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 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