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"
1/4
Lot 425: Neckrest "musamo"
1/6
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