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 217 : Zoomorphic pendant
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 218 : Pendant in shape of stylized mudfish
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 219 : Pendant in shape of a snake
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 220 : Pendant in shape of a crocodile
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 221 : Pendant in shape of a buffalo head(?)
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 222 : Pendant in shape of a turtle (?)
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 223 : Gold mask
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 224 : Gold ornament
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Chief's ring
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 226 : Chief's belt
Ghana, Akan
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 227 : Ceremonial whip
Ghana, Akan
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 500
Lot 230 : Comb
Ghana, Ashanti
not available anymore
Lot 231 : Comb
Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 160
Lot 232 : Comb
Ghana, Ashanti
collected in the 1970s
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 233 : Leopard
Ghana, Ashanti
Léon Gani, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 234 : Stool
Ghana, Ashanti
not available anymore
Lot 235 : Ring
Ghana, Ashanti
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 236 : Sword
Ghana, Ashanti
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 750
Lot 237 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 238 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 200
Lot 239 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 240 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
Roger Lefèvre, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)
sold EUR 180
Lot 241 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 242 : Four standing figures
Togo, Ada
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 244 : Figur
Togo, Moba
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Flak, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 245 : Power figure
Togo, Tamberma
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 246 : House altar "gou"
Benin, Fon
French Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 247 : Four figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection (1960s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 200
Lot 248 : Group of figures
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection (1960s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 250
Lot 249 : Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage
Benin, Fon
Old British Collection (1960s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 250 : Rattle staff "ukhurhe"
Nigeria, Benin
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)
Price EUR 250
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 252 : Big memorial head of an "oba"
Nigeria, Benin
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 253 : Headdress
Nigeria, Boki
Roger Bourahimou, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 7 September 2013, lot 209
not available anymore
Lot 254 : Standing pair of figures
Nigeria, Chamba
Gerd Korinthenberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Ritual knife "wanshipta"
Nigeria, Ga'anda
sold EUR 250
Lot 258 : Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu"
Nigeria, Hausa
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 259 : Face mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 261 : Male puppet
Nigeria, Ibibio
collected in situ (1958-1962) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 20011, lot 297 Belgian Collection, Antwerp
not available anymore
Lot 262 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Ibibio/Anang
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 263 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Idoma
not available anymore
Lot 265 : Mask
Nigeria, Idoma
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 400
Lot 268 : Small mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Ursula & Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 269 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 270 : Rare "obu" shrine figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Jean Roudillon, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 271 : Mask "mgbedike"
Nigeria, Igbo
David & Clifford Gelbard, New York, USA Bonhams, New York, 13 November 2007, lot 2548
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 272 : Pair of arm cuffs
Nigeria, Igbo
Julian Harding, Cambridge, England
sold EUR 400
Lot 274 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 276 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Galerie Flak, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 277 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
collected in situ by Reginald Groux in the village Gili in Northwestern Cameroon, close to the border with Nigeria (early 1970s) Galerie Noir d'Ivoire, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 278 : Big headdress "sukuru" ("old woman")
Nigeria, Mumuye
Ketterer, Munich, 31. Oktober 1992, lot 369 Pierre Robin, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,800