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
1/5
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 364 : Caryiatid stool
D. R. Congo
Old Swedish Collection, Stockholm (1950’s) · Karlsson and Wickman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 365 : Small female half figure "yanda"
D. R. Congo, Azande
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 366 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Not available anymore
Lot 367 : Throwing knife
D. R. Congo, Azande
French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 368 : Handle
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Pierre Paurell, Gothenburg, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 369 : Beautiful power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Yombe/Vili, Cabinda/Brazzaville
Brought to Europe in 1921 · Old Italian Private Collection · Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 370 : Throwing knife
D. R. Congo, Mbanza
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 371 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbanza
Not available anymore
Lot 372 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium (1983) · Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Laurin-Guilloux-Buffetaud-Tailleur, Paris, “Coiffures de Plumes de l’Amazonie-Art Nègre”, 16 November 1989, lot 200
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 373 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Not available anymore
Lot 374 : Kneeling female figure
D. R. Congo, Bemba
Igge Karlsson (1932-2009), Stockholm, Sweden (painter, draftsman, printmaker)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 375 : Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
J. P. Lepage, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland · Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland · Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 20 September 2003, lot 311
Not available anymore
Lot 376 : Standing male figure "mukuya", before 1905
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Collected by Teofil Ceder, Svensk Afrika Mission (before 1905)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 377 : Standing male/female couple
D. R. Congo, Biombo/Kete/Kuba
California Bay Area Historical Society Collection · American Private Collection, New York
Not available anymore
Lot 378 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Gerard Wahl Boyer, Paris, France · Agnès Woliner, Paris, France · Danish Private Collection (1999)
Not available anymore
Lot 380 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Belgian Private Collection, Liege · Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium · Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany · French Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 381 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Not available anymore
Lot 382 : Throwing knife
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Not available anymore
Lot 383 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Bwende
Loudmer, Paris, 24 June 1993, lot 148 · Christie’s, Amsterdam, 12 September 2002, lot 320
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 384 : Maternity
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Reynold C. Kerr, New York, USA · Jean David, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 385 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Luena
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 550
Lot 386 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 387 : Figural mortar
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 388 : Snuff mortar
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 389 : Miniature mask
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 390 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 391 : Zoomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 392 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 393 : Figural stool
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 394 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 395 : Axe
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Sold EUR 700
Lot 396 : Club knife
D. R. Congo, Ekonda
Belgian Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 397 : Haniform half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Not available anymore
Lot 398 : Ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 399 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 600
Lot 401 : Helmet mask "matemu"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 402 : Small standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Hungana
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 200
Lot 403 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
Not available anymore
Lot 404 : Vessel
D. R. Congo, Kanyok/Yaka
Not available anymore
Lot 405 : Mask "muluala"
D. R. Congo, Kete/Biombo
Rob Vervoort, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 406 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1934/35) · Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 407 : Sword "ilondo"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Not available anymore
Lot 408 : Zoomorphic friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 150
Lot 409 : Palmwine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Sold EUR 250
Lot 410 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Einar Lynge-Ahlberg, Malmö, Sweden (1913-1980) · Swedish Private Collection · Christie’s, Paris, 10 December 2013, lot 65
Not available anymore
Lot 411 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 413 : Standing figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 414 : Billhook
D. R. Congo, Lega
David Attenborough, Richmond, England
Sold EUR 800
Lot 415 : Hat "mukuba"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Price
EUR 450

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 417 : Mask "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 96 · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 700