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"
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"
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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"
1/6
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 413 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 414 : Mask "lukungu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 415 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Neumeister, Munich, 13 May 2004, lot 257
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 416 : Mask "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
not available anymore
Lot 417 : Friction oracle
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
sold EUR 600
Lot 418 : Horned mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
collected in the early 1980's
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 419 : Large ape mask
D. R. Congo, Luba
Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 420 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
American Private Collection
Price EUR 5,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 421 : Large round mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 4,600
Lot 422 : Anthropo/zoomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Luba
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 423 : Caryatid stool "kihona"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 16 December 1978, lot 71 Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France Joachim & Alice Brinkmann, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 424 : Janiform figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Berthe & Max Kofler-Erni, Riehen, Switzerland Swiss Private Collection Greg Houser, Minneapolis, USA
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Neckrest "musamo"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 500
Lot 428 : Whistle
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Small figure "mbulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1953) Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2005)
sold EUR 600
Lot 431 : Small power figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Otto Jappert, Basel, Switzerland Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (1998)
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 432 : Crouching figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
not available anymore
Lot 433 : Small mortar
D. R. Congo, Lulua
American Private Collection, California
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 434 : Figural head piece of a trumpet
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
not available anymore
Lot 435 : Handled vessel with lid
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 750
Lot 436 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kibwabwabwa"
D. R. Congo, Mbagani
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 437 : Rare shield
D. R. Congo, Mongo
sold EUR 900
Lot 438 : Plaited shield "nguba"
D. R. Congo, Ngombe
not available anymore
Lot 439 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Peters, Maastricht, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 440 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 441 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 442 : Two masks "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Mask "muyombo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 444 : Small face mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 445 : Helmet mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 446 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Schiller, Pforzheim, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 447 : Miniature mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Mask "tundu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 449 : Head
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 450 : Amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 451 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Weaving
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 454 : Standing female figure "kangulungu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Belgian Collection German Collection, Aachen
sold EUR 600
Lot 455 : Rare mask "panya ngombe"
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
not available anymore
Lot 456 : Standing power figure
D. R. Congo, Pindi
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 457 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Shi/Lega
sold EUR 1,550
Lot 458 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Shi
not available anymore
Lot 459 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 460 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
German Private Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 461 : Power figure "nkisi" against small pox
D. R. Congo, Songye
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (collected in situ before 1938?) Paul & Ursula Seiler, Basel, Switzerland Swiss Private Collection Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Jacques Germain, Montreal, Canada
not available anymore
Lot 462 : Large power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 463 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songe/Tetela
Hendrickx, Brussels, Belgium French Private Collection
not available anymore