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"
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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 151 : Zoomorphic mask "sigma"
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi/Ghana
Ketterer, Munich, 17 April 1993, lot 50
Not available anymore
Lot 152 : Large figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Neumeister, Munich, 11 November 2004, lot 378 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 153 : Diviner's sceptre with figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Not available anymore
Lot 154 : Rooster mask "wan noraogo"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Michael Wyman, Chicago, USA
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 155 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Nuna
German Private Collection, Hessen
Not available anymore
Lot 156 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi / Bété / Djimini
German Private Collection · Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 157 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)
Not available anymore
Lot 158 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
Not available anymore
Lot 159 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
American Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 160 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
Not available anymore
Lot 161 : Heddle pulley with horned anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 162 : Helmet mask "bo nun amuin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Dieter Ruppel, Bad Soden-Neuenhain, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 163 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 800
Lot 164 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Ketterer, Munich, 5 November 1977, lot 58
Sold EUR 3,800
Lot 165 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 166 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sold EUR 12,000
Lot 167 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 168 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
American Private Collection, New York
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 169 : Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
The Kampong, Palm Beach, USA · Harry & Elionor Lynn, Washington DC, USA (acquired in 1974)
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 170 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Bernard Tivoli, Lille, France
Not available anymore
Lot 171 : Colon figure: Maternité
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 172 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 173 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 174 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 175 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 176 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 177 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 178 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/Guro
Sold EUR 400
Lot 179 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 200
Lot 180 : Standing monkey figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 46 · Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 181 : Standing male figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Guéré / Wobé
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 182 : Horned mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/Kono
American Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 183 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, lot 56
Not available anymore
Lot 184 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 5 November 1977, lot 41 · Hans Schneckenburger, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 172
Not available anymore
Lot 185 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Sold EUR 800
Lot 186 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Sold EUR 600
Lot 187 : Mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Menikheim, Stuttgart, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 November 2002, lot 162
Sold EUR 400
Lot 189 : Axe
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Gros & Delettrez, Paris, 26 May 2003, lot 154 · Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 190 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro/Baule
Sold EUR 700
Lot 191 : Mask "kyäsä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 192 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 6,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 193 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Sold EUR 400
Lot 194 : Heddle pulley with zoomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Sold EUR 650
Lot 195 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 March 1995, lot 210 · Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 196 : Double faced mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium · Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Sold EUR 3,300
Lot 197 : Female divination figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 198 : Divination figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Not available anymore
Lot 199 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Charles Ratton, Paris, France · Zemanek-Münster, 21 February 2003, lot 155 · Peter Fuchs, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection, Munich
Sold EUR 10,000
Lot 200 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Christine Valluet, Paris, France · Christie’s, Paris, 11 June 2007, lot 64 · Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 201 : Equestrian
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
René Rasmussen, Paris, France · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore