfieldsSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 260Lot 430 : Zoomorphic mask with ram horns
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki/BamendaSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 350Lot 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 2,200Lot 432 : Zoomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamilekenot available anymoreLot 433 : Mask
Cameroon, BangwaDutch Private Collectionsold EUR 2,200