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"
1/4
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
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
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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"
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Lot 345: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
1/5
Lot 348: Anthropomorphic face mask
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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
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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