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 362 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Azande
David Henninger, Haguenau, France Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 296 Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 363 : Two hairpins
D. R. Congo, Azande
not available anymore
Lot 364 : Two throwing clubs
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 850
Lot 365 : Four knives
D. R. Congo, Azande
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 366 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Dutch Collection
not available anymore
Lot 367 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Luc Sanders, Dendermonde, Belgium Nadja Levy, Antwerp, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 July 2009, lot 374
not available anymore
Lot 368 : Standing power figure "nkisi nduda"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 369 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 370 : Standing colon figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 371 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 372 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 373 : Janus headed power figure "kalunga"
D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe
Ton-Peter Widdershoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 374 : Janus headed power figure "kalunga"
D. R. Congo, Bembe (Eastern)
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 375 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka/Bangi
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
not available anymore
Lot 377 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka/Ubangi area
not available anymore
Lot 378 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 379 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
not available anymore
Lot 380 : Face mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 381 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 382 : Rare pig mask "ngulu"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 383 : Tobacco box
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 384 : Two vessels
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 750
Lot 385 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Dominik Marx, Luxemburg
not available anymore
Lot 386 : Janiform power figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (1986)
sold EUR 650
Lot 387 : Top of a dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 440
Lot 388 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 389 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Ekonda
not available anymore
Lot 390 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba/Luba
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 391 : Janiform half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 392 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Christie's, South Kensington, 22 October 1980, lot 133 Victor Skipp, Cambridge, England Cambridge University Museum, England
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 393 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
sold EUR 700
Lot 394 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 395 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 396 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Kanyok
Belgian Colonial Collection Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 397 : Round vessel
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 398 : Rectangular lidded box
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 399 : Rare lidded box
D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 700
Lot 400 : Palmwine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 401 : Pedestal pot for palm wine
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 402 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba/Kete
not available anymore
Lot 403 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba/Dengese
American Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 404 : Power half figure "kakudij"
D. R. Congo, Kusu
sold EUR 3,100
Lot 405 : Half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Kusu
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, lot 357
not available anymore
Lot 406 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
German Private Collection, Heidelberg
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 407 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Kwese
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 408 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 409 : Anthropomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 410 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 500
Lot 411 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 412 : Figure of the "bwami" society
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore