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 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
Lot 364 : Caryiatid stool
D. R. Congo
Old Swedish Collection, Stockholm (1950's) Karlsson and Wickman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
not available anymore