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
1/3
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
1/8
Lot 135: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
1/6
Lot 138: Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
1/6
Lot 179: Female figure
1/5
Lot 197: Standing male figure
1/7
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)
1/6
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"
1/9
Lot 316: Standing male figure "ihambe"
1/4
Lot 340: Large head sculpture "tu ngünga", before 1922
1/7
Lot 346: Standing figure "tadep"
1/8
Lot 369: Beautiful power figure "nkisi"
1/4
Lot 410: Dance club "ebongo"
1/6
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 313 : Stela-shaped vessel support
Nigeria, Nupe
Price
EUR 600

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 315 : Male ancestor figure "ekpu"
Nigeria, Oron
Carla & Hans Baumann, Muri near Bern, Switzerland · Belgian Private Collection · Koller, Zurich, 18 June 2012, lot 1761 · Artcurial, Paris, 10 December 2014, lot 157
Sold EUR 8,000
Lot 316 : Standing male figure "ihambe"
Nigeria, Tiv
Martien Coppens, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 8,200
Lot 317 : Maternité
Nigeria, Urhobo
Sold EUR 800
Lot 318 : Ceremonial knife "ada ogun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Anthony J. Stout, Washington D.C., USA (1962) · Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1975)
Sold EUR 2,100
Lot 319 : Oracle board "opon ifa" and oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1991)
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 320 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 900
Lot 321 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eileen and Michael Cohen, New York City, USA (before 1970)
Not available anymore
Lot 322 : Male and female twin figure "ere ibeji" in beaded cape "ewu ileke" and hat
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 323 : Male couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
Sold EUR 720
Lot 324 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Graf von Arco, Munich, Germany · Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)
Sold EUR 260
Lot 325 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Ketterer, Munich, Auction 159, April 1991, Lot 260 · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 326 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 327 : Standing janiform figure
Cameroon Grassfields
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 328 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 329 : Ram mask
Cameroon Grassfields
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 330 : Male mask "nkang"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 331 : Male mask "nkang"
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 332 : Big round stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 333 : Rider
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 334 : Zoomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields
Pierre Harter, Paris, France · Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 21 Juin 1995, lot 146 · Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 335 : Staff
Cameroon Grassfields
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany (1935) · Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany · Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 336 : Standing male power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Rive Gauche, Paris, 13 June 2012, lot 102 · Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 337 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 338 : Bowl bearer
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Julius Carlebach, New York, USA (1951/52)
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 339 : Notables prestige pipe bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 340 : Large head sculpture "tu ngünga", before 1922
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Old Irish Collection · Monica Wengraf, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 8,000
Lot 341 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Bana
Elena Luksch-Makowsky (1878-1967), Hamburg, Germany; Russian painter
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 342 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Bangwa/Bamileke
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 850
Lot 343 : Throwing knife
Cameroon, Fali
collected in situ (1970’s)
Sold EUR 300
Lot 344 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Swedish Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 345 : Sword
Cameroon, Kirdi
collected in situ (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 346 : Standing figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, Belgium (1970’s) · Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 347 : Trumpet "tawong"
Cameroon, Mambila
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (2000)
Sold EUR 300
Lot 348 : Trumpet "tawong"
Cameroon, Mambila
James Willis, San Francisco, USA · Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA
Sold EUR 4,200
Lot 349 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
collected in situ (1970’s)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 350 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
Sold EUR 600
Lot 351 : Sword knife
Cameroon, Tikar
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 650
Lot 352 : Trumpet
Gabon, Fang
Craig de Lora, New Jersey, USA
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 353 : Knife
Gabon, Fang
Swedish Collection, Stockholm (2002)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 354 : Lid of reliquary vessel
Gabon, Fang
French Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 355 : Dignitary staff
Gabon, Lumbo
Not available anymore
Lot 356 : Standing male figure
Gabon, Punu
French Colonial Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 357 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Lumbo
David Henninger, Haguenau, France
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 358 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
French Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 359 : Big female figure
Gabon, Tsogho/Vuvi
American Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,100
Lot 360 : Small power figure
Gabon, Tsogho
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Sold EUR 800
Lot 361 : Panel
Gabon, Vuvi
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Not available anymore
Lot 362 : Baby carrier
D. R. Congo
Sold EUR 400
Lot 363 : "nkisi" fetish "mbwanza minka uda mvula"
D. R. Congo
Carl Niklas Börrisson (1862-1927), Swedish Missionary in Congo, collected in situ (1892-1908)
Sold EUR 600