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"
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Lot 26: Ornament for sacred flute
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Lot 27: War shield
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Lot 28: Suspension hook
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Lot 79: Standing figure
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Lot 92: Healer's society cap mask
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Lot 93: Anthropomorphic figure, late 19th/early 20th Century
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Lot 94: Anthropomorphic figure
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Lot 98: Standing male figure
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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"
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Lot 205: Mask with tubular eyes
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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)
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Lot 279: Waist pendant or hip ornament in shape of human face
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Lot 315: Male ancestor figure "ekpu"
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Lot 316: Standing male figure "ihambe"
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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 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
Price EUR 400
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Lot 153 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1958)
not available anymore