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
1/4
Lot 510: Dagger with sheath

84th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 418 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
French Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 419 : Half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 420 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Galerie Wiesnet, Munich, Germany · Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)
Not available anymore
Lot 421 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 422 : Seated female figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 423 : Drum
D. R. Congo, Luba
European Private Collection (1920’s) · Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium (2003) · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 396 · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 119 · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 424 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 425 : Fragmentary stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 426 : Upper part of a dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Luba
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Loudmer, Paris, 28/29 June 1989, lot 297 · Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Not available anymore
Lot 427 : Prestige staff
D. R. Congo, Luba
Sotheby’s, London, 23 June 1986, lot 91 · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium · Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 1995, lot 2 · Merton Simpson, New York, USA · Gary Ford, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 428 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Not available anymore
Lot 430 : Power half figure "malembelele"
D. R. Congo, Luntu/Bakwa Luntu
Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
Not available anymore
Lot 431 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Luntu
Victor Johnson, New York, USA (1960’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 432 : Sword
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Not available anymore
Lot 433 : Sickle knife "trumbash"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Not available anymore
Lot 435 : Vessel with handle
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Not available anymore
Lot 436 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
Not available anymore
Lot 437 : Charm
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Not available anymore
Lot 438 : Small male figure "mbambi"
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Belgian Private Collection, Ghent
Not available anymore
Lot 439 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 440 : Small standing female figure "pindi"
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 442 : Profile shape
D. R. Congo, Mongo
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 120
Lot 443 : Shield "ngbenbe"
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi
Not available anymore
Lot 444 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi/Mbanza
Not available anymore
Lot 445 : Mask "nyibita"
D. R. Congo, Ngeende
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 446 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Nkundu
Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 700
Lot 447 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 448 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sold EUR 1,350
Lot 449 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Not available anymore
Lot 451 : Status knife
D. R. Congo, Yanzi / Mbuun / Ngul
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 452 : Two calabash stoppers
D. R. Congo, Pindi
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 453 : Plaited shield "nguba"
D. R. Congo, Poto
Swedish Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 454 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Saka
Not available anymore
Lot 455 : Body mask
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Gerbrand Luttik, Soest, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 456 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 457 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sothebys London, 30 November 1987, lot 28 · Preuss, Darmstadt, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 458 : Personal protective figure in form of an amulet
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 459 : Personal magical figure
D. R. Congo, Songye
Old Belgian Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 460 : Half figure, before 1930
D. R. Congo, Songye
collected in situ 13.11.1930
Not available anymore
Lot 461 : Standing male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 462 : Small standing power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Private Collection · Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 463 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 464 : Small power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Christie’s, Paris, 16 June 2009, lot 101 · Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 465 : Power half-figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 466 : Power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 467 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Songe/Nsapo-Nsapo
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 468 : Standing female bowl bearer
D. R. Congo, Songye
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 115
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 469 : Power figur
D. R. Congo, Songe / Luba
René Rasmussen, Paris, France
Sold EUR 8,000
Lot 470 : Cult hatchet, ca. 1920-1940
D. R. Congo, Songye
Swedish Collection, Stockholm (2005)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 471 : Receptacle
D. R. Congo, Songye
Hans Wolf, Zurich, Switzerland · Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 550