March 4, 2017

85th Tribal Art Auction

Classic, traditional and exceptional art works. Notable carving works, ex. collection Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland. The Ethiopian Collection of Sachau-Zeies. The second part of the Rielau Collection. Masks and sculptures from the peoples of Gabon. An important gold jewellery collection from the Akan peoples. Small 'mu po' sculptures from Cameroon. Oceanic and South Pacific art.

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Highlights

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Lot 5: Squatting figure "bulul", before 1914
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Lot 32: Male ancestor figure "kandimboang", collected around 1890
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Lot 34: Large drum, around 1880
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Lot 44: War charm, around 1880
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Lot 58: Stilt step "tapuva'e"
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Lot 133: Figure of hermaphrodite
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Lot 134: Very old figure, 15 th - 17th century
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Lot 152: Zoomorphic mask "karan-wemba"
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Lot 169: Maternité of the Agba area workshop, around 1920
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Lot 170: Large bowl-bearing figure, around 1910
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Lot 174: Female mask "kpan", before 1920
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Lot 183: Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
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Lot 188: Rare female figure "tale ko"
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Lot 208: Maternité "katyeleo" ("mother of the village")
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Lot 270: Rare "obu" shrine figure
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Lot 281: Figure "iphri"
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Lot 329: Rare ancestor shrine
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Lot 330: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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Lot 341: Head sculpture
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Lot 370: Figural pendant
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Lot 386: Mask "lukungu"
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Lot 470: Icon, Triptych, 17th century
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Lot 474: Phallic stone stela, 13th-17th century
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Lot 475: Anthropomorphic stone stela
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Lot 477: Ancestor post "waga" or "waka"

85th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 1 : Standing male figure
Philippines - Ifugao
Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA
not available anymore
Lot 2 : Rice deity "bulul", late 19th century
Philippines - Ifugao
Luciano Federico, Italy Luciano first visited the Philippines in 1978 with his Japanese wife Mayumi. They spent six months there, mainly in the mountain province of Luzon, where they collected many interesting pieces. From 1978 to 1984 he made at least more ten trips, travelling throughout the country.
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 3 : Rice deity "bulul", around 1900
Philippines - Ifugao, Hungduan village
Luciano Federico, Italy Luciano first visited the Philippines in 1978 with his Japanese wife Mayumi. They spent six months there, mainly in the mountain province of Luzon, where they collected many interesting pieces. From 1978 to 1984 he made at least more ten trips, travelling throughout the country.
not available anymore
Lot 4 : Rice deity "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 5 : Squatting figure "bulul", before 1914
Philippines - Island Luzon, Igorot
Baudouin de Grunne, Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium Dominique de Grunne, London, England (1970) Pierre Langlois, Paris, France Sotheby's, Paris, 3 Décembre 2004, lot 28 Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 Novembre 2013, lot 34 Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 6 : Top handle of a ladle
Philippines - Luzon, Kankanay
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 7 : Hatchet "ligua" or "liwa"
Philippines - Northern Luzon, Kalinga tribe
not available anymore
Lot 8 : Two small amulet figures
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Fred ten Houten, Groningen, The Netherlands Sanne Nies, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 9 : Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
Old Dutch Collection Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,250
Lot 10 : Magic staff "tunggal panaluan"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 11 : Ceremonial lime squeezer
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA
sold EUR 800
Lot 12 : Weaving implement: suspended skeiner
Indonesia - Sumba
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 13 : Breast and neck ornament for men
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 14 : Two necklaces
India, Naga, Konyak
sold EUR 450
Lot 15 : Three pendants
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 16 : Two tobacco pipes
India, Naga
sold EUR 500
Lot 17 : Ceremonial spear
India, Naga
sold EUR 650
Lot 18 : Mask "kolam"
Sri Lanka
Old British Collection (1960's) German Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 19 : Group of ornament
China
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart,
sold EUR 600
Lot 20 : Standing figure
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
not available anymore
Lot 21 : Portrait of a spirits head
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
sold EUR 600
Lot 22 : Yams mask "silgu"
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
not available anymore
Lot 23 : Headhunting trophy "wakune"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
collected in situ (early 1980s)
not available anymore
Lot 24 : Head fragment
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
not available anymore
Lot 25 : Standing female ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
not available anymore
Lot 26 : Male/female pair of figures
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
not available anymore
Lot 27 : Ancestor skull "ndambirkus"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
collected in situ, Asmat village Ocenep (1976)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 28 : Mask
Papua New Guinea - Blackwater River
Chris Boylan, Sydney, Australia
not available anymore
Lot 29 : Beautiful lime spatula
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Jentsch, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 30 : Lime spatula
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
American Collection
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 31 : Rare loop-top spatula
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 32 : Male ancestor figure "kandimboang", collected around 1890
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
Eugene Eckstein Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 33 : Sculpture of a crocodile
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
not available anymore
Lot 34 : Large drum, around 1880
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 35 : Old hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 36 : Small suspension hook with anthropomorphic face
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 37 : Amulet mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Steward Kennedy, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 500
Lot 38 : Mask of an ancestor spirit
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 39 : Replacement skull "kus"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
John Morley, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 40 : Shaft of a ladle
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Greg Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA
not available anymore
Lot 41 : Ceremonial spoon
Papua New Guinea - Tami Islands
not available anymore
Lot 42 : Yam cult figure "minja"
Papua New Guinea - Washkuk Hills - East Sepik Province, Kwoma
not available anymore
Lot 43 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - Yuat River
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 44 : War charm, around 1880
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Lance Entwistle, Paris, France Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 36,000
Lot 45 : Old spear with obsidian tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
William Downing Webster, Bicester, England (1863-1913)
not available anymore
Lot 46 : Head sculpture
Papua New Guinea - Gazelle Peninsula, Gunantuna/Tolai
Fumihico Harada, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 47 : Canoe prow carving "toto isu" or "nguzunguzu"
Western Solomon Islands
Old British Collection (1960's) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 48 : Hair ornament "faa" for men
Solomon Islands - Malaita
Douglas Barrett, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 49 : Dance club, late 19th century
Salomonen - Rennell Insel
Michael Evans, Dijon, France
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 50 : Ceremonial paddle, 19th century
Austral Islands, Ra'ivavae
Jacques Lebrat, Paris, France Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, lot 67
sold EUR 3,500