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 308 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun Igbomina
sold EUR 300
Lot 309 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 800
Lot 311 : Ritual staff "opa osanyin"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Hans Schneckenburger, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 312 : Ritual staff "edan
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 313 : Ritual staff "ogboni"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 314 : Helmet mask in colon style
Cameroon Grassfields
Dieter Ruppel, Bad Soden-Neuenhain, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 315 : Round stool
Cameroon Grassfields
sold EUR 300
Lot 316 : Round stool
Cameroon Grassfields
not available anymore
Lot 317 : Round stool
Cameroon Grassfields
sold EUR 300
Lot 318 : Handle
Cameroon Grassfields
not available anymore
Lot 319 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
not available anymore
Lot 320 : Mask of a notable
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
not available anymore
Lot 321 : Mask of the night society "troh"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/Bangwa
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Sotheby's, New York, 25 May 1999, lot 75
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 322 : Female mask "ngoin"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Gudrun Eisenberg, Blankenberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 323 : Female mask "ngoin"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
not available anymore
Lot 325 : Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Karl Woermann, Hamburg, Germany Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 326 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 368
not available anymore
Lot 327 : Small janiform power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany German Private Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 328 : Janiform quadruped
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 329 : Gong
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 137
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 331 : Dagger and sword sheath
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Anton Handl, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 332 : Stem of a prestige pipe
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Anton Handl, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 333 : Head crest "tu ngünga"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 30 June 1994, lot 25 Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 130
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 334 : Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1976)
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 335 : Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
not available anymore
Lot 336 : Beautiful old mask of leader "kam"
Cameroon Grassfields, Oku region / Bafut
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 24. April 1975, lot 181 Kurt Egger(t), Heidelberg, Germany Michael Vignold, Cologne, Germany (2007)
not available anymore
Lot 337 : Bracelet
Cameroon
sold EUR 400
Lot 338 : Bracelet
Cameroon
sold EUR 800
Lot 339 : Throwing knife
Cameroon, Gbaya
Afrika Museum Berg en Dal, The Netherlands Instituut voor Kulturele Antropologie van de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands, (Inventory card No. 132)
sold EUR 600
Lot 340 : Six objects
Cameroon
Anton Handl, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 341 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Bana
Alain Wilket, Liege, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 342 : Figurally carved tusk
Cameroon, Bana
Anton Handl, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 343 : Standing male figure with drinking horn
Cameroon, Bangwa
American Collection Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 344 : Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Cameroon, Bangwa/Bamileke
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany German Collection, Cologne
sold EUR 13,000
Lot 345 : Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Cameroon, Bangwa
American Collection, Florida
Price EUR 20,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 346 : Post
Cameroon, Bangwa
Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 348 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Cameroon, Bangwa
Anton Handl, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 349 : Rare figural object of highly abstract form
Cameroon, Kaka
William Brill, New York, USA Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 350 : Shield
Cameroon, Kirdi
not available anymore
Lot 351 : Rare female terracotta figure
Cameroon, Mambila, Mbamga/Vokunde village
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 700
Lot 352 : Palace pole
Cameroon, Tikar, Oku
French Private Collection Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Helge Achenbach, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 353 : Collar
Gabon, Fang
not available anymore
Lot 354 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota
La Reine Margot, Paris, France Hermann auf der Heide (1934-2003), Germany
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 355 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 356 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Tsogho
Roy & Geraldine Gatto Collection, USA (acquired in the mid 1970's)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 357 : Trumpet "mpungi"
D. R. Congo, Azande
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950's)
not available anymore
Lot 358 : Three trumpets "mpungi"
D. R. Congo, Azande/Mangbetu
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950's)
not available anymore
Lot 359 : Five objects
D. R. Congo
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 360 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo
German Private Collection, Hessen
not available anymore
Lot 361 : Small figure
D. R. Congo
not available anymore