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
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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
1/7
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
1/5
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"
1/5
Lot 224: Staff for a champion cultivator "tefalipica"
1/4
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"
1/4
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 258 : Grave figure: fragmentary torso of a dignitary
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 560
Lot 259 : Grave figure: Fragmentary upper part of a dignitary
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 260 : Grave figure
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 560
Lot 261 : Grave figure: fragmentary upper part of a dignitary
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 560
Lot 262 : Grave figure
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 263 : Fragment of animal sculpture
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 264 : Head sculpture
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area
collected in 1978 Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 350
Lot 265 : Memorial head
Ghana, Kwahu/Akan
Hans Wolf, Zurich, Switzerland Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 266 : Two figures
Togo, Ada
sold EUR 200
Lot 267 : Two male twin figures "hohovi"
Benin, Eastern Ewe
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (a: 1989/b: 1990)
sold EUR 520
Lot 269 : Figure "bochio wutuji"
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 600
Lot 270 : Power object "aglassu"
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 450
Lot 271 : Power object "tron"
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 250
Lot 272 : Ceremonial staff "recade"
Benin, Fon
American Private Collection, Boston
sold EUR 800
Lot 273 : Figural group: hunter with dog
Benin, Fon
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 274 : Two figures
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 180
Lot 275 : Three figures
Benin, Fon
sold EUR 250
Lot 276 : Cult axe
Nigeria, Tiv
Swedish Collection
not available anymore
Lot 277 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Anago
Iwanovski, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 278 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Basa Nge
sold EUR 600
Lot 279 : Waist pendant or hip ornament in shape of human face
Nigeria, Benin
Josef Vesely, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 280 : Memorial head of an "oba"
Nigeria, Benin
Harvey T. Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1968) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 281 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Bini
Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (coll. 1956)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 282 : Horned mask "azigho"
Nigeria, Bini
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1956) Lempertz, Brussels, 28. April 2007, lot 97 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1. März 2008, lot 289 Private Collection, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 283 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Boki
The Common Ground Gallery, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 284 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Ejagham
not available anymore
Lot 285 : Dance crest "ogbom"
Nigeria, Eket
Charles Snitow (1907-2000), New York City, USA
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 287 : Round mask
Nigeria, Eket
Freddy Joy, London, England
not available anymore
Lot 288 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Goemai/Koro
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 289 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Idoma
Milton & Shirley Glaser, New York/Woodstock, USA
not available anymore
Lot 290 : Seated female figure
Nigeria, Igala
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 292 : Female mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Small mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Doll
Nigeria, Igbo
Fred Zcechinikowski, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 295 : Mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (2002)
not available anymore
Lot 296 : Male/female couple
Nigeria, Igbo
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 297 : Horse skull
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 298 : Two ritual objects "ofo"
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 500
Lot 301 : Seated male shrine figure
Nigeria, Ijaw
Bruce Frank, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 302 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 400
Lot 303 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993)
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 304 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Izzi
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1988)
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Jukun/Wurkun/Chamba
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 306 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Koro
not available anymore
Lot 307 : Figural cup "gbene"
Nigeria, Koro
American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 308 : Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 309 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Montol
not available anymore
Lot 310 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 850
Lot 311 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Galerie Flak, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 313 : Stela-shaped vessel support
Nigeria, Nupe
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance