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
1/3
Lot 99: Figure of a deity
1/5
Lot 131: Female figure
1/4
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"
1/4
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")
1/3
Lot 392: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
1/5
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 202 : Large sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 September 2007, lot 266
Sold EUR 800
Lot 203 : Small standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 204 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
American Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 205 : Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Not available anymore
Lot 206 : Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
René Rasmussen, Paris, France · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 207 : Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
René Rasmussen, Paris, France · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 209 : Bed
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Peter Fuchs, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection, Munich
Not available anymore
Lot 210 : Top of a staff "sejen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 211 : Top of a staff "sejen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 212 : Stool
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Dieter Eichhorn, Herne, Germany
Sold EUR 420
Lot 213 : Standing figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Wobe/Dan
Not available anymore
Lot 214 : Maske
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé/Ngere
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 215 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Not available anymore
Lot 216 : Standing female shrine figure
Ghana, Abron
Not available anymore
Lot 217 : Comb
Ghana, Akan
Not available anymore
Lot 218 : Three objects
Ghana, Akan
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (a, b, c) · Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany (a, b, c) · Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany (a)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 219 : Goldweight: Leopard
Ghana, Akan
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21 March 2015, lot 224 · Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 220 : Eight goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Armin Ackermann, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 221 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 222 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 223 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Old Dutch Collection
Sold EUR 950
Lot 224 : Maternité "esi mansa"
Ghana, Ashanti
Laurent van Ham, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 700
Lot 225 : Standing female shrine figure
Ghana, Ashanti
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany · Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 226 : Three memorial heads
Ghana, Ashanti / Abron
Not available anymore
Lot 227 : Woman's stool
Ghana, Ashanti
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 350
Lot 228 : Animal sculpture: leopard
Ghana, Ashanti
Sold EUR 360
Lot 229 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
New England Museum (Inv. No. “H1585”) · Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Sold EUR 700
Lot 230 : Female twin figure "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
Not available anymore
Lot 231 : Round wickerwork shield
Togo, Tamberma
Not available anymore
Lot 232 : Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 233 : Elephant
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 180
Lot 234 : Three figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 300
Lot 235 : Four figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 150
Lot 236 : Three figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 200
Lot 237 : Three figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 150
Lot 238 : Two figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 120
Lot 239 : Power figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
Ryszard Bojarski, Warsaw, Poland
Not available anymore
Lot 240 : Male power figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
Not available anymore
Lot 242 : Figurally carved post
Nigeria, Anago
Sold EUR 400
Lot 243 : Sculpture of a chicken, 19th century
Nigeria, Benin
Sold EUR 900
Lot 244 : Anthropo-/zoomorphic face mask "azigho" of "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Bini
Not available anymore
Lot 245 : Dance crest in shape of a human head
Nigeria, Boki
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 246 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Boki
French Private Collection
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 247 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Pierre Robin, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 249 : Female figure
Nigeria, Eket
Roger F. Azar, Paris, France · Drouot, Paris, 19 April 2002, lot 151
Not available anymore
Lot 250 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Eket
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium · Baron Frederic Rolin, New York, USA (1982)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 251 : Mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 229
Not available anymore
Lot 252 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Not available anymore
Lot 253 : Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
collected in situ (1971), Itu, Nigeria, Cross River State
Sold EUR 800
Lot 254 : Mask with hinged jaw of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Ibibio
collected in situ (1972)
Not available anymore