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 51 : Shark-tooth sword
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 52 : Shark-tooth sword
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 53 : Shark-tooth knife
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
not available anymore
Lot 55 : Small treasure box with lid
New Zealand, Maori
Old British Collection (1960's) German Private Collection
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 56 : Handle of ceremonial adze "toki poutangata"
New Zealand, Maori
Old British Collection
not available anymore
Lot 57 : Gable-peak mask "koruru", around 1880/1900
New Zealand, Maori
French Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 58 : Stilt step "tapuva'e"
Marquesas Islands
Carlo Monzino, Castagnola, Italy
not available anymore
Lot 59 : Kava bowl
Tonga/Fidji
not available anymore
Lot 60 : Paddle club
Matty Island
Bonhams, London, 20 September 2006, lot 237
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 61 : Spear thrower
Australia
Birmingham Museum
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 62 : Sacred board "tjuringa"
Australia
British Collection (1998)
not available anymore
Lot 63 : Doll "kachina"
North America, Hopi
French Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 64 : Doll "kachina"
North America, Hopi
French Collection
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 66 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2000)
sold EUR 900
Lot 67 : Small mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1997)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 68 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1998)
sold EUR 900
Lot 69 : Small mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 400
Lot 70 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1997)
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 74 : Small half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2005)
sold EUR 200
Lot 76 : Small half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2002)
sold EUR 200
Lot 78 : Small kneeling figure
D. R. Congo, Tabwa
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2009)
sold EUR 650
Lot 79 : Female power half figure
D. R. Congo, Tabwa
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1995)
sold EUR 300
Lot 80 : Maternité "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 30 November 2013, lot 73 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 81 : Maternité
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2003)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 84 : Maternité
D. R. Congo, Pende
Louis Clooten, Belgium (Colonial Officer) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 September 2004, lot 1280 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 86 : Maternité
Kenya, Kamba
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, lot 528 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 88 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2003)
sold EUR 350
Lot 89 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Berete, Munich, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1987)
sold EUR 500
Lot 90 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1998)
sold EUR 200
Lot 91 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 9 March 2013, lot 444 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 92 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Songye
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1997)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 93 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1972)
sold EUR 250
Lot 94 : Miniature mask "panya ngombe"
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
Galerie Exler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1979)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 95 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 96 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1997)
sold EUR 350
Lot 97 : Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 700
Lot 98 : Zoomorphic figure
Nigeria, Bini
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1979)
sold EUR 350
Lot 99 : Bronze head
Nigeria, Yoruba
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Galerie Einbaum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1983)
sold EUR 700
Lot 101 : Drummer
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (2003)
sold EUR 300
Lot 102 : Doll "ngide"
Kenya, Turkana
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 200
Lot 103 : Waist dagger
Sudan, Kordofan
sold EUR 180
Lot 104 : Bracelet
Sudan, Dinka
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 105 : Sword
Cameroon, Basa
collected in situ (1970's)
not available anymore
Lot 106 : Mask "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 107 : Anthropmorphic mask
Liberia, Dan
Fridebert & Lillemor Maass, Germany, collected in situ (1965-1971), Yekepa, Nimba County in Liberia
sold EUR 350
Lot 109 : Chimpanzee mask "kagle"
Liberia, Dan/Kran
Louis Pieter Cornelis van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Galerie Kephri) Ger E. Eeuwe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 110 : Stone head "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 111 : Small female stone figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium American Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, lot 159
not available anymore
Lot 112 : Power figure "piomdo" (or "piombo")
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Mario & Laura Meneghini, Monrovia, Liberia / Comabbio, Italy Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 113 : Upper part of a dignitary staff
Sierra Leone, Mende
French Private Collection
not available anymore