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 255 : Couple
Nigeria, Ibibio
North German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 256 : Mask "oba maoro"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Mask
Nigeria, Ibo-Afikbo/Eket
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 258 : Mask
Nigeria, Idoma
not available anymore
Lot 259 : Small mask
Nigeria, Idoma
Pierre Robin, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 38
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 260 : Standing male shrine figure "anjenu"
Nigeria, Idoma
Werner Fischer, Herten, Germany Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21 February 2003, lot 213 Peter Fuchs, Munich, Germany German Private Collection, Munich
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 261 : Dance crest in form of an anthropomorphic head
Nigeria, Idoma
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 263 : Mask
Nigeria, Ebira
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Ader, Paris, 17 June 2011, lot 75
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 264 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Ryszard Bojarski, Warsaw, Poland
not available anymore
Lot 266 : Mask "agbogho mmwo" (maiden spirit)
Nigeria, Igbo, Ebenebe region
Lore Kegel & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1958) Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2000)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 267 : Maske "opa nwa"
Nigeria, Igbo
American Private Collection
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 268 : Maiden spirit face mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, "Arts Primitifs", 16 December 1978, lot 44 German Private Collection Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 269 : Rare mask "okonkpo" of the "igri" secret society
Nigeria, Igbo
German Collection, Nuremberg
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 270 : Sitting female figure
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 271 : Post figure
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 272 : Standing female shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Peter Werner, München, Germany Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21 February 2003, lot 207 German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 273 : Standing male shrine figure
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 274 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 275 : Chalk spoon
Nigeria, Igbo
Khepri van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 276 : Mirror frame
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 150
Lot 277 : Ceremonial spoon
Nigeria, Ijaw/Urhobo
sold EUR 850
Lot 278 : Big mask with horns "atogbu akuma"
Nigeria, Jukun
German Private Collection, Berlin
not available anymore
Lot 279 : Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine "gbene"
Nigeria, Koro
Yves & Ewa Develon, Paris, France Sotheby's, Paris, 5 December 2006, lot 185
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 280 : Rare dance crest
Nigeria, Koro
Prof. Dr. Feldmeier, Munich, Germany Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2000)
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 281 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 282 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 283 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 284 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 285 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold EUR 600
Lot 286 : Round stool
Nigeria, Nupe
Renate Albertsen-Morten, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 November 2002, lot 253
not available anymore
Lot 288 : Mask with articulated lower jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany (1993) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 289 : Anthropo/zoomorphic mask with horns
Nigeria, Ogoni
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Christie's, New York, 13 November 1985, lot 164
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 290 : Figural fragment
Nigeria, Urhobo
not available anymore
Lot 291 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Vere
not available anymore
Lot 292 : Helmet mask "epa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Mask "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina Ajasse
German private Collection
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 295 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 296 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbmina, Offa
Murphy, Glasgow, Scotland
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 297 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo Oshogbo
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 298 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 299 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Armin Ackermann, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 300 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Armin Ackermann, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 301 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Peter Fuchs, Munich, Germany German Private Collection, Munich
not available anymore
Lot 302 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Esubiyi workshop
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Eckhard Bredel, Darmstadt, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 303 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu
sold EUR 500
Lot 304 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 306 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo/ Ilorin
Armin Ackermann, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 307 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Iseyin, Oyo
not available anymore