May 28, 2016

83rd Tribal Art Auction

Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania and America. The Nias collection of Dr. Heinrich Sundermann (1849-1919). Anton Handl in Cameroon. Significant works of art from the Cameroon Grassfields.

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Highlights

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Lot 7: Male ancestor figure "siraha salawa", around 1900
1/4
Lot 9: Female ancestor figure "adu zatua"
1/4
Lot 38: Guardian statue "pagar"
1/3
Lot 82: Figural suspension hook, before 1934
1/3
Lot 99: Figure of a deity
1/5
Lot 131: Female figure
1/4
Lot 132: Standing female figure
1/4
Lot 143: Zoomorphic helmet mask
1/4
Lot 165: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
1/5
Lot 166: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
1/4
Lot 200: Standing male figure
1/7
Lot 268: Maiden spirit face mask "agbogho mmwo"
1/4
Lot 336: Beautiful old mask of leader "kam"
1/9
Lot 344: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
1/9
Lot 345: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
1/5
Lot 348: Anthropomorphic face mask
1/5
Lot 349: Rare figural object of highly abstract form
1/4
Lot 354: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
1/3
Lot 392: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
1/5
Lot 396: Small standing figure
1/6
Lot 421: Large round mask "kifwebe"
1/6
Lot 422: Anthropo/zoomorphic mask
1/7
Lot 423: Caryatid stool "kihona"
1/4
Lot 425: Neckrest "musamo"
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Lot 461: Power figure "nkisi" against small pox
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Lot 512: Pair of figures

83rd Tribal Art Auction

Lot 464 : Power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 465 : Squatting power figure
D. R. Congo, Songe/Nsapo Nsapo
Not available anymore
Lot 466 : Cup with handle
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sold EUR 300
Lot 467 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 468 : Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 469 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 470 : Standing power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Not available anymore
Lot 471 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1950’s) · Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2005)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 472 : Statuette for the "m-mbwoolu-tsyo" ritual
D. R. Congo, Suku
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (1993)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 473 : Standing power figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 300
Lot 474 : Slit drum
D. R. Congo, Suku
Not available anymore
Lot 475 : Small kneeling figure
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 476 : Horned mask
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Olivier Le Corneur & Jean Roudillon, Paris, France (around 1968) · Jean-Robert Arnaud (1920-2007), Paris, France
Sold EUR 7,500
Lot 477 : Sitting male power figure
D. R. Congo, Tabwa/Rungu
Sold EUR 650
Lot 478 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Teke/Bwende
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 479 : Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 480 : Standing male figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
German Private Collection, Berlin
Not available anymore
Lot 481 : Standing male power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Not available anymore
Lot 482 : Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke/Yanzi
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland · Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany · German Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 484 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Tetela
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 485 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Tumbwe
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 486 : Round lid from a food container "mabaia mazungu" or "taampha
D. R. Congo, Woyo
Not available anymore
Lot 487 : Mask "kakuungu" or "kazeba"
D. R. Congo, Yaka/Suku
Haus Völker und Kulturen, Ethnological Museum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germany (signature: “541.7.68”, copy of inventory card available)
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 488 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Yaka/Nkanu
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 489 : Antelope helmet mask
D. R. Congo, Yaka/Suku
Sold EUR 800
Lot 490 : Slit drum
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Mission des Rédemptoristes Belges au Bas-Congo (1899-1920) · Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 492 : Dance crest in shape of a head
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Not available anymore
Lot 493 : Power figure "tsiinda"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Sold EUR 600
Lot 494 : Small power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Sold EUR 600
Lot 496 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Sold EUR 300
Lot 497 : Necklace with
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Not available anymore
Lot 498 : Wickerwork
Angola
Not available anymore
Lot 500 : Head sculpture
Angola, Lunda
Not available anymore
Lot 501 : Standing female power figure
Angola, Lunda
Not available anymore
Lot 502 : Chief's staff with anthropomorphic half figure
Angola, Ovimbundu
Fernando Moncada, Lisboa, Portugal · Michel van den Dries, Gavere, Belgium · Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2000)
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 503 : Beautiful old title staff, around 1900
Angola, Ovimbundu
Old French Collection · Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2001)
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 504 : Dignitary staff "umbweti"
Angola, Ovimbundu
Not available anymore
Lot 505 : Womens belt
Chad
Not available anymore
Lot 506 : Charm
Chad
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Sold EUR 330
Lot 507 : Abyssinian "schotel" in leather sheath
Ethiopia
Not available anymore
Lot 508 : Shield
Ethiopia, Amarro
Not available anymore
Lot 510 : Two pieces of bark cloth
Uganda, Baganda
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 511 : Bark cloth
Burundi
Sold EUR 600
Lot 512 : Pair of figures
Tanzania, Ngoni
Alfred Zenichowski, Berlin, Germany · Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 513 : Standing figure
Tanzania
Not available anymore
Lot 514 : Chief's stool
Tanzania
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 515 : Fertility doll "mwana hiti"
Tanzania, Doe
Sold EUR 800
Lot 516 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Tanzania, Kwere
Not available anymore
Lot 517 : Standing female figure
Tanzania, Kwere/Luguru
Not available anymore
Lot 518 : Kneeling couple
Tanzania, Makonde
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 800