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
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Lot 9: Female ancestor figure "adu zatua"
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Lot 38: Guardian statue "pagar"
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Lot 82: Figural suspension hook, before 1934
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Lot 99: Figure of a deity
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Lot 131: Female figure
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Lot 132: Standing female figure
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Lot 143: Zoomorphic helmet mask
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Lot 165: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
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Lot 166: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
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Lot 200: Standing male figure
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Lot 268: Maiden spirit face mask "agbogho mmwo"
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Lot 336: Beautiful old mask of leader "kam"
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Lot 344: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
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Lot 345: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
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Lot 348: Anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 349: Rare figural object of highly abstract form
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Lot 354: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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Lot 392: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 396: Small standing figure
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Lot 421: Large round mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 422: Anthropo/zoomorphic mask
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Lot 423: Caryatid stool "kihona"
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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 101 : Paddle
Australia
not available anymore
Lot 102 : Funeral mask
Alaska, Inuit
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 103 : Handle
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
Joseph Gerena, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 104 : Doll "kachina"
North America, Hopi
sold EUR 550
Lot 105 : Doll "kachina"
North America, Hopi
sold EUR 500
Lot 106 : Stool
Surinam, Saramacca
sold EUR 650
Lot 107 : Bracelet
Sudan
sold EUR 450
Lot 108 : Bracelet
Sudan
sold EUR 700
Lot 109 : Beautiful old ivory bracelet
West Africa
Dieter Ruppel, Bad Soden-Neuenhain, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 110 : Mask "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
sold EUR 700
Lot 111 : Small mask
Guinea, Toma
Arnold, Braunschweig, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 112 : Horn
Sierra Leone, Mende
Ludwig Schmidt, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 113 : "Sande" society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
not available anymore
Lot 114 : Helmet mask of the "sande" society "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
not available anymore
Lot 115 : Helmet mask
Sierra Leone, Vai
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 116 : Large helmet mask "tönköngba"
Guinea, Landuma
Pierre & Claude Vérité, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 117 : Staff
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 118 : Door lock
Mali, Bamana
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 119 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
John Franklin Koenig, Seattle/Paris, USA/France Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 120 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 121 : Ape mask "n'gon" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Johan Henau, Antwerp, Belgium Frank Herreman, Anvers, Belgium
sold EUR 700
Lot 122 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Galerie Sao/Marceau Rivière, Paris, France Roger Bourahimou, Brussels, Belgium Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 123 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 124 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Dutch Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 125 : Antelope dance crest "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Price EUR 400
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 126 : Small head crest "sogi-ni-kun"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 127 : Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana/Malinke
North German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 128 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Peter Werner, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 129 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 130 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 131 : Female figure
Mali, Dogon
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (acquired in Bamaku, 1958)
not available anymore
Lot 132 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon-Tomo kä, Seno-Gondo Plain
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 133 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 134 : Fragmentary figure
Mali, Dogon
Cadier en Keer Monastry, The Netherlands (1960's)
not available anymore
Lot 135 : Seated female figure "koro na"
Mali, Dogon, Village Kani Kambole
German Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 136 : Antelope mask "walu"
Mali, Dogon
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 137 : Antelope mask "walu"
Mali, Dogon
Southern German Collection (collected in situ in the 1960's)
sold EUR 330
Lot 138 : Mask
Mali, Dogon
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 139 : Staff "yo domolo"
Mali, Dogon
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Till Storz, Cologne, Germany German Private Collection, Hessen
not available anymore
Lot 140 : Ritual staff "yo domolo"
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 141 : Lidded box in shape of a stylized animal (horse)
Mali, Dogon
Herman Petrus Coenraad Haan, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 142 : Kneeling female figure, ca. 1500 AD
Mali, Djenne
Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland Koller, Zurich, 23 June 2007, lot 203
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 143 : Zoomorphic helmet mask
Mali, Malinke
Renato Volpini, Milan, Italy
not available anymore
Lot 144 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Malinke
William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 145 : Standing female figure
Mali, Malinke
not available anymore
Lot 146 : Sword
Mali, Malinke
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 147 : Mask "kore"
Mali, Marka
sold EUR 700
Lot 148 : Arm dagger
Mali, Tubu
not available anymore
Lot 149 : Sceptre "batuma"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
German Private Collection, Hessen
not available anymore
Lot 150 : Zoomorphic Maske
Burkina Faso, Bwa/Gurunsi
sold EUR 500