
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.
Highlights
Lot 26: Ornament for sacred flute
Lot 27: War shield
Lot 28: Suspension hook
Lot 79: Standing figure
Lot 92: Healer's society cap mask
Lot 94: Anthropomorphic figure
Lot 98: Standing male figure
Lot 179: Female figure
Lot 197: Standing male figure
Lot 205: Mask with tubular eyes
Lot 315: Male ancestor figure "ekpu"
Lot 316: Standing male figure "ihambe"
Lot 346: Standing figure "tadep"
Lot 369: Beautiful power figure "nkisi"
Lot 410: Dance club "ebongo"
Lot 426: Upper part of a dignitary staff
Lot 469: Power figur
Lot 488: Comb, 19th century
Lot 510: Dagger with sheath
Lot 207 : Passport mask
Côte d'Ivoire, DanWilliam (Bill) Siegmann, New York, USAsold EUR 700Lot 208 : Face mask "tu bodu" from the "je" group
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 4,500Lot 209 : Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroRobert Duperrier, Paris, France (1984) Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USAsold EUR 2,300Lot 210 : Antelope mask "zuin"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroLore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (coll. 1958)sold EUR 800Lot 211 : Seated figure
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoMaine Durieu, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,500Lot 212 : Seated figure
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoMaine Durieu, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,600Lot 213 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, NgereJon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (2001)not available anymoreLot 214 : Heddle pulley with kalao bird head
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPaul Kummert, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 49 Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)sold EUR 750Lot 215 : Heddle pulley with janus head
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 216 : Fragmentary figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germanysold EUR 300Lot 217 : Small couple "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoMark Eglinton, New York, USAsold EUR 1,200Lot 218 : Standing male figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEnglish Private Collectionsold EUR 1,400Lot 219 : Standing male figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPaul Descombes, Antwerp, Belgiumsold EUR 1,200Lot 220 : Small male figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)sold EUR 600Lot 221 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoRené Rasmussen, Paris, France (1970's)not available anymoreLot 222 : Male and female figure pair "deble"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoOld English Collection (1960's) Swedish Private Collectionsold EUR 5,500Lot 223 : Standing male figure "poro piibele" or "doogele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoMorton Lipkin, Phoenix, Arizona, USA American Private Collection, New Jersey Bonhams, New York, 11 November 2010, lot 6266not available anymoreLot 224 : Staff for a champion cultivator "tefalipica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufonot available anymoreLot 225 : Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 226 : Mask "kpélié" with kalao bird
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHarrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)sold EUR 3,000Lot 227 : Zoomorphic mask "korobla"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1997)sold EUR 800Lot 228 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé/WobeSwedish Collection (2005)not available anymoreLot 229 : Face mask with bells
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - NgereAmerican Collection, New Yorksold EUR 4,500Lot 230 : Anthropo/zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - NgerePierre Loeb, Paris, France Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 3 December 1977, lot 13sold EUR 3,300Lot 231 : Ffemale figure by Osei Bonsu (1900-1977)
Ghana, AshantiRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 2,000Lot 232 : An important drum "ntan" by Osei Bonsu (1900-1977)
Ghana, AshantiRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany, collected in situ Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 2,400Lot 233 : Comb
Ghana, AshantiRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 600Lot 234 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, AshantiRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 950Lot 235 : Two head fragments
Ghana, AshantiRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 450Lot 236 : Vessel "abusua kuruwa"
Ghana, AshantiRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 300Lot 237 : Two terracotta objects
Nigeria, Qua-CalabarKarl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Rolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany. His friendship with Karl-Heinz Krieg, who worked in the hospital administration in Agogo from 1960, goes back to those shared years in Ghana.sold EUR 400Lot 238 : Bracelet
West AfricaRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 550Lot 240 : Female figure "tugubele" and small vessel
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoRolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, Germany Lutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967. Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.sold EUR 300Lot 241 : Zoomorphic pendant
Ghana, AkanRobert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,600Lot 242 : Zoomorphic pendant
Ghana, AkanRobert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,500Lot 243 : Pendant in shape of a fish
Ghana, AkanRobert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,800Lot 244 : Miniature mask
Ghana, AkanEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 890Lot 245 : Goldweight
Ghana, AkanArthur Speyer, Berlin, Germany Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 246 : Two goldweights
Ghana, AkanMaine Durieu, Paris, Francesold EUR 220Lot 247 : Ring
Ghana, Ashantisold EUR 2,400Lot 248 : Big stool in shape of an elephant "esondua"
Ghana, AshantiAlex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 1,000Lot 249 : Big stool "asipim"
Ghana, AshantiDutch Collectionsold EUR 2,500Lot 250 : Sitting female figure
Ghana, AshantiHenricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germanysold EUR 750Lot 251 : Two combs
Ghana, Ashantia) Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium b) Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany a) and b) (1994)sold EUR 180Lot 252 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, AshantiGalerie Wiesnet, Munich, Germany Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)sold EUR 380Lot 253 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, FanteAlex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germanynot available anymoreLot 254 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, FanteGalerie Wiesnet, Munich, Germany Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)sold EUR 800Lot 255 : Standing female figure
Ghana, FanteFrench Collectionsold EUR 1,200Lot 256 : Grave figure: Fragment of a seated dignitary
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn areacollected in 1978 Austrian Private Collectionsold EUR 560Lot 257 : Grave figure: Seated dignitary
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn areacollected in 1978 Austrian Private Collectionsold EUR 560