November 5, 2016

84th Tribal Art Auction

The private collections Poul Mørk (1938-2013) and Alex Wittendorf (1931-2013), both Copenhagen, Denmark. Tribal Art objects from the Art Collection Helga & Hans-Jürgen Müller, Stuttgart. The colonial Cameroon Collection from the painter Wolfgang Röhricht (1886-1953), Berlin. The collection from Rolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), medical missionary for the Basler Mission in Ghana. Important Ethnographics from the colonial collection Kloppe in German South-West Africa.

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Highlights

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Lot 11: Male ancestor figure "adu zatua"
1/5
Lot 26: Ornament for sacred flute
1/3
Lot 27: War shield
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Lot 28: Suspension hook
1/4
Lot 79: Standing figure
1/5
Lot 92: Healer's society cap mask
1/5
Lot 93: Anthropomorphic figure, late 19th/early 20th Century
1/4
Lot 94: Anthropomorphic figure
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Lot 98: Standing male figure
1/5
Lot 103: Mask
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Lot 135: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
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Lot 138: Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
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Lot 179: Female figure
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Lot 197: Standing male figure
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Lot 204: Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
1/5
Lot 205: Mask with tubular eyes
1/5
Lot 223: Standing male figure "poro piibele" or "doogele"
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Lot 224: Staff for a champion cultivator "tefalipica"
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Lot 231: Ffemale figure by Osei Bonsu (1900-1977)
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Lot 232: An important drum "ntan" by Osei Bonsu (1900-1977)
1/4
Lot 279: Waist pendant or hip ornament in shape of human face
1/7
Lot 315: Male ancestor figure "ekpu"
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Lot 316: Standing male figure "ihambe"
1/4
Lot 340: Large head sculpture "tu ngünga", before 1922
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Lot 346: Standing figure "tadep"
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Lot 369: Beautiful power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 410: Dance club "ebongo"
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Lot 426: Upper part of a dignitary staff
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Lot 469: Power figur
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Lot 488: Comb, 19th century
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Lot 510: Dagger with sheath

84th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 102 : Standing male shrine figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 352 · Helga & Hans-Jürgen Müller, Stuttgart, Germany
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 103 : Mask
Gabon, Vuvi
Helga & Hans-Jürgen Müller, Stuttgart, Germany
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 104 : Dance crest
Cameroon, Tikar
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 408 · Helga & Hans-Jürgen Müller, Stuttgart, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 105 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 357 · Helga & Hans-Jürgen Müller, Stuttgart, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 106 : Throwing knife
Sudan
collected in situ (1st half of 20th century) · Old Swedish Collection, Norrköping
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 107 : Throwing knife
Sudan, Ingessana
collected in situ (1st half of 20th century) · Old Swedish Collection, Norrköping
Not available anymore
Lot 108 : Large ivory ring
West Africa
Swedish Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 109 : Bracelet
West Africa
German Private Collection, Munich · Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 110 : Bracelet
West Africa
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 111 : Old mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
American Private Collection, Florida (acquired while living in NYC, in the 1960s - 80s)
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 112 : Anthropomorphic mask
Liberia, Bassa
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA · Cole Harrel, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 113 : Anthropomorphic mask "deangle"
Liberia, Dan or Mano
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 114 : Mask "deangle" or "tankagle"
Liberia, Dan
Collection Mr. M., 1970 (no other provenance listed) · Rheims-Laurin, Paris, 2 March 1970, cover, lot 39
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 115 : Large mask with movable jaw
Liberia, Grebo/Kran
Swedish Private Collection, Sundsvall (1960’s) · Swedish Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 116 : Magical head "ga sua"
Liberia, Kran
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 117 : Ring
Liberia, Kru
Sold EUR 400
Lot 118 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Liberia, Mano
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 119 : Mask
Liberia, Mano
Hayden & Odette Walling, Warwick, USA, collected in Eastern Liberia (1952-54)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 120 : Horned mask
Guinea, Toma
Herman Binder, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 121 : Fragment of a female figure
Sierra Leone, Limba
Eddy Prescott, USA · Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 122 : Helmet mask of "sande" society "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Eric Grate, Stockholm, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 123 : Helmet mask of "sande" society "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 124 : Helmet mask of "sande" society "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
American Private Collection, Philadelphia
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 125 : Seated figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Sherbro
American Private Collection, Connecticut · Pace Gallery, New York, USA (No. 53 1063)
Sold EUR 16,000
Lot 126 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Vai
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993)
Sold EUR 400
Lot 127 : Mask
Guinea, Baga
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium · Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Not available anymore
Lot 128 : Mask
Guinea, Baga
Olivier Klejman and Stella Loebarth, Paris, France (1997) · Danish Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 129 : Bird headdress "a-bämp"
Guinea, Baga
Karlsson & Wickman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden · Swedish Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 130 : Standing female figure
Mali, Bamana / Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 131 : Standing male figure
Mali, Bamana
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 132 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Sold EUR 800
Lot 133 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (coll. 1958)
Not available anymore
Lot 134 : Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Not available anymore
Lot 135 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 136 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Galerie Pierre, Stockholm, Sweden · Henning Throne-Holst, Norway (1895-1980)
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 137 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè society"
Mali, Bamana
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 138 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Charles Ratton, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 139 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Nils von der Heyde, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 140 : Monkey mask "n'gon"
Mali, Bamana
Mogens Balle (1921-1988), Asmindrup, Denmark (member of the Cobra group) · Danish Private Collection (1993) · Lempertz, Brussels, 27 January 2015, lot 186
Not available anymore
Lot 141 : Monkey mask "n'gon"
Mali, Bamana
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 142 : Puppet head
Mali, Bamana
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 375
Lot 143 : Seated figure
Mali, Dogon
Maine Durieu, Paris, France
Sold EUR 300
Lot 144 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 145 : Male figure "dege"
Mali, Dogon/Tellem
Robert Palmer, USA; collected the figure in situ (1966) in the Bandiagara region of Mali in the village where he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer · Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1975)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 146 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 147 : Shrine figure
Mali, Dogon
Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark (1912-1993) · Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen was a danish sculptor, painter and graphic designer. He was a representative of abstract art after World War II, specialized on concrete art.
Not available anymore
Lot 148 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Spitzmüller, Berlin, Germany · Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 27 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 150 : Staff "yo domolo"
Mali, Dogon
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (pre 1986) · Anonymous seller (2009) · Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 151 : Granary door
Mali, Dogon
Kirchhoff, Wiesbaden, Germany
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 152 : Doorwing
Mali, Dogon
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (2000)
Sold EUR 800