
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.
Highlights
Lot 38: Guardian statue "pagar"
Lot 99: Figure of a deity
Lot 131: Female figure
Lot 132: Standing female figure
Lot 143: Zoomorphic helmet mask
Lot 200: Standing male figure
Lot 344: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Lot 345: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Lot 348: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 396: Small standing figure
Lot 421: Large round mask "kifwebe"
Lot 422: Anthropo/zoomorphic mask
Lot 423: Caryatid stool "kihona"
Lot 425: Neckrest "musamo"
Lot 512: Pair of figures
Lot 51 : Anthropomorphic mask
West Nepal, MagarOld American Collectionnot available anymoreLot 52 : Mask
Nepal, MagarFrançois Pannier, Paris, France French Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 53 : Anthropomorphic mask
West Nepal, Magarnot available anymoreLot 54 : Mask
Nepal, MagarFrançois Pannier, Paris, France French Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 55 : Monkey mask
India - Himachal PradeshFrançois Pannier, Paris, France French Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 56 : Squatting figure
India, Naganot available anymoreLot 57 : Ceremonial knife "dao"
India, Naganot available anymoreLot 58 : Warrior's ceremonial headdress
India, Nagasold EUR 200Lot 59 : Warrior's ceremonial headdress
India, Nagasold EUR 600Lot 60 : Men's ceremonial waist cloth "nyskkom"
India, Naganot available anymoreLot 61 : Woman's loin cloth
India, Nagasold EUR 300Lot 62 : Torque of a warrior
India, Naganot available anymoreLot 63 : Lute "samisen"
JapanAnton Handl, Munich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 64 : Anthropomorphic mask
TibetRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germanynot available anymoreLot 65 : Drum
TibetRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germanysold EUR 160Lot 66 : Group of six weapons
Papua New GuineaSouthern German Collectionsold EUR 250Lot 67 : Three clubs
Papua New Guineanot available anymoreLot 68 : Club
Papua New Guineanot available anymoreLot 69 : War shield
Papua New Guinea, Madang province, Wanuma areanot available anymoreLot 70 : Spirit board "gope"
Papua New Guinea, Uruma islandsold EUR 1,200Lot 71 : Male ritual figure
Papua New Guinea, South Abelam / WoseraUlrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany German Private Collection, Hessenot available anymoreLot 72 : Yams head
Papua New Guinea, Abelam/WoseraGallery Flak, Paris, Francesold EUR 950Lot 73 : Portrait of a spirits head
Papua New Guinea, Abelamacquired in Sydney, Australia (1961/62)sold EUR 150Lot 74 : Ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmatcollected in situ (1976)sold EUR 500Lot 75 : Standing male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), AsmatDutch Collection (1995)not available anymoreLot 76 : Ceremonial shield
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), AsmatBarbara Schuster, Neuendettelsau, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 77 : Round food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Boikensold EUR 400Lot 78 : Oval food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Boikennot available anymoreLot 79 : Spirit board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purari DeltaStanley Gordon Moriarty (1906-1978), Australiasold EUR 2,400Lot 80 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - eastern Highlandsnot available anymoreLot 81 : Betel nut mortar
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Tami IslandsOld German Colonial Collectionsold EUR 900Lot 82 : Figural suspension hook, before 1934
Papua New Guinea, IatmulJohann Beck, Bremen, Germany (coll in situ between 1928 - 1934, when he worked as a captain for the shipping company Norddeutsche Lloyd Bremen) Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 9,500Lot 83 : Small sculpture "yipwon"
Papua New Guinea - Koreworisold EUR 800Lot 84 : Small sculpture "korvar"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya)Dutch Collectionnot available anymoreLot 85 : Lime spatula
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, MassimAmerican Collectionnot available anymoreLot 86 : Rare figure of a composite being, late 19th century, collected prior to 1920
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massimpart of a collection of artifacts donated to Nevada City, California courthouse in the 1920's by a local family. In 1962 the local high school principal puchased the collection because of his ties to New Guinea, where he served in WW II as a fighter pilot. Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 30not available anymoreLot 87 : Ancestor spirit mask "brag"
Papua New Guinea - MurikAfrika-Museum Bergen-Sülze, Germanynot available anymoreLot 88 : Standing female figure
Papua New Guinea - SepikKevin Conru, London, Great Britain ("acquired in a small auction in England, prior to which it had laid undisturbed in a trunk for over a hundred years")sold EUR 7,000Lot 89 : Mask
Papua New Guinea - SepikFélix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsnot available anymoreLot 90 : Betel nut mortar
Papua New Guinea - Sepiknot available anymoreLot 91 : Hook "garra"
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik - Hunstein Mountains, Bahinemosold EUR 750Lot 92 : Large food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islandssold EUR 600Lot 93 : Food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islandsnot available anymoreLot 94 : Ceremonial spear
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, St Matthias islandsnot available anymoreLot 95 : Ceremonial spear
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, St Matthias Islandsnot available anymoreLot 96 : Two clubs
Solomon Islandssold EUR 200Lot 97 : Spear
Solomon Islands - Bougainville Islandnot available anymoreLot 98 : Bark cloth "tapa"
Samoa/Tonga/Fijisold EUR 300Lot 99 : Figure of a deity
TongaMargherita Mona Comotto-Staley, Portsmouth, Great Britain Andrew Staley, Nottingham, Great Britainsold EUR 7,000Lot 100 : Club
Australianot available anymore